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: March 20, 2010
This site has been running since June, 1999.
Brought to you by NW7US - Tomas - in Western Montana, USA
NW7US has been an Amateur Radio operator since 1990, and
a Shortwave Radio Listener since 1973.
Quick links:
+ NW7US Radio Propagation and Space Weather Center
+ Morse Code and CW (carrier-wave mode)
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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 have some very specific areas of interest in my love of radio and space weather. Check out my specific pages regarding these interests:
- Morse Code and CW (carrier-wave mode)
- Space Weather, Solar Cycle, Radio Propagation
- Radio Circuit & Propagation Analysis w/ACE-HF
- Shortwave Radio (SWL)
- Digital (non-voice) radio modes
- AM (Amplitude Modulation) Amateur Radio Resources
I am a member of ...
-> Straight Key Century Club #4758C
-> 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
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 pages:
+ NW7US at eQSL.cc
+ NW7US at MySpace.com
+ NW7US at QRZ.com
Other pages about me (non-radio):
+ Tomas David Hood - Music Page
+ My Music MySpace Page
+ My Music ShoutLife Page
+ Tomas David Hood on LinkedIn
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 have some very specific areas of interest in my love of radio and space weather. Check out my specific pages regarding these interests:
- Morse Code and CW (carrier-wave mode)
- Space Weather, Solar Cycle, Radio Propagation
- Radio Circuit & Propagation Analysis w/ACE-HF
- Shortwave Radio (SWL)
- Digital (non-voice) radio modes
- AM (Amplitude Modulation) Amateur Radio Resources
I am a member of ...
-> Straight Key Century Club #4758C
-> 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
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 pages:
+ NW7US at eQSL.cc
+ NW7US at MySpace.com
+ NW7US at QRZ.com
Other pages about me (non-radio):
+ Tomas David Hood - Music Page
+ My Music MySpace Page
+ My Music ShoutLife Page
+ Tomas David Hood on LinkedIn
This picture (below) is of the main operating position in my travel trailer radio shack. The computer is running Ham Radio Deluxe and Digital Master 780 (HRD/DM780). I use the SKCC Sprint Logger for my SKCC CW QSOs.
Here is a sample of my QSL card:
Here is a sample of my QSL card:
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:
