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I became licensed as a Technician Class Amateur Radio operator in January 1999. My initial FCC allocated call sign was KG4CED. I then changed to my current vanity call sign of W4LJT in May of 1999.

I then upgraded to a General Class operator on November 5, 2000 and to an Extra Class operator on November 14, 2000. I am a current member of the Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society.

A special thanks to my friend and “Elmer” Jack Herndon – WU4H for helping me get into the hobby, lending me equipment, showing me the ropes and encouraging me to pursue my studies of Morse code and technical theory to achieve the General and Extra class ratings.

I operate VHF / UHF Mobile in Simplex mode and through our club repeaters almost daily. I also operate HF from home in the evenings and on weekends when time permits.

I especially enjoy the digital modes of PSK-31 and MFSK16 on the 10 and 20 Meter HF bands and I have made contacts with Europe, Japan and Australia in these modes using as little as 25 watts of power. Below are some images and lists of my equipment.

This is my “Shack”

W4LJT Home Shack Equipment

	Kenwood TS-570D HF Transceiver.
	Samlex SEC1223 Switching Power Supply.
	Carolina Windom 80 Antenna up 40 Feet (12 Meters).
	Heil Goldline GM-4 Dual Element Studio Microphone with HC-4 “DX Dream” Element.
	Homebrew AMD-K6/233 PC running Windows 98 SE.
	LOGic 5 Contact Logging Software.
	Bux Comm ‘Lil Rascal’ Radio Interface (For Digital Operations).
	Digipan v1.6d - PSK-31 Operations.
	Stream v0.89b - MFSK16 Operations.

W4LJT Garage Shack Equipment

	Radio Shack HTX-212 VHF Transceiver.
	DuraComm SS-11 Switching Power Supply.
	Comet SBB-2 Dual Band Antenna on a Larsen magnetic mount in the attic.
	Homebrew 6 Meter dipole in the attic for use with my Yaesu VX-5R HT.

W4LJT Mobile and HT Equipment

	Kenwood TM-V7A “Cool Blue” VHF/UHF Transceiver “remote” mounted under the rear seat of my Explorer.
	Comet SBB-5 Dual Band fold-over antenna on a Larsen magnetic mount.
	Yaesu VX-5R Tri-Bander with Comet SMA-24 Whip Antenna.
	Hustler FX-2, 2 meter, 5/8 wave antenna used with the VX-5R on the 6 Meter band (1/4 wave).
	Alinco DJ-1C, VHF “Credit Card” Transceiver.
	Diamond SX20C SWR meter.
	Radio Shack Frequency Counter.