About Me
VE9KK
I was first licensed in 1989 and upgraded to advance in 2000. I primarily operate contests both CW and RTTY. I have been operating RTTY contests since 2005 and started CW contesting late 2006. I became more interested in CW and CW contesting but I had to get my code up to contest speed. I was able to get from 10 wpm to 34 in about a year with LOTS of practice. During 2007 I also was bitten with the QRP bug and operate my
Elecraft KX1. (The KX1 also has been sold) Another part of the hobby I enjoy is kit building it helps with the long winter nights.
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| My former K2 (sold) |
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| My K3 (sold) |
My home station consisted of an
Elecraft k2 (K2 was sold for funds for a new KX3) and
K3 with a
Begali contour paddle. My antenna was the
MFJ 1788 loop antenna. Which was on the balcony here in my condo. Not a mega contesting antenna by any stretch of the imagination. But I do live in an antenna restrictive area and that is the best I can do. It's not all about winning but enjoying the game....Well, it would be cool to be a big gun one day…I did have the Elecraft
KX3 and took it with me when I ventured outdoors for some "free-range" operating.
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The KX1 the first kit from Elecraft
(sold) |
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The new KX3 added to the family
(sold) |
So fast forward to where I am in life travels now....I have retired (2019) and we picked up and move to New Brunswick n the Maritimes in Canada. I am able to have an outdoor antenna which is an Endfed multiband antenna. I am not the proud owner of an Icom 7610 radio and it's fantastic and I am now officially away from Elecraft. Nother at all wrong with the Elecraft product but I felt it was time for a change. To fund the change I had to sell the K3 and my 1788 mag loop which really I had no use for now. I also sold the Begali key as for some reason I just could not get used to it. I purchased the
9A5A solid-state CW paddle and it has been working great. My PC was starting to show it's age and it was with regret that I sold my Elecraft KX3 to fund the new PC upgrade.
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| The Icom 7610 |
