Biography

I was first licensed in 1972 as a novice, WN8NHO. I soon got my General ticket and my callsign was upgraded to WB8NHO. Other call signs I've held over the years are KD8QN, NV8I and G5CGQ. I held the British call sign when I was stationed in England for a couple of years in the late 1970's during my tour of duty in the US Air Force. I enjoy CW most. My Vibroplex Bug and keyer paddles are my brass of choice. More recently I have been using the digital modes, my favorite being Olivia. Also I find Hellschreiber (FELD HELL) an interesting mode to operate. I have run an APRS station for 30 years and provide assistance with other local APRS nodes. I ran an IP/AX.25 station over 2 meters in the mid 1980s before APRS became popular.

I grew up around ham radio as my Mom (Fay Stuart, K8BOF), Dad (Chuck Stuart, W8TZO/W8AN) and Uncle (Clayton Grice, W8BCQ), were hams before I was born. My brother Ricky now holds dad's W8TZO callsign, my brother Tom holds mom's K8BOF and my nephew Niamiah holds W8BCQ.

My favorite contests are the ARRL DX CW, CQ DX CW, and Field Day.

Member of: ARRL, Digital Radio Century Club --DRCC #85, Feld Hell Club #FH891, Straight Key Century Club --SKCC #5072, Network Enthusiast Radio Domain (NERD), Academy of Model Aeronautics --AMA #769598, The Planetary Society #19767T and The Geek Group.

Equipment

On air right now is Icom IC-7300 and Icom IC-7000.
Antenna is 160 meter Windom.