Biography
First licensed in 1969 as WN0DRH, then as WB0DRH. Became inactive for years and then reactivated as I got closer to retirement. Upgraded to amateur extra and call-sign K9HZ in 2002. Will retire to J6 in a few years. Other calls: J68HZ, PJ4HZ, ZF2HZ, 8P6HK, and contest station K9ZC.
Equipment
Radios: Two Icom IC-7800's, Two Icom IC-910H, Two Icom IC-706MKIIG, Flexradio Flex 5000A fully loaded, Elecraft K3 fully loaded, Icom IC-751, Hallicrafters HQ180AC, WinRadio 353.
Amplifiers: Four Harris RF3230 2Kw Solid State amps, 6 Rockwell Collins 208U-3A and 2 208U-10A militairy amps, several homebrew 1 & 2 kW solid state amps. Several solid state home-brew mobile amps.
Antennas: Texas QTH - Zero-five flagpole antenna for my antenna challenged community. Three element Steppir in attic. Illinois QTH: 4-square for 160 using Rohn 25G tower, 4-square on 80 using Rohn 25G tower, Full-sived 80 meter beam at 130 feet using adjustable elements, three full-sized 4 element OWA 40 meter beams at 70, 140, and 210 feet on rotating Rohn 65G tower. Three 6 element 20 meter beams on 180 foot rotating tower, three six-element 15 meter beams on rotating tower. Eight six-element 10 meter beams, side-by side, on 120 foot rotating tower. Rotating multiplier tower with 40 meter beam at 70 feet, three phased C31XRs at 31, 62, 93 feet, five element 12 meter antenna, five element 17 meter, and 5 element 30 meter antenna. Additional receive antennas.