Biography

Was introduced to amateur radio by a friend and of course fellow ham Jeff N8NOE. licensed in May of 1993 with my tech ticket I was happy life was good. Then I got involved with the National Weather Service and I volunteer there when severe weather is present and I communicate with 17 counties via amateur radio. Jeff got restless and kept harassing me to upgrade and I held out till 2009 when I obtained my General class license. Currently studying the extra study materials.

Equipment

IC-746Pro using external tuner LDG AT-200Pro.
Digital is handled with a West Mountain Rig Blaster.
I have a Motorola Mototurbo for use on the DMR system .
Also employ a IC-2200 for use on the Dstar network.
I am on APRS as well TNC is a AEA-PK88 with a Alinco DR-150 behind it.
Hf antenna is a simple G5RV due to living in a antenna restricted area.
Comet GP-9 for vhf and uhf
Jetstream 5/8 wave for Packet and APRS.