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My Ham Radio

On September 15, 1995 I discovered Ham Radio! (I had been a CB'er for many Years , 1971). I took and passed My Technician class License & Issued (KC5QXU), 6 months Latter My wife Cookie (KC5TYV) Passed hers. 3 yrs latter My son Gary (KD5CJT) Passed His, and My Daughter Jenny (KD5LNF) Passed hers a year or so latter. Whew! All Ham Family! Now we Got to work on the Grand kids. As far as myself, I have came up the Ranks and acquired my Amateur Extra Class in 1998. I have been a VE for ARRL & W5YI VEC, ARRL Instructor, I am a Emergency Coordinator (EC) here in Franklin Parish, LA.. I have enjoyed Giving back to Ham radio & Helping others to get interested in Amateur Radio. The only regret I had was, I wished I had Gotten into the Hobby back in the 70's when I had the chance.

There is so much the Hobby has to offer! To much to list here! But you can go to some of the LINKS I have on this page to find out more. I have recently ( 2003 ) been appointed EC (Emergency Coordinator) here in Franklin Parish, La. (We don't have Counties) here in Cajun Country. We have a good many Hams here in the Parish, most are inactive. We have a total of 7 ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) members now, I hope to get more Hams & Non-Hams involved in Amateur Radio and ARES / Skywarn. I am interested in emergency communications, Skywarn is another emergency system for Hams & Non-Hams, of coarse being a Ham benefits the program more effectively. Hams can pass the information more easily and faster thru our own network with our Radios especially when a disaster strikes or loss of commercial power.Most of us have Battery Back-up or our radios work on AC or DC current, we don't have to rely on commercial power.

I am a Member of the ARRL, a Life Member in the NRA, American Legion, "Six Club" member #350.

I don't consider myself a Contester, all though I have worked Many contests and some I have yet to work. I won the 2001, 2003 & 2004 ARRL June VHF QSO Party on 6 Meter, single Operator Low Power in Louisiana. I love chasing DX & collecting "Wall Paper" (Awards), I am Active on HF/VHF/UHF and love to work the Digital modes, SSB,FM,AM,PSK,SSTV,RTTY,CW occasionally.

I Love 6m SSB DX

My favorite is Rag Chewing! (just Talking).

My Station Set-up here: My Ham Shack 14'x 28'x 8' Out building I built myself a few years ago. Equipment: Icom IC-756, Heil Mic,a Heathkit SB-200 (600 watt) & Harris RF103a Amplifier 2-30 mhz. (1) 3-1000 Tube, MFJ 986 Differential-T tuner. PC's: #1 1.8 mhz Athlon, 512 meg RAM,80 gig HD, WinXP pro #2 E-machine pc 466mhz 17 gig HD WinXP Pro.

I have Two Towers up:
A 197' and 70'. 197':Fed with 7/8" Andrews ridged,RCS-8V 5 pos. Remote switch box,HAM 3 Rotor. Antennas: 26b2 @ 197' 2m vert.,6 ele Quad 70cm vert. polarized @ 197', Tennadyne T31 31 Ele (50mhz to 1300mhz) @185'. 2m J-Poles @ 100' & 175', 75m Inverted V @ 100' I am currently working on my 160m Inverted V @ 175'.

On my 70' tower I have RCS-8V 5 pos. Remote switch box, Tail Twister Rotor. @ 70' a TET HB-6F8 26' 8 Element 6m Yagi Horiz.,@ 65' Hygain TH5 5 ele. Tri-bander, 80m Double Bazooka @ 50' and 40m Double Bazooka @ 50'. With more antenna projects in the future.

73 & thanks for Looking!

Hope you take an interest to the Hobby & CU on the Air-Waves!

de N5ASA

( Get Info on my Callsign by Clicking on it )

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My Life-Career Bio in Short!

My name is Larry Laborde I was Born in 1956 in San Bernardino,CA. I have been raised & Lived in most of the Western & Southern States in the USA, I call Louisiana my home (now since 1975), when I finished my Training in the Army Reserves in Fort Dix, NJ & Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland soon after I joined the National Guard because the unit was close to home. My MOS was a 54D20 Chemical equipment Repairman. I was trained in NBC..Nuclear,Biological & Chemical, I spent most of the time filling Flame Throwers & learning how to de-contaminate army personnel and repair Gas Masks ect.

I worked in the Oil Fields on Land Rigs in Florida,Texas and Louisiana & Offshore in the Gulf of Mexico until 1981, I was working for Diamond M Drilling Co. Now "Diamond" the Inland Barge "Rig 33" I was on ,was on a deep well about 22,000 feet when the Rig had a Blow-Out! ( Lost Circulation- no return of the Mud, the heavy Mud we were pumping in the hole was going into the formation (SAND) & bottom hole pressure was Higher then we were putting in the Hole). I was Injured, The well came in on us,and the Well Blew! I was Burnt over 65% of my body and spent 10 weeks in a Burn Unit at West Jefferson,LA Hospital(New Orleans). I recovered from my Injury, but with plenty of Scares....I never could win a Beauty pageant anyway! Hi

I have friends that want me to write a Book about some of the things I have done! I don't think I can pursue that, of coarse this is a start! Everyone has a Book about their Life!

I have Stepped on Alligators & Snakes,Crashed Snowmobiles,Motorcycles,3-wheelers,Cars,Trucks. I have ate: Rattle Snakes,Buffalo Fish,& 4 legged Buffalo (Bison),Moose,Black Bear,Elk,antelope,Mule Deer,Whitetail Deer, Raccoon, Logger Head Turtle,Turtle Soup (softshell), Shark, Squid, Abalone, Various "Clams", Shrimp, Snapper, Dolphin, Blue Crab, Rock Crab, King Snow Crab, Lobster, Horse, Crawfish (Mud Bugs), Snails, chocolate covered Ants, and there ain't no tell'in what else?

Places I have Lived ....I have been around, most places before I was 20 yrs old.

San Bernardino,CA.
Riverside,CA.
Indio,CA.
Big Bear,CA.
Bishop,CA.
Corning,CA.
FT. Bragg,CA.
Turlock,CA.
Chester,CA.
Westwood,CA.
Apple Valley,CA.
Kallispell, MT.
Newport,WA.
Tacoma,WA.
Roy,WA.
Kinzu,OR.
Topeka,KS.
Ft.Dix,NJ.
Aberdeen,Maryland
Bartow FL.
Vicksburg,MS.
Crowville,LA.
Delhi,LA.
West Monroe,LA.
Monroe,LA.
Marion,LA.
Baskin,LA. "Current"

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I Hope you all enjoy my site, This site will be under construction, so check back often and see new stuff!
This site will be mostly Ham Radio (Amateur Radio) related.

Thank for visiting my site!

Larry / N5ASA

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