Welcome to NJ3B's Station (ex KA3SDS - N3FYC - WM3O)
Industry, PA (Beaver Co.)
Longitude: 80° 26.259 - Latitude: 40° 40.394 N - 1202 ft.
Grid: EN90sp (Map)
ARRL Section: Western Pennsylvania
ARRL Division: Atlantic
QSL VIA the Bureau: PDXA, PO Box 100, York Haven, PA 17370-0100
I worked the ARRL DX Phone contest in March 2001. I only operated 10.72 hours of the 48 hours the contest ran, but enjoyed it a lot. I worked nearly 200 stations and ended up with a score of 57,330 points. I used my Kenwood TS-50S with the LDG AT-11MP Autotuner into my Alpha-Delta DXCC antenna.
Won First Place for South Carolina Section
I worked the ARRL Phone DX contest for 2002. This year I ended up working 416 DX stations and came out with a score of over 222,000. For the 2nd year in a row, I was high score for South Carolina.
NJ3B History
Made successful contact with SAREX Space Shuttle and MIR:
Mir Front, STS-35, STS-45, STS-47 , STS-50, STS-55, STS-58, STS-59, STS-60 , STS-64, STS-65, STS-67, STS-70 and STS-78
Industry, PA (Beaver Co.)
Longitude: 80° 26.259 - Latitude: 40° 40.394 N - 1202 ft.
Grid: EN90sp (Map)
ARRL Section: Western Pennsylvania
ARRL Division: Atlantic
QSL VIA the Bureau: PDXA, PO Box 100, York Haven, PA 17370-0100
- Kenwood TS-570S
- Kenwood TS-530S
- Swan 350
- Swan 500CX
- Antenna - Hustler vertical
- Antenna - Alpha Delta DX-CC.
- Mobile - Kenwood TM-281A
- 2 meter base antenna - Ringo Ranger
- Alinco DJ-580T dual band HT
- Vibroplex Brass Racer
- Bencher BY-2 Chrome
- Nye Viking Speed-X key
- J-38 Key
- J-37 Key
I worked the ARRL DX Phone contest in March 2001. I only operated 10.72 hours of the 48 hours the contest ran, but enjoyed it a lot. I worked nearly 200 stations and ended up with a score of 57,330 points. I used my Kenwood TS-50S with the LDG AT-11MP Autotuner into my Alpha-Delta DXCC antenna.
Won First Place for South Carolina Section
I worked the ARRL Phone DX contest for 2002. This year I ended up working 416 DX stations and came out with a score of over 222,000. For the 2nd year in a row, I was high score for South Carolina.
NJ3B History
- Obtained Novice Class License KA3SDS - Sept.15, 1987
- Upgraded to Technician Class N3FYC - Nov. 21, 1987
- Upgraded to General Class - June 18, 1988
- Upgraded to Advanced Class -June 17, 1989
- Upgraded to Extra Class - WM3O - October 21, 1989
- Novice to Extra - 2 years and 26 days
- Call change to - NJ3B - April 16, 2002
- Sept 15, 1987 --> Nov 20, 1987 - KA3SDS in Clarion, PA (Clarion County)
- Nov 21, 1987 --> July 10, 1988 - N3FYC in Clarion, PA (Clarion County)
- July 17, 1988 --> Oct 20, 1989 - N3FYC in Orangeburg, SC (Orangeburg County)
- Oct 21, 1989 --> April 15, 2002 - WM3O in Orangeburg, SC (Orangeburg County)
- April 16, 2002 --> Aug 15, 2003 - NJ3B in Orangeburg, SC (Orangeburg County)
- Aug 16, 2003 --> present - NJ3B in Industry, PA (Beaver County)
- ARRL Rag Chewers' Club
- ARRL Certificate of Code Proficiency (15 WPM) Oct 8, 1989
- ARRL Worked All States - May 29, 1990 - #44,669
- ARRL ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator July 29. 1990
- ARRL Official Observer April 14, 1992
- ARRL SAREX Antenna Test Certificate - April 30, 1993
- AMSAT Satellite Communicators Club - January 26, 2001
- ARRL International Contest Award. 1st Place single operator, low power, phone, South Carolina Section. March, 2001.
- IARU Worked All Continents (WAC) July 26, 2001
- VUCC - February 5, 2002 - #1201
- ARRL International Contest Award. 1st Place single operator, low power, phone, South Carolina Section. March, 2002.
- DXCC - December 9, 2004 - #39,908
- Current station, Kenwood TS-570S
- You can find me checking into the South Carolina SSB Net in the evenings on 3.915 MHz at 7 PM local time.
Made successful contact with SAREX Space Shuttle and MIR:
Mir Front, STS-35, STS-45, STS-47 , STS-50, STS-55, STS-58, STS-59, STS-60 , STS-64, STS-65, STS-67, STS-70 and STS-78