Amateur Radio Station K1BAA
Located in Whittier, California USAI hold a General class license and have been active as a ham or SWL since 1975
I spend a lot of time using digital modes (PSK, SSTV, APRS, WSPR)but I do use phone as well.
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My stepdaughter and I enjoying the W6RO radio room aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach harbor in August 2008
My eqsl.cc QSL card
20 meter QSO using PSK31 - about 5,000 miles on 50 watts
Magadan in Asiatic Russion on 50 watts PSK31
My first shortwave receiver. Got this for Christmas in 1975. I was a utility monitoring animal. Coast Guard, Navy, AirForce and "SKYKING" broadcasts were my favorite.
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My second HF receiver circa 1977. A Heathkit GR-54
I was a young US Army Spec 4 in 1982 and with a wife and young son and I could only afford a cheapo Realistic DX-100 but I had great fun and my SWL activities were rekindled.
I was a young Army SGT in 1986 and had just gotten orders to Taugu Korea. I spent a ton of money on this Yaesu FRG-8800 to take with me. I spent a year in Korea and had great fun listening to utility comms from North Korea, China and International broadcasters in the Pacific.
With this device and my Commodore 64 computer connected to my FRG-8800 I succesfully decoded hundreds of unencrypted embassy communications between Radio Pyongyan in North Korea and Communist stations around the world like Radio Havana. It was great fun and all my Army buddies thought I must be doing something illegal. I wasn't.
After getting out of the Army after nearly 10 years I purchased this Kenwood R-2000. Unfortunately the Internet was getting big and the sunspot cycle was low so I sold it. It was a nice radio and I wish I would have kept it.
I bought this on ebay and I don't use it but it's one of the prettiest looking HF receivers I've ever seen. It sits on a shelf and looks cool.
I live in Whittier California
These are a few of my favorite things
