Born: October 27, 1963 in
Married to Lisa, who is the granddaughter of Herman Bohning W2MZV SK. He was an excellent DXer, an early
supporter and QSL manager for the 4U1UN
station, and was QSL manager for Gus Browning W4BPD's
later DXpeditions.
One child, a daughter, Anna Rose, born 3/29/2001
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DXing (340 Total Countries, 335 Current Countries)
Major DX Awards: 5BWAC,
DXCC HONOR ROLL Mixed, DXCC HONOR ROLL Phone, DXCC Challenge
5BDXCC,
DXCC 17m, DXCC
12m, 5BWAZ (160 Zone Level)
VE exams (ARRL
VE, Exam coordinator St. Paul Radio Club 6/99 to 12/00)
Novice/Tech class teaching
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ARRL
since 1982
Twin
City DX Association since
1997 (Club Web Page Coordinator, President 2000, Secretary 2001,2002,2007)
St. Paul Radio Club
since 1998
Minnesota Wireless Association since 1999
Trustee to the Herman A. Bohning Memorial Amateur
Radio Club (W2MZV) since 2002
Trustee to the Twin City Experimental Amateur
Television Society (W9XAT) Since 2002
North American Shortwave Association during the early 1980’s
Shortwave Broadcast monitor identifier WDX2LS
Ex Newark News Radio Club Late 1970’s to end of club
Ex West Morris Wireless 1981-1992 (Charter Member)
Ex West Jersey DX Group 1986-1990 (Vice President 1987)
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Broadcast
Licensed as KA2OOG in 2/1982.
Upgraded to Technician in 8/1985
Upgraded to General in 10/1985
Upgraded to Advanced in 1/1986
Bit by Ham DX bug mid 1986
Awarded DXCC #26644 on September 8, 1986
Upgraded to Extra (on a dare from a student in my Novice/Tech Class) in
12/1991
Inactive from Mid 1992 to Mid 1997 :( :(
Moved to Twin Cities, moved to a no-antenna townhouse and took call AB0FH
4/30/97
Spent 30 bucks on vanity call AC0X 8/22/97
Worked 116 countries 7/97-6/98 from my no-antenna townhouse ;)
Moved into a house with a YARD 7/1/98. Put up a vertical.
Put up 50' Universal Tower Model 16-50 on July 31, 2000!!
TOWER PICTURES!!
Worked 140+ countries QRP-1 watt, 6 continents QRPp 200mW
Earned DXCC Honor Roll in 3/2002
Host and Coordinator for W0DXCC Convention 10/2003
Earned 5BWAZ (160 Zones) in 4/2004
Earned DXCC Challenge 1000 in January 2005
Earned 5BDXCC (with 100 watts and only single element, electrically loaded wire
antennas on the lowbands) in February 2007
Had the station struck by lightning in September
2007
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Rig:
Icom
IC-756 Pro III with Inrad
Roofing Filter Mod
Antennas: Tennadyne T8 at 17 meters high (13 to 30 MHz)
Alpha Delta DX-DD Inverted-V at 14 meters high (3.5 to
10MHz)
Computer Interface: microHam
micro KEYER II
Microphone: Heil Goldline with HC-5 Element
Rotator: Yaesu G-1000DXA
Rotator Computer Interface: Idiom
Press RotorCard DXA
Software:
CWget from DXSoft
DXLab
Logging, Station Control and Multi-Mode Software from AA6YQ
DXAtlas Ham Atlas Software from Afreet Software
MultiPSK Mult-Mode Software
from F6CTE
Tower: Universal Tower 16-50 Aluminum Tower
TOWER PICTURES!!
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Rigs:
Icom IC-761,
Kachina 505DSP,Icom
IC-740,Kenwood
TS-820S,Kenwood TS-430S, Icom
IC-R71A, Yaesu
FRG-7/Gilfer Modified,
Lafayette BCR-101, Realistic DX-160, National
NC-109
Antennas: Various dipoles and end-feds, Butternut
Butterfly 2 Element Mini-Beam,
MFJ 1786 Mini-Loop Indoors, Butternut
HF9VX, Alpha
Delta DX-B. Alpha Delta DX-A
Amplifiers: Never a one (too cheap or too noble? I don't know :) )
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AFRICA
Eritrea E30TA-Despite
various DXpeditions, this one is still a tough one.
Central African Republic TL8KH-My
wife's grandfather W2MZV was QSL manager for this one.
Juan de
OCEANIA
Kingman Reef K9AJ/KH5K-My wife always says "HOW CAN THIS BE A COUNTRY? IT'S A PILE OF
SEA SHELLS!"
Kure Island KH6JEB/KH7-A military base in the far west of the Hawaiian Islands
Macquarie IslandVK0SJ-Operations
from there are always just scientific operations with amateur radio as a
"side issue". This one was no different.
Bouvet 3Y5X-Worked this
one on dumb luck. He called on frequency, I HAPPENED to be there. I called him
back.
Malpelo Island HK3JJH/HK0M-Steep cliffs, very difficult landing.
South Orkney Islands/Las Orcadas LU1ZA-Antartic
territory, shared/claimed by various countries
ASIA
Andaman Islands VU4GDG-The Indian government has said they will not
authorize any operations from this or the
DPRK P5/4L4FN-Here's one the I (and a lot of us) thought we'd
NEVER have. If anything proves that DX IS, this does.
NORTH AMERICA
Desecheo Island WD5BJT/KP5-Favorite
place for divers, rare for amateur radio.
Navassa Island N2EDF/NP1-Ultra
rare DX in our backyard, and it may get rarer. The
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AFRICA
3B8CF-Mauritius
5A1A-Libya
5I3A-Tanzania
5N9CEN-Nigeria
5X1Z-Uganda
5Z4WI-Kenya
6W6JX-Senegal
7X4AN-Algeria
A22EW-Botswana
FR5HR-Reunion
S79FAG-Seychelles
V51HK-Namibia
ZD7DP-St. Helena
ASIA
4J9RI-Azerbaijan
4L4MM-Georgia
4S7NZG-Sri Lanka
7O1YGF-Yemen
9V1YC-Singapore
A41LZ-Oman
A52GJ-Bhutan
A61AO-United Arab Emirates
BV8BC-Taiwan
BY1DX-China
E41/OK1DTP-Palestine
EK6TA-Armenia
EX2T-Kirgystan
HS1RU-Thailand
JT1CO-Mongolia
JY4MB-Jordan
TA2BK-Turkey
UA0FDX-Siberia
EUROPE
3A/OH1RY-Monaco
4O8/9X0A-Kosovo
LX2DW-
R1FJL-Franz
T97M-Bosnia
HH2/F8CUP-Haiti
J79WW-Dominica
OX2K-Greenland
VP5/K2DO-Turks and Caicos
OCEANIA
3D2AG-Fiji
4W6GH-East Timor
9M6AAC-West Malaysia
A35TU-Tonga
CE0AA-Rapa Nui
KH0AC-Northern Marianas
KH4/IV3NVN-Midway
T30R-Western Kiribati
T88JU-Palau
V73UX-Marshall Islands
VK9NS-Norfolk Island
WH6ASW/KH2-Guam
YB0DX-Indonesia
ZK1JD-South Cook Islands
ZL9CI-Campbell Island
SOUTH AMERICA
FY5YE-French
HK3JJH/HK0M-Malpelo
PZ5RA-Suriname
ZP5MAL-Paraguay
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