Welcome to my Ham Radio Page. If you followed a link from QRZ.COM and we have just worked, then TNX for the QSO!. If we have exchanged QSL's, TNX also! I QSL direct, via LOTW, and eQSL are all OK. 

My primary interest and activities are DX'ing and contesting. I am currently active on 160 through 6 meters. I have been licensed and mostly active since 1968. I am a member of the Minnesota Wireless Association WØAA contest club (MWA), the Twin City DX Association (TCDXA), and the Twin City FM Club (TCFMC).

2016
I enjoyed having the opportunity to have Bill, AE0EE (one of the VK0EK OP's) present me the plaque for #1 Honor Roll. Bill gave TCDXA a presentation on the VK0EK operation at the May meeting.

2014
Back for a 3rd time in VP5 for ARRL DX Phone operating with Glenn WØGJ and Ron NØAT. It was a close race but happy to see we achieved another world #1 finish!

2013
As of Oct. 1st all antenna projects are complete! I'm looking forward to a contest season & resuming some productive DX'ing. DETAILS 

2012
Back again in the Turks & Caicos Islands for a full week, QRV as VP5H during the ARRL SSB DX Test, and as VP5/WA0MHJ after the DX Contest.

Enjoyed wonderful hospitality & operated a bit in the CQWW CW contest in Dallas at the QTH of Pete N5KD. Peter has been the DXER.ORG webmaster. Click here.

2011
I was in the Turks & Caicos Islands for a full week, QRV as VP5/WA0MHJ and VP5H during the ARRL SSB DX Test. We placed #1 in the world as the Multi-Single station entry.

I operated once again, multi with the KØIR group in CQWW RTTY.

CQWW PH this year was a multi operator effort witt K0XV & son Jason. DETAILS

2010/2009
For 2010 CQWW RTTY, I had the pleasure of operating at the fine QTH of Ralph Fedor - KØIR in a Multi-2 operation.

In the CQ WPX CW, I was visited by Foster - N3KCJ, who happened to be in town, and we operated as a M/S. Click DETAILS

2008
I was a 2008 host NU1AW/0 station for the IARU contest allowing Cal - K0DXC the majority of the operating for this event. Click HERE for the details. 

1986
I had an exciting time operating as VP2MU, getting a 1st taste of being on the other side of the pile-up.

Sometime back around 2000, I got the idea to try something a little different by trying a portable operation during the Wisconsin QSO Party. Being in the outdoors seemed like a good change of pace from staring at the same radio, and the same desk I always sit at. My adventures were chronicled in the May 2007 NCJ. Erecting antennas in thigh deep snow, and operating in -20F temperatures led me to look for alternatives for the following years, and thus started my mobile adventures.
I operate mobile now with a Yaesu FT-450 and two Hustler mobile mounts with antennas for 80, 40, 20, and 15 meters. Click here to ride along with a YouTube video clip. I have operated mobile in many Minnesota and Wisconson QSO parties, and once in North Dakota.

I have also been the main log processing facilitator for the Minnesota QSO Party for the last twenty years.

Now that the WAZ program is integrated with LOTW, I did a submission of the award. In LOTW I had 198 of the 200 neccesary zones for a 5BWAZ application. Those were submitted, and one single QSL card for zone 28 on 80M was mailed. I was notified of 5BWAZ award with credit for 199 shortly afterwards!
JT5DX was worked (Jan-2020), and confirmed for zone 200. 5BWAZ plaque award #1046 arrived in the mail today. (April 3rd, 2020).

All contacts from VP5/WA0MHJ (2011, 2012 & 2014) have uploaded to LOTW and Club Log. WAØMHJ is registered on Club Log, and those logs are uploaded.

• Recent QSO's:  T6AA for new on 17M
• Recent QSO's:  WP2B for new on 6M
• Recent LOTW:  DU6/N6SS for new on 80M
• Recent LOTW:  HZ1BW for new on 80M
• Recent LOTW:  A71AE for new on 17M
• Recent LOTW:  LA7QIA for new on 6M
• Recent LOTW:  3D2AG for new on digital
• Recent QSL's:  SM6NOC for new on 6M
• Recent QSL's:  TK/S57AL for new on 160M
  
• Recent QSL's:  UA2FZ for new on 160M
• Recent QSL's:  VR2XAN for new on 80M

I can QSL for the following WØAA contacts: All QSO Parties since 2000, FD since 2006, ARRL DX CW 2003, & CQWW PH 2011/2012.