Biography

I am originally and PROUDLY from the GREAT state of Wyoming, city of Cody up by beautiful Yellowstone National Park. I retired from the Active Army for 22 years in the Field Artillery in December 2014. In the free time I have, I operate a Kenwood TS-520(we were born the same year HiHi) that I cut my teeth on as a young teenager, as well as operated an old Heathkit HW-101 (no longer have). I got into the hobby by way of my dad, KB7CSV Earl "Pappy"Holder out of Cody Wy, and got my first ticket at 13 years old as KB7MXE. Later on I joined the Army and with all my travels to the far corners of the earth, I let my ticket expire and was off the air for a long time. Decided I was out long enough and missed way to much fun time so I re-tested so I could get back in the game and here I am and my license will NEVER expire again. I enjoy HF DX and local/DX 2m/70cm QSO on IRLP amd EchoLink . I also like participating in SKYWARN, RACES and ARES activities. Learned allot about RACES from my dad when I was young. He served as a Net Control for years and passed on the knowledge. I like spending time in the mountains much the same as I did as a kid back home in Wyoming where I spent just about ALL my free time. Can't beat the freedom you get from the mountains. On the flip side the most amazing time that I can spend is with my 2 boys Chris and Brian, they are the reason my world revolves, I don't know what I would do without them!!!! They are the reason I do what I do and I couldn't do it without them and their support, they are my soul motivation!!!!!!!! And I also want to say that I truly appreciate the support of my sister JoDee (KB7CSX) and my dad Earl "Pappy" (KB7CSV). So that’s about it. Feel free to drop me a line my e-mail is above. Enjoy Ham Radio and Happy Hamming!!!

I paper QSL, I will do eQsl and and all the other stuff as well, but I believe in keeping the tradition of paper QSLing alive in our hobby. Enough of our hobby has changed and/or disappeared, just doing my part in keeping this part around!!





KB7CSW



Justin Holder

10-10 #61253

Possum Trott #3400

YLISSB #16628

OMISS #8056

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