Biography

Formerly KB3VQZ , AB3NK, and WD3D.

I started out sitting on my dad's lap when I was just a kid around 1969 and moved on to shortwave listening - my whole life.
I experimented with radio receivers and antennas and graduated to Car Stereo Competition - where I ruined my hearing.
Stockcar racing and outdoorsman - hunting and fishing was my passion for many years, but now I cannot walk.
I like to operate 6 meters SSB phone when the band is open and I do a lot of my best work on 10m SSB phone.

I enjoy the occasional rag chew on CW, but I only know my letters and numbers, so I am quite limited as to my skills CW.

I own a old Navy Flame Proof Key - 1962, Bunnel that I use all the time.

I also have a old Vibroplex bug = 1962, but I am not fast enough to use it.

When I was a kid, I had a lot of the older kit gear and some more modern radios, and I spent a fair amount of time listening to programmable scanners. For several years I had a very nice set up, complete with beam antennas and pre amplifiers and could hear most anything in Western PA.

Now I play a little with the ISS, made over 100 contacts in just one week, which I am very proud of. I can be heard late at night usually in the 80m dx window.

Equipment

Kenwood TS 590s
Yaesu FT 8900r - quad band FM mobile radio - also used as a base station for sat work.
Alinco DR 509 - out in the mobile.
Kenwood TM 241
ADI - piece of crap, I use it for my packet station.
Yaesu FT 736r - quad band all mode UHF / VHF with the 1.25 mhz and the 33 cm..
Radio Shack HTX 202
Yaesu FT 290 r II
Radio Shack Pro 136 - made by JRC
Uniden BCD 325P2
Radio Shack Pro 34
Uniden BC 890 xlt
Radio Shack Pro 2029

Knight Kit C-560, converted to 10 meters.
Regency Range Gain - converted to 40 meters
Knight Kit - Star Roamer
Bearcat Electra I II III IV

Ameritron ALS 600

Dentron GLA 1000b