[Boatanchors] New User coming aboard

[Michael Tauson]

Hi,

I’m Michael, K3MXO, and I live in Hawaii.  I’ve been
here now for a bit over five years but haven’t had an
opportunity to set up a rig up to now due to a few
moves, time in the hospital (I’m a 100% disabled vet),
and other trivia.

As far as ham radio goes, I prefer the low end HF
bands (160-40m with occasional passes at 30m) CW using
lower powered surplus sets – GRC-9, Chinese 102E,
SEG-15, PRC-74 etc – with improvised antennas, some of
which worked surprisingly well.  While I have a
preference for hollow state, the occasional
semiconductor rig catches my eye even though I’m sure
transistors and the like are just a passing fad. 

While I used to operate primarily from home on the
mainland, I’m living in an apartment now which
presents a challenge or two vis-à-vis antennas so I’m
planning to take the show on the road – or off the
road, as the case may be – by packing a rig or two on
the back of my Jeep with some antenna material
(dipoles, whips, wires, masts etc), some camouflage
netting to keep the sun off and the air moving, water
and the ever important snacks.  

At least one of the rigs will wind up with me in my
kayak which should be entertaining since it’s all of
8-1/2’ long and I figure the antenna will be a whip
about twice that in height.

I do not now own nor have I ever owned a rig with a
microphone, though I may add either a PRC-25 or a
PRC-77 (or an RT-524?) to the mobile set.  This will
add 10 and 6 FM to the range of possibilities, though
I’m unaware of what the local activity is on these
bands.

Oh, my one claim to fame is that I wrote the booklet
“A User’s Guide to ARC Corp Receivers” (NOT my title!)
sold by Fair Radio for the past nearly 30 years and
which is going into revision after long last.  

Other hobbies include radio control airplanes,
miniature engines, miniature machining (though, at the
moment, it seems to have evolved into rebuilding
watchmaker’s lathes), and photography.

Best regards,

Michael, K3MXO



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