Welcome to the NW7US Amateur and Shortwave Radio Command Center
your resource center for shortwave listening and amateur radio
propagation, news, dx, education, and more
Modified on: February 9, 2010
This site has been running since June, 1999.
Brought to you by NW7US - Tomas - in Western Montana, USA
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I'm Tomas David Hood. I am a Radio Amateur with the callsign of NW7US, living in Stevensville, Montana. I enjoy having two-way communications by way of shortwave radio signals, in the Amateur Radio hobby. The Shortwave bands are in the High Frequency radio spectrum.
NW7US is the Amateur Radio call-sign issued by the Federal Communications Commission to my Ham Radio Station, conferring the right to operate this equipment under certain privileges. This call-sign is assigned to me as both an identification of my Amateur Radio station, as well as a reference to those privileges I have been granted after having passed both a series of written examinations which cover rules, procedures, technical theory, and related knowledge, and a series of morse code (cw) proficiency tests.
I was born back in 1965 (in Virginia) and I'm 44. I was first licenced in 1990, though I have been a real high-frequency fan since the early 1970's when I discovered Shortwave Radio. I loved hearing the foriegn stations. Using HF is like travelling without leaving home. I love meeting new folks.
I am a member of ...
- Ten-Ten #56526 : FISTS #7055 : FISTS NW #57
- Lighthouse Scty #144 : NAQCC #1774
- Monthly QRP Field Day Member #62
- QRP ARCI #12781
- 30 Meter Digital Group #0640
- Digital Modes Club #1144
- BARTG #8077
- European PSK Club (EPC) #4768
- Straight Key Century Club #4758C
More specific information about me: I am...
+ A Contributing Editor for the Propagation and Space Weather Columns for CQ Communications Magazine, CQ VHF Quarterly, and Popular Communications Magazine
+ Associate Member of Propagation Studies Committee of RSGB
+ Living here: 113.99W 46.55N Stevensville, MT USA
... which is in Grid Square DN36 / ITU Region 6 / CQ Zone 4
+ Operating - sometimes QRP (low power), on CW (Morse Code), SSB (Voice), and Digital modes of PSK-31, Olivia, DominoEx, and MFSK
+ A contributing editor on Wikipedia - Amateur Radio/Space WX
I create websites, too. Check out the latest:
Chidwick School of Fine Woodworking
Auctions in Montana - Wayne and Mike, Auctioneers
Other NW7US / Tomas Hood pages:
+ NW7US at eQSL.cc
+ NW7US 'Live' page
+ NW7US at MySpace.com
+ My Music MySpace Page
+ My Music ShoutLife Page
+ NW7US at QRZ.com
Check out my specific sites:
- DIGITAL HF RADIO
- AM (Amplitude Modulation) Amateur Radio Resources
- CW (International Morse Code) Resource Center
Other sites about me:
NW7US is the Amateur Radio call-sign issued by the Federal Communications Commission to my Ham Radio Station, conferring the right to operate this equipment under certain privileges. This call-sign is assigned to me as both an identification of my Amateur Radio station, as well as a reference to those privileges I have been granted after having passed both a series of written examinations which cover rules, procedures, technical theory, and related knowledge, and a series of morse code (cw) proficiency tests.
I was born back in 1965 (in Virginia) and I'm 44. I was first licenced in 1990, though I have been a real high-frequency fan since the early 1970's when I discovered Shortwave Radio. I loved hearing the foriegn stations. Using HF is like travelling without leaving home. I love meeting new folks.
I am a member of ...
- Ten-Ten #56526 : FISTS #7055 : FISTS NW #57
- Lighthouse Scty #144 : NAQCC #1774
- Monthly QRP Field Day Member #62
- QRP ARCI #12781
- 30 Meter Digital Group #0640
- Digital Modes Club #1144
- BARTG #8077
- European PSK Club (EPC) #4768
- Straight Key Century Club #4758C
More specific information about me: I am...
+ A Contributing Editor for the Propagation and Space Weather Columns for CQ Communications Magazine, CQ VHF Quarterly, and Popular Communications Magazine
+ Associate Member of Propagation Studies Committee of RSGB
+ Living here: 113.99W 46.55N Stevensville, MT USA
... which is in Grid Square DN36 / ITU Region 6 / CQ Zone 4
+ Operating - sometimes QRP (low power), on CW (Morse Code), SSB (Voice), and Digital modes of PSK-31, Olivia, DominoEx, and MFSK
+ A contributing editor on Wikipedia - Amateur Radio/Space WX
I create websites, too. Check out the latest:
Chidwick School of Fine Woodworking
Auctions in Montana - Wayne and Mike, Auctioneers
Other NW7US / Tomas Hood pages:
+ NW7US at eQSL.cc
+ NW7US 'Live' page
+ NW7US at MySpace.com
+ My Music MySpace Page
+ My Music ShoutLife Page
+ NW7US at QRZ.com
Check out my specific sites:
- DIGITAL HF RADIO
- AM (Amplitude Modulation) Amateur Radio Resources
- CW (International Morse Code) Resource Center
Other sites about me:
This picture (below) is of the main operating position in my home radio shack. The computer is running Ham Radio Deluxe and Digital Master 780 (HRD/DM780).
Sometimes, I like to operate from my trailer, in a portable settings. Here is a picture of that operation:
Sometimes, I like to operate from my trailer, in a portable settings. Here is a picture of that operation:
In general, my station runs 100 watts out of an Icom IC-7000 (pictured, above). I am using the KK7UQ home-built digital interface with the Ham Radio Delux + DRM software. My antenna is a multi-wire dipole. The dipole antenna has wire dipoles for 80, 40, 30, and 20 meters. That means that I can also work 15 meters. With a good antenna tuner (like the Ten-Tec as shown above), I can work all of the HF Amateur Radio bands.
General Site and Resource Menu:
+ HOT: ACE-HF Pro for Ham Radio / SWLing
. - - ACE-HF is advanced propagation modeling software
+ General Info on Amateur Radio
+ About NW7US / Tomas Hood
+ The NW7US Propagation and Space Weather Page
+ All about Shortwave Radio Listening (SWLing)
+ All about Morse Code and CW
+ Radio Discussion Forums
+ Emergency and Disaster Public Service
+ Shortwave Radio Resources
+ SWL Frequency Search
+ English SW Frequencies
+ Callbooks
+ Prefix Lookup
+ Guest Book
+ Support
+ NW7US Bookstore
+ Study for your Ham Radio license
+ Award-Winning Space Weather/Propagation Course
+ Monitor Space Weather from your PC
Please help keep this site running for everyone:
General Site and Resource Menu:
+ HOT: ACE-HF Pro for Ham Radio / SWLing
. - - ACE-HF is advanced propagation modeling software
+ General Info on Amateur Radio
+ About NW7US / Tomas Hood
+ The NW7US Propagation and Space Weather Page
+ All about Shortwave Radio Listening (SWLing)
+ All about Morse Code and CW
+ Radio Discussion Forums
+ Emergency and Disaster Public Service
+ Shortwave Radio Resources
+ SWL Frequency Search
+ English SW Frequencies
+ Callbooks
+ Prefix Lookup
+ Guest Book
+ Support
+ NW7US Bookstore
+ Study for your Ham Radio license
+ Award-Winning Space Weather/Propagation Course
+ Monitor Space Weather from your PC
Please help keep this site running for everyone:
