N9VR

Since the age of 14 with an old Star Roamer kit receiver I have been hooked on radio. The enjoyment of wiring things up, building antennes and just seeing how
far I could make a contact on a few watts was very fun.
Then something happened in the mid 90's, I heard these guys on 20mtrs SSB that sounded like AM. I made it a habit of tuning into them quite often to see just what they were doing.

The MC of this group was Bill W2ONV. He was experimenting with some audio processing along with a few of his friends, Bill KC4PE and Harold WA2JVM. The sound they were producing was fantastic, reminded me of AM. Well needless to say I had to try to improve my audio as well. I went out and bought a Radio Shack 5 band EQ and spent many hours (days, weeks) getting it to work on my old Kenwood TS530, and later a TS940. I even had to purchase a new mic from a music vendor no less. I got the Shure SM58, then went to the SM7 and the bug was here to stay. I must add I can't imagine running ssb any other way. Why, because it is a challenge, it is a pleasure to listen to and it is just fun.

Over the years the rigs have come and gone. Presently I run a TS950SDX VooDoo modified by Mike at VooDoo Labs, a TS870, a SDR1000 and a Ten Tec OmniVII. The panadapter in the Flex Radios gets addictive. And the software defined radios are the future of the hobby I am sure. But I still love my old Kenwoods, and radios with knobs. I run SSB, AM and a little CW when the bug strikes. 73 until our paths cross on the air....Bill