My station is located near Hattiesburg, MS in the Oak Grove community. I operate HF, VHF and some UHF. Modes include phone, RTTY , CW and occasionally others. My primary rig is now a Kenwood TS-2000 shown on the right but the console also has a FT-847. I still have my trusty old Drake TR-7 as standby. My antennas include a Tennadyne T-10 at 70 feet and a Tennadyne T-28 at 76 feet. I use a 2000 foot loop for 75 and 40 meters and other bands when I don’t want a directional antenna pattern as when working nets etc.

I am currently serving as ARRL District Emergency Coordinator for Southeast Mississippi and hope to have an emergency communications center available in my shack.

My dad was W5DQK, SK and mom’s call was W5DRI , SK. My oldest daughter Natalie is now W5DRI having just got her grandmother’s old call.

My XYL Sylvia is KE5YBV. I hope to get her more active now that 10 is opening up.

AG5Z Primary Operating Console

Harris RF-103 Amp (left)  and Tennadyne T-28 VHF/UHF over T-10 HF on right top and bottom.

Below is a neat You-Tube video made by W7RTX

of a QSO we had about a year ago.

JF2FIU, Mark, sent this recording of operations during a recent contest. He did a great job getting realistic-sounding audio. I was very pleased to hear how my signal sounded in Japan. These contacts were made on 20 meters on January 17, 2009,  between 23:07 and 23:11 zulu time.   

Click speaker icon to play the wav file. >>                    Thanks again Mark