# jemdoc: showsource
= 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
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== 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 [http://w9bgx.nuars.northwestern.edu/ W9BGX].