Biography

Most of my amateur radio activity is captured on my website: http://www.kk5jy.net/

I am a software developer with commercial radio licenses: http://www.kk5jy.net/resume/

For QSL information, please see: http://www.kk5jy.net/qsl/

Equipment

My main radio is the Kenwood TS-590SG. I run only 100W.

The low HF transmit antenna is a modified HF-2V: http://www.kk5jy.net/hf2v/
The low HF receive antenna is a wire loop: http://www.kk5jy.net/porch-loop/

For the shorter HF wavelengths, I alternate between several antenna designs over time:

+ The STL: http://www.kk5jy.net/magloop/
+ The 'Y': http://www.kk5jy.net/three-wire-gp/
+ SJ-Pole: http://www.kk5jy.net/sjpole/
+ The Halo: http://www.kk5jy.net/6m-halo/

The 10m/6m antenna in the picture is a two-band halo, or "cobweb": http://www.kk5jy.net/Es-halo/

The SRL is one of my favorite receiving antennas: http://www.kk5jy.net/rx-loop/

Many people are also using my loop-on-ground for low HF reception: http://www.kk5jy.net/LoG/

My most recent project is a software modem for FT8: http://www.kk5jy.net/ft8modem