Biography

ARRL-registered Instructor, co-teach many Technician and General License preparation classes each year (since 2016), along with my husband, AF0W. We are preparing to teach our first Extra License class in the fall of 2019.

ARRL and LAUREL Volunteer Examiner. Lead exam sessions for each of our classes, in addition to helping with the regularly-scheduled club exam sessions.

Active in Longmont, Colorado (USA) Amateur Radio Club (LARC), found at w0eno.org and Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club (NCARC) in Fort Collins, CO, found at ncarc.net.

Have taught myself CW, can do about 12-15 wpm. Practicing to increase my speed & accuracy. Want to be competent at it for Field Day 2019.

Enjoy contesting, antenna building, field events, doing GOTA sessions with our students, project building, and would like to build a QRP rig and a pixie key still.

Not much time to be on the radio, with all the time our classes are taking up, as well as work.

Equipment

HF Equipment

Radio:
Kenwood TS-440S/AT
Antennas:
W8AMZ G5RV Jr., outdoors, running between three trees at ~22 ft. (6.7 m) high; 100 ft. coax
PAR Electronics EF-20 Endfed at 25 ft. (7.62 m) from house to tree
Misc:
MFJ-986 Differential-T Tuner
WSJIT-X for digital communication
Buxcomm RASCAL audio interface
DJOMY nanoKeyer (built by my husband AF0W)
Vibroplex Vibrokeyer (Standard) Single-Lever Paddle
Bencher B4-2 Iambic Paddle
TKF Straight Key (sits too high - affects carpel tunnel)
J-38 Straight Key
Speed-X Straight Key

HF/VHF Equipment

Radio:
Kenwood TM-D710a
Antenna:
Ed Fong J-pole 5O' (15.24 m) RG-8x - attic
Radio:
Icom IC-2350H
Antenna:
MFJ-1724B mag mount inside ham shack
Radio:
Kenwood TS-711A
Antenna:
M2 EB-144/RK2M 50 ft. (15.24 m) DXE-400MAX - attic
SignaLink USB AGWPE 2m packet SSTV
Radio:
Kenwood TS-811A
Antenna:
M2 EB-432/RK70CM 50ft (15.24m) DXE-400MAX - attic

Almost all of this equipment was purchased used (except for the G5RV, the Ed Fong, and the Endfed antenna), and some had to be repaired when purchased to get them into working condition. I did the tree climbing and attic crawling myself to install the antennas! :)

Previous Callsigns: AD0PS and KE0ABG