Biography

First licensed in 1981 as KA5LDS and upgraded QUICKLY to KD5FX a little later that year. I lived in Ponca City, OK until 2009 and had two different ham stations there. Worked lots of DX from the first one when I had a 40 ft tower with Mosley TA-33 (10/15/20 mtrs) on top. Also had a Mosley TW-22 (12/17 mtrs) for awhile but then the solar cycle died and I didn't use them much. Sold them both just before moving across town to another house where I couldn't put up a tower. So, I built a Hexbeam (10/12/15/17/20 mtrs) and put it up about 20 ft, it worked very well!

July 2009 to May 2013 I was in Katy, Tx, land of the HOAs! No towers or even antennas allowed there but I did have a 104 ft random wire up about 15 ft and a BRAVO 5 Vertical Dipole from N6BT. I also often put up my FX Tenna portable vertical for 20 thru 6 meters out in the back yard.

May 2013. Moved back HOME to Ponca City, OK. Aug. 2013, tower project is completed and K4KIO Hexbeam is in the air! 20 dB better than the Bravo 5 Vertical Dipole I was operating before, of course that was on the ground while the Hexbeam is at 50 ft!

Equipment

Antennas: K4KIO Hexbeam for 20 to 6 meters, Double Bazooka dipole for 40/80.
Rig: Flex Radio FLEX-6300
Amp: Kenwood TL-922A