W 7 R T X

Amateur Radio - Alaska / Colorado / Washington State
Home
About Me
Ham Radio Pictures
Alaska
Alaska_2
Colorado
Washington State
Contact Me
Site Map
Links
 

 W 7 R T X / K L 7 - Alaska


Flag Counter Added January 2010





 
 
Travel Alert---
W7RTX- is now in Colorado from Alaska as of August 20th 2010.
 
QSL info- LoTW (preferred), Direct SASE, eQSL, Bureau.
 
      When Transmitting From Colorado: W7RTX
Grid- DM78pw                      Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
Lat. 38.930 N                       County- El Paso
Long. -104.729 W                 6,826' ASL (2080 meters)
Call Area- 0                          ITU Zone- 7             CQ Zone- 4
 
      When Transmitting From Alaska: W7RTX/KL7
Grid-  BP74db                     Delta Junction, Alaska USA
Lat. 64.065 N                      Southeast Fairbanks Borough
Long. -145.726 W                1,130' ASL (353 meters)
Call Area- KL7                     ITU Zone- 1              CQ Zone- 1
 
      Handle-  Dave    Lived in Michigan, California, Washington State, Iran, Spain, Colorado and Alaska.

   Activities:
  
   Best contacts recently   

OX8XX-    Greenland
XR0Y-      Easter Island
TL0A-      Central Africa Republic
6W1SJ-   Senegal
J88DR-    St. Vincent
ZL2IFB-   New Zealand
YU3AA-  Serbia
GW3NAS-Wales
S50K-     Slovenia
D4C-       Cape Verde
OH8X-     Radio Arcala Finland
HC1HC-   Ecuador
9Y4D-     Trinidad/Tobago
TO5A-     Martinique
ZP8VAO-  Paraguay
OE3DIA-   Austria
ON7CD-   Belgium
YL6W-     Latvia
CO6XN-    Cuba
JE1LET-   Tokyo, Masa
EA1ABT-  Cantabria Spain, Luis
4U1UN-    United Nations HQ
VK2UZ-     Australia, Andrew
OE3DIA-   Vienna Austria
ON7CP-    Belgium, Chris
LY5A-       Lithuania
KH7XS-     Hawaii, Bill
WH2X-      Guam
HA0NAR-  Hungary
VP2MUM- Montserrat
GI3DZE-   Northern Ireland
VP5H-     Turks & Caicos
VY5SSB- Venezuela, Alexis
LA5MIA-   Borkenes Norway
W9IMS-   Indy Motor Speedway
LU1DK-    Argentina
VP2E-      Anguilla
P40A-      Aruba
KP2M-     Virgin Is.
TI5N-       Costa Rica
VP9I-       Bermuda
8P5A-      Barbados
CU2A-      Azores
HI3K-       Dominican Republic
6Y1V-      Jamaica
IR1R-       Italy
PJ2T-       Netherlands Antillies
YN2NB-    Nicaragua
PJ2T-       Bonaire, Curacao
GD4FDM- Isle of Man
2FZZB-    Cayman Islands



 Use LoTW-
     -way better than the Bureau !



   The Shack:

 

   Transceivers   


      H/F-

ICOM 7600

Kenwood TS-2000

ICOM 706MKIIG

ICOM 751A

 

      VHF/UHF-

ICOM IC-208H

Kenwood TM-G707

Yaesu VX-7R

Alinco DR-112

 


    Antennas   

G5RV 3-54MHz 102' at 25'

Buddipole 7-54MHz-

     portable/configurable system

Arrow 146/440 J-Pole

Arrow 4 element 6 meter yagi

G5RV Jr (for Alaska)

 


      Mics   

Heil Goldline HC4/HC5 element,

               boom and foot switch

Heil Pro Set Plus

ICOM SM-8

Astatic 10-DA

 


      Power   

Astron RS-35M 35amp metered

Pyramid 35amp metered

Alinco DM-330MV 32amp

Marine Deep Cell for portable use.



 

Join the ARRL (American Radio Relay League)...

http://www.arrl.org/



Funniest thing recently heard during a QSO-
 "you guys in Colorado have so much elevation, you make electrons into big round balls and roll them down the hill at us, and RF always rolls downhill a lot easier than it rolls uphill"- N7TGF Washington State.







   Check it out: 

See some of my adventures in radio via video and slideshows, including field trips up to 9,400 feet with the Buddipole antenna system.

http://www.youtube.com/user/W7RTX

 

   QSL cards received recently-

GW3NAS- Wales
YU3AA- Serbia
ZL2IFB- New Zealand
ZF2MM-Cayman Is
CE0Y/DM5TI- Easter Is
KH2JU- Guam
VP2MUM- Monserrat
JE1LET- Masa in Tokyo
OE3DIA- Austria
ON7CD- Belgium
CO6XN- Cuba

K0IP- ID on 50Mhz

KB7Q- WY on 50 MHz

K5UIC- LA 50 MHz

CU2A- Azores

HA0NAR- Hungary

W9IMS- Indy Speedway.

KL1G- Alaska

VK2UZ- Australia- Andrew

P40PW- Aruba

TI5N- Costa Rica

HI3K- Dominican Republic

IR1R- Italy

WP4EDD- Puerto Rico

EA1ABT- Spain

HI3TEJ- Dom. Republic

PJ2T- Netherland Antillies




 


Contact and QSL info-

 

W7RTX
5436 Spoked Wheel Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO
80923
USA

E-mail address-






 

Page last modified on August 21, 2010 08:26 AM