KM6BYW

After all the years of having a hobby of SWLing, CB radio and refurbing vintage audio and radio equipment I finally decided to get my amateur license.  CB was a lot of fun in the mid to late 70's but the early 80's on the old gang started getting married and dropping the radio hobby.  Fewer new people were on CB that were worth talking to.  After having enough of politics in southeastern Louisiana I moved to southern California and met a few gents on CB SSB.  They moved on to ham radio and bugged the living daylights out of me to get my license.  Getting married and moving into a house I wanted to communicate with the outside world again.  Still a vintage electronics nut and working in I T I figured let's merge hobby one and two. New technology is OK but the old stuff is easier to work on. Anyway, all is fun!

During the weekdays I am coming home from work in the afternoon monitoring 20 meters 14332 KHZ or somewhere around that frequency  from my mobile. When home I may be on 20 meters working some FT8 or PSK32 or chatting on my dual band hand held in my back yard.

Saturday Nights I am on monitoring 7200 KHZ or may be cruising 40 meters to see who is on.

Thanks for visiting,

GARY CAIRE

KM6BYW

Current running equipment:

ICOM 761
ICOM 756 PRO III
TENTEC OMNI D
ICOM 751  in Mobile with Texas Bugcatcher Antenna High Q Coil
QYT DUAL BAND FM TRANCEIVER WITH VHF/UHF 5/8 WAVE MOBILE HUSTLER ANTENNA
JRC NRD 525 General Coverage Receiver
BAOBENG UV5R
YAESU FT 7900 DUAL BAND VHF/UHF 
D104'S USING HEIL HC5 AND HC6 KEY ELEMENTS
HEIL ICM MICROPHONE
YAMAHA CM500 HEADSET MICROPHONE
DUAL BAND J POLE MADE FROM LADDER LINE FOR YAESU DUAL BAND
DENTRON GLA1000 MODIFIED
HEATHKIT SA-2060A ANTENNA TUNER
HEATHKIT HM-2140 WATT METER
DRAKE W4 WATT METER
END FED LONGWIRE 94 FT LONG 25 FT HIGH
INVERTED V FOR 20 METERS 25 FT HIGH
BOTH WIRE ANTENNAS FED WITH 9:1 UNUN BY PALOMAR ENGINEERS
ASSORTED REALISTIC ACOUSTIC SUSPENSION SPEAKERS SOLO 102, SOLO 2
MINIMUS .05 ETC. FOR TRANCEIVER.  
NOT IN PIC
DRAKE TR3         
DRAKE MN2000  
DELUXE 2K ANTENNA WITH ROLLER INDUCTOR
HALLICRAFTERS SX62A
RANGER 2950 10 METER TRANCEIVER