W9BBB Callsign on QRZCQ.com

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2024-11-08 12:18:41 UTC

W9BBB

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Wayne Strickland

Chicago 60655
United States, IL

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Call data

Last update:	2014-09-19 13:37:33
QTH:	Chicago
Continent:	NA
Views:	360
Main prefix:	K
Class:	Extra
Federal state:	IL
US county:	cook
Latitude:	n41.41.56.3
Longitude:	w87.42.37.2
Locator:	EN61DQ
DXCC Zone:	291
ITU Zone:	8
CQ Zone:	5
ULS record:	826183

QSL data

Last update:	2014-09-19 13:35:57
eQSL QSL:	YES
Bureau QSL:	YES
Direct QSL:	YES
LoTW QSL:	no

Biography

Worked in electronics since a boy.

What started to be an ordinary day, My friends call me over to listen to a crystal radio one of them just built out of a boy scout manual.

I thought I started to heard WLS am and then a signal burst in so loud it made me pull the headphone off my head. I slowly started to put the headpnhones on and started hearing some numbers which turned out be a callsigns.

I was hooked.
73's

Equipment

At the time I have a couples of Elecraft K2's, A K3 and other VHF-UHF rigs
Antennas are end fed wire 135' , B+W 80-10 vert and various VHF-UHF beams and verticles

Rev. 99749b4cce