Biography

I live and work in a small town in South Texas. In late August of 2017, we took a very hard hit from a Category 4 Hurricane. Harvey completely knocked out cell phone service for many days. Our city disaster plan relied heavily on satellite phones. They turned out to be a bit unreliable and very unavailable (We didn't have enough to go around). We decided to add Amateur Radio to our disaster plan like many other cities and towns in the area. We reached out to our local ARES guys and they recommended that we get licensed and join ARES.

So, I got my Tech ticket November 30th, 2017 and a few months later upgraded to General. I also joined ARES. Now, 6 or 7 other employees are getting licensed as well. I originally thought this was going to be a "tool for communicating" but it is quickly turning into my primary hobby.

I'm still just trying to learn as much as I can so if you find me on the air, please be patient.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Icom IC-7200
LDG IT-100
HFedz EndFed Longwire Sloper
Kenwood d710g (mobile)
Kenwood v71a (base)
multiple various HTs