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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>My name is Paul
Jones and I’m a new member and thought it would be a good idea to
introduce myself to you all. I’m originally from <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region> as you
will soon tell when you hear me on the <span class=GramE>air,</span> I know I have
already worked several of you in various contests.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>I was originally licensed
in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> back in 1981 with
a G7 callsign, and have been in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> now for 8 years and took my
tech exam the year I moved over, but with work commitments I wasn’t able
to take my General until ’05 finally passed my extra in ’06. I am
an avid CW fan, and my speed varies from 15wpm on a bad day to 25 on a good day,
luckily for me, seems all the contests are on good <span class=GramE>days </span></span></font><font
size=2 face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
mso-ascii-font-family:Tahoma;mso-hansi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-char-type:symbol;
mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:
Wingdings'>J</span></span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Until recently I was
living in a restricted community so all my HF work was on a 80 inverted V at
35ft in the oak trees, well I moved back in March to a new qth out in the
country, and now have 4 acres to play with, so I can start to build a more
serious contest station, I have several antennas planned, my every day use
antenna goes up this weekend on a 55ft aluminum crack up, a Mosley TA-63M, then
hopefully by the end of January I will have my other towers up, two rohn 45’s
at 150ft with the following antenna’s 2 5el20’s, and a 6el10 on one
tower<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>And a 3el40 and
5el15 on the other <span class=GramE>( all</span> antennas are sitting in boxes
ready to be built). <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I currently use a 160m 1/2wave dipole at <span
class=GramE>65ft, that</span> will be moving up to the towers at 120ft once they
are complete. I was even thinking of some sort of curtain array for between the
towers, but I’m still thinking on that one<span class=GramE>..</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>But while living in
the older qth I gained the following awards…<br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>2006 ARRL International DX - <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">1st Place</st1:address></st1:Street> Phone Single Op, Low Power, SC
Section.<br>
2006 ARRL International DX - <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1st
Place</st1:address></st1:Street> CW Single Op, Low Power, SC Section. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>2006 IARU HF World Championships - <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1st Place</st1:address></st1:Street> ARRL SC
Section.</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>2006 ARRL 10m DX - 1st Place Mixed, Multi op, Low Power, SC
Section.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Anyway enough of my ramblings, I look forward to working
you all in the contests…..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>73<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>--</span></font><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>Paul Jones - AI4MT<br>
</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-no-proof:yes'>Amateur Radio Station<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ridgeville</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">SC</st1:State></st1:place><br>
EM93tb - ITU Region 2<br>
IARU Zone 8, CQ Zone 5<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><a href="http://www.ai4mt.com/">http://www.ai4mt.com/</a><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:paul@ai4mt.com">paul@ai4mt.com</a></span></b></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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