Biography
10-24-2015 update.
Licensed as WN0UBD, Maple Lake, MN in April of 1954. 1st Station: Hallicrafters S-38C Receiver, Homebrew 6L6 power oscillator from the ARRL publication "How to Become a Radio Amateur". Rock bound on 3736 KHz. In 1955 I dropped the "N" from the call and upgraded the station to a S-40A Rx, Heathkit AT-1 & VF-1 VFO.
I began 144 MHz AM & CW operation in 1956 with a surplus T-23/ARC-5, a home brew plate modulator, a home brew receiving converter and a home brew 6 element Yagi made from old TV antennas.
Picture on the left from 1955, on the right is current.
Equipment