Since 1981
SWL since 1960
Previously Held Amateur Radio Call Signs
Nov 1981 - Nov 1982
Nov 1982 - Jan 1984
Jan 1984 - Oct 1990
Jun 1989 - Jun 1990
Oct 1990 - Apr 2001 & Jun 2002 - Jun 2004
Apr 2001 - Jun 2002 & Jun 2004 - Feb 2007
Since 09 February 2007
The
Cushcraft
X-9 is at 40 feet on my TX-438 tower.
Installed at the end of August 2008.
My amplifier is rarely needed anymore on 20 meters and I can't wait for 15m and 10m to
begin opening up.
[Has nothing to do with the reason why I graduated from the AL-811H to the AL-1200 in early July 2009]
The
King Cobra
dipole has been up in my back yard at 70 feet since 2004. I'm sure there are many better dipoles
out there but this one has been my favorite since building it. I used 12AWG 3-Conductor ROMEX electrical
house wire (leaving the wire within the sheath), 450 Ohm Ladder Line, pieces of 1/4" Plexiglas for center and
end insulators,5/16" Dacron rope, and an
MFJ-912 4:1 Balun (W9INN Box) to build my Cobra dipole.
The Cobra dipole
antenna was designed by Ray Cook, W4JOH and was published in 73 magazine. The Cobra requires a good
roller inductor antenna transmatch for greatest flexibility especially when using an amplifier.
Update:
My King Cobra was retired on 12 October 2009 due to UV wear and breakage (wind storms).I have put up a 200 foot dipole fed with 450 Ohm Ladder line for now. I'll decide if I'm to build another King Cobra after the winter on 160m.
Works from 160m to 10m
From New England (Eastern Mass.) I worked Ducie on 100 watts with
a Kenwood TS-2000 and Clipperton with a Yaesu FT-1000D running 200 watts
using my Cobra...
I also worked Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, and Ireland on 160m with this antenna.,
- W1KQ
It's very easy to build one too...
If you don't want to build one yourself you can purchase a Cobra UltraLite
Sr. or Jr.
at any Ham Radio Outlet store
or directly from Joe, K1JEK. Just click the link below..
Tell Joe that W1KQ sent you.
Friendly Notes:
The plural word "Antennae" refers to bugs and not to RF radiators. RF radiators are "Antennas."
BALUN gets its name from
BALanced to UNbalanced and is pronounced as such. It is not pronouncedOswald did not shoot J.F.K. L.B.J. had more to do with it and I can prove it!!
There's no such word as IRREGARDLESS.
Asterisk is pronounced ASTER-RISK not ASTER-RICKS.
There is a difference between "THERE," "THEIR," and "THEY'RE" as well as "YOUR," "YOU'RE," and "YORE"
Apollo 11 - Apollo 17 Actually landed on the moon. Minus Apollo 13
Global Warming is the reason for low sunspot numbers this cycle. Uh...huh....Really!
My Tower Installation Project July-August 2008
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Ham Radio Related Links
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ARA
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
Solar Terrestrial Activity Report
ARRL Eastern Massachusetts Section
Are you in my Log? Check via script from
DX.QSL.NETI'm going through all of my logs to submit them and have not submitted 2007 and 2008 logs as of 13 Oct 2009.
A Part-Time Employee of
224 North Broadway, Suite D-12
Radios I Now Own and Use
FT-1000D FT-1000MP Mark V
| YAESU |
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TS-2000
| KENWOOD U.S.A. |
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IC-7000 IC-2800
IC-2200 w/UT-118 DStar Module IC-D800 DStar Mobile
IC-91AD IC-92AD
| ICOM America |
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W1KQ Dracut, MA, USA