HELLO, I HAVE BEEN A LICENSED OPERATOR SINCE NOV,1993 AT WHICH TIME I RECEIVED MY CALL KC5EGC IN HARKER HEIGHTS,TEXAS.
MOVED TO ARIZONA IN AUGUST 2002 AND WITH SOME ENCOURAGMENT FROM KC0LL DAVID AND A FEW OTHERS AND HEARING MY HAM FRIENDS FROM TEXAS ON H.F. I FINALLY DECIDED TO UPGRADE MY HAM TICKET.
JULY 03,2004 AT THE WILLIAMS HAMFEST I UPGRADED TO EXTRA CLASS,
IN FEB 2006 I RECEIVED THE KB5B VANITY CALL TO REFLECT MY EXTRA CLASS TICKET.
ONE NOTCH MORE THAN EVERYONE THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GO !!!
H.F. IS GREAT !!!
MY LOVELY WIFE OF 25 YEARS PASSED HER TECH THE WEEK OF SEPT 11, 2004. HER CALL IS KE7BYP.
I ENJOY MANY MODES OF OPERATION AND PLAN ON ADDING MORE BANDS WITH THE ADDITION OF THE SECOND TOWER WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED. AT PRESENT I ENJOY TWO METERS,SEVENTY CENTIMETERS,SIX METERS AND HF.
I ALSO USE AM/FM/SSB/DIGITAL MODES TO INCLUDE APRS/PSK31/SSTV/DIGITV/THROB/STREAM/HELLSCRIEBER/CW/RTTY AND MANY OTHER SOUND CARD MODES ALONG WITH AN OCCASSIONAL QSO ON ECHOLINK AND THE LATEST ADDITION 1200 BAUD PACKET !!
I LOVE RAGCHEWING WITH A VERY DIVERSIFIED GROUP OF OLD AND NEW HAMS I HAVE MET SINCE MOVING TO ARIZONA FROM TEXAS. A VAST POOL OF KNOWLEDGE IS CONTAINED IN OUR GROUP AND EVERYONE IS WILLING TO HELP EACH OTHER WITH A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS THAT MAY ARISE IN EVERYDAY LIFE AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT...
Radios in the shack are Yaesu FT847,Ten-Tec Omni C, Kenwood 430, Icom 2350 Dual Bander,Ten-Tec Jupiter driving an Ameritron 811H to a Heathkit SA-2060 tuner and an Echolink Station consisting of a 2.7 gig computer w/rigblaster nomic & IC2200H.Mobile installation is Icom IC-7000 w/ LDG AT-7000 Auto Tuner
That is right...KB5B now has a 24/7 Echolink Node online in Marana, Az...So connect up and give a shout.....No reason why the Texas Gang can not Visit via Radio Now..
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Photo Compliments of PAUL KD7CYX
taken 06-07-03
"Green Acres" I have no clue where they got the name....not much green around here!!! This is where we reside in the desert of Arizona in Marana.......
