Biography

You can click on my picture then scroll to see a picture of me in my shack.

I have been riding motorcycles of every type for over 60 years. Everything from 2WD Rokon Rangers and Trail Breaker, Honda CT110, trials bike, lots of dirt bikes, lots of dual sport bike, ADV bikes, sport bike, sport touring and full dress touring bike.

I also off road 4WD, fly RC airplanes and like things that go bang. I spend a lot of time outdoors and love spending time in the Cascade mountains. I volunteer with the NMA (nmaoffroad.org) and WOHVA (wohva.org) to accomplish OHV trail maintenance with specialized heavy equipment here in WA. K7ORV "Off Road Vehicle" is my vanity call sign.

Retired first time in 2007, did OHV Specialist (professional dirt bike rider) "job" for almost 7 years in Tillamook, Oregon for the Oregon Dept of Forestry. Retired again in late 2014. I now have 7 Saturdays per week again and I think I will keep it that way.

I am member #1809 of the NW Country Cousins. (3.968 every night at 1900 PCT). I am also a member of the Western Country Cousins (3.970 every night at 2100 PCT)

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Dave Hiatt

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Equipment

Kenwood TS-450SAT on G5RV dipole 55 ft up. Icom-738 on slingshot installed G5RV dipole when camping in my toy hauler or motor home.

I primarily use a Kenwood 590SG with Heakhkit SB220 amp, Palstar HF auto tuner, G5RV or 6-40m hex beam for HF communiations and hae many other transceivers here in my shack and portable in my toy hauler trailer. I use a wrist rocket installed G5RV dipole antenna (using LDG autotuner with the dipole) amd serveral other antennas to carry with me when using my toy hauler trailsr. You can view a much more detailed bio and list of my equipment with pictures, on QRZ.com.