Welcome to my  web! I guess I need to tell you a little about myself.

I had taken my Novice class test in December of 1979 and after waiting almost 6 weeks back then for the FCC to process and mail your ticket to you by snail mail HI HI . I received the call (KB4HQJ) in January of 1980. I held that call until I moved to Maryland  and upgraded to Technician class in 1982 with the call of (N3FRG). I had that call for many years, Moving back to the wonderful hills of Virginia I upgraded  to General Class at Bluefield, Va. (taken my 13wpm & 20wpm code) in 1987.

  Raising 4 kids and working all the time my Ham Radio hobby fell very low on the priority list, But still managed to work CW on the weekends and a field day from time to time. When I finely got around to take my advanced test I found out that it was no longer a class. In 2000 I upgraded to Extra class and applied for a vanity call and received the (WK4W)

  After  30 + years of Ham Radio I still love CW and call it my main mode,  I use it 100% of the time and stay in the lower end of 10, 15, 20, and 40 meters  running qrp @ 5 watts or less, 15 is my favorite band.

   I have completed my WAS/qrp/cw with a K1 #2289 Elecraft, And have added a New K2 #6989 Elecraft to my QRP lineup. NEW Addition to the shack as of 6/3/11 K3/100 #5514 Thanks Elecraft for an Excellent Receiver in all of these rigs! All of my CW is done on the Elecraft's

The wall paper standings:  

 WAS/qrp  WAC  WAZ  DXCC (294)  DXCC/cw (268)  DXCC/qrp(192)

Hope to cu on the band soon

73 es GB de WK4W/Jim  dit dit

CW is not a mode....It's an ART!!