[SADXA] Hello!

[Bill Mullin]

Greetings SADXA,

For various reasons, I've been off the air since 1997!  At that time my 
numbers were:  Mixed - 338, Phone - 336, CW - 333 and RTTY - 287.  After 
a number of moves, I ended up in Tucson in 2004.  My hearing has gotten 
so bad that I thought I'd never operate a radio station again.  But 
recently a friend introduced me to WSJT-X and FT8 . . . being able to 
work a station with no sound at all has reignited my interest in 
hamming!  Even better will be if I can find software which will let me 
operate other digital modes with no sound!

Last time I operated I was running 1,500 watts to a KT-34XA at 75' on 
120 acres with no line noise!  This time I plan to simply run 100 watts 
to an OCF dipole up 20 - 30 feet on 80 - 6 meters, in a noisy 
neighborhood.  To that end I've purchased an IC-7300 and a small antenna 
tuner.  Hopefully by Dec. 1 I'll have the wire up in the air and be back 
on the air again.  After that I'll start attending SADXA meetings.

BTW - back in the late 80's/early 90's, W6XI and I were both in the San 
Diego DX Club . . . hi Jerry!  He doesn't realize it but he was very 
influential in my wife and I eventually ending up in Tucson, thanks Jerry!

I just wanted to introduce myself.

Good DX & 73,
Bill - AA4M