Biography
Retired from the U.S. Army in 2007 with 24 years of service. I am a ARRL member.
While living in Florida I was the AEC with the Osceola County Florida ARES.
I now reside in Covington, GA. About 35 miles east of Atlanta Georgia. (Newton County)
Active member of VFW Post 2138 in Covington GA.
I first got involved in HAM Radio in 2007, though I had been a scanner and shortwave listener since High School.
Becoming a ham was a fulfillment of a lifelong dream. My goal is to move up to General this year (2015).
I have completed FEMA IS-00100, IS-00200, IS-00235, IS-00244, ICS-300, ICS-400, IS-00700, IS-00800.B
My Ten-Ten Number is : 76424
My Skywarn ID # 8039
Worked DXCCs:
Equipment
The equipment in my humble Shack include:
Icom IC-718 for ( HF) and a Icom IC-735 as a Backup.
Icom IC-R75 Communications Receiver
Icom IC-7000, for (VHF-UHF) Recieve only.
Icom IC-V8 70 CM hand held.
Icom IC-M10A Marine Band. (Tx and Rx)
Icom IC-2200H, 2 Meter Band
Yaesu FT-7800 Dual Band (70CM and 2 meter) Base Station set up.
Radioshack HTX-404 70 CM Hand Held
Radioshack HTX-10 10 Meter band (Backup)
Radioshack Pro-90 800Mhz scanner
RadioShack Pro-2055 Scanner
G5RV For my HF Ant. (10 Meters Only).