First licensed in 1955 (age 15) as WN7GKT (novice) when residing in Utah. Upgraded a year later to W7GKT (general). First rig was a Heathkit DX-35 cw transmitter and National NC-300 receiver--worked hard and saved alot to buy that receiver. Then at age 17 sold the station to buy a car--had to have wheels. At age 21 and married, built a Heathkit Apache TX-1 trnasmitter and bought a Hammerlund HQ-180X receiver and was back on the air again--am.

Graduated from BYU Engineering School (EE) in 1966. After graduation moved wife and two kids to Southern California to begin a career and make some money. Too busy to be active on the air and license expired at renewal. Re-licensed again in 1979 and received present callsign--N6BNN.

Current station is Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark-V transceiver, ICOM IC706MkIIG transceiver, and Kenwood TL-922A Amplifier. I primarily operate hf/ssb, a little 2m/70cm, and occassional Echolink.

I retired in December 2002 and now have more time for hamming, golf, and traveling to see various sites and eleven grandkids.