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Name: Steve
QTH: Flandreau, South Dakota
Class of Licence: Technician
Grid: EN14pm
Time Zone: Central
Local IRLP Node: 3675
Coordinates: Longitude: 96° 35' 42" W (-96.595°) Latitude: 44° 2' 58" N (44.0494°)
County: Moody

How I got into Amateur Radio:

I have always had an interest in Amateur (HAM) Radio, however I never really pursued the hobby until recently. I moved from Sydney Australia in 1998, to the Lafayette Louisiana area and a good friend of mine, VK2TUL/K9VKG Dave aka Yobbo aka Cactus Boy aka Slash lol;

really got the credit for peaking my interest in ham radio, we are both Aussies living in The States and we where mates for 14 years before we moved to America. K9VKG, thought it would be a great way for us to keep in touch, plus it would keep the phone bills down! So, off I go and within the month, I had passed my Technician written. I'm now working on "the Code"...

Then I bought a house and everything was placed on the back burner to make time for HOUSE PAINTING,RESHINGLEING THE GARAGE ROOF,PUTTING IN A/C and Networking the house for Cable and Internet. ~ Welcome to home ownership is what my friends say. I Have a 40 foot tower ready to go UP, after the ground thaws out; my reliable decible antenna will be mounted of the side of the tower which will give my IRLP Node some phenominal coverage.nbsp;

And I don't want to forget my neighbour E.J KD5SZN (SK), E.J was a C.B'er when Moses was still playing football for Jerusalem, when I moved behind him and we quickly became friends we both passed our Tech Exam the same session, and with E.J's help (being a Electronics Tech)studying for the General Class is a breeze. E.J Thank You.

My Shack consists of:

Icom IC-V8000 VHF transceiver - This thing Rocks!Awesome receive and 72 Watts on high power and easy to operate and program.
Decibel Antennas - DB224 (134 mhz/222 mhz) Vertical- Mounted on the rear of my house ontop of a 25 foot pole. Use to hit the local and repeaters 400 miles away... This thing is a tank....very rugged, the reception is absolutely phenominal, and the SWR is flat period.

My Mobile Rig's consists of:

Icom IC-V8000-

Alinco DJV5 Dual Band Portable-

Kenwood TMG-707A VHF/UHF dual band transceiver-

Kenwood TK-805D UHF commercial transceiver (currently running my node on UHF)-

IRLP Node 3675:

My IRLP Node is finally up and running on 439.575 Mhz.    This system links repeaters/radios around the world using the internet as a backhaul between the nodes (Voice Over Internet Protocol).   Local users can use their HT or radio to talk to the local repeater/radio and the voice is carried via the internet to other nodes around the world.    To Learn more about IRLP, visit the IRLP webpage at irlp.net

My IRLP Node Hardware currently consists of:

Pentium 200 mmx Pro computer running Redhat Linux 6.2 & IRLP software

Kenwood TK-805D radio with custom interface cable that to connect the radio to the Linux computer

Homemade Dualband Dipole

IRLP - Keeping the RADIO in Amateur Radio

I'm usually hanging out on either IRLP Node 5720 (NG5T John Ward's UHF Node- Lafayette Louisiana),
Or on IRLP Node 8250 (KD5QYV Kris Wotipka's VHF Node in Abbeville Louisiana), the Lafayette - AAR聁 146.820 Repeater, ragchewing with KN5GRK,
KA5BSE,KD5PUP,KD5JCT,KD5TCJ,K5LFT,KD5TGY,KD5SZN, KD5QYV just to name a few regulars.
IRLP Node 6230 (VK2RMR) Sydney-Mt.Riverview Australia
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If your in town, give me a call, I'd love to have a QSO with you...

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73's!

Steve, K9VKC

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