Biography

Hi. Here's a little about me. I live in the town of Mamou, Louisiana (pronounced mah-moo).

I'm a U.S. Army Signal Corp Veteran. HHC 199th Supp. Batt. to the 256th Mech. Inf. Louisiana National Guard, 1997-2003. 

I'm a Law Enforcement Veteran and am now a Louisiana Department of Corrections Master Sergeant where in I am a Trip Officer.

In my early teens I got into CB radios. It was part of the reason I joined the Army, but my unit had no openings for radio operator. I was offered computer networking, which was also Signal Corp, so I took it. While in my unit, I was still doing a lot of radio operating since I was in the Signal Regiment. 

I had an interest in Amateur Radio since my mid-20s. I finally decided to obtain my license. I got my Technician on 1/18/25. On 2/25/25 I got my General. 

I currently run a simple setup. I use a Radioddity QT80 for my HF and a Baofeng AR-5RM for my VHF/UHF. Since there are no local 20m/70cm operators for simplex operation nor any local repeaters, I use Echolink. Those radios run through a Diamond MX62M duplexer into a Tram 1411 discone (at 30 ft. up). I also have my home made 1/2 wave horizontal dipole (at 26 ft. up) for all my HF DX work.

Thank you for checking my profile. Maybe we'll QSO at some point. 

73's, K2CJM  

Cosimo Joseph Martello II (thus K2CJM) I go by Jay.

You can also find me here: Jay's Facebook Page

Equipment

Radioddity QT80

Baofeng AR-5RM

Tram 1411 Discone

Home Made 1/2 Wave Horizontal Dipole