Biography

Hi!

Greetings from Redondo Beach, California. My QTH is about one mile (1.6 km) from the ocean, approximately 15 miles (24 km) southwest of downtown Los Angeles.

Originally licensed in 1980 as KA6NAL – 40+ years as an amateur radio operator.

I enjoy all aspects of amateur radio: ragchewing, DX, contesting, etc. and try to participate in all of them. Same for modes: CW, SSB, FT8, FT4, RTTY, Packet, WSPR, and whatever else I can make my radio do. I operate as many bands as I can, which currently includes everything from 40m to 6m. I'm looking into adding satellite.

I have operated two DXpeditions to America Samoa in 1991 (KA6NAL/NH8) and 1993 (KA6NAL/AH8) and also operated from PJ2 with K6RO in 2002. The first KH8 trip included the first amateur satellite activation of AS via OSCAR-13.

Please QSL direct if you want a paper QSL (no SASE/IRC required, though SASE appreciated), or via LoTW and eQSL. Now updating online logs almost daily.

Always looking forward to the next QSO...

Tnx and 73,

Ron

Equipment

HF / 6m:

Rigs:
FlexRadio Systems FLEX-6400M (100 W) - primary
Yaesu FT-710 AESS (100 W) - backup/mobile

ACOM 1010 HF linear amplifier (160 - 10m, 500W CW, 700W PEP)

Heil Proset Plus! headset with dual mics (HC-4 and HC-5 elements)
Bencher iambic paddle
Astron RS-20A power supply
2022 MacBook Pro (SDR client with the Flex)

Software: RumlogNG for logging, SmartSDR for MacOS with the Flex, WSJT-X for WSPR and other modes (w/Loopback)

Antennas: Cushcraft R8 vertical antenna @ 10'

VHF/UHF:

Transceiver: Icom IC-2730A dual-band
Antenna: Diamond D-130J Super Discone Antenna @ 25'