Biography

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QTH is Trafalgar, Johnson County, Indiana. I have a passion for Amateur Radio and Shortwave Listening, as the hobby is filled with many great people and cool technologies.

Licensed with a Novice ticket at age 15 (1979) as KA9EVV, and Extra class (call KO9C) a short time later. I held the callsign KO9C for the next 30 years. I'm now N9ICE for the remaining chapter of my ham life. Also hold FCC General Radiotelephone Operators License.

A life-long audiophile and automation enthusiast. I also love to tinker with muscle cars, Saturday hot rod cruise-ins, vintage audio gear, classic rock music, lawn and garden, dining out, and enjoying my morning coffee.

After a hiatus from radio from 1996 thru 2022, I recently reconfigured the station to work the digital modes, and got hooked on the FT8/FT4 bug. Since Jan-19-2026, I've earned WAC, WAS, and 130 countries worked and 93 confirmed on LoTW. I'm sure I'll re-engage on SSB and CW soon, but I'm having a blast experimenting on the digital modes at the moment.

After a twenty-some year career in automotive engineering and program management, I'm now in my second career as a self-employed Capex Project Manager in pharmaceutical. My career has been extremely fulfilling and has allowed me to see many fascinating and interesting places and learn something new everyday.

I value my beautiful wife, family, kitty cats, and spending time enjoying my hobbies.

Equipment

I'm on the air once again!
This follows a lengthy QRT that began in 1997 after moving to an antenna-restricted neighborhood.

Station:
Icom IC-7610 Transceiver
Astron RM35-MBB - Rack-mounted
Lots of audio enhancement goodies
WSJT-x, Win4Icom, Log4OM, Gridtracker2

Antennas:
MFJ-1788 15-40m Magnetic Loop
DX Engineering MBVE-1 HF Multi-Band Vertical

Computer Gear:
Gigabyte Motherboard - Intel I7-10700F Tower w-GTX1660 graphics card
GMTek AMD Ryzen +895 Mini PC
Samsung S90C 65" TV / Monitor + two 43" HDMI monitors

Installed an abundance of common mode chokes, beads and ferrite donuts on both ends of virtually every coax run, jumpers and all peripheral cables in my radio room.