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K5CV | Cliff Colvin | Lubbock, TX DM93bm | Pota Active

LICW# 798, USTNET# 458, OMISS# 12798, SKCC# 22975

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Ham Radio

I originally received my technician no-code license in 1999 as KD5IYZ. At that time I was able to pass my General and Amateur Advanced written exams, and failed to pass my morse code exam. I learned as an adult that I had some fairly significant hearing loss, especially in higher frequencies and the exam tapes I had caused massive ringing in my ears 😔. In 2020 I had spare time on my hands and upgraded to General and then amateur Extra. Since there was no code requirement anymore it was much simpler.

At home I have an Icom 9700 for VHF/UHF, and Icom 7610 for HF. I love to do Parks on the air! I normally run a Yaesu 857d with a wolf river coil. In fact so far I’ve only activated on 20M so haven’t even used the coil 😛.