New Member Here – Saying Hello!

I sent in my membership form and dues a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve been enjoying the messages coming across the groups.io mailing list, so I thought I’d take a moment to say hello and introduce myself.

My name is Doug, callsign is KF6DUG, and I live up here in Bonny Doon.  I got my Technician’s license in August of last year, and I am currently studying for my General exam when I’m not distracted by all the cool stuff I can already do with my Technician’s.

Right now I’ve got a couple of radios (a Yaesu FT-991a and an Icom-2730a), and I seem to be collecting antennas on top of our roof.  In addition to HAM radio, I’m also a neighborhood coordinator as part of our emergency communications efforts up here that use MURS radios, if you’re familiar with that effort.  It was actually the MURS stuff that got me into HAM to take some of the burden off the other HAM operators supporting multiple neighborhoods.

My main interests currently, in addition to routinely checking into the ARES nets are digital modes.  I’ve got FM packet and Vara FM working for Winlink email and am having a lot of fun with FT8 on 10 meter.

I have kids, and unfortunately my schedule currently doesn’t work out too well with the Monday night nets (Scouts or CERT) or Friday meetings (almost always something going), but I’m looking forward to meeting folks and contributing how I can to the club.

73,

Doug