Welcome to N4GN.com!

[Picture of me at 
the SK0TM club station in Stockholm, Sweden]

As of 13 March, 2017, I have moved this web site to a new hosting platform. If you notice anything that seems to be broken, please let me know. Thanks!

Hi! My name is Tim Totten. Thanks for dropping by my little corner of cyberspace. The resources you find here represent many of my personal interests, with a strong emphasis on amateur radio (N4GN is my U.S. amateur radio call sign, in case you were wondering about the strange title for this web page).

N4GN DXCC Band Totals
Wkd Cfmd
160 165 159
80 246 245
40 317 315
30 263 258
20 345 344
17 303 296
15 340 340
12 252 237
10 314 312
6 86 81
Total 2631 2587

If you'd like to learn more, check out What is Amateur Radio? (a.k.a. "ham radio"), or drop me an e-mail, and I'll try to answer any questions you might have. I'd love to hear from you!

My primary ham radio interests are DXing (see my DX totals below) and contesting on the HF bands, particularly on CW. I'm also active in other areas such as 6 meters and the other VHF/UHF/microwave bands up to 24 GHz, and I've recently gotten into RTTY. I am a Life Member of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), a founding member of the Kentucky Contest Group (KCG), and a member of the Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (ARTS). I have also served on the Board of Directors of, and am currently an Advisor to the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF). If you're a DXer, please consider supporting the NCDXF!

I received my first amateur license in 1976, at the age of 10 (WN4UYU, which later became WA4UYU). I soon upgraded to a General class license. Eventually, in 1985, I upgraded to Advanced, changed my call to KJ4VH, then quickly upgraded to Extra. I needed those Extra class privileges once I was bitten by the DX bug!

N4GN DXCC Mode Totals
Wkd Cfmd Notes
Mixed 349 349 Worked 'em all!
CW 348 348 Need only P5
SSB 349 349 Worked 'em all!
RTTY 267 256 Long way to go!

In 1996, I changed my call once again (under the vanity call sign program) to N4GN. It's much better on CW! In 1997, I passed the highest-class Finnish amateur radio exam, and also received the Finnish vanity call OH4GN. In 2013, I also passed the Class A amateur exam in the Philippines and received the call sign 4F1GN.

N4GN VUCC Totals
Wkd Cfmd
FFMA 399 382
6 615 583
2 145 141
All with 100 W or less and single yagis

If you ever have the chance to "be DX" for a while, don't pass it up--it can be a lot of fun! In recent years, I have had the fortunate opportunity to operate from 46 different DXCC Countries, including Morocco, China, Nauru, Grenada, Huang Yan Dao (Scarborough Reef), the Netherlands Antilles, Hong Kong, Solomon Islands, ITU Headquarters, Antigua, Palau, the Philippines, the Galapagos Islands, Iceland, Monaco, San Marino, the Temotu Islands, Montserrat, Dongsha Dao (Pratas Island), Thailand, Turkey, the Aland Islands and Market Reef. See the complete list if you are interested. It seems I'm always thinking about "where do we go next?" Indeed, I already have more dreams for future DXpeditions than I can possibly squeeze into the limited vacation time I have!

Since late 2012, I have really gotten into bitcoin and related blockchain technologies. See the bitcoin page I recently added to my personal blog for some good bitcoin information. My public bitcoin address is 1TimTn1TSkWJw6TPuNHic6VYhV3AkgHsR.

After many years of bachelorhood, I finally met the woman of my dreams in January, 2002. Her name is Joana, and we were married on 04 October, 2003. The ceremony took place in Tagaytay City, Philippines. You can get all the details on Tim and Joana's Wedding Site. As if that wasn't enough, Joana also has a terrific son, Phivocs, from a previous marriage. He's really a fine young man, and I can't believe what a 2-for-1 deal I got!

Well, enough about me. If you are really bored, you can find out more by clicking on my picture above. Better yet, check out my new personal blog at TimTotten.com, or my LinkedIn profile or Facebook page. And for anyone who might be interested, my résumé is available (PDF format).


[N4GN QSL card]

This is my latest QSL card. The picture is of my wife Joana and me with some amazing Philippine tarsiers (Tarsius syrichta) on the island of Bohol (DU7).


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