Ham Radio and Jeeping in Arizona...
Monitoring 146.520 Simplex or the 146.920 / 147.240
linked Repeaters in the Phoenix Metro Area.

Also on the AZVJC Ham Radio Users Net
Every Wednesday Night at 8:15 PM on the same repeaters.

Hello Friend,
My name is Randy Taylor. I have always been a "gadget guy" and when a friend of mine, KCOLWM introduced me to his Yaesu VX5 in late 2001, I was hooked and got my Tech licence in Colorado in 2002. Now I have a few of my own "expensive static generators" as my wife calls them. I am having a great time! Japan on 40 meters, Alaska on 6 meters and many satellite contacts have helped to fuel the fire.

I enjoy working portable ham radio operations, satellite comms, digital modes (PSK31) and I work a contest every now and then. I like to work ARRL Field Day and the NAQP contests because they are limited to 100 watts and that's all I have! I am like a fish drawn towards a shiny object when it comes to gadgets so it does not hurt to have an HRO here in town either!

I have run APRS and am having lots of fun with that. I use a Kenwood D700 and a Garmin 76Csx. My two boys and I also like to GeoCache out in the desert in our Jeep Wrangler.

Why the zero call in seven land? We moved to Arizona from Colorado in 2003 to be near family and I personally am not a fan of vanity call signs, so I never changed it. As you may have noticed I didn't even change my call when I upgraded to Amateur Extra.

Feel free to browse around and come back every now and then as I plan to add to the pages every now and then.

73's,
Randy
KC0NNT

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