Biography

My name is John, but go by Pete, I got started in Ham Radio in 1967. There have been pauses in my activities over the years, but have been fairly active the past 15 years. I retired from Caterpillar, INC. in October of 2003 after 30 yrs of service, after a short time I became bored and went to work again. I worked as Parts and Service Manager at a car dealership, but I finally retired in 2012. I am married to Donna (37 yrs) and have 3 grown children, 2 girls and a son, which have given me 7 fantastic grand children 4 girls and 3 boys.

I enjoy nets and DXing, I qsl 100%

73 de Pete NJ9T

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Equipment

Equiptment at the QTH is, main radio Icom 746 Pro, SM 20 microphone and an Ameritron AL80B amplifier. My backup rig is an Icom 718 with an SM 8 microphone and a heathkit SB200 amplifier. For VHF/UHF I use an Icom 2720 SM 8 into a 7 el yagi at 40 foot. For HF antennas I run a Mosley TA 33 Classic at 36 foot, a Mosley S-402 40 meter yagi at 60 foot. I also have a spider dipole for 20/40/75/80 at 40 foot and a 3 element yagi for 6 meters at 40 foot.

For mobile operations, I run an Icom 718 into a Predator screwdriver antenna and an Icom 207 duel band for VHF and UHF into a Diamond antenna.

I have my older rigs that I try to use, I have a Heathkit HW101 with a Heathkit desk microphone and a Heathkit SB104A with Heathkit desk mike. I also have a station monitor that I have inline and use a Bencher Paddles for CW. I use 2 computers to run the various programs I use.