Biography

Age: 82 Getting older now. Life isn't slowing down. Its me. Hi Hi

Retired from USAF/Contract Manufacturing.

Transceiver: ICOM 7600. Yaesu FT7100M 2M/440
Amp: Ameritron AL-800H 1.5KW, AL-80B 700W
Antenna: 4 ele StepIR 75 Ft, 40M 2 ele Beam 65 Ft, 80M
Dipole @72feet, 30M GP w/4 Radials, base at 30 feet
Been active since I was 12 yrs old. First call was KN4PGS (Novice Forgotten the one year to expiration).

Some other calls were: WB0GIJ, WA5GCB, WA8AQV, NF6S, W7XD, E30CW, KP1/NF6S. QSL Mgr for E30CW, KP1/NF6S. Need a Card/See W4UAT@QRZ.com

Retired in Northern California.(lIVERMORE, CA near San Francisco.
Served 23 1/2 years in the US Air Force. Retired from active duty 1986.

In civilian life worked for Apple Computer working on the LISA computer program, Worked with many contract manufacturing firms over the years. Retired 6 Sep 2006.
Had Major Heart surgery Oct 2011. Doing fine now.

5BDXCC+ 30M, 17M, and 12M endorsements. ARRL Honor Roll completed. ARRL Challenge at 1500. 2000 next.

DXpeditions: E30GA Eritrea), NF6S/KP1 Navassa Isl & Bermuda

I do a lot of contesting, VE testing, Building Antennas, Have WAS, WAC, and WAZ were completed many years ago. Now Hoping to have 10-15 years left.

I wish all hams have had as much fun as I. Very active on JT65,FT8,FT4, RTTY, PSK31, PSK63, SSTV,RTTTY,CW, Digital SSTV (EasyPal), Some SSB Hi Hi. New comers to amateur radio have so many experiences in front of them. Digital JT9, JT65,PSK31/63,New FT8, FT4.Lots of Building kits will keep you entertained for a good period of your free time.
Have a nice 2023 to all. Been Listening on 6 Meters lately. Worked a few JA's 100W

Charles L. Word W4UAT
Livermore, Ca

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Radios: IC 7600
Digital Interface: Rigexpert TI8.
Computers: HP Celeron 3.4GHZ, E-MACHINE W3650, HP laptop, Compass 6910p
Rotator: Yaesu G-1000DXA,
Tower: Rhon 25G 75FT/23M
Amps: Ameritron AL-800H & Al-80B and AL-1500 in near future.
Tuners: MFJ 986, Palstar AT1500BAL, MFJ Amp Input Tuner
Keyer: CMOS IV, Russian Model 599 Iambic lever Paddle Key (Very Nice), MFJ-434B Voice Keyer
All Computer's Mouse's and Keyboards went wireless. Got rid of the messy cables running everywhere.
73

Charles L. Word W4UAT
Livermore, CA