Biography

First licensed 1978 as WD0DRU Novice. License as Extra Class 1990.

ARRL Member Since 1978.

Built my first transmitter.

Retired from Federal Service at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. 1986

Member of North Central Missouri Amateur Radio Club, Trenton, Missouri

Member of ARES Chillicothe, Missouri.

Hobbies: Amateur Radio, Auto Mechanic's, Prairie Dog Shooting on a Western Kansas Ranch, Camping, & Ammo reloading, Repairing Vintage Transceivers (only for myself).

Single,and not looking.

Equipment

Antennas:
Cushcraft R7, 40 Meter Inverted V, 10-80 Dipole, 20 Meter Rotating Dipole, 40 Meter dipole, 10 Meter Vertical, 2 Meter/440 Meter Vertical, 4 ea.2 meter Verticals, 2 Meter 5 element beam, 2 meter 10 element beam. (No bird safe flying around here)

Transceivers: (In use)
(For HF)
Kenwood TS 440S, Kenwood TS 820S, Kenwood TS 830S, Kenwood TS 520, Kenwood TS 520S, Swan 350D

(For VHF/UHF)
Kenwood Tm 241's, 2 ea Jet Stream JT270 MB's, Kenwood TM 201A, Radio Shack HTX 242's

Have many Swan vintage transceivers and accessories.