Biography

I never printed any QSL cards in the 30 years of being a ham and never kept a complete log until March 2022 when I started to log QSO's on LoTW after my visit to W1AW and decided to get moving on hf...Wow what a station, everthing will be on LoTW or here at qrz.com  and I think eQSL is active 

Ran over to Newington CT with the Camaro and worked a few stations as W1AW Feb 2022, the station is open for visitors!



My station is defintely not W1AW with 4 towers with monoband beams, but I do have

HF Rig  IC-706 or a IC-745  ---- on a Comet CHA250B verticle (on a 15ft mast), don't knock it.  I have OC, NA, SA, and EU on it as I update this bio this morning on 40 meters and 40 countries all on 100 watts in the past 4 weeks. 



RigBlaster Nomic for AFSK/FT8

VHF/UHF TM-V71A     ----     Cushcraft ARX270B 

2 mtr TM-281 on a Discone for general coverage (Fire company on 160.05 mhz) 

Icom Handheld UHF/VHF F3001, F4001 for the railway work, fire company and sports car club use. 

Icom HT's V80a, V86, T70a for ham use

TYT DMR, 9600, 380, UV390 

TYT 9800 Quad band 28-440  lots of those Baofengs..

Worked at Yellow Roadway for YRC Freight for over 20 years then worked on the MNJ railroad running freight in Campbell Hall, did you know ESPN is a railroad I worked for the parent company of ESPN aka East Penn RR, Regional Rail.

You'd be surprised the number of hams working on the railways...

 

I am now a Walmart Service Technician until full retirement.

I am the former Secretary Harrisburg Radio Amateur Club and Overlook Mtn ARC

Formerly I was a US Navy Personnelman at NSA Mechanicsburg, PA, VP-23 at NAS Brunswick ME, PATRON Keflavik, Iceland, NS Rota Spain and NAS Bermuda

Member SCCA working F&C and Tracknight in America events



Member of the Bloomington Fire Company Fire and the BFD Police squad since 1977 with 8 years military leave where I was a member of the Silver Spring Community Fire Company while I was on active duty in the navy.   

I lived across the street from the Silver Spring Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pa,  (my 3 call...) There was always a crew on duty for the races.

Dabble in DMR and digital modes

FT8 working on DXCC FT8 and WAS FT8 now.

My Weather station is on APRS 

Purchased a 2014 Camaro since a deer ran out in front of the 2018 RS... and the first thing on the car was my 2/440 antenna on the back deck and over to field day...got to  run 73     my story in and out quick 

Equipment

HF
Icom IC-745
Icom IC-706
TYT TH-9800 10,6,2mtr-440

VHF/UHF Mobile
Kenwood TM-V71A
TYT 9600 DMR

HandHeld
Icom V80,V86 2mtr
Icom T70A 2/440
TYT MD-390 DMR

HF Comet Verticle CHA250B
VHF/UHF Cushcraft ARX270