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Welcome the N8OC Homepage
Last Modified March 18, 2008
It's been almost 18 months since I last updated this webpage (WOW - how time flies) and much is new. I've had the chance to meet other Radio Ops in Poland and Taiwan on my business travels and life is GREAT!!! Thanks to Piotr SP9TTG and Stan SP6GWB in SP land. And Bruce BV2KI, Eddie BV2DD, and Dr. Wu BU2AQ for the hospitality in Taiwan. Hope to see you all again soon.
I've finally realized that I go thru the year with (3) seasons - Hunting / Snowmobiling / Radio-Yardwork. So if it seems I disappear from the radio for a while - it must be one of the other seasons. But Rod WI8A is trying to make an HF DX Chaser out of me - so who knows - maybe I'll be on the air more this year.
I've gotten thru HUNTING and SNOWMOBILING SEASON here in Michigan. No luck on the Whitetail this year, but the Duck and Goose Hunting was fun. My brother, a friend and I have bought 140 acres of land in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan as a Base Camp for our Hunting and Snowmobile activities, and hope to get more 'Radio Active' up there, especially on VHF for the grid chasers.
Here's a couple shots sledding on my Snowmobile Page
Radio News: I'm on my second homebrew 6M 7element yagi (the first came crashing down with the tower) and have completed a few 6M EME contacts. This is based a DK7ZB design and photo and all specifications can be seen on his site at: HERE
I did get a 4 X 17 element 2M array up very briefly - but we had a little accident on the raising and it came down rather quickly. So back to the drawing board.
Quick Links:
RESULTS for August 2004 Perseids Grid DXpedition:
The Shack, EME Intitials and VHF Grids Worked Inside the Shack (a bit out-of-date) These all out of date - will have to update soon
I travel frequently to EN75, 76, 85, 86, so if you need any of these grids, drop me an email and we can set something up.
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Other Interests:
Snowmobiling - Probably my favorite outdoor activity...POLARIS spoken here. I've had 1990 650 Indy, 1999 XC600SP, 1996 340 Lite Deluxe (for the wife/kids). Now riding a 2005 600 Switchback which I put over 3000 miles on in 2007-2008 riding season. We've updated to a 2005 600 AC Sabercat for the wife and kids now.
Hunting - bagged my first nice buck (have had a few) with a bow November 2, 2001. Picture on my photo page
Yardwork - Have a 10 acre yard with stocked pond, garden, fruit trees, etc...keeps me quite busy. Waiting to see how may little geese we'll have in the pond this year.
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The Family
Wife - Cindy Lou, Research Nurse
Daughter - Allissa aka "Crash", 20, studying Plastics Engineering
at Ferris State University
Son - Gerik, 18, the Video Shark,and now Driver-in-Training
We've also got a cat (May) and a degu (Spaz).
What's a degu??? see here: www.degus.org
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Amateur Radio Station
N8OC - Dave Witucki - Bay City, MI - EN83ao
Main Interest: Weak Signal VHF - I am active in the VHF contests and work a lot of meteor scatter and now trying my hand at EME with WSJT by K1JT.
Want to see me? Check out the start of my PHOTOPAGE.
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