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I obtained my first amateur radio license in June 2000 by passing the written and morse code tests for both the General Class and the Advanced Class in one sitting. Subsequently, I was assigned the callsign KG4ICF by the FCC. After passing the Extra Class exam in November 2000, I applied for and obtained the vanity call WT5L. This callsign was chosen for the shorter and simpler phonetic representation and for the shorter and simpler morse code representation. Although I live in "4" territory, a similar callsign with "4" was not available at the time (and are still difficult to come by).

Latest Space Weather:

A listing of the most current solar activity from PROP.HFRADIO.ORG

Latest DX Activity:

A listing of the most current DX activity from DXWATCH.COM

Contests:

Since obtaining my license in 2000, I have been primarily interested in working both domestic and international contests. The table below summarizes some of the major contests sponsored by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and CQ Magazine:

Modes:

The principal modes of operation that I regularly use are summarized in the following table:

Bands:

Presently, I have the capability to work only the High Frequency (HF) bands which are loosely defined as any frequency between about 1.8 MHz and 30 MHz. Within this range, the Amateur bands are referred to by the approximate wavelength of the emitted signal (160 Meter, 80 Meter, 40 Meter, 30 Meter, 20 Meter, 17 Meter, 15 Meter, 12 Meter, 10 Meter). Right now, I have the capability to work stations on all HF bands except for 160 meters. The table below shows the band/frequency and mode relationship for the HF bands that I use:

Click Here For More Details -> ARRL US Amateur Radio Bands (in PDF Format)

QSOs:

QSO is Morse code short-hand for a contact between two stations. The following table shows my QSO activity for each year since I was first licensed in the middle of 2000:

As of: Thursday, 22 December 2011 @ 9:52 am EST

Logbook of the World (LOTW) Status:

The American Radio Relay League's (ARRL) Logbook of the World is a mechanism for electronic confirmation of QSOs. By email or internet submission of logs to the LOTW system, log entries are matched against log entries submitted by other Amateur Radio stations to generate QSL records. (QSL is Morse code short-hand for an acknowledged or confirmed contact or transmission.) The table below shows the status of my current LOTW activity:

As of: Thursday, 22 December 2011 @ 9:52 am EST