Biography

Born and raised on my family's cattle ranch near Prairie City, Oregon. Joined US Navy in 1961,became one of the first digital computer technicians in the Navy. Worked on NTDS system,left Navy after 10 years and worked for Control Data Corporation till 1985. Retired after 50+ years as CIO of Mathtech, Inc.
Licensed as WB3BBK in 1977, Changed call to K3TMV when vanity call program was first begun. Upgraded to Extra in 2007. Changed call to K7TMV after move to Oregon in 2016.

Equipment

ICOM IC7300, ICOM 746 Pro, SB220 Amp, ICOM 706 MKIIG, Yaesu FTM400, FT-2, Kenwood TMD-710, Icom IC-28H, Heathkit HW-101, Icom IC-740, LG- autotuner, MFJ 1278, 55 ft EZ-way tower, Mosley TA-33 + WARC and 40 Meter add-ons, Phelps-Dodge Station Master 2m Verticle, Cushcraft 3 el UHF beam. OCF 80-10M dipole. Tektronix 546B O'scope. 7 computers, Lenova file server, routers, switches, printers, etc. Three Raspberry PIs, Northwest Digitial DRAWS on a Pi running FLDigi, WSJT-X, etc. Hundreds of software packages. Run APRS gateway and WX station, Davis weather station. Numerous 2M and 440 mobile antennas, Tarheel 80-6 Meter mobile HF antenna.