KF9L

My ​n​ame ​is Dean. My hobbies include Fishing, Hunting, Traveling, Scuba diving, Amateur radio and Camping. I am a certified NOAA Advanced storm spotter. I have traveled to most States in the U.S, visited Honolulu Hawaii twice, and Alaska. I have also been to Mexico. I graduated with my Associates in Criminal Justice in 2007 from Kaskaskia College in Centralia, IL with a 3.7GPA. I was a volunteer fireman during my high school years up to 2 years after high school. I went to a Police Academy but did not continue when finished due to the stress Police deal with these days. It was a dream for me to be a Police Officer but the training effects a person in a lot of ways and you have no idea how bad a police officer has it until you go through what they have to do yourself. I commend them for what they have to deal with. I stand behind them all the way and will help them anyway i can. 

My ham radio gear i own is:  

1. MFJ-929 160m-10m 200 watt automatic antenna tuner

2. Jetstream 75Amp power supply with battery backup. My battery backup hooked to my power supply is 850 Cranking Amps Deep Cycle with 122 amp hours Rating.

3. FT991A HF/6m/2m/440 All mode Transceiver with C4FM System Fusion Digital Voice    

4. Mirage B-320-G 200 watt  2 meter Amplifier 

5. Anytone AT-D578UV III Plus V2 Triband 2m/220/440 Analog/DMR

I have 100 watts on all bands 160m - 6m, 200 watts 2m, 10 watts 220mhz, 50 watts 70cm

My antennas at my station are:

1. 160m-6m OCF Dual/Core 4:1 3kw balun at 45ft with legs off the ground about 15ft 

2. LFA-MAX 6m 6 Element 19ft 4 inch long boom yagi at 45ft

3. Comet CX-333 Triband 144/220/440 at 40ft

4. Cushcraft 13B2 2m horizontal at 52ft (15 ft long)

5. 28 element M2 432mhz at 48ft (21 ft long)

6. M2 11 element 70cm at 55ft for backup (5 ft long)

My 160m-6m OCF antenna is run with 80ft LMR600 Ultraflex coax with a CMC-154-3k Line isolator & Noise suppressor at the feedpoint.  

My LFA-MAX 6 Element 19ft 4 inch long boom yagi is run with 85ft LMR600 Ultraflex Coax

My Comet CX-333 Triband is run with 60ft of LMR400 coax

My Cushcraft 13B2 is run with 75ft LMR400

My M2 11 element 70cm is ran with 80ft LMR400

My 28 element M2 432mhz beam is ran with 80ft LMR600 Ultraflex Coax

     All my equipment is grounded to a 10 foot ground rod. I have a 10 foot ground rod for my tower, another 10 foot ground rod outside my shack for my equipment & radios, and I also have my house grounded with a 10 foot ground rod. All coax jumpers in the shack are all LMR400.

     I've talked to the International Space station 3 times and the Russian space station MIR before they deorbited the station quite awhile back. I also had the opportunity to be the radio operator on the BattleShip Missourri (KH6BB) in Pearl Harbor Hawaii quite awhile back, and work a good friend (KF9AO) that is now a silent key back home where i lived in Illinois. I also recently lost a friend i enjoyed talking to alot (KY3O) which is now a silent key. I hope to hear you on the satellites. I also hope to talk with you on DMR, C4FM, or FreeDV HF digital voice soon. I do not send out QSL cards by mail. If you send one to me, i appreciate it, but i do not have QSL cards to send back. I do however participate in QRZ logbook, ClubLog & LOTW. Everyone have fun with the hobby and stay safe doing it.

73's

Dean Meredith

KF9L