Biography

About W2CYK...Creator of RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory AND RFinder Android Radio...check out http://androiddmr.com

Licensed in 1976 at Pearl River High School, Pearl River, NY, as WA2JDH Moved to Colorado in 1984, changed call to N0FYS Moved back to NY in 1986, but retained N0FYS Decided to change call in 2001, to take my grandfather's old call, W2CYK, which was the station license for my house when my Grandparents lived here.

I was off the air mostly from 1995 thru 2001. The Internet had me caught in its web...

9/11 inspired me to dust off the rigs and get back on.

My Son, Jesse, born in 2000 is a General! W2EEO is his call...It was his Great Grandma Madelaine's...

I am a 3rd Generation ham...My family:

W2LH ART (ex 2AMW, W2CYK, and one other call lost in history) SK in 1991 :-( Art was my inspiration for a life of technology....W2EEO MADELINE (SK :-( 94 in 2003), Lived in San Diego with My Aunt.... Sylvia N6VSU (SK 2005 :-() (ex W2GPK)...My favorite Dad, Marty, K2ACM and of course my favorite son, Jesse...W2EEO...

My other hobby is Scuba Diving, I am a PADI Instructor and I love diving Wreck Valley off of Long Island's South Shore.

I am a Certified Document Imaging Architect/Systems Architect by trade, designing Imaging enabled workflow systems. I wrote IBM's proposal for EZ-Pass and portions of MetroCard...

My callsign in the Caymans is ZF2BG...I operated from the club station 5/13/2010-5/18/2010 with my son Jesse W2EEO ZF2WR) courtesy of ZF1EJ...Thanks Andrew!

April 2012 PJ4S DXpedition to Bonaire with my son W2EEO and Dad K2ACM.

July-Aug 2012 YDXA Youth DX Adventure TI5/W2EEO (my son Jesse), TI5/W2CYK from QTH of TI5KD 4 days then 4 days from The Arenal Volcano. Hotel San Bosco in La Fortuna is antenna friendly!!!