Biography

Heard AA0AW on 15M (09/22/2012), looked up his call and found qrzcq.com. Registered as member so can check it out better. It is great. Have added it to my look-up list in HRD and it is at the top of the list. Look-up's are much faster and more accurate now.

I was born in Circleville, Ohio, where my brothers and I lived with mother and her parents on a farm in Wayne Township (Pickaway County). In late 1962 I went to live with my dad for a while to see what that would be like. I think I was beginning to feel the wanderlust that would soon start my travels around the globe.

First licensed in 1962 as WN8GMU, along with my dad who was WN8CXO. I joined the Navy in 1963 and let the call expire, but dad went on to become WA8CXO until his death in 2004. While in the Navy, I worked Navy MARS onboard the USS Ranger CV-61) as KN7OOK, but again allowed it to expire.

Retiring from the Navy in 1989, then attending college and working for the telco (Qwest) in Arizona (retiring from Qwest in 2006), I then fully retired in 2008. I regained my interest in radio and got my Technician License as KE5WCT in Aug 2008 and General License in Sept 2008. I am currently working on the Extra Class. My son-in-law also got his Tech in Sept 2008, KE5WLT.

While at college (1998 - 2001), DeVry University, I completed a double BS In Electronics Engineering Technology, and Information Technology.

I am interested in working the digital modes, and may try my hand at CW if I can get my speed back up to what it was in the Navy.

Clubs: EPC #13556, FT8DMC #18164, Ten-Ten #77918, PODXS 070 #2872, 30MDG 13040.

Equipment is currently a Yaesu FT-450AT (with external SCU017 interface) and FT-991A, antenna is a GAP Titan DX with a custom tilting in-ground mount. I have recently added a Cushcraft 6/2/.7 Meter beam at 33 ft (A627013S) on top of a Rohn 40G push-up pole, mounted to a GAP inground tilt base and a custom Poor-Ham Rotor.

Software for digital modes is the HRD/DM780, DX Lab Suite, a SignaLink USB Interface directly into a ACER Aspire PC with twin 27 inch monitors.

I work local vhf/uhf (area local repeaters) with Yaesu FT-8900 or Kenwood TM-721A at the house, and a Vx-7 HT for walk-about.

My QTH Location's and dates (CQ 4, ITU 7)

Garland: 8/10/2008 - 7/5/2011: 3006 Flagstone Dr, Garland, Dallas County, TX, 75044: EM12pw.
(32.9557N, -96.6744W) (32 57' 20"N, 96 40' 27"W)

Euless: 7/6/2011 - 6/25/2012: 1002 Collin Dr., Euless, Tarrant County, TX, 76039: EM12ku.
(32.8505N, -97.0846W) (32° 51' 1"N, 97° 5' 4"W)

Elgin: 6/26/2012 - 6/24/2022: 23011 Beth Dr., Elgin, Bastrop County, TX, 78621: EM10gg.
(30.2807N, -97.4529W) (30° 16' 50"N, 97° 27' 10"W)

Daingerfield: 6/25/2022 - 8/21/2028: 99 County Road, Daingerfield, Morris County, TX, 75638: EM23ob.
(33.0459N, -94.7515W) (32 2' 45"N, 94 45' 5"W)

18 May 2024: After two years of dealing with the rigors of settling into a new location, and the interruptions of dealing with periodic illness, I am finally able to work on getting things back on the air. Dealing with crashed PC's and the inherent loss of all of my log's and software, I am now rebuilding my logs, and in the process of trying to eliminate duplicates and remove errors. The recent loss of access to LoTW has put a kink in the process, but I am getting there. In the process of rebuilding my Log files, I find it amazing that so many thousands of operators are members of logging sites, but don't use them.

I QSL via eQSL.cc or LoTW, and update daily, if you are a registered member. I also upload to QRZ.com, Club Log, HRDLog as well (when I use it). I do send out cards (SASE) and will return a card if SASE received. Please, use Bureau if outside the US. I have set up OQRS at both HRDLog and ClubLog. NOTE TO eQSL AND LoTW USERS, I ONLY UPLOAD TO ACTIVE MEMBERS.

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Yaesu FT-991A and FT-450D, GAP Titan DX 80 - 10 Meter Vertical Cushcraft 6/2/.70 M Beam, custom pc with windows 10, Ham Radio Deluxe with WSJT-X and DX Lab Suite. Also run Yaesu FT-8900R Quad band mobile VHF/UHF.