(click on radio equipment in above picture for enlargements)
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Thank you for visiting my web site on the Internet. I am an extra class licensed radio amateur and have been licensed since 1962. I am retired from the US Dept. of State, where I traveled worked and lived in many countries around the world (see list). I was also fortunate enough to be able to operate amateur radio from many exotic places. Some other call signs I have held are: WA2WYR, WV2WYR, KL7HJJ, G5DAS, WA2WYR/CE2, WA2WYR/CX, AP/WA2WYR, HS1AOC - HS0ZDJ, and V26YR. You may click on some of these call signs for additional info and log searches.
My location (QTH) is a small coastal town in New Jersey called Avon-by-the-Sea. It is in Monmouth County on the Atlantic Ocean seashore about 90 km south of New York City. I am surrounded on three sides by water and enjoy great radio propagation to Europe and Africa from this location. (See from Space)
I most enjoy CW (Morse code) operation, and also have capabilities for SSB, FM, RTTY, PACKET, PSK31 and AMTOR. I operate the following amateur radio bands 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 meters and occasionally 6, 2, 1 1/4 & 70 cm. (click here for log search)
Radio contesting is my favorite pass time and I can be found on the air in most world wide contests. In my many years of contesting as a radio amateur, I have won several country and zone awards. (click here for contest history) I also hold the DXCC (cw), DXCC (mixed), DXCC (phone), DXCC (RTTY), 5BDXCC (with endorsements for 30, 17 & 12 meters), DXCC (challenge), DXCC Honor Roll, 5BWAS, VUCC (50 mhz) and WAZ awards.
FILES & LINKS
" 73 de W2YR TU "
Click here to listen to W2YR as heard in Bangkok (November 2006)
| BAND | DESCRIPTION |
| 160/80/75 | Trap inverted "V" w/loading coils for transmit; small concentric rotatable loop & a EWE antenna for receiving |
| 40 | Boom split on HF QUAD and resonated as a 40 meter rotatable dipole |
| 30, 17, 12 | Cushcraft A3WS 3 element beam with 30 meter dipole (add on kit for A3WS) |
| 20, 15, 10 | CUBEX 4 element QUAD |
| 6 | CUBEX 4 element QUAD |
| 2 | MFJ 144/440 (4 elements on two meters, vertically polarized); & CUBEX 8 el Cubical QUAD |
| 1 1/4 | M-sq 7 el beam horz. polarized |
| 70 cm | MFJ 144/440 (7 el 450 Mhz, vert. polarized); & modified M-sq 13 el beam horz. polarized |
I am a life member of the ARRL and one of the Hudson Division assistant directors. I am also a life member of the QCWA national and the Marconi chapter 138 of QCWA. A member of the Frankford Radio Club, the Ocean Monmouth Amateur Radio Club, a Gold Life member of the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand, a member of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service and the Monmouth County NJ Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service and am an official SKYWARN observer for the NWS. You are invited to visit some of their web sites by "CLICKING" on the captioned images below.
| Quarter Century Wireless Association |
| Marconi Chapter #138 QCWA |
| Radio Amateur Society of Thailand |
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