📟 Retro Mode

W4DXR

Amateur Radio, Everything IT Related, Vintage Computing, Model Rocketry, Woodworking, & Native Land Restoration

4369+
TOTAL QSOS
11196
LONGEST DX (MI)
110+
DXCC ENTITIES
3156+
GRID SQUARES
577
DAYS ON THE AIR

📡 Band Conditions & Solar Telemetry

Real-time HF propagation data provided by N0NBH

Solar-Terrestrial Data

🌤️ Atmospheric & Weather Telemetry

Local QTH observations and visitor proxy lookup via wttr.in

📡 Local QTH Weather (Slocomb, AL)

🌍 Visitor Weather Lookup

Enter a city, zip code, or QTH to query live atmospheric conditions via your local proxy:

My Interests

Projects, technical operational logs, and hardware restoration

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Amateur Radio

Operating digital modes (FT8) across 6m, 10, 12, 15, 17m, 20, 40m, and 80m bands, logging contacts, and experimenting with wire dipole antennas.

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BirdNET Telemetry

124 Species Logged | 17832 total detections recorded in real-time by local acoustic analyzer.

View Full Yard Species Log →

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Vintage Computing

Restoring late-1990s hardware, building Slot 1 Pentium II systems, and archiving retro games and expansion cards.

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Server Room

Managing self-hosted infrastructure with OPNsense firewalls, VLAN segmentation, Cisco switches, and Proxmox LXC containers.

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Land Restoration

Clearing invasive species across two acres and propagating native plant species, sourwood, dogwood, and blueberries.

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Model Rocketry

Building, launching, and retrieving high-altitude model rockets alongside custom woodworking projects.

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Recent Logbook Activity

K5FRW 17m • FT8
EM20GB 598 mi • 2026-11-12 17:01 UTC
DH3HW 17m • FT8
JO31OA 4693 mi • 2026-11-12 14:54 UTC
KE2HRO 17m • FT8
FN30GR 946 mi • 2026-11-12 14:17 UTC
🏆 Longest DX: VK6FAB (11,196 mi)