Paul D Kimbrel

We got a new cat, Percy. He looks like Sylvester, the cat. We got jacked on a printer from Amazon.com - not Amazon’s fault. Tonya’s pregnant. Due May 10th.

I haven’t posted in a while… so a quick update: Clayton’s going to school now. The radio stuff is going well. We got hit by lightning - studio is out of commission (for a bit). Our cat Jake is in heaven now. My stomach’s a wreck… On #5, I found the…

Well, I just got a lesson in proper electrical grounding last night. Tonya woke up in the middle of the night to hear a “clicking” sound coming from the GFI outlet in our upstairs bathroom. As it turns out, I just happened to be transmitting on 4…

Well, I got on the air this last weekend, thanks to my dad and my friend Korey. I made my first QSO with NK7U in Baker City, OR. He (and the contacts to follow) were doing a contest, so I pretty much settled for contest contacts. Not a bad way to get…

Well, I got my “advanced extra” ham radio license today. It was quite an adventure involving broken down trucks and a few other mishapes, but the testers were troopers and got me tested! Now I just need to get my antenna up to snuff so I can…