Amateur Radio Resume
2024
2023
2022 (What a year #3!)
2021 (What a year #2!)
- 800 Counties Confirmed on qrz.com
- Completed the following ARRL awards:
- Completed the following QRZ.com awards:
- Master of Radio Communication - Oceania #308
- Master of Radio Communication - North America #2009
- United States Award #9413
- Grid Squared Award #33948
2020 (What a year!)
- Organized a radio fox hunt for a group of scouts
- Programmed a CW radio fox transmitter using a PicoKeyer+
- Completed the course FEMA ICS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System
- Counseled scouts earning the Radio Merit Badge
- Helped a new ham (KN6JYE) earn her ticket
- Completed the following ARRL awards:
- ARRL DXCC Digital award (all LoTW confirmed <= 100W)
- ARRL Worked All States 40M (from CA, all LoTW confirmed <= 100W)
- ARRL Worked All States 40M Digital (from CA, all LoTW confirmed, <= 100W)
- ARRL Worked All States 17M (from CA, all LoTW confirmed, <= 100W)
- ARRL Worked All States FT8 (from CA, all LoTW confirmed, <= 100W)
- Completed the following QRZ.com awards:
- Master of Radio Communication - South America #5953
- Master of Radio Communication - Europe #15853
- United States Counties Award #18527
- 100 Counties CW
- 500 Counties Digital
- 500 Counties Mixed
- 250 Counties Phone
- Grid Squared Award #33948
- 5 Band Digital (10M, 15M, 17M, 20M, 40M)
- 5 Band Mixed (10M, 12M, 15M, 17M, 20M, 40M, 80M)
- 10M Phone
- 15M Phone
- 20M Phone
- 40M Phone
- Mixed CW
- World Continents Award #32696
- 5 Band Digital (10M, 12M, 15M, 17M, 20M, 40M)
- 5 Band Mixed (10M, 12M, 15M, 17M, 20M, 40M)
- 10M Phone
- 15M Phone
- 20M Phone
- Mixed CW
- DX World Award #13739
- United States Award #9413
- 20M Digital
- 40M Digital
- 20M Mixed
- 40M Mixed
- Mixed CW
- Mixed Phone
- World Radio Friendship Award #33186
- 5 Band Digital (10M, 12M, 15M, 17M, 20M, 30M, 40M, 80M)
- 5 Band Mixed (10M, 12M, 15M, 17M, 20M, 30M, 40M, 80M)
- 10M Phone
- 15M Phone
- 20M Phone
- 40M Phone
- 20M CW
2019
2018
2017
2016
- Redesigned the NJ2X website
2015
- Completed the ARRL DXCC Phone Award. 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W
- Completed the ARRL Triple Play Award (from CA) #1601 - This is my 3rd Triple Play award, having now earned the award from three states: New Jersey (#464), Pennsylvania (#972), and California (#1601). I am the first person to earn the award three times.
- ARRL Worked All States Award - 20m (from CA) - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W
- ARRL Worked All States Award - CW (from CA) - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W
2014
2013
2012
- ARRL DX Century Club (DXCC) Award #57,420 - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W, Wire Antenna
- CQ WPX Mixed Award #2395 - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W, Wire Antenna
- 500 prefix endorsement
- CQ WPX Mixed Award - North America Continent Endorsement
- CQ WPX Mixed
Award - Europe Continent Endorsement
- CQ WPX Digital Award #158 - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W, Wire Antenna
- 350 prefix endorsement
- CQ WPX Digital - North America
Continent Endorsement
- Finished 15th out of 42 low-power single operators in call area 3 in the 2012 CQ DX World Wide SSB Contest with a final score of 47,854 (230 QSO's, 45 zones, and 97 countries during 8.7 hours operating)
- Participated in the Jamboree On The Air (JOTA)
- Setup a 6m ground plane antenna
- Setup a home brew 124 ft end-fed stealthy wire antenna
- Attended the Skyview Radio Society "Swap N Shop" hamfest
- Attended the Sussex County Amateur Radio Club (SCARC) Hamfest
- Toured the ARRL HQ and W1AW station
- Attended Ham Radio University 2012
2011
- ARRL Worked All States Award - 20m (NJ) - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W
- ARRL Worked All States Award - 20m PSK31(NJ) - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W
- ARRL Worked All States Award - 40m (NJ) - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W
- ARRL Worked All States Award - 40m PSK31(NJ) - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W
- Launched my amateur radio oriented website -- NJ2X.COM
- Began experimenting with the Allstar Link Network
- Began experimenting with the JT-65 mode
- Attended Sussex County Amateur Radio Club (SCARC) Hamfest
- Assembled a mobile solar power system (40W) - 12v battery, 2x20W solar
panels, portable stand of my own design, Anderson Powerpole connectors, and
cabling
- Helped a new ham earn a FCC Technician license
- 1000th LoTW QSL reached on July 6, 2011
- Designed and built a hand-held 3-element Yagi antenna for use on 2m with an
HT
- ARRL Field Day (QSO's on 20m, 6m, and 2m bands with portable antenna farm)
- Used an MFJ antenna analyzer on a ground plane antenna to cut and optimize
resonance for the 6m band
- Conducted 3 ham radio workshops for the local science convention
- Attended Ham Radio University 2011
2010
- ARRL Triple Play Award (from NJ) #464 - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W, Wire Antenna
- ARRL Worked All States Award - CW (NJ) - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W, Wire Antenna
- ARRL Worked All States Award - Phone (NJ) - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W, Wire Antenna
- Completed 484 PSK31 QSO's
- Attended Sussex County Amateur Radio Club (SCARC) Hamfest
- Began experimenting with APRS and position tracking
- Constructed a 440 Mhz 1/4 wave ground plane antenna
- Built a PicoKeyer+ kit from N0XAS
- Kids Day
- Attended Ham Radio University 2010
2009
- Completed 1000 PSK31 QSO's
- Hiram Percy Maxim 140th Birthday Event
- ARRL Worked All States Award - Digital (NJ) - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W, Wire Antenna
- ARRL Worked All States Award - PSK31 (NJ) - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W, Wire Antenna
- ARRL Worked All States Award - Mixed (NJ) - 100% LoTW QSL's, <100W, Wire Antenna
- Attended Sussex County Amateur Radio Club (SCARC) Hamfest
- Built a 20m wire mono-band dipole
- Field Day - finish #1 in the 2B1C category
- Kids Day
- Began experimenting with Echolink
- Helped a new ham earn FCC Technician license
- Attended Ham Radio University 2009
2008
- DX expedition to activate Hatteras Island, NC
- Began using the Logbook of the World (LoTW)
- Participated in the annual Kids Day event
2007
- Became a licensed amateur radio operator on 2007-09-10 with the license KC2SDG
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