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Got it Saturday afternoon.

By Saturday evening….

So nice seeing someone enjoying life as it occurs

Sue and I went to Waffle House in Hickory, NC this morning for breakfast.

Good food, good atmosphere, good service, lots of smiles. Can’t ask for anything more…

Will be going back often….

I’ll tell ya right now, we’d party with this guy anytime!

Here is a fellow human enjoying life as it occurs, and bringing a smile to those of us seeing him being himself. Loved it…..

Summer Harley Bash @ Wilkesboro Dragway

June 3rd 2023

Big Foot Festival

In Marion, NC May 19-20, 2023.

Looks like would be a fun event to attend.

Yes Dallas Doofus, we know Big Foot isn’t real.

Unlike your pathetic boring life, we have fun….

Dance my monkey, dance…. LOL

Old Skool Pro-Stock Match Race

at Wilkesboro Dragway May 6th 2023. Sue and I are planing to be on-site photographing the drag racing action.

Amateur radio is taking a backseat to motorcycling, street/sports/wildlife photography, and competition shooting. Both Sue and I are in reasonably good health (neither of us wear diapers!) and we enjoy being outdoors (not a diaper wearing semi shut-in), taking advantage of the spring, summer, and early fall western NC weather.

No words needed

WW4DX

First licensed in 1984 as KB4QLZ. Novice, Tech, General. Upgraded to Extra at the 2005 Dayton Hamvention. Received vanity call WZ4I in 2006. Received vanity call WW4DX in 2019. Active on most HF bands. Avid motorcyclist. Prefer Harley Davidson. Enjoy riding curvy mountain roads. Favorite roads are the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Foothills Parkway, the Cherohala Skyway, the Skyland Drive, and several roads in northwestern Georgia. Honorable mention to the curvy mountain roads in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Also enjoy motorcycle camping with family and friends. You can email me by clicking the envelope icon below.

WW4DX stations

Main HF stations are a Yaesu FTDX101MP and a Yaesu FTDX10. Recently added a Kenwood TS-530SP just to have a hybrid transceiver in the mix. Mobile HF rig is a Kenwood TS-480HX. Main Shortwave receiver is a classic Yaesu FRG-7. As you can tell, I prefer Yaesu gear, with a couple pieces of Kenwood gear mixed in. I prefer Heil mics, PR40, PR77D, Pro 7 Headset, HM-12, and the Heil Goldline Elite.

HF amplifiers are a OM Power OM2500HF and a Palstar LA-1K. Dummy load is a Palstar DL5K. Station monitors are a TelePost LP-100A, and a Array Solution Power Master II.

The VHF/UHF gear consist of 2 ICOM ID-51A’s (D-Star), Yaesu FT3D (C4FM/Fusion), and a ICOM ID-4100A (D-Star). RF Shark OpenSpot.

Antenna systems consist of a Palstar AT4K transmatch, a Palstar HF AUTO transmatch, a 120ft Rohn 25G tower, Force12 C19XR 11 element multi-band Yagi, multiple open wire fed doublets, and a ½ wavelength 60 meter dipole. Antenna switching is performed by a Array Solution RATPAK remote antenna switch. The Force12 C19XR is rotated with a Hy-Gain Tail Twister II. The second tower is a 50ft Rohn 25G with a Diamond X300A VHF/UHF vertical at 55ft. Feedline is CommScope 1/2 inch 50 ohm hardline.

ARRL Awards. DXCC MIXED, DXCC PHONE, DXCC 10 METERS, DXCC 15 METERS, DXCC 20 METERS

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