Member Bio

As of February 2022 I have been an active ham for 35 years.  First licensed in 1987 while serving in the US Navy and stationed at NAS Norfolk, VA, my novice call was KC4BCL.  I was an Extra by 1989 holding the FCC sequentially issued call of WO8J.  There were no vanity calls back then.    I was also a member of the CINCLANT FLT club station WA4ZUA and operated phone patches to ships afloat using the MARS call NNN0NHA.  Fun times.

Other calls I have held-  KC4BCL, KE8RW, WO8J, W9RPE, KB9E, W8RPE.

My current station.

Yaesu FTDX-101D, Palstar LA-1K amplifier, ZS6BKW dipole at 55″, 80m dipole at 50′ and a DX Commander Classic vertical for 80-10 meters.  Moxon at 30′ and Ringo AR-10 for 10 meters.