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Last seen: Nov 19, 2021
About Me
Without retyping all my QRZ profile - I'm a Technician operator and got my ticket April 20th 2021. I am the first and only one in my family to become a ham.
I operate on VHF, UHF, DMR, CQ100 (QsoNet), EchoLink, D-STAR, Zello, The Peanut (PA7LIM), and whatever I'm forgetting.
DMR BrandMeister # 3181125
EchoLink Node #723708 K9ATS
Zello Contact - K9ATS
My QTH is Bedford, Indiana.
My original callsign KD9SMB was retired July 16, 2021.
My vanity callsign K9ATS spells out KATS (i.e. Cats) intentionally, and I kept my call region 9 number.
Yes I have always had a pet cat, currently three cats (Salem, Sissy, Stormie). I had one cat and he needed a companion, and the third came about as a emergency rescue. The K9 aspect works too as I have a Shih-Tzu dog named Shelly.