AMATEUR RADIO STATION
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Mark S. Nelson
3513 Oak Hill Court
Fort Collins, Colorado 80526
E-Mail: wd9ind@comcast.net

THE NELSON FAMILY WEBSITE

Amateur Radio Forest Fire Lookout Tower Association

County: Larimer   Grid Square: DN70kn
Latitude: 40 Degrees 32.331 Minutes   Longitude: 105 Degrees 07.092 Minutes

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STATION PROFILE:   
QTH RIG:YAESU FT-847, ANTENNA: TUNER/FOLDED DIPOLE (IN ATTIC)
MOBILE RIG: YAESU FT-100 ANTENNA: ATAS-100
HANDHELD: KENWOOD TH-G71 DUAL BAND.
COMPUTER: DELL DESKTOP /  PENTIUM III LAPTOP

 

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FT-100 Installed in the Honda CRV (or the Chevy Trailblazer)/ ATAS-100
 

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Stealth Attic "Antenna Farm" Dipole (with Tuner), 4-Element 2 Meter Beam Directed towards Denver, VHF Wide Band Vertical

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QSL CARDS from WD9IND:
I have an electronic QSL Card at www.eqsl.cc. Use the link below to search for any E-QSL cards you may have on file. A reply QSL is greatly appreciated. THANKS!! If you would like a copy of the QSL Card below please E-Mail me at: WD9IND@comcast.net

QRZ callsign lookup:

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Amateur Radio Fire Lookout Association-W7XAQ

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Club Founder and Trustee    
Website: http://home.comcast.net/~w7xaq

Visit My U.S.Forest Service work related sites:

Fort Collins Interagency Wildfire Dispatch Center
Communications System for the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests
Lookout Towers (Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests/Rocky Mountain National Park)
Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests Aviation Program

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Communications Unit Leader(T) and Communications Technician
on Rocky Mountain Area Type II Incident Management Team

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Diagram of Typical Incident System Set-up

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Orlean Lookout Repeater/UHF Link & Aircraft Link Six Rivers Forest Northern California 2006 /
Command Repeater installation near Bonners Ferry Idaho 2002

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Refresher Training at National Fire Center-Boise Id. / Radio System retrieval on Cooney Ridge Fire-Missoula, MT. / Repeater Set-up Twenty Mile fire-Douglas, WY

   ADMINISTRATION:

     AMATEUR RADIO CLUBS:

FREQUENCY/SPECTRUM INFORMATION:

  DX / PROPAGATION REFRENCES:

DIGITAL MODES: (Computer Sound Board Interface)

        CALLSIGNS / QSL CARDS / RADIO MODS:

  SATELLITE:

        REFERENCE LINKS:

OTHER HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:

        AVIATION SITES:
        ASTRONOMY SITES:

       COIN COLLECTING:

       NATURAL RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS:

        FLYFISHING:

E-Mail: wd9ind@comcast.net   

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   NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AMATEUR RADIO:  MEMBER SINCE 1978

Page Created: 01/01/1999. Last Update: 03/10/07