I’m active again, and here’s a starting Facebook post:
Why KT4B Blogs? I originally designed the header image I’m using for this site when I inherited my father’s callsign. When he passed away, I had an Advanced Class license as KE0OY. I tested for my Extra Class specifically to inherit that callsign. The header image was shown at my computer services company blog for…
I currently have an EchoLink link at 445.2, located in Cantonment. This is experimental and in a testing stage, but is up most of the time, and appears to be working. The call is KT4B/L. Output power is about 30 watts, and the antenna is just about 20 feet up.
This video from IZ2UUF is definitely worth taking the time to view. It puts visuals on some theory.
I wasn’t involved, but the news story is nice. I am, however, finally able to operate fully on emergency power from the home shack.
Since I’m actually back on the air, I thought I’d post a couple of notes about where and how. First, here’s a picture of the shack before antenna cables. The Icom rig has two antenna inputs, and one now connects to a Hustler 6BTV vertical, which is tuned adequately on 10/15/20 Meters, but needs some…