Motorcycling (Harley Davidson)

May – Busy month

Headed to the Big Foot Festival in Marion NC on May 20th for a day of laughter and fun.

Ride Of The Patriots and Rolling Thunder in DC Memorial weekend.

Summer Harley Bash @ Wilkesboro Dragway

June 3rd 2023

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.

MC camping + more

Two Wheels of Suches, Ga, Smitty’s in Tellico Plains, Tn and Riders Roost, Ferguson, NC now open.

Haven’t got any info on Kickstand Lodge yet.

No future interest in Iron Horse Lodge. They are pushing out tent campers. Used to love the place. However no more…

Wheels Through Time in Maggie Valley now open!

Suggested to my wife

she should sell her Harley Road King and get her a Honda Goldwing.

Got the DEATH STARE!

Don’t get the feeling she’d be caught riding a Honda. Especially a Goldwing!

Motorcycle Camping

Gear cleaned, inspected, treated, and ready to go.

First over nighter is coming soon.

Beautiful day

to enjoy the fruits of my labor yesterday. Took the Fat Boy out for an afternoon of riding enjoyment.

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

Category: Motorcycling (Harley Davidson)