Member Bio

Greetings, thanks for looking ! I was born, raised and resided in Carroll, Iowa where the work ethic of a farmer was instilled in me at an early age. Baling hay, painting barns, walking beans, detasseling corn then moved up to operating equipment, tractors and trucks thus my career in trucking began communicating with a business band radio and my Gallaxy 73 CB which I still have in my pickup now, awesome CB ! I have driven millions of miles all across this beautiful country in extreme weather ! Fast forward to 2005 when I moved to Arizona where I eventually returned to my agricultural roots and became a driver/dispatcher for a liquid feed tanker trucking company. Meanwhile back in Iowa our family home of 54 yrs and lots of memories has recently sold. I originally got involved in ham radio for emergency communication about 3 yrs ago but soon realized how exciting the hobby can be ! 73 ! See you on the air !

FTDX 10, Inrad headset with boom mike by Vibroplex

End Fed wire, inverted L with 9:1 unun

I do have a doublet with 600 ohm ladder line I need to get in the air one day but that may have to be at the property rather than my HOA QTH, currently using a vertical with my FT450D up there.