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    <h1 class="bold">Hello World</h1>
    <p>
      I am <a href="https://kevashcraft.com" title="My Website" target="_blank">Kevin Ashcraft</a>, a ham radio operator located in Auburndale Florida.
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      <hr><h1 class="hr">My Station</h1><hr>
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    <p>
      My <b>primary radio is an Icom 7100</b>, connected to a dipole and a ground-plane antenna.<br>
      There's also a Raspberry Pi, hooked-up to the USB port, used for digital work.<br>
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      <hr><h1 class="hr">Affiliations</h1><hr>
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    <h2>ARRL</h2>
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      I'm a proud member of the <a href="http://www.arrl.org/" title="American Radio Relay League" target="_blank">ARRL</a>.
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    <h2>Nets</h2>
    <p>
      Every Tuesday I run the <b>EagleNet</b> on <a href="http://wp.ni4ce.org" title="West Central Florida Linked Repeaters">NI4CE</a>. The EagleNet is a National Traffic System (<a href="http://www.arrl.org/nts" title="ARRL NTS" target="_blank">NTS</a>) Net and is the first real thing I got involved with on the radio. It runs every day at 8:30pm here in Central Florida.
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      Every third Tuesday I run the <b><a href="http://skywarn.org/" title="National Weather Service SKYWARN" target="_blank">SKYWARN</a></b> net from the <a href="http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw/" title="NWS in Ruskin" target="_blank">National Weather Service Center</a> in Ruskin, FL.
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      Recently, I've also been checking into the <b>Florida Phone Traffic Net</b> (<a href="http://fptn3940.net/" title="Start your day the FTPN way" target="_blank">FPTN</a>) which is another part of the NTS.
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      <hr><h1 class="hr">Goals</h1><hr>
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    <p>
      I'd like to become an <b>Official Relay Station</b>. Recently I've started passing Radiograms with a couple of stations I met on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/" title="Amateur Radio Subreddit" target="_blank">/r/amateurradio/</a> to practice handling formal traffic and to give the NTS some activity (the local net was always quiet and it's nice to actually have some outbound/inbound messages).
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    <p>
      <b>Digital Modes</b> have always been interesting and enigmatic, but last week (04-18-2016) I made my first contact thanks to <a href="http://km4epr.com/" target="Nick Nick" target="_blank">KM4EPR</a>. PSK31 was much nicer than I expected! I'd like to further this on and make more digital contacts and get involved with <a href="http://wsprnet.org/drupal/" title="WSPRNet" target="_blank">WSPRNet</a>.
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    <p>
      In Florida, Hurricane Season's just around the corner and having a reliable station is important. Because of this, and since it's just seems really cool, I want to setup a <b>solar panel and battery</b> so that my radio can be on 24/7 without a dependancy on the power grid (and without the noisy MFJ power supply).
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      <hr><h1 class="hr"><a href="/logbook/" title="KM4FPA's Logbook">Recent QSO's</a></h1><hr>
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      <hr><h1 class="hr"><a href="/projects/" title="KM4FPA's Projects">Recent Projects</a></h1><hr>
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