Amateur Radio Station KG4IGC

In memory of the C6APR team

W2GJ, Pete Radding

                                        K4QO, Randy Hargengrader

                                        K3IXD, Ed Steeble

                                                  KZ4Z, Dallas Carter

    

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     Hello and welcome to my homepage, thanks for stopping by !  My name is Frank, and I live in Summerville, SC. I am happily married to my lovely wife of 14 years Sarah, who holds a general class ticket and the call KG4NKG. I have one daughter, Samantha, age 20 who also holds a general class ticket although she is inactive . 

     It's often wondered how people become ham operators, well here's my story.  I had been interested in radio and computers for a couple of years prior to becoming a ham. I think that my first actual interest in the wide world of radio was when I had the ability to talk mobile to mobile with my wife on CB (who was BTW at the time my girlfriend). Like most folks these days, I tinkered around with CB for a few years made lots of friends and generally had a good time for the most part. But as  time wore on, CB got very boring. There was lots of undesirables doing everything from well, you know. In a quote from my favorite movie Forrest Gump, "Thats all that I have to say about that".

                                 

 

   I knew that I wanted more...much more... so I decided to get my ticket once and for all.  For Christmas one year, I asked my loving wife to buy me a copy of Look Whos Talking from Radio Shack. Well, Santa brought me the book and man...I found out that there was a world of radio and electronics out there that I never even had a clue about. I studied this book off and on for a year or so and decided to get the new and updated question pool.  Sarah and I  happened to be in our local Barnes & Noble one day shopping and I could not find anything on ham radio, so I asked for help. What I got was a poor confused teenage employee that had no clue what it was that I was talking about. By chance, there happened to be an older gentleman who overheard me ask about the ham radio books and introduced himself to my wife and I.

     Long story short, he put me in contact with KC4ED Ed Frank (SK). I talked to Ed on the phone and it just so happened that there was a testing session the next day so I went and took the tech test and lo and behold, I passed with flying colors!  My Tech ticket was issue on June 20th, 2000.  Since then, I have passed my 5 wpm code test, the general test and  have moved on  to extra class thanks to all the help I got from my good friend and elmer, Alex KR1ST. I have to say, the extra was the hardest test I have ever taken but it was well worth the effort in the end. Since becomming a ham, I have joined the ARRL, which I feel every US ham should at least be affiliated with if not a member. I am also a member of the Charleston Amateur Radio Society and Ten-Ten International.

 

                    

     Some of my other interests include photography, camping, contesting, and experimenting with new wire antennas. I am a member of the Low Country Contest Club, and can be found in most of the bigger contests throughout the year. Most of the time, I try to represent the QRP side of the club as most of our guys run 100 watts or more during contests. One of my favorite things to do is to collect vintage radio ads and antique radios. I have been collecting now for about nine years now and have a wide variety of ads and tube radios. More recently in the past couple of years, I have taken on the challenge of doing some restoration to these old sets, both electronic and cabinet work. In the near future, I will be posting some of my projects for all to see. I hope that you enjoy my website, feel free to look around and post you comments or suggestions about anything on this site in the workbench forum  and I would love to have you sign the guestbook.

                              

 

 

       

 

In the Charleston Area? Please be sure to check into our local nets!

Low Country 2 Meter Digital Net

For those of you who love  the digital modes, be sure to check into the Lowcounry Digital Net every Sunday at 9pm and Wed at 8pm on 144.144 USB, using DominoEx11. Net control is Skip KH6TY.

 

T.A.R.C Tech Net

Dave NJ4f has recently started a new tech net on the 147.345 repeater located in Adam's Run, SC  Wednesday evenings at 9 PM.  This is an open net to anyone who might have a question pertaining to ham radio. Once the questions are relayed to the net, they will try to help you with your question the best that they can. If there is a question that cannot be answered, Dave has told me that he will try to find someone who has expertise in that area to get some answers for you.  If you have any questions pertaining to the net, please contact Dave at nj4f@arrl.net

 

Palmetto 10-10 International Net

The South Carolina Chapter of  10-10 International would like to invite you to check into their net on 28.450 Sundays at 8:30 PM. Vince KI4AOC is our net control, you do not have to be a member of 10-10 International to participate so feel free to stop by. There is a large number of 10-10 members who check in regularly so if you need those numbers, this is the place to get them!

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