About Me

Greetings! 2025 marks my 37th anniversary in Amateur Radio! I obtained my Novice class call (KBØBBL) back in late 1988. Many thanks to Gene/NIØX for teaching the summer school course at Hopkins High School. If it wasn’t for your code copying tips, I’m not sure I would’ve made the 5wpm. I didn’t upgrade to my Tech+ (NØMTH) till around February of 1991. And then upgraded to General in the summer of 2013. And finally my Extra on April Fool’s Day 2014. I have spent the majority of my time in ham radio working in the emergency services and public service aspects of communications. From providing radio support to the March of Dimes fundraising walks, to assisting with Fourth of July celebrations, to working the flood of 1993 and as net control for Skywarn nets. I don’t believe it was a coincidence that I was able to expand my early amateur radio experiences in a city with a rich radio history. That being Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Home of Rockwell-Collins. Many of my mentors were employees of Rockwell and I learned a lot! While living in Cedar Rapids volunteering as a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol (way back when) under the watchful eyes of Mercer/KØVIF and Henry/WAØDLF, I concentrated my efforts in mission communications. I worked many SAREXs as a net control operator. And with the expert help of Barry/WØIY, I expanded my knowledge of packet radio and was able to make sense of G8BPQ node setups and fine tuning the AA4RE BBS’s with HF gateways within the Iowa Wing.

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AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

American Radio Relay League

• Member
• Volunteer Examiner
• Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course (ARECC)
  • Field Instructor
  • Field Examiner

International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)

• Member

Iowa Emergency Management Association (IEMA)

• Member

Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA)

• Chapter 19 – Saint Louis
• Member #36422

Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation / AMSAT-NA

• Member #39144

Telephone Employees Amateur Radio Club – KBØZRI

• Secretary (2014-2016)
• Life Member (2005-Present)