History About Amateur Radio Operator
NU9N, John Anning

History About Amateur Radio Operator NU9N, John Anning
and IcyColors.com Web Site Design

Hi Fi Audio, as far back as I can remember, has been my passion. At age 7, I played with my dad's old 1 7/8 ips 1/4" open-reel tape recorder. I would ham-it-up pretending to be a disc-jockey. Then I graduated to the cassette deck, then again to a 15 ips Teac multi-track recorder and now into some limited but interesting computer based digital recording.

At age 10, my dad bought us kids some CB walkie-talkies and again I was excited, only this time, I was actually On-The-Air! As a musician and songwriter, I saw a need in 1980 to purchase an analog multi-track tape based recording system for the production of my own demo-tapes. This was great fun and very rewarding. My recording skills were being harnessed, as well as my ear for mixing and blending tracks. I also started learning the art of post-production processing such as EQing, Compressing, adding effects, etc... In 1982, I bought my fist real CB, a President Washington. I was hooked!


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It wasn't until 1987 that I tested for my amateur novice license. Within a month, I made Extra class and never looked back to CB. I still continued to produce my music, but Ham Radio split my hobby interests in two.

In 1988, my Dad encouraged me to buy a PC Compatible computer. I did, and again, I was hooked! My music/recordings and Ham radio were on hold while I was discovering the art of computing. I was active on the 2 meter band running a full service packet BBS, but that was about it.

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One day in 1996, I was tuning across the 20 meter band and heard this guy talking. I thought "whoops, I must have accidentally landed on an AM broadcast memory in my radio." When I realized that it was SSB, I was simply amazed that anyone could produce audio of this caliber! This was my first exposure to 14.178 MHz. (By the way, that guy I first heard on 14.178 MHz was W2ONV) I kept hearing these guys on 14.178 playing with external audio equipment and mini-disc recording systems, "tweaking" this and "tweaking" that. Hey, this sounded like fun! My brain began storming! I loved hi-fi audio, amateur radio, recording and computers. I was hooked and the rest is pretty much history.

This web site was my first attempt at site designing and has been a learning experience. I currently hold A+, i-Net+, CIW Professional Designer and CIW Master Designer certifications. Web site design is my new endeavor and I have secured a domain name for my company (IcyColors) at: http://www.IcyColors.com

eSSB Hi Fi audio has been a challenge and there have been many problems to solve. I hope I can assist those interested in producing their SSB hi-fi audio solve their associated problems as well, without having to go through all of the bottles of Extra Strength Excederin that I went through. If I can be of any assistance, please let me know.

73,

-John (NU9N)

The NU9N SSB / AM Station Equipment:

Microphones:

Mic Preamp:

Noise Gate:
Equalizer:
Compressor:
Peak Limiter:

Effects:

Mixer:

AM Proc:

Transformers:

Power Supply

Transceiver:

Amplifier:

Antenna Tuner:

Ant 10/15/20:
Ant 12/17:
Ant 40/75/160:
Ant 40/75:
Ant 2m:

Recording:

Audio Analysis:

Amplifier Linearity Analysis
and Oscilloscope

Computer Stuff:

Video Hardware:

Monitor:

Audio Hardware:

Keyboard:

Software:

Audio Reproduction:

Misc Hardware:

Nady: SCM-1000 Condenser (Dual Element)
Heil Sound: PR-40, PR-20, Classic Pro & Heritage
Shure: SM7, PE50SP, PE56D-CN

Bellari MP-110 utilizing an RCA 5751 Command Series Black Plate Valve (150v plate voltage) and Op-Amp replacement (AD823ANZ)

Behringer DEQ-2496 (Ultra-Curve Pro)
Behringer DEQ-2496 (Ultra-Curve Pro)
Behringer DEQ-2496 (Ultra-Curve Pro)
Behringer DEQ-2496 (Ultra-Curve Pro)

Behringer DSP2024P Virtualizer Pro

Behringer MX 882 (Ultralink Pro)

Inovonics 222 Asymetrical Peak Limiter / NRSC

Jensen JT-DB-E, JT-10KB-D, JT-11P-1, JT-11-FLCF
Furman IsoMax, Ebtech

Astron VS-35M

Kenwood TS-850S / Kenwood DSP-100

Ameritron AL-80A (Single 3-500Z)

MFJ Versa Tuner V

Telex/HiGain TH7 Triband Yagi,
Cushcraft A3WS 12/17m Dual Band Yagi
265 Ft. Flat-Top Dipole @ 70Ft.
280 Ft. Loop @ 65Ft.
Cushcraft Ringo Ranger 2ARXB 2m

PC-Based - Sound Blaster Audigy - 24bit / 96kHz
(Using Adobe Audition 3.0 software)

PC-Based - Spectra Plus v5

CleanRF Technologies RF-D (RF-Demodulator)
CleanRF Technologies RF-S (RF-Sampler)
Tektronix 2215 60MHz Oscilloscope

HP / Intel i5-760 Quad Core - 2.8GHz - 8GB Ram

ATI Radeon HD 5450 DVI 512MB Video Ram

HP w2338h 23" LCD - 1920 x 1080 DVI, 32bit color

Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme 24bit / 96kHz Sampling

IBM Model-M 1391401 (Clicky - Circa 1989)

Win 7, Adobe Audition 3.0 / Spectra Plus 5

Sherwood RX-4010R Stereo Amplifier driving
Sony MDR-7506 Headphones

Luxo Microphone Boom
Heil Sound Microphone Boom

John M. Anning - NU9N
Phone: 1-815-631-5042
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