WA2OOB

VENTURA, CALIFORNIA USA

GRID SQUARE DM04jg

OP: John B. Rotondi

'Full Code' 20 WPM Extra Class Licensee as of 29 January 2000!

Licensed since ~1969.
Previous callsign held: WN2OOB, 'Da Bronx', NY

Member, Ventura County Auxiliary Communication Services/ARES®

10-10 International Net, Member No. 75351

Straight Key Century Club, Member No. 1514

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NEW OPERATORS
ENTERING THIS GREAT HOBBY!

The FCC Decision to eliminate Morse Code testing
has opened the doors for many great new ops to now join our ranks.
Thank you for joining us! Welcome to the fabulous world of wireless communications!

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MY HAM RADIO PAGE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
MY TWO FRIENDS AND 'EXTRA SPECIAL' RADIO BUDDIES:

ROBERT 'BOB' CASEY, K0GWK, SK 11/02
Click HERE for Bob's 58th Birthday Pic w/XYL & Tommy

&

TOMMY 'CLOVER' MCCOY, KN6KK, SK 6/03
Please visit Tommy's Online Tribute at
http://www.w6dek.com/435Movies/tommy.html

May their radiant spirits propagate throughout the DX heavens.

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• WA2OOB Shack Pics
  


• Station Equipment: Fixed
  
  
• Station Equipment: Portable
  

• EMCOMM Go-Box Project
  
  

• Operating Interests
  
  
• Links
  


• WA2OOB Affiliations
  

• Logbook (Work In Progress)
  

• THE 20WPM CODE CERTIFICATE!
 

WA2OOB Home QTH Equipment List:

HF STATION:

• Kenwood TS-940SAT 100W HF transceiver w/MC-60 Desk Mic
• Kenwood SM-220 Station Monitor w/Panadapter (Bandscope)
• Kenwood IF-232C RS232 Computer interface
• Heath SB-200 1KW linear amplifier
• Yaesu FTDX-560 Vintage Tube Transceiver (being refurbished)
• MFJ 962C Versa-Tuner III
• Drake TV-1000LP Low Pass Filter
• Cushcraft R7 10-40M vertical antenna
• 80M Inverted Vee. (May update to G5RV & QRO)
• Logikey K1 Iambic CW Memory Keyer
• Brown Bothers BTL Iambic CW Keyer Paddle
• Vibroplex 'bug' CW Keyer
• Beyer DT-109 communications headset
• Heil Kenwood communications headset
• Audio Technica AT-2020 Cardioid Condensor Mic

6 METER STATION, FM Repeaters:

• Ten-Tec 1209 6M Transverter (to 2M)
• Hygain 419 6M Amp
  
• GP15 Collinear Vertical
  

6 METER STATION, SSB/CW DX:

• ICOM IC-706 MK II 100W HF/6M/2M XCVR
• 6M Moxon
  

VHF/UHF/SATELLITE STATION:

• ICOM IC-821H VHF/UHF All-mode Satellite transceiver w/SM20 Desk Mic
• Ham Key Iambic Keyer Paddle
• Diamond MX72N Duplexer
• Daiwa CN630 Watt/SWR Meter
  
• Comet GP9 VHF/UHF vertical antenna
• 2M 4el. Yagi
• 440MHz homebrew Quagi
  
• Yaesu FRG-9600 60-900MHz Scanner w/discone antenna

2 METER PACKET STATION (Work In Progress):

• Kenwood TR-7400A 2M XCVR
• Kantronics KWM1200/KPC3+ TNC
• GP15 Collinear Vertical
• DuraComm Switching 12V 11A P.S.
  

ANCILLIARY/TEST EQUIPMENT/EMCOMM BACKUPS:

• Apple Macintosh G4/466/1.25GB under OS X Panther, running Hamlog 4.0, and MacDoppler Pro satellite tracking software
• Wintel Pentium 4 1.6GHz CPU under Windoze XP Pro for APRS/Outpost/Winlink/packet apps, Ham Radio Deluxe, etc.
  
• Yaesu FP-301 13.8VDC 21A Power Supply
• Astron RS-20A 13.8VDC 16A (20A Peak) Power Supply
  
• Bird Model 43 Thru-line Wattmeter
• MFJ-259 SWR Analyzer
• AN/PRM-10 Grid-Dip Meter
• APC 1200VX 1200W UPS
  
• Generac 5KW 4 cycle gasoline powered 120/220 VAC emergency generator



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WA2OOB Portable Equipment List:

• ICOM IC-706 MK II 100W HF/6M/2M XCVR
• ICOM IC-2800H VHF/UHF XCVR
• Iron Horse HF mobile antennas
• Comet VHF/UHF mobile antenna
• Comtelco 5/8 Wave 6M mobile antenna.
• 2M/70cm 7 El. Yagi.
  
• Daiwa CN-410M cross-needle SWR/Power Meter
• Heathkit HW-8 HF QRP CW transceiver w/custom built-in iambic keyer
• Kenwood TH-D7A VHF/UHF HT w/packet TNC and APRS
• APRS using Garmin GPS-12 via Kenwood TH-D7A
• Yaesu VX-5R 6/2/70cm HT/wideband scanner
  
• Yaesu FT-207R 2 Meter HT
• Radio Shack HTX-404 440 MHz HT
• Radio Shack Pro-64 VHF/UHF Scanner

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WA2OOB EMCOMM Go Box Project (work in progress):

• SPUD7 Hunter's Dry Box
• Kenwood TM-241A (2M Packet)
• Kantronics KWM1200/KPC3+ TNC
• West Mtn Radio PWRgate PG40S
• West Mtn Radio Rigrunner 4005
  
• N8XJK 13.8VDC Battery Boost Regulator
• Alinco DM-330MVT 30A Switching P.S.
  
• Hookups for IC-2800H Dual Bander and/or IC-706 MkII HF/6/2 radios
  

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WA2OOB operating interests:

• EMCOMM
  
• DX!!!
• Satellite work
• Contesting: DX, Field Day, Sweepstakes, etc.
• Portable operation/mountain-topping
• Antenna experimentation
• Rag chewing with interesting people all over the world
• Phone 85% CW 15%
• Favorite Bands: 20 Meters (until we get more sunspots- then 15M & 10M!
  
• QSLing (although I'm a bit behind... I promise to catch up 100%!)



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WA2OOB Affiliations:

VENTURA COUNTY AUXILIARY COMMUNICATION SERVICE ACS/ARES®

State Certified DSW (Disaster Service Worker)

National Weather Service SKYWARN Weather Spotter

American Radio Relay League (ARRL)


10-10 International Net


Straight Key Century Club


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LINKS:

• VC ACS Homepage
  
  
• K6NE ARES/RACES Webpage
  
  
• CVARC Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club
  
  
• Simi Settlers Amateur Radio Club
  
  
• VCARC Ventura County Amateur Radio Club
  
  
• Ventura  County Amateur Radio Society
  
  
• Ventura Radio Club W6VRC
  
  
• Sulphur Mountain Repeater Association- SMRA-ERN
  
  

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