KB6NN - Howard's Amateur Radio Website

KB6NN
Name: Howard Lang
Call: KB6NN
QTH: Eureka, California
Grid: CN70ws

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In the photo above (2012) I'm just off work, home, and copying CW. All the ham gear and even the lamp is powered by a battery charged by solar panels.

A little about me:

I was first licensed in 1978 as a Novice, upgraded to Advanced a year later, and I operated for about ten years off and on until life got in the way and I went QRT for a number of years.

Around 1988 I visited a local field day event, got excited about ham radio all over again, and started this website. I moved in 1994 and set up the station in the photos on the photos page.

In 1998, I was still mostly listening on the HF bands while improving my CW copying skills. My antenna was miserable: a random wire, poorly matched and grounded, so my signal sounds QRP at QRO 100w power. All that and we are at a fairly low point in the 11 year sunspot cycle, so mostly all I can do is listen.

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In 2008, I moved QTH again, and I'm still mostly listening, but I am operating more. The antenna is a little better, a horizontal dipole about 10 feet off the ground under the eaves of the house, and I am venturing into aspects of ham radio I've neglected in the past, such as digital modes and mobile and portable operation. Use it or lose it, they say, so I must get back to doing more CW if I ever want to get my proficiency back to where it was years ago. Like so many others who have websites, I've neglected to keep this one as up-to-date as it could be. The log pages are definitely out of date. I need to take more pictures. But I really need to spend less time on the computer (don't we all?) and more time on the radio. :)

(2018):
I have been renewing some of my web skills and have experimented with a new website design for the Humboldt Amateur Radio Club. The club has had a website for many years, but the content editor has changed hands several times, and the site became stagnant. After pleading for club members to take over the website (I was interested, but didn't have time), in March, 2018, the club approved a new webmaster, and his design was approved, and I still had my test design as a part of my own website, but after a a few years, I took it down.

(2021):
Last year, many things changed. Many of us were under stay-at-home recommendations, and found time for catching up on projects. This year, so far, I am still working on catching up on my to-do lists. I tell myself I should never have put some things off until retirement. Things take longer to do these days. As a result, I now say: Never put off until retirement the things you can do now while you still have the energy to do them. The HARC website has several editors. You can see the latest version of the official HARC website here: www.humboldt-arc.org.

For a little more detail about me, see my about page.

See you on the bands.

73,

Howard Lang, KB6NN

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QTH:
Eureka, California
Grid: CN70ws

Eureka is located in the middle of Humboldt County, California. Humboldt County is in Northern California, on the coast, about 80 miles south of the Oregon border.

Howard's Amateur Radio Memberships:

Humboldt Amateur Radio Club

Far West Repeater Association

Ten-Ten International (#25696)

American Radio Relay League