AB9XS

As of 9/28/2010, I'm AB9XS. I was KC9TAP for a short while, but made approximately one contact on that call.

Interests

• PSK31

• Homebrewing and Building QRP (low power) equipment

• Software Defined Radio

• DX contacts

Planned/Upcoming Projects

• QRP Transceiver Build Party

• Bicycle-powered DX

• Weather Balloon APRS

Home Setup(Rigs)

• Yaesu VX-8DR - Nice quadband handitalkie, good for 6m/2m/1.25m/70cm. I also have the GPS addon for APRS mode. I also added on a Diamond dual-band antenna for 2m and 70cm.

• Yaesu FT-857d - Great allband, allmode radio. I was going to do the 5w version, the FT-817nd, but this way is way more flexible and I won't need to upgrade for a long time.

Home Setup(Antennas)

• Buddipole

• Cushcraft 70cm 6elt Yagi

• A mystery antenna – found but not sure which frequency it was designed for. It doesn't seem to work well on any.

Wanted Equipment

• Small Wonders Lab's PSK-20 - A PSK31-only transceiver for 20m

• Elecraft K2 - I was pretty into the 817nd idea, but this unit is slowly gaining ground. I would use the following additions

  • Battery Unit

  • SSB Unit

• Elecraft KX3 - All the gloriousness of the K3 with a tiny form factor? Count me in!

Previous equipment

• Yaesu FT-840: Worked well, but not as well as the stuff at school, and the apartment I live at is not well suited for full-power ops. Sold Dec, 2010

QSL Cards

Club Membership

I've taken a more-or-less active role in the follow clubs and groups

• North Shore Amateur Radio Club (Highland Park, IL)

• PODXS 070 Club (Member #1407)

• Metro Amateur Radio Club (Lincolnwood, IL)

• Northwestern University Amateur Radio Society (Evanston, IL)

Service Events

I've worked just a couple of service events:

• Bike the Ridge, Evanston, IL(Oct 1, 2011)

• 4th of July Parade, Schuamberg, IL(July 4, 2011)

School Setup

Northwestern's Ham club is W9BGX.