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Effective March 25, 2011: My new vanity Call Sign is KX0S. Former Call Sign was KC0GSB. KX0S-- The Chaos Station
Welcome to my Honky Tonk, I mean Web Site! If you like music (especially
older country) you've come to the right place. So put the headphones on and listen to some of the best country music
ever made. The quality of the audio may surprise you. Also, if you knew me in the past, you may find a picture of yourself.
I've tried to make the site interesting and enjoyable. I hope that maybe , in some small way, I've succeeded. Note: The site will look best if viewed at 1920x1080 or better. If the
pictures don't load, click on compatability view under Tools.
My name is Greg Smith, call sign KX0S. It
seems that today every Amateur Radio operator has a web site, so here's mine. This site is about my hobbies, Amateur
Radio and Hi-Fi, my life, my family, and my army days. I suppose one needs a certain amount of narcissism to do this,
but I did (do) enjoy creating this site.
My Ham station consists of a Yaesu FT-920 and Heil
PR-40 mic, with a 2.8khz Inrad filter. A Heathkit SB-221 amp, Ameritron AL-811 amp, Dentron MT-2000A tuner, and
a Yaesu Ft-7800, to name the major items. I picked up some Dentron peak reading watt/swr meters from Ebay that work really
well for HF and VHF. I also use some Behringer audio components and sometimes the W2IHY equalizer. My antennas are an inverted
V for 20 & a sloping Vee-Beam for 40. A Comet GP-15 covers VHF. I use a Cushcraft AR-10 for 10 meters. I have
limited space and lots of trees so the wires are my best solution for now. I recently added a Kenwood TS-520
to my Ham desk. I can use it for voice with the SB-221 and use the FT-920 and 811 for the digital modes. This helps to simplify
some things for me. I was born in Montgomery,
Alabama in 1953. I grew up in Columbus, GA. I attended Kendrick High School from 1967 - 1971, and was a member of
the ROTC Drill Team. I enlisted in the U.S. Army in December of 1971 and retired from the Army in 1993. I
am a graduate of Metropolitan Community College and Bellevue University. In 1995 I began working for Metro as
a network technician and network administrator. I was later hired as full-time faculty in the Electronics Technology
area. I have been married for 30 years and have two children, ages 29 and 21. We own two cats and a dog that
drive me crazy. Someday, I hope to retire the final time and move back to the South (Nebraska's weather and taxes are
really bad). I was bitten by the Hi-Fi bug while stationed in Okinawa in 72-73. Being able to buy equipment at reduced
prices overseas, I've owned many different systems. My current system is pretty modest, but it sounds good. The main
components are: A Prima Luna Prologue 5 amplifier with KT--88's. A Parasound Halo P5 preamp, Marantz SA-8100 SACD,
Audioquest Dragonfly Red, and Monitor Audio Silver 8 speakers. The interconnects are Audioquest Columbia (RCA) . Not
exactly real high end stuff, but musically it runs rings around my 7.1 home theater system. The speaker cables are Audioquest
Gibraltar. I have a Musical Fidelity V-90 headphone amp that sounds fine to me. The laptop plays thru the Dragonfly
Red. and is is an AMD quad core 2.4 with 12 GB DDR3 1600. The program is Foobar 2000 I believe my best
sound is through the Marantz by a slight margin . I recently purchased the Audioquest Niagra 1000 power conditioner /
noise suppressor. I will say that this piece of equipment is a major upgrade to my sound system. It's hard to describe its
effect. The music seems more released from the background, like a veil was removed. Everything has more sense of clarity,
more of a live sound feeling. I've only experienced this maybe twice before from other equipment. The DBX 3BX back in my solid
state / phonograph days, and the switch to a tube amplifier.
"Real" Country Music starts here:
As my microphone collection
began to grow, my wife heard me installing shelves to display them on. Trying to be clever, she asked me how many microphones
could I talk into at one time on a single radio. Trying to be more clever, I replied by asking her how many shoes could she
wear at one time on two feet. She then explained to me that certain shoes went with certain outfits or were needed depending
on the occasion. I told her the same was true for microphones, they also have different characteristics to match each
requirement. Her answer was that I was full of BS and that I was just wasting money. Having learned long ago the secret to
marital bliss, I agreed that she was right. She was satisfied at having made her point and won the debate,.... and I still
collect microphones.
Note: Some pages are password protected. These are pictures of my immediate family and my extended family in Alabama and Georgia. There are also pictures of several special people that I've known. I am sorry, but
I cannot honor some of the requests for access to these pages. Due to the software,I cannot selectively allow access to one protected page but not another. Because of the very personal nature of the "journey" page, and the need
to assure the privacy of those pictured on it,
and the "family" pages, I will only allow access to those whose pictures are on these pages. In other words; You gotta be family or someone that was very close to me once. Update: Mar. 25, 09'. I've added a Blog page. We'll see how that works
out.
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