Biography

I’ve been a radio operator since 1999. I met and became friends with many people in Central Arkansas, and participated in Skywarn and other public events. In 2004 I upgraded to General class and have since upgraded to Extra. We moved to Texas in 2005, and did not become nearly as active as I was when I was in Arkansas.

Lately, within the past two years, I have become more active. I am a W5YI-VEC and ARRL-VEC VE and am available for testing with a little notice.

I can be found on a few repeaters in North TX:

147.100 – Hurst ARC Primary 2m Repeater
442.850 – Hurst ARC 440 Repeater (Echolink Node 549691)
442.825 – Bedford ARC 440 Repeater
440.63750 – W5EBQ Dallas DMR Repeater, TG’s Metro, TX Statewide, North America
During Skywarn/Emergencies I often times will participate in the 146.940 Fort Worth/Tarrant County RACES nets. The equipment I use:

I really enjoy 20 and 40 meters. I use LoTW as my primary, eQSL as my secondary, and logs are uploaded everyday as part of my shutdown routine. I would like to request that you just confirm our QSO in LoTW and/or eQSL. I try to confirm every QSO I receive. You can find a consolidated list of my HF logbooks here: Logbook

I’ve find myself more and more on DMR digital since Fusion seems to be at a standstill and not real exciting because of it. I really like DMR and the people on there. I my ID is 3148261.

I was elected as the Hurst Amateur Radio Club President and am working to uphold the integrity and continued growth of our club with the help of my best friend and Vice President David, KD5YDU. We have a great group of people. If you are ever in the DFW area on Saturday morning, come meet with us. We have all of our events scheduled through Meetup and we would love to have you.

Chris, KD5HIY

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

VHF/UHF

2x Connect Systems CS800 UHF DMR Mobile installed in the truck and at home.
2x Tytera MD-380 UHF DMR HT
2x Yaesu FTM-400DR 2m, 440 Fusion Digital Mobile/Bases, one functional, one broken
Icom IC-2100H 2m Mobile
Yaesu FT-60R Dual band HT
FT-8800R 440, 2m Mobile (Currently down needing repair)
Two VX-150 2m HT’s
Baofeng UV-5RE 2m, 440 HT
Comet GP-3 Dual Band Antenna on the Roof of the QTH connected to one of the FTM-400DR’s and a CS800 DMR.

HF

Yaesu FT-450D 160m-6m
LDG AT-100Pro2 Autotuner
G5RV 102 ft Wire Dipole Antenna
Homebrew 20m & 40m HF Stick (Hamstick) Dipole