Welcome to KD8RTT.com
I’m Tony Milluzzi, KD8RTT, an Extra Class ham currently residing in the Kansas City area. I’ve been licensed since 2012 and since then have tried out many parts of amateur radio from SOTA to satellites. I enjoy trying out new areas in the hobby, building electronics projects, and volunteering with the ARRL’s Collegiate Amateur Radio Program.
2025 Kansas QSO Party Plans
For the 2025 Kansas QSO Party, I will be returning as an Expedition station running SSB from a few counties as K0T. I will be in Ellsworth County at Kanopolis Lake State Park (US-2342) on Saturday and at the Marion, Chase, and Morris county corner on Sunday. I will be...
2025 Field Day Report
As with last year, my Field Day plans for 2025 were with my workplace club, The Waypoint Amateur Radio Club (WA0RC), where we set up a portable Field Day operation for the first time in over a decade (before I worked here)! As Vice President of the club, I took it on...
Day Four Update – 2025 VP2V Milluzzi Brothers DXpedition
Well, it's our last day in the British Virgin Islands! Yesterday, we were able make a number of contacts on a variety of bands. Early in the day, I was able to run a small 12m SSB pileup with a lot of great DX stations coming in. We also went to the beach for my...
Day Three Update – 2025 VP2V Milluzzi Brothers DXpedition
Yesterday was a fun day with lots of radio! The bad news is that the bands were in poor shape and the majority of my operating was on digital. I made a few SSB contacts on 20m and 80m later in the day, though. I was pleased that with a random wire plus tuner I was...
Day Two Update – 2025 VP2V Milluzzi Brothers DXpedition
Quick post this morning to say we will be on the air shortly! We got going a bit later than expected but have our DX Commander, 6m 3el yagi, and Super Antenna all set up and ready to go along with our two station. I will be primarily focusing on 6m SSB today (50.125...
Day One Update – 2025 VP2V Milluzzi Brothers DXpedition
We have arrived in Tortola, British Virgin Islands! After a very early morning flight to Miami to meet up with Andy and grab lunch, we boarded our flight to Tortola. There were some minor delays leaving Miami but we are here more or less on time. Our plan for the rest...