Biography
Hi,
Glad you looked me up.
My name is Den and I have been a ham since 1976. My wife (N2RDX) and I live in Nokomis, Fl. on the Gulf coast of Florida. We are both retired.
CW is my preferred mode and I like to dabble with the digital modes, especially PSK.
I enjoy contesting, and building things, antennas, ATUs, I/Os, power suppies etc.
QSL 100% via LOTW, eQSL, Bureau or Direct.
YEA!
Finally achieved over 1000 confirmed band countries on CW for theARRL DXCC Challenge. N
Finished the 2012 DXCC Silver Challenge award on CW in February.
Thinking about starting on some PSK-31 awards. WAS first then DXCC
Some of my accomplishments: ------------------------------------------
DXCC # 7900 CW
259+ countries confirmed and verified on CW.
100+ countries confirmed and verified on 10, 12 ,15, 17,20, 30 and 40 Meters, CW!
Working real hard on my 5 Band DXCC CW(need 80M QSOs. verified count @ 70!)
1000+ confirmed and verified band / countries toward the ARRL DXCC Challenge (YEA!)
CQ WPX CW # 3280
CQ WAZ CW # 677
ARRL Diamond DXCC Challenge16-Feb-2012
ARRL DXCC Millenium Award 01-Mar-2000
eDX100 with CW endorsement
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
Advanced Skywarn Spotter
As WA2JHN:
1978 ARRL 10 Meter Contest, First place, Novice (CW), Northern New Jersey, Call: WA2JHN/N
QRP ARC 1000 Mile per Watt member # 658:
Clifton NJ to Margate, Fl 2130 miles on 0.5 W CW on 40M
WAS as a Novice / CW # 33,522
Ten American Districts Award # 2330
W2DEN/4 Portable Operations
December 8, 2012
Lido Key Fl IOTA NA-34 US Island FL-027S EL87rh
November 3, 2012
Boca Grande (Gasparilla Isl.), FL
Light ARLHS USA-910 on IOTA NA-69, Locator EL86ur
Equipment
HF Rig:
Kenwood TS-2000 @ 100 watts CW, 25 Watts PSK
Linear:
Collins 30L-1 ~ 600 watts (Great old linear)
When needed, 'Life is Too Short for QRP!'
HF antenna:
Butternut HF6V on ground with 17M and 12M added
Mounted right next to a salt water canal ~3 miles from the Gulf of Mexco.
Have owned this antenna for many years, it is a great performer!
Logs:
DXLab for every day use
Fabulous FREE logging program.
N1MM for contesting
Another great freebie!
I/O: KK7UQ Interface II (kit) in Altoids can.
Out of production but an ez circuit to reproduce.
Portable Station:
Icom IC-7000
Homebrew Z-Match
132 or 66 foot balanced dipole fed with 450 ohm ladder line.
Dell Latitude 620 using DXLab
600 watt genie.