Eastern Kentucky, USA

KR4BJN

A ham radio transceiver

Amateur Radio Interests

  • Parks on the Air (POTA)
  • CW (Morse code)
  • QRP (low-powered operations)
  • FT8 (a digital mode for making contacts with low signal-to-noise ratio)
  • Emergency and off-grid operations

Gear

  • QMX 5-band
  • CWMorse Outdoor Double Paddle Key
  • Putikeeg Mini Straight Key
  • Homemade end-fed half-wave antenna

Clubs

  • Lake Cumberland Amateur Radio Association (LCARA)
  • Long Island CW Club (LICW)
  • American Radio Relay League (ARRL)

Other Hobbies

  • Foraging
  • Gardening
  • Pipes & Cigars
  • Chess (played poorly!)
  • Clawhammer Banjo
  • Hymns & Psalms

Practice Oscillator

Dit

left click

Paddle Zone

(hover here)

Dah

right click

600 Hz

Adi-dah

Bdah-di-di-dit

Cdah-di-dah-dit

Ddah-di-dit

Edit

Fdi-di-dah-dit

Gdah-dah-dit

Hdi-di-di-dit

Idi-dit

Jdi-dah-dah-dah

Kdah-di-dah

Ldi-dah-di-dit

Mdah-dah

Ndah-dit

Odah-dah-dah

Pdi-dah-dah-dit

Qdah-dah-di-dah

Rdi-dah-dit

Sdi-di-dit

Tdah

Udi-di-dah

Vdi-di-di-dah

Wdi-dah-dah

Xdah-di-di-dah

Ydah-di-dah-dah

Zdah-dah-di-dit

0dah-dah-dah-dah-dah

1di-dah-dah-dah-dah

2di-di-dah-dah-dah

3di-di-di-dah-dah

4di-di-di-di-dah

5di-di-di-di-dit

6dah-di-di-di-dit

7dah-dah-di-di-dit

8dah-dah-dah-di-dit

9dah-dah-dah-dah-dit

.di-dah-di-dah-di-dah

,dah-dah-di-di-dah-dah

?di-di-dah-dah-di-dit

/dah-di-di-dah-dit

!dah-di-dah-di-dah-dah

;dah-di-dah-di-dah-dit

:dah-dah-dah-di-di-dat

-dah-di-di-di-di-dah

'di-dah-dah-dah-dah-dit

errordi-di-di-di-di-di-di-dit

Band Conditions

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