03-05-2014, 12:29 AM
Got my ticket stateside. Original was KA7OUM, when I passed my general, I kept it for a while, but later got a vanity call K7BAD. Also pretty short in code. I have it set on my Icom 7000 to send it out as an ID. When I first got here, I applied for and got permission to operate in the ROK, and was assigned HL2/KA7OUM, later HL2/K7BAD. I let that lapse due to no activity. Then, two years ago, they changed the rules to allow foreigners to apply for an ROK license. I did so and got assigned HL2ZBO.
The only HF contact I've gotten since getting here has been with a ham in Japan on 40m. All I can use is a vertical antenna, and no ground system. My original antenna was destroyed in a typhoon. When I replaced it, I got a different style with less wind resistance, but have never yet bothered to install it, since my QRM level tends to be around 10dB/S9. BCB DXing here is no fun. Most interesting thing I've picked up was out of Japan, a recorded loop message about moving to high ground that was broadcast during the quake/tsunami/H**l. I still have a recording of that somewhere on my computer.
The only HF contact I've gotten since getting here has been with a ham in Japan on 40m. All I can use is a vertical antenna, and no ground system. My original antenna was destroyed in a typhoon. When I replaced it, I got a different style with less wind resistance, but have never yet bothered to install it, since my QRM level tends to be around 10dB/S9. BCB DXing here is no fun. Most interesting thing I've picked up was out of Japan, a recorded loop message about moving to high ground that was broadcast during the quake/tsunami/H**l. I still have a recording of that somewhere on my computer.
