{"activity_count":48,"callsign":"K7CX","confidence":1.0,"first_seen":"2026-06-27T14:26:22.140384+00:00","found":true,"id":27697,"is_net_control":true,"last_seen":"2026-07-17T07:58:16.829064+00:00","ncs_profile":null,"occurrence_count":31,"profile":{"confidence":0.9,"counts":{"ncs":1,"net":0,"open_qso":31,"transcript_contexts":31},"data_freshness":"generated","latest_topic":"Discussing antenna setups and propagation","most_topic":"Technical discussions and net participation","open_vs_net_bias_score":0.6,"personal_summary":"K7CX is a technically inclined operator who enjoys discussing antenna setups, propagation, and net participation. They are often involved in conversations about improving signal strength and exploring different modes of communication.","scores":{"activity":0.9,"civility":0.8,"engagement":0.8,"focus":0.7,"friendly":0.8,"helpful":0.8,"serious":0.7,"technical":0.9},"source":"ai_profile","summary":"K7CX is an active participant in various amateur radio activities, often engaging in discussions about technical aspects of radio equipment and propagation. They frequently participate in nets and open QSOs, showing a keen interest in improving their setup and sharing knowledge with others.","topic_coverage":{"DXing":0.1,"antenna setups":0.3,"equipment discussion":0.1,"net participation":0.2,"propagation":0.2,"traffic and travel":0.1},"updated_at":"2026-07-17T08:01:47.397779"},"qrz_status":"verified","recent_transcripts":[{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.6894354490297181,"created_at":"2026-07-17T07:58:08.800035+00:00","id":167183,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":171530,"text":"All these guys are all silicaes. Yeah Roger, Roger, it took you a toll, but it was an awesome group back in the day. We'll send it back to Nelson, K7CX-D7, and we'll find the group. K7CX, well I'm looking at the K7LED list of nets, and it mentions several 10 meter nets in there, Mike, over. Oh I have left him there more. I can key, uh, visit.org. I mean I'm on that website, often I don't remember seeing any 10 meter nets, so off to take a look."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.8136351659066148,"created_at":"2026-07-17T07:44:15.190575+00:00","id":167167,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":171514,"text":"and strip it in a different spot and then I had a set of alligator clips on the coax and I attached it to it. So what was it? Insulated ladder line wire or enamble wire copper wire? No it says that insulated 450 old window line you get nowadays. Ah yeah the old twin leaf stuff with the rubber in the formed insulation. At 7XS, K7C X, well yeah I go probing around you know I use these some of these needle point you know voltmeter probe tips and it'll pierce the insulation but you know then it kind of destroys the continuity and integrity there of the insulation."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.49959962964057925,"created_at":"2026-07-17T07:41:56.524098+00:00","id":167163,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":171510,"text":"up to you Dean K7CX. Yeah, something called ground temperature. There's another thing that came up in the recent few years for Yagi antennas. It's a way of figuring out how much noise the antenna picks up. Yeah, my experience with the handset, that halfway, here's what I did. I had a 160 meter end set that I built, and my matching section was a piece of 450 ohm ladder line. That if one end of it was open, the other end was shorted. And I just, my coax, and I worked my way up the ladder line until I found 50 ohms. And in this thing, the halfway section was way up the trees and it ran down my drive."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.78482618700299,"created_at":"2026-07-17T07:33:34.799243+00:00","id":167153,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":171500,"text":"K U7XI from K7CX. So do you understand like the concept of impedance changing over antenna? You know, as you get the curve, you get the changing current and voltage. So even though it's grounded, as you get at RF, it's not going to be grounded in DC. But it's not going to be the whole thing. It's not going to be grounded as RF. You understand that, right? Yeah, Roger Nelson. And yeah, you got me on the SSB net there, and that's real good. And yeah, I understand it in theory. And it's just trying to put it into practice, I think. OK, well, if you can get it in your head, it's just really like Holmes Law. Is that the..."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.7688199639320373,"created_at":"2026-07-17T07:12:55.990683+00:00","id":167133,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":171480,"text":"about a hundred miles an hour so yeah I have a tendency to kind of stand the right lane here I mean I'll move out in the middle every once in a while what I'm going home from work but during the week we usually on Fridays I kind of stand the right lane and I noted a Thursday that was a little closer than I like I have an excess from K7CX well I think Thursday is almost as bad as Friday traffic wise it's rush hour down here in the South end just you know it's pretty miserable on Thursday maybe people are heading off for the weekend early or something I don't know that yeah there it is it gets to be a pain there for that so yeah I worked a little bit"},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.7882890891697671,"created_at":"2026-07-13T06:23:12.978343+00:00","id":159281,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":162527,"text":"else together to take up there, take 20 or m squared ones. No, it's going to be the portable one. The one that I was using up on Samhish Overwork yesterday, the little seven element. And that's what I've got for now. So I'm going to try that and see. And hopefully we'll be getting on the side band net on Friday night. And we'll see how that works out too. See if the signal's any better. Actually, really find out where that's coming from. But I think you're right. You're definitely about constitution because it's straight north. Yeah, it'd be fun to see how well it works on Simplex there from there for side band. Alright Dean, well I just wanted to get in here at the end and add to your list. So we'll let you go and talk to sometime during the week there. And 7XS, K7CX. Alright Nelson, once again, thank you. Thank you, thank you."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.7733045116066932,"created_at":"2026-07-13T06:20:00.546097+00:00","id":159275,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":162521,"text":"Well, I'm not gonna beg you too much. So, um, I'm gonna go on... This'll be... this, I was going... Well, we'll do going twice. Anyone else out there? K7CX Nelson, you're still awake. K7CX. How's it going? You guys, just sitting here on the computer, just kind of listening to things and, uh, yeah, interesting discussion there, logging and whatnot. So, um, yeah, I just thought I'd get it here and round. It's the second and the last round there, so... And, yeah, I imagine it'll help keep you up late so you can get back in that... You go into word schedule there. Uh, hard to get back in the routine after a week off, I bet. Yeah, but we'll see how it goes. You know, uh, my deal will be measurable. It always is after they came in."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.2922448615233103,"created_at":"2026-07-13T04:26:50.396909+00:00","id":158972,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":162215,"text":"Keelofockshot 7 mic, main neck controls on there and then sometimes you have Dave and 7 or KK7 NYW and Nelson K7CX acting is relays for the South End stations that Dan doesn't hear quite as well as he does up north here. So anyway that's a great net. I've checked in from Sammish overlook here last Saturday and that was a lot of fun and it's fun to go out and portable parking lots, high places and that's see who you can hear. It's also a great way to check out your station and see how many people you can hear when they check into it. That's another great use for that net as well. Alright then let me see am I forgetting anything? I don't think so. I think I got everything down here."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.9109140336513519,"created_at":"2026-07-09T16:35:53.820695+00:00","id":152158,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":154824,"text":"K7CX from N7X Hello Nelson"},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.9429052360355854,"created_at":"2026-07-09T16:32:33.181793+00:00","id":152148,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":154813,"text":"K7CX from N7XS."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.9513865895569324,"created_at":"2026-07-09T16:31:51.261855+00:00","id":152147,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":154812,"text":"K7CX, R-men 7XS."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.8849167972803116,"created_at":"2026-07-09T16:30:31.782160+00:00","id":152128,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":154792,"text":"7XS and 7XS, the FBI Dean K7CX, mobile."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.7142716658612092,"created_at":"2026-07-09T04:28:49.895322+00:00","id":151242,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":153807,"text":"but it's kind of backing off. But this right, and one that's open like this, you know, and it's starting to, I can see the propagation to start to turn north, so you never know we might get a JA opening. In 7XS from K7CX. Well, that's the way I was yesterday. I got up at 9, turned on the radio, and I was just glued to the screen watching all the DX coming in from Europe until almost noon. I couldn't turn away, it was fascinating. Yeah, that's for sure. That's kind of what happened with me here, but I need to get back upstairs. Anyway, Nelson, we'll see you tomorrow. And definitely thank you. And yeah, it should be fun. The weather's been pretty"},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.9104848653078079,"created_at":"2026-07-09T04:17:58.296017+00:00","id":151213,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":153778,"text":"K7L, E, E, like and T repeater. 7 x-ray sugar and 7 x-ray sugar on E2. Get their Dean? K7 CX. Over."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.8799518524181276,"created_at":"2026-07-08T03:22:23.854800+00:00","id":149317,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":151643,"text":"Friday and Nelson, K7CX, who runs that net, suggests that I should just get a couple of aluminum, or sorry, chain link fence, pop rails and put those together to make a mast. And so that was my project for the afternoon. I got those and drove a hole, bolted them together and got the thing up and strapped to a T-post that I've pounded in. Right now I just have a zip tie, so it's a little bit of a precarious temporary situation, but I'm gonna replace those probably tomorrow with some u-bolt clamps and then probably guy it. So anyway, my antenna is up above the roof of my shop. My mic will do better, so I'm pretty happy about it. Thanks for giving the net back to you, E7XR. Oh, sounds good, K7XR, W-A-7, P-V-E. Sounds good, Mike. I might also suggest if you do it the sideband that you might want to consider a small yaggy, um, cause yaggy's"},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.6817512363195419,"created_at":"2026-07-07T19:17:53.201849+00:00","id":148436,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":150661,"text":"as time permits there see you then see a Thursday K7CX okay catch you later said 7Xs maybe 7TTO well how's it going Dave? oh pretty good team what's new with you? oh I'm on vacation kicking back here in the chair waiting to go down and I got to go visit the vampire so working six meters listening to the noontime net on 40 something over here is going on on six meters or someone talking over there on FM you know just a little bit the six meters opening up or just the repeater"},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.5686535596847534,"created_at":"2026-07-07T19:16:46.083644+00:00","id":148434,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":150659,"text":"back from lunch I think at one o'clock and all that fun stuff so Eli and then and then we're gonna go to Sean O'Donnell's for our anniversary celebration tonight. And 7XS K7CX. Well would you rather do that shower thing then and we can we could wait for the holes to the weekend just kind of switch them around get that rental taken care of. No no that's okay it's it's been it's been a bit and and that sort of thing it'll be fine it's gone this long it can it can wait it's it's got a little bit of a leak it's not too bad. Alright well the weather looks great for Thursday and Friday mid-70s and partly cloudy so I think we we got our wish there. Alright Dean I'm gonna go out and start getting ready and it's kind of a long process and then good"},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.8682263263035566,"created_at":"2026-07-07T19:12:19.089006+00:00","id":148418,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":150643,"text":"Yeah, K7CX from N7XS, how's it going? Got three radios going here at the same time. Yeah, I see on 6 there. So, we're gonna have to get some of your aluminum up in the air so you can turn it toward Europe over. Yeah, I'm not hearing anything out of Europe, but I've been hearing rumors that's open. There's several guys on here calling CQDX from back in 9 land. And I've been trying to work with Constance and right now I'm not having any luck. I'm seeing stuff, but oh wait a minute here, maybe I got one. Whiskey Echo 9 Victor in Wisconsin. Well, it looks like I'm gonna get Wisconsin anyway. I was also trying to get the guy in Iowa too. I need some state, so that's what I'm working on."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.9497841820120811,"created_at":"2026-07-07T12:29:45.872046+00:00","id":147468,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":149546,"text":"Remember that was on the A2 repeater try to transmit. Your audio was not coming through. It was kind of like garbled. So yeah, try again. K7C X in jurean."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.7912130829479014,"created_at":"2026-07-06T04:46:46.233324+00:00","id":144981,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":146793,"text":"That's on FM. And there are several med hosts and relay stations and all kinds of stuff. So you got Dan Kv7RYY, Jeff. I'm going to kill a post-shot 7 mic. And let me see. And then you've got Dave KK7NYW down in Bonnie Lake for the South End guys. And Nelson K7CX are all, they're relay stations for the guys down south. Because Dan doesn't do too well down that way. But anyway, so there you go. There's that. And there's been a whole bunch of changes on here too. And let me see our friends over at PSRG 146.96. They have a net that's new or 90."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.6128825558857485,"created_at":"2026-07-06T04:45:45.464179+00:00","id":144980,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":146792,"text":"The next rougher says. And then on Friday night we have the single side band gathering on 144.220. That's at 8 p.m. On Friday evening is the Reg True group, K7CX, Rob N7RLD, and I believe Jeff Kilo, Mike 7. Mike KF7M, there we go. I all kind of net hosts on that one. And so anyway, if they're on 144.220 at 8 p.m. Which is a great net if you want to get your feet wet on single side band, weak signal work, and find out how much better single side band works than FM. If you have it on one of your shack on the box radios. And then on Saturday night at 8 p.m. we have the Simplex net on 146.56."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.8415902751897062,"created_at":"2026-07-06T03:32:42.900209+00:00","id":144774,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":146584,"text":"the radio out of storage that I'm planning on using, which is the IC7000. And then Friday evening I got on the 2 meter single sideband net. My first time ever operating, I think anything other than FM on 2 meters. But Nelson, K7 Charlie X-ray had mentioned while I was hanging out on the 40 meter sideband tent up at Field Day about this net. And then I had made a note of it, but I kind of forgot about it. And then he heard me on this repair and reminded me of it. So I got to check in on that on Friday and that was a really fun quick drop. I was told my signal is not as strong as it probably should be of a from my Comet GP9 antenna. And Nelson was telling me I need to get it up in the air higher. It's pretty much mounted at ground level at the moment. And he suggested using a couple lengths of top rail, like I think from a chain link fence. I went to Home Depot today to see if I could force some of that."},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.8945153560489416,"created_at":"2026-07-04T01:45:00.143159+00:00","id":140591,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":142001,"text":"Okay, I thought I heard another call in there, but wasn't sure what that was. 87 or 25 clear. Yeah, I was calling you, 87Xi from K7CX Nelson over. Yeah, go ahead Nelson. Hi Mike. It's Mitchell last weekend there at Fort Flagler. I am the tenth there I was telling you about. So two meters sideband and that's going to happen tonight at 20 hundred over. Oh Roger, well you know I was just playing with my ICON7000 which is the radio that I have that could potentially do two meter sideband since it's an all mode transceiver that also does VHF. I will probably be getting home right around eight o'clock at twenty hundred local so yeah I remember meeting you there though we had a great conversation and I made a note about that net but I wasn't thinking about it tonight so what's the frequency again?"},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.6090131409466266,"created_at":"2026-07-04T01:43:48.363945+00:00","id":140589,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":141999,"text":"So I will let you go, have fun getting ready for the rest of the party and yeah keep going on the CW. CW is awesome It's one of my favorite things so with that I did it right down your call because I'm mobile and driving And so I'm not gonna try to give it because I think I'll get it wrong, but we will catch you later 87xi I'll be clearing your final. Thank you Mike I really appreciate you taking the time to make a QSO with me A7 xi Mike portable kilo Mike seven echo whiskey Contacting you later and monitoring 73 Cemetery have a great evening a 7x5 clear You might be 7 CX"},{"callsign_confidence":0.98,"confidence":0.6430329575258142,"created_at":"2026-06-29T19:15:43.368496+00:00","id":131229,"node_number":"SDR9494","recording_id":131597,"text":"maybe 7ROV from K7CX over. Go ahead. K7CX. Yeah, hi there Ross. Are you going to stop in the chimma come and see that guy that checks into your n-bus net over? No, he's not at home. And I'm on my way home. So I was supposed to be at the Hetkin al-Brigit 9 o'clock, so I'm about 3 hours behind. Alright, so is your APRS hooked up? It is, I just turned it on. Okay, well we'll watch him outering along then. Alright, happy traveling, B7CX. Hi, neighbor Bill. Thanks Nelson, whiskey 7, Romeo Oscar Victor, mobile monitoring. Hi Nelson, how you doing? Pretty good Bill. Hi, I was up there Saturday and kind of watched the operations down on the beach and then went up and hung out in the 40 meter side."}]}