Biography

Retired April, 2014 from IT/Industrial Engineering
Received first Novice call, KA5ONT, February, 1982, Dallas, TX
Received General Call, N5FNW, October, 1982, Dallas, TX
Received Advanced Call, KF5BJ, October, 1984, Dallas, TX
Received Advanced Call, KE0KZ, October, 1986, Denver, CO
Received ARRL DXCC Phone Award, 1985

First rig was a Yaesu FT-101E
Second rig was an ICOM IC-730
Have also owned ICOM IC-740 & IC-745

Before obtaining my license in 1982, I was fortunate enough to operate Navy Special Services station, KG6AKR, the "Voice of Apra Harbor", Agana, Guam with Elmer, KI7F while serving in the US Navy during the Vietnam era, 1973-74.

Primarily work HF bands for DX and "Rag Chew". Enjoy the challenge of breaking "pileups" with 100 watts and a dipole antenna.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Yaesu FTdx-101D
Icom IC-7610
Flex 5000A
Flex 3000 (Digital Operation)
Kenwood TS-2000 w/Internal Antenna Tuner
Kenwood TL-922a Linear Amplifier
Swan 700CX
Swan 500CX
HyGain AV-6160 43' All Band, no trap vertical, ground mounted, w/radials
MFP-1836H 6-20m Cobweb
10-40m Endfed dipole

Baofeng Dual Band VHF/UHF Handie Talkie