I became interested in radio in the early 60's when my Dad and I built a kit CB radio. We had fun chatting with the locals when CB was still a respectable method of communicating. Then in 1964 I noticed a tall tower down the block and wondered if the guy was also a CB'er. He was Bill Steele, W7EAI who eventually became my elmer. He helped me study for the Novice license and I learned Morse code with the help of a Heathkit code practice oscillator. I remember playing with the audio tuning in my bedroom and projecting the sound out my window pretending to be a police siren. My oh my, my brother and I got a kick out of watching people peer out their windows or opening the doors looking for the cops. I eventually received the callsign WN7CXH. My Dad and I then built a 40 meter transmitter and I saved up my lawn mowing money and bought an NC-300 receiver. What a monster that was! Later on I became WA7FOS and stayed with ham radio until 1971. Got married in 1974 and had three kids. By 1998 we were pretty much done with kids and I revived my interest and became KB7CIS and then got the vanity call I now have. My main interests are contesting and DXing. I belong to FISTS and the Straight Key Century Club. My equipment: Main radio is an Icom 756 Pro 3 with the Inrad roofing filter, two Icom 706's for vhf and uhf, an Elecraft K-1 for qrp. Antennas are a Force 12 C3 at 60 ft, a Cushcraft 40-2CD 2 element shorty 40 at 50 ft, an M2 3 element 6 meter yagi and 3 element 2m-440 yagi both of which sit between the C3 and 40M yagi, an OCF dipole at 70 feet and an inverted L for 160M. For RX I use a DX Engineering 4-square tuned for 80M. 73 Paul NG7Z