Biography
Winter (October-April) QTH in Lutz (Pasco County), FL EL88se
Summer (May-September) QTH in Stockholm (Sussex County), NJ FN21rb
WN2NWM (1964 - 1965)
WB2NWM (1965 - 1977)
K2MF (1977 - present)
Married to N2FUN (2010 - present)
ARRL RCC (Rag Chewers' Club) nominated by K8QYG (now SK) in July 1964
ARRL CP-25 in October 1980
IARU 3.5 MHz. SSB WAC (Worked All Continents) in October 1980
SPAR RCC (Rag Chewers' Club) #580
ARRL 5-Band WAS Award #721
Century Cities Award #1 (formerly sponsored by 73 Magazine)
5-Band Canadaward #6 (formerly sponsored by the Canadian Amateur Radio Federation)
Canada 2/80 Award #64 (formerly sponsored by the Toronto Metro ARC)
ARRL 2-Letter Extra Class SSB 75M WAS Award (Geratol Net Basic Award) #325
2-Letter Extra Class SSB 15M WAS in March 1981
2-Letter Extra Class SSB 20M WAS in April 1991
Geratol Net Director Award #739
Geratol Net Board of Governors and First Newsletter Editor between 1980-1985
NJAC (NJ All Counties) Award #262 in August 1991 (formerly sponsored by the Jersey Shore Amateur Radio Society)
MARAC Polaris Award #480 in December 2011
CQ Magazine USA-CA (MARAC WAC) Award #1233 in December 2012
MARAC Gemini Award #174 in January 2014
MARAC WAC-2 Award #431 in October 2014 (single mode and no relays)
MARAC USA-CW (WAC-CW) Award #137 in October 2014 (single mode and no relays)
WAC-SSB finished in May 2015 (single mode lifetime achievement with contacts prior to MARAC USA-SSB award start date)
MARAC RAS-NJ (Ran All NJ Counties) Award #25 in July 2015
MARAC WAC-20M Award #26 in October 2015 (single band lifetime achievement)
MARAC Master County Hunter (Bingo) Award #368 in November 2015
MARAC Last County Count 25 Award #520 in December 2015
WAC-20M/SSB finished in September 2018 (single band/mode lifetime achievement)
WAC-Mobiles finished in November 2019 (lifetime achievement)
MARAC WAC-3 Award #260 in October 2020
WAC-20M/CW finished in August 2021 (single band/mode lifetime achievement)
MARAC USA-CW-II (WAC-CW-II) Award #42 in February 2022 (single mode)
WAC-CW Mobiles finished in February 2024 (worked all CW mobile stations lifetime achievement)
County Challenge Top List Levels (x 3077) Phone I in April 1991, Mixed III in October 2017 and CW III in September 2020
County Challenge Top List Level (x 9231) Combo I in February 2016
MARAC County Challenge Award Level (x 1000) Mixed 10 in April 2018
IBEW #226
CWops #1253
MARAC #R-1291
ECARS #2281
OMISS #8020
SKCC #9100S (Centurion #1937, Tribune #1591, Senator #466)
SouthCARS #10304
YL-ISSB #11736
FISTS #16466
10-X #23751
QCWA #23836
N2HWY/R - Montclair, NJ (home repeater FL / NJ)
448.450 MHz. In / 443.450 MHz. Out
CTCSS 141.3 Hz. (PL 4A)
Equipment
HF:
Ten-Tec 538 Jupiter Transceiver (FL / NJ)
Navy Flameproof Straight Key / No-name dual lever Paddle (FL)
McElroy Model 100 (possibly TAC) Stream Straight Key / Bencher dual lever Paddle (NJ)
Henry 2K-4 1.2 KW Linear Amplifier (NJ)
Ameritron AL-811 800W Linear Amplifier (FL)
Palstar HF-AUTO 1.5 KW Antenna Matching Network (FL / NJ)
Palstar B4KC 4:1 4KW Current Balun (FL / NJ)
160 Meter Full Wave Loop Antenna (NJ)
80 Meter Doublet (Double Zepp) Antenna (FL)
Millen 92200 1.5KW Antenna Matching Network (NJ not in service)
Mobile:
Yaesu FT-857D HF/VHF/UHF 12-Band Transceiver
Hi-Q Piranah 4/80 Antenna
VHF/UHF:
Kenwood TM-V71A 2m/70cm Dual Band FM Transceiver (FL / NJ)
TE Systems 4410G 100W 70cm RF Power Amplifier (NJ)
Jetstream JTB1 2m/70cm Dual Band Vertical Antenna (NJ)
12 element 70cm Yagi Antenna (NJ)
Kenwood TK-3170 UHF Hand Held Portable
Kenwood TK-3160 UHF Hand Held Portables (2)
Icom IC-U82 70cm Hand Held Portable
Icom IC-V82 2cm Hand Held Portable