Biography

When I'm not on the air I practice dog agility with my dog Katie, we are at NADAC Elite level and AKC Master level.

XYL is Merri ABØMV; we met on the air in the 1998 ARRL 10m contest when she was KF4OAD in NC and were married in Aug 2000 !

WNØVPK 1968 ; WAØVPK 1969-1978 ; AEØQ 1978-Present
(Amateur Extra Class license since 1972)

US Naval Security Group CTM2 1971-77
Bluenose - Arctic Circle crossing, North Atlantic in October 1973, USS New DD-818
Shellback - Equator Crossing, Indian Ocean in 1974, USS Brumby DE-1044

DX Operating:
-SVØWY 1973-74; Operated from Air Force MARS station in Athens while traveling from Spain to various destinations in Middle-East and Mediterranean areas as Navy CTM2.
-ZB2WZ 1974; DXpedition to operate CW for a week with Paul WA3IJR/ZB2WY.
https://www.qsl.net/ae0q/contest/zb2wz.htm
-GM5BKC 1974-78; Stationed in US Navy at RAF Edzell, operated 160, 80, and 40m CW only.
-V31RY 1992-99; Three DXpeditions to Ambergris Caye for RTTY and CW.

ARRL Life Mbr (member since 1968), QCWA Life Mbr, #26248

Society Of Wireless Pioneers #5558-M (USNavSecGru)
https://www.qsl.net/ae0q/navy_destroyer_morse.html

CWops #2878 ; KCJ #637 ; MARCONI CLUB #877 ; A1 CLUB #3924 ;
CW-WAS ; QRP-WAS

WAZ-CW #319, WAZ-MIXED, A-1 Op
https://www.qsl.net/ae0q/awards/cq_waz_cw.htm
https://www.qsl.net/ae0q/awards/arrl_cp30.htm
https://www.qsl.net/ae0q/awards/rnars.htm

5BWAS #2764 ; WAS #20,436 (1969, all CW)
https://www.qsl.net/ae0q/awards/ae0q_5bwas.htm
https://www.qsl.net/ae0q/awards/ae0q_was.htm

RTTY-DXCC #617 (1994); RTTY-WAS #186 (1992); BARTG #7029

JCC-100 (CW, 15m, 10m), JCC-200, WAJA
https://www.qsl.net/ae0q/awards/japan_all.htm

KCJA-100 #276, KCJ Mbr #745

QRP-ARCI #9277 ; 10-X #72165 ; NSI #1,000,040

I operate CW and Digital; QRP and QRO levels, whichever is fun at the moment.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Ten Tec Eagle, Orion, Scout 555
WKUSB3 and Super CMOS Keyers; ZN-9A, Begali Traveler,and Vibroplex Iambic paddles;
LDG AT-200, and Z-11Pro
SCS PTC-II
SOTAbeams Bandhopper II dipole, 20m EFHW and 4010-EFHW and 32ft mast for WWFF and POTA activations