WO9B

Michael Johnson, WO9B’s ham radio career has evolved through a number of phases over the last 50 years that now include CW and QRP operation, with his dog, during CWOPs weekly tests from local parks in Milwaukee.  Mike’s park operation has  become a weekly meetup for his local radio club.  WO9B also enjoys DMR and HF digital modes and is my QSO Today.

Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
First License: 1972, Novice, WN0IPW.  Later upgrade to WB0IPW

Novice Rig:
Hammarlund Receiver
Heathkit HW-16 Novice Transceiver

Current Rig: 
Yaesu FT-891 HF Transceiver
LNR Mountain Topper 4 Band Version 2
Venus SW-3B QRP Radio
U-Kits H14B Radio
QRP Labs QCX 40 Meter Transceiver

​Favorite Operating Mode: CW

Terms
Ameco Morse Code Course
Warehouse District, Minneapolis
Hygain TH6DXX
Civil Engineering
Marquette University, Milwaukee, BSCE
ARRL Field Day
Kenwood TH-75A Dual band Portable
Amateur Repeater Autopatch
Packet Radio AX.25
Commodore 64 Computer
Ameritron AL-84 Amplifier
Squalo 6 Meter Antenna
FT-8 Digital Mode
National Parks on the Air
End Fed Antenna
QRZ-Now.com
CW Ops’ CWT
Joe Everhart N2CX Interview
Spark Plug – 64:1 impedance transformer
40 Meter Half Wave End Fed Antenna
RG-174 Coax
West Allis Radio Amateur Club
SOTA in the Canadian Rockies with Paul Mower, VA6MPM.  
SOTA – Summits on the Air
Canadian Rockies
Banff National Park
SOTA Peaks Upper Peninsula Michigan
Huron Mountain, Michigan
NXDN Digital ID
Droid Star Digital Application
DMR – Digital Mobile Radio
DMR Hot Spot
Fake Ham Lid Net Reddit
VPN – Virtual Private Network
Cesium Time Standard

Excited most by: we are experiencing the Golden Age Of Ham Radio. 

Advice to new or returning hams: Join a club to gain tribal knowledge. ​