AA6BZ

I'm a new ham. I'm still figuring things out (and probably will be for the next 40 years).

Passed Tech and General Exams 2020-10-13, licensed as KN6LJW.
Passed Amateur Extra exam 2020-11-19.
Changed my callsign to AA6BZ on 2021-02-06.

I originally got licensed so that I can stay in touch (and safe) while traveling and staying in the backcountry. Then I got sucked in by the never-ending applied physics puzzle games.

I'm starting to learn Morse, but my copying is still too poor to use it on the air. I recently programmed/soldered up a teensy microcontroller to work as a standard USB keyboard which takes it's input from iambic paddles. This alows me to practice sending by playing The Typing of The Dead on PC.  Zombies are a great motivator for improving your speed/accuracy!

I've also started doing some POTA activations recently.
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HF Equipment:

IC-7300
MFJ-962B manual tuner
MFJ-1026 phaser
Pixie $3 ~0.5W QRP Transciever

No permanent antennas at home.

I'll usually be transmitting either through a simple dipole in an inverted V configuration mounted to a 25ft mast/tripod made from those 4ft milsurp aluminum poles, or from a (loaded) 5.4 meter collapsible vertical whip.

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VHF/UHF Equipment:

Anytone 578 Mobile Transciever (50W, Tri-band, DMR)
Baofeng UV-5R HT

2m/70cm copper pipe J-pole
Larsen 2m/70cm on an NMO mag mount for mobile use.