W4LGH
Alan Jones
Extra Class
Ham Since 1965
United States

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My Ham Radio Interests
Being in Electronics all my life, Ham radio was a natural progression for me. Its been one of the best hobbies I have been involved with, and is forever changing. Always something new to try, and with the marriage of radio and computer, its really opened the doors for new ideas, only dreamed about 25 yrs ago. Now, software definded radios, and who knows whats next.

I also enjoy repairing and restoring radios. Need a radio fixed? Email me: w4lgh@w4lgh.com

Also have a section on my main website to "Show Off" your shack...send me a photo and I will get it posted!

Equipment
Mixture of OLD and NEW Equipment:
***NEW***
Yaesu FT-2000
Yaesu FT-897D
Yaesu FT-857D
***VINTAGE***
Drake 4B Line including L4B Amp. (2 sets of 4B's)
Drake TR-3, Drake's First Transceiver
Drake TR-7A with L7 Amp (One of the Best Radios ever made!)

Note: I am in a deed restricted community, so no towers or beams! But all in all I think I am doing OK in the antenna dept.

***HF ANTENNAS***
BuckMaster OCF Multiband... Super Antenna
Spi-Ro D-56 5-Band Trap Dipole
40M Dipole..Cut to 7.251Mhz (Southcars)
Parz End-Fed 20M Dipole... Amazing little Antenna!
SGC Autotuner in Attic hooked to a 100' folded dipole for emergency use.

***HF AMPS***
Drake L4B... 100% Original including Eimac Tubes!
Drake L7... Modified PS w/3200V @ 1amp, New 3-500ZG Tubes. 1500+ Watts!

***U/VHF ANTENNAS***
Comet GP-15 Vertical for 6m/2m/70CM
Diamond X-30A U/VHF in attic for Emergency Use.

Not as active on VHF/UHF, as I used to be. Am an EX-ARES-EC after 4 years, for my county, but still actively involved in SKYWARN at the National Wx Service level.

Lot's of other stuff, see my main site (www.w4lgh.com) and take the virtual tour!

Other Interests
Motorcycles, Flying, Electronics & Computers.

Enjoy designing and building "homebrew" projects for my shack to make it more functional and user friendly.

Designing and maintaining my Main Ham Website, (www.w4lgh.com) keeping it updated and informative. Also an amateur weather nut and have my weather station on my site doing "realtime" live weather updates.

Enjoy fixing and restoring Ham Radios & Amps for myself & others. Need one fixed, drop me an Email!

w4lgh@w4lgh.com

Clubs
Member of Southcars (7.251Mhz) and also an NCS on Saturday Morning from 9am to 10am eastern time.

Ex-ARRL member. ( The Annoying Rotten Radio League ) They don't care about Hams anymore, just their Money! Have become "Big-Business" & Ham radios worst enemy!

NOFARs of Jacksonville, Fl. - Great group of Guys!