[SEDXC] New Guy

[Gary McConville]

Welcome to the group, Rich.  Just put an announcement for an antenna party a few weeks in advance.  I'm sure you get lots of response.

Gary - WB4SQ


--- On Sat, 1/17/09, Richard Arland <richard.arland at att.net> wrote:

> From: Richard Arland <richard.arland at att.net>
> Subject: [SEDXC] New Guy
> To: sedxc at contesting.com
> Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 2:30 PM
> Hi All:
> 
> I am one of the new folks that joined SEDXC at Tech Fest
> 2009 last weekend.
> 
> A brief bio: 
> 
> 62 years old and married to Patricia (KB3MCT) for 27 years;
> four children (all grown---except that they keep coming back
> home to live!!); seven grandkids. First licensed in 1963 as
> KN7YHA , then K7YHA a year later and then changed to K7SZ in
> 1996. Ten years later I changed again to W3OSS for two years
> before reclaiming K7SZ a second time. The W3OSS just
> didn't roll right in CW and was a pain on phone. 
> 
> I retired from the USAF in 1987 and from the PA Dept of
> Corrections (VoEd Electronics Instructor) in 2006. Pat and I
> moved to from Wilkes-Barre, PA to Dacula, GA in October of
> last  year. The cold winters aren't as much fun as they
> use to be!! Since 1971 I belonged to the Western Washington
> DX Club, which I joined as CT2BH while in the Azores
> (1970-73). The SEDXC is the first DX Club that I have
> belonged to that was easily accessible and very active.
> Thanks for taking me on!
> 
> Although I have worked DXCC at least three times using
> various calls from around the world (CT2BH, KA2AA in Japan
> before true recip licensing was approved, DA2NE and G3CSU)
> I never pursued collecting the QSLs to get the wall paper.
> This New Year's resolution included getting DXCC
> "for real" from the new QTH. 
> 
> Starting in 1965 I became an avid QRPer (PLEASE....no rude
> comments!) and was the first (and only) QRP column editor
> in QST for four years (Jan 2000 to Dec 2003). I have
> written a total of six books on QRP, three editions of
> "The ARRl's Low Power Communications, the Art and
> Science of QRP". Over the years I have done feature
> articles for QST, CQ, CQ-VHF, Monitoring Times,
> Popular Communications and various club newsletters.
> Currently I write the Beginner's Column in CQ-VHF. 
> 
> My main interests have always been in the HF arena,
> however, over the last few years and subsequently with the
> move to Dacula, I have had this burning desire to give VHF+
> a serious try. Although a QRPer, there are several rigs in
> my arsenal that will do a massive 100W!! (Some of my QRP
> brethren have branded me a heretic, however I feel that QRP
> is NOT for everyone and there is nothing wrong with using
> high power to get the job done...after all that is why God
> created linear amps, right??)
> 
> My antenna farm is quite modest at present: a 40M dipole
> fed with 300 Ohm ladder line in the attic of my home and a
> dual band V/UHF J-pole for FM work. Today (Saturday, Jan
> 17th) I plan on erecting a trio of Halo antennas for VHF+ to
> cover 6, 2, and 70cms....after all there IS a VHF
> Sweepstakes on this weekend!! (Nothing like waiting to the
> last minute to get the antennas up!!)
> 
> I look forward to contributing to the SEDXC in what ever
> way possible. Since I am old and decrepit, I will need some
> help with the antennas this spring/summer....hopefully that
> will entail a 40-50 ft tower, HF tribander, and 5-over-5 for
> 2M, a 6M 3element yagi, and a 70cms yagi. Oscar antennas
> will follow as time and money permit. 
> 
> Anyone got a Glen Martin roof tower that they want to find
> a good home for?? 
> 
> vy 73 es tnx again for welcoming me aboard.
> 
> Rich Arland, K7SZ
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