Biography

I grew up around ham radio, my dad (KA7OWW) was regularly on the radio or going to breakfast with other hams. I remember pushing every button and flipping every switch on his Icom IC-701 when I was little.

I started messing around with CB radio in the summer of 2019 because I go off road exploring often. That grew into me figuring out how to make an 11-meter dipole for a base CB station. Naturally that grew into more interest on antennas and radios. So, I started to study to get my ticket, a lot of it came back to me from growing up around it and on Dec 2019 got my technician license and given the call sign KJ7LII. I found out the call K7OWW was available and applied for vanity right before I got my General in March of 2020 and in Feb 2021, I finally passed my Extra.

I grew up with a 2 Meter AEA Isopole on the side of our house and ever since I got my ticket, I wanted one, my buddy W7TVS found one when picking up a tower and gave it to me. It’s a decent antenna and pairs well with my 2m Kenwood.


Memberships:

Valley Radio Club – W7PXL

South-Western Oregon Repeater Association - SWORA

Oregon Region Relay Concil - ORRC (Board Member at Large)

Repeater:

224.400 T114.8 -1.6 MHz | Thurston Hills

APRS:

K7OWW / Home station

K7OWW-2 / Weather Station, Digipeater, iGate in Crescent, OR

K7OWW-7 / Anytone 878 HT

K7OWW-8 / Kenwood D7A HT

K7OWW-9 / Mobile

K7OWW-10 / Rx-Only iGate


I regularly upload to LOTW, eQSL and QRZ

Equipment

HF:

Icom IC-718

Signalink USB

102' Doublet @ 30ft, SGC SG-237 Smartuner w/40' RG-213

15m Dipole

20m Inverted V Dipole @ 25ft

Starduster Antenna @ 30ft

LDG IT-100


144mhz Base Station:

Kenwood TK-7180 VHF

AEA Isopole 144 Antenna @ 35ft w/ 40' Flex400

220mhz Base Station:

(Under Construction)

Telewave ANT220F0 Antenna


440mhz Base Station:

Kenwood TK-8180 UHF

Husler G6-440 Antenna @ 30ft w/ 70' LMR600


Other Radios, Antennas, Etc:

Uniden BCD325p2 Scanner

Tram 1411 Discone Antenna @ 15ft w/ 50' Flex 400

Kenwood TK-780 (APRS Home Station Radio)

Kantronics KPC 9612

Kantronics KPC 3+

Tram 1089-BNC Mag Mount or 220mhz Mag Mount (on a roof vent)

ZUMspot RPi MMDVM Hotspot (432.800mhz)

SDRplay RSP1A

Yaesu FT-2400

Kenwood TK-880 UHF

Mobile Adventure Rig:

Kenwood TM-D710A w/Larsen NMO2/70c

BTECH UV-25X4 Tri Band w/ 1/4 wave 222mhz NMO Mag mount

Tram 154mhz 1/4 wave NMO Mag mount

Uniden PRO520XL w/ Larsen NMO27


Handhelds:

Anytone AT-D878DV w/ Signal Stick or Stock Antenna

Kenwood TH-D7A w/ Signal Stick or Stock Antenna


Aredn Mesh:

MikroTik RouterBOARD hAP ac

Ubiquiti PBE-M5 400

Ubiquiti NanoBridge M5

Cisco IP Phone 303

K7OWW-2 APRS Station:

Kenwood TK-7180H

Tram 1477 Antenna @ 25ft w/ 30' LMR240

Microsat WX3in1 2.0

Davis Vantage Vue

MikroTik RouterBOARD hAP ac

Verizon Netgear Hotspot