About W7AWH
Welcome to my ham radio contact website, my name is Dennis.
QTH: Pueblo West Colorado
Grid Square: DM78ph
County: Pueblo
Welcome To W7AWH
Welcome to my ham radio contact website, my name is Dennis.
QTH: Pueblo West Colorado
Grid Square: DM78ph
County: Pueblo
My HF Configuration
Transceiver: Yaesu FT-897D
Microphone: Heil GM-5
Antenna Tuner: MFJ-974HB
Antenna: Homebrew OCF 80m Dipole
Frequencies I Often Monitor
VHF 2 Meters: 146.520MHz FM, 144.220MHz USB
VHF 1.25 Meters: 223.500MHz
UHF 70 Centimeters: 446.000MHz
HF 14.300MHz Maritime Net during the day
Since I can see Pueblo Reservoir from my shack window, I monitor the maritime emergency channel 16 on busy weekends.
My 80 meter off center fed dipole along with the MFJ-974HB antenna tuner, loads up from 160m to 6m's on HF. 15 meters takes some tuning but it works.
The bands were wide open on 4/15 even on 6 meters. I made my first contact on 6 meters in 11 years! I made contacts on both east and west coasts of the states.
APRS
I shutdown my APRS gateway when the COVID-19 shutdown hit the world. I'm going to convert the system over to a more portable package.So far I'm leaning towards a Raspberry Pi, my first setup. The other option is still using an old laptop but with Arch Linux without a desktop instead of Linux Mint. Most likely I'll try both.
When using an old laptop the memory is usually limited. My testing and data results would suggest, that Arch Linux without a desktop environment, uses less memory and performs better than other OS's I have tried on older PC's. Of course everything will have to be done from the command line, but that is what makes it fun!
QSO Cards
I don't' participate in any on-line logging but I do offer an e-QSO card that you can download and fill in the blanks.Here is my | Eqso Card Link | for those who like collecting QSO cards.
Current Weather Conditions at W7AWH's QTH
Here is a link to my | Weather Page | for additional weather information.