Its April 2005, and I'm Back on the Air, 160 thru 12 meters!
Yes, the bug has bitten again, and lately I've been having fun DXing. Currently, have a 275 ft piece of wire running across the gulch. The antenna tuner is a big silver-plated coil I got at a hamfest 15 years ago and a 175pf variable cap, both lying on the table. My hands were getting sore from so many RF burns, so finally put an insulated knob on the capacitor!
Maybe I'll actually build a "real" tuner eventually.
With help from N4UQ I have my Alpha PA-77 running, so expect to have some power on very soon. More antennas projected for the near future.
I'm not a QRP kind of guy, but with 100 watts have been doing pretty well on the DX bands.
My CW "fist" is pretty awful, but the DX stations have been very patient with me. Thanks to all of them.

The Yaesu FT-900 is a pretty decent rig combined with a Timewave DSP-59+ digital filter.

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SOME HISTORY


My old Hallicrafters SX-28a was a great receiver

My Ham Radio History
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Who is K7BUC?

1993 Picture of Del with Sister Carol and Nephew Gavin in ham shack

Some of the station equipment
(4) PC's (dos) and 1 Kaypro 4X (cp/m) computers
Kenwood TS-930S (modified to silently autoscan)
Henry Radio 2KD-5 Amplifier
Yaesu FT-900
(3) HAL ST-6000's
HAL ARQ-1000
AEA AMT-1
(2) AEA PK-80's
MFJ 1270B w/9600 baud mods
Kantronics KPC-3.
The K7BUC BBS ran on 5 HF bands and 2 meters/440mhz using
both Amtor and Packet modes for 13 years.