I was born in Ilwaco Washington where my family lived most of there life. I went to Ocean Park Grade school then on to Ilwaco High school where I graduated in 1969.

I moved to Longview, Wash. in 1970 and worked at a paper mill. In 1970 I was drafted in the service and spent most of my time in Ft. Sill, Okla. In 1972 I was released after an 18 month stint, being giving a early out.

I went back to work at the paper mill where I worked for 38 yrs upon retirement at 57 years.

I became a ham in 1993 with the ecouragement from my dad Pete, W7CXE who had been a ham since 1956, who became a silent key on 11/19/08.. My first call I ever made after receiving my license was to my dad . .He is the one that gave me the phonetics of my call   ( ULV )    as the "Ugly Little Varmit",,, as you can see  from the  picture above .....So I will always been known as the "Ugly Little Varmit".. I got my upgrade to General on 09/13/08.

I have two HF rigs: a Yaesu Ft-450at,  Kenwwod 570D.. ( My dads  radio ),   A Kenwood 700a(2 mtr),  Yaesu Ft-620B (6 mtr), I am in a limited antenna area (due to the xyl lol) so all I have at this time is vertical antennaes. I also have 2 meter, 220, and 440 radios and also run a 900 mhz Johnson radio.

In my spare time I umpire baseball and referee basketball to keep my self busy when not behind the radios. I have been officiating both sports since 1998. 

I QSL 100%.. I am trying to get a QSL card from all 50 states so your help will be appreciated...

Thanks for stopping by and reading this.

73"s Doug The "Ugly Little Varmit