KA6KBC's Ham Shack
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Other/Previous Callsigns
NONE - KEPT MY NOVICE CALL.
My Ham Radio Interests
I currently live in Yorba Linda, Ca. I was born in Fontana, Ca. My Dad WB6CGN (SK) was a HAM and got me started in Electronics/Radio/SWL, when I was in 5th Grade with SWL and a Crytal Set.
I got my Ticket at Fontana High School (WB6HJJ) 1980 - From Lou Malory WA6DVK. In 1981 I upgraded to Advanced. During College I got out of the hobby then got back into it about 20 years later (started up again in late 2005).
After High School I studied Electronics/General Ed at Chaffey College then went on to get a BS Degree in Electronics from Cal Poly Pomona. I also earned my FCC General Radio Operators License (GROL) after completing my studies. While at Chaffey College, Alta Loma, CA - I was a member of the very inactive Electronics Club Station - WA6EKN. Sorry to say the College does not even have an Electronics Program any more. Was a member of the Cal Poly Pomona Radio Club - WA6GYI. Sorry to say that the Club station now seems to be Inactive.
I have worked as an Electrical Engineer for almost 20 years. I spent a few years in AeroSpace (Rockwell), but most of my time has been in consumer electronics (Hand held Remote controls - Check out uei.com we have done some neat products).
These days I'm into Homebrewing and QRP.
My Equipment
Equipment:
Kenwood TS 520S
2 Meter HT
Heathkit HW7
40 Meter Pixie Transceiver
MFJ 941B - Antenna Tuner
So far on 40/20 Meters SSB and 40 Meters CW.
Antennas:
My wife and the local area don't like towers and "unsightly" antennas. I have three antennas up today.
a.) 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m Stealth Dipole on my backyard fence about 10 Feet high.
b.) 40m Stealth Dipole on the eave on my house about 20 feet high.
c.) 2M Ground plane inside the garage
d.) 40m Homebrew Tak-ntena (See http://www.myhamshack.com/viewProject.aspx?ProjectID=23)
Other Interests
Playing Guitar, Current Events, Computers, and Church.
My Radio Clubs
WB6HJJ - Fontana High School Radio Club - Former Member
WA6EKN - Chaffey College Radio Club - Former Member
WA6GYI - Cal Poly Pomona Radio Club - Former Member
KA6KBC's Pictures
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Station Blog
Free On-Line Morse Code Trainer ?
8/29/2008 10:16:08 PM (410 views) (0 comments)
Hey All,
Really neat site: http://lcwo.net/?p=main
Free to use - Its free to Sign Up, but if you don't want to you can sign up under User Name and PassWord: test (Noted on the site)
My code is a little rusty, but I can still do up into the 10 WPM - Fun to play with maybe with some practice I'll break out the old ...
50th Jamboree-on-the-Air
7/22/2008 6:49:32 PM (411 views) (0 comments)
Back in the Day - I was very invovled in Scouting (Eagle Scout 1979 - Troop 512 Fontana, Ca) and Ham Radio - This was a fun event. Check it out.
73's - Bill - KA6KBC
WHAT IS JAMBOREE-ON-THE-AIR
The Jamboree-on-the-Air, or JOTA, is an annual Scouting and amateur radio event sponsored by the World Scout ...
My Dad - WB6CGN
6/16/2008 5:07:30 PM (802 views) (1 comments)
Bill's- HomeBrewed Pan Cake - 40 Meter TAK-tenna
I had planned on posting a quick note about a little "Home Brew" electronics project I made over the weekend, but as I was thinking about it I wanted to really talk about my Dad as Father's Day approaches. The two topics really blend well. My Dad - Jack was the person who got me ...
Bill's- HomeBrewed Pan Cake - 40 Meter TAK-tenna
6/11/2008 8:17:20 AM (5180 views) (10 comments)
Ok - So no one is giving me any feedback - So I'm making my own.
Project Overview
So I've been reading about this Small Space antenna that is being sold as the TAK-Tenna. Really neat idea - Has a 30 inch boom and Spiral Coils on the ends. See a picture at http://www.taktenna.com/ Looks easy to build - Right ...
40 Meter TAK-tenna ?
6/2/2008 7:07:00 PM (3084 views) (5 comments)
Hi All,
Has anyone out there used one of these 40 Meter TAK-tenna ?
http://taktenna.com/
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6775
http://www.hamuniverse.com/taktennareview.html
Description: Electrical Half-wave Dipole Antenna
Rotatable - Portable - Stealth - Perfect Backup Antenna
First Rig/Station ?
4/29/2008 3:54:21 PM (700 views) (1 comments)
Hey All,
So what was your first Rig/Station ?
This is back in 1979 or so, when I first got my Novice Ticket. For me my first Rig was a Homebrew 6L6 Transmitter that my Dad (WB6CGN SK) and I built. I remember that I had to order Crystals from a company in Florida (CW Crystals ?) and it took about 6 Weeks to get them. So ...
Who got you Started in Ham Radio ?
4/21/2008 4:34:00 PM (693 views) (2 comments)
I thought this would be an interesting topic.
So who got you started in this Ham Radio Stuff ? For me I had two important elmers in my Ham Radio Life.
My dad Jack (WB6CGN - SK) got his Tech Ticket in the early 60's. He was very interested in early VHF and built equipment and Antennas for 146MHZ, 220MHZ, 433MHZ. As a kid i ...
