K9PPY

Jim K9PPY, Our SSB/CW operator is a professional mechanical engineer and comes from the small town of Itasca, near

Chicago, Illinois. He is in his early 50's and a keen supporter of IOTA. He has operated from many American and Canadian islands, and also from Sirat-Al-Kaywar, an IOTA island in the Gulf of Oman as A61AH. He was 16 years old when he started listening on short-wave on a simple set bought by his father. For a number of years he was chasing DX, and then in 1989 was introduced to IOTA by a radio amateur friend of his. He now has approximately 870 islands confirmed. Jim arrived in Broome via Los Angeles, Sydney and Darwin. He was disappointed when he was unable to have a short stopover in Darwin due to sudden changes in plane schedules.