Biography

Retired / Widower / Born and Raised in New Jersey.

Former On Air Personality from the 1980s.

Writer of Short Prose (My Take On Widowed Life).


*** December 10th 2005: Tech ticket!!! My first call sign was KI4MZD.
*** January 21st 2006: Vanity Call -- K4WIC.
*** February 12th 2012: CSCE approved General Class Ticket.
*** March 13th 2012: Approved as a VE for WCARS/VEC.

SKYWARN / Certified Weather Spotter for the National Weather Service in Columbia SC.

Can be found driving the Fleetwagon equipped with a Byonics RTG unit for APRS 24-7 as K4WIC-1.

*** 1/5 part owner of one DMR repeater. ***

Equipment

(A) Motorola MotoTrbo XPR2500 UHF Digital Mobile Radio (Home Base) attached to a UHF antenna mounted in the attic.

(B) ICOM All Mode Transceiver Icom IC-7000 at home connected to a LDG IT-100 autotuner with a dual twin lead antenna encased in a PVC pipe mounted in the attic for 2 meter and 440 transmissions. For HF contacts I use one of the rain downspouts on the Southwestern side of the Triple R Spread.

(C) Motorola MotoTrbo XPR5550 UHF Digital Mobile Radio (Fleetwagon) / Attached to a generic UHF antenna permanently mounted and drilled into roof.