W6TER
Whiskey Six Tango Echo Romeo
California · United StatesI'm Dan.
Welcome to
the shack.
Amateur radio from the Sacramento area. A place for my station, a little experimentation, and the contacts made along the way.
Find me on QRZ
Contacts around
the world.
1,864 contacts across 92 countries and territories. Most contacts so far: United States of America, with 729.
Contacts logged Feb 13, 2026 to Apr 6, 2026.
QRZ export · Updated October 5, 2026
- United States of America729 contacts
- Japan444 contacts
- China87 contacts
- Brazil54 contacts
- Indonesia53 contacts
- Australia44 contacts
- Canada41 contacts
- Asiatic Russia27 contacts
Show the other 84 countries and territories
- Republic of Korea24 contacts
- New Zealand22 contacts
- Chile21 contacts
- England21 contacts
- Spain20 contacts
- Cuba15 contacts
- France15 contacts
- Mexico15 contacts
- Argentina14 contacts
- Hawaii14 contacts
- Federal Republic of Germany12 contacts
- Philippines12 contacts
- Netherlands11 contacts
- Alaska9 contacts
- Puerto Rico9 contacts
- Dominican Republic8 contacts
- Belgium7 contacts
- Colombia6 contacts
- Italy6 contacts
- Northern Ireland6 contacts
- Scotland6 contacts
- Panama5 contacts
- Venezuela5 contacts
- Azores4 contacts
- Fiji4 contacts
- Wales4 contacts
- Canary Is.3 contacts
- Costa Rica3 contacts
- Hong Kong3 contacts
- New Caledonia3 contacts
- Portugal3 contacts
- Samoa3 contacts
- Taiwan3 contacts
- Thailand3 contacts
- Angola2 contacts
- Anguilla2 contacts
- Aruba2 contacts
- Cambodia2 contacts
- Croatia2 contacts
- Curacao2 contacts
- Czech Republic2 contacts
- European Russia2 contacts
- Honduras2 contacts
- Iceland2 contacts
- Ireland2 contacts
- Montserrat2 contacts
- Poland2 contacts
- Republic of South Africa2 contacts
- Uruguay2 contacts
- West Malaysia2 contacts
- Austria1 contact
- Belize1 contact
- Bosnia-Herzegovina1 contact
- Bulgaria1 contact
- C. Kiribati (British Phoenix Is.)1 contact
- Cameroon1 contact
- Cayman Is.1 contact
- Denmark1 contact
- East Malaysia1 contact
- Easter I.1 contact
- Ecuador1 contact
- French Polynesia1 contact
- Greenland1 contact
- Guadeloupe1 contact
- Guam1 contact
- Guernsey1 contact
- Hungary1 contact
- India1 contact
- Latvia1 contact
- Luxembourg1 contact
- Macao1 contact
- Madeira Is.1 contact
- Mariana Is.1 contact
- Nauru1 contact
- Norway1 contact
- Palau1 contact
- Sardinia1 contact
- Singapore1 contact
- Sint Maarten1 contact
- Solomon Is.1 contact
- St. Vincent1 contact
- Suriname1 contact
- Switzerland1 contact
- Trinidad & Tobago1 contact
Counts include repeat contacts and unconfirmed QSOs. Places follow DXCC country and territory definitions.
Getting started
on 10 meters.
My early setup kept things simple. A radio, a computer, and a hands-on way to try FT8.
From my QRZ station notes, February 2026.
- Radio
- Radioddity QT-80Originally purchased for CB
- Band & mode
- 10 meters · FT8My starting point in amateur radio
- First audio setup
- Simple, manual, experimentalAudio from the radio's speaker jack to a sound card, with the microphone keyed by hand near the computer speaker.
A long way
back to radio.
I first learned radio during U.S. Army training in 2003. The hobby came much later.
In 2025, I started experimenting with CB and GMRS. That led me to get my amateur radio license and start exploring 10-meter FT8 with the equipment I already had.
This is the home of W6TER. You'll find my profile and logbook on QRZ.
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