Update Oct 27, 2011

Married in 2008 to Pat. Her house is in FL. So i am now a citizen of FL but I still have my house in GA. So we go back and forth. My GA station is still as it was. FT 847 except for some additional antennas.

In FL, I bought a boat, a Rinker 342.We named her the "Salt Shaker." I was able to easily install an ICOM 706 MK II G aboard along with a TransWorld TW 2010 antenna. I can also convert it to a TW 4040. Excellent performance. I would attribute it to salt water as a ground plane but we have had the boat in fresh water and the results there are excellent as well. When I figure out how to put more than one picture on the QRZ.com, I will add a couple more.

We did the great loop in 2010 aboard the MV/Salt Shaker. Lots of great ham contacts while on the trip. The ARRL Field Day happened when we were at Troy NY on the Hudson River. A great FD contact was with the Motor City Radio Club, W8MRM. Great for me because I was a member of the MCRC from roughly 1956 to 1962. I owe them a card.

Our trip is being described on www.saltshakerontheloop.blogspot.com . Not finished yet but I am working on it.

I will leave the old text in place because helps tell my story.

Tony

W8PWP

10/27/2011

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EARLIER POST OF 2002

I have lots of fond memories of all of the oldtimers I used to ham with, W8MWV, K8BGO, W8IRP, W8QFR, W8QFM, W8PWQ, W8QKP, W8RMM, club radio W8MRM and many many others when I lived in Allen Park, Michigan in the 50's. I became active once again again here in Newnan, Ga., southwest of Atlanta, in late 2000. Prior to that, the last entry in my log was made in 1964 when I still lived in Michigan.

I still have my old Viking II, NC300 and related stuff, and with a little "fixing" of some of their aging components, might be brought back to life again someday.

Today, I have a Yaesu FT-847. I am sure it is typical of most of modern radios in that its capabilities and quality of operation are amazing to me each time I turn it on. I currently use a tripod mounted Alpha-Delta Outbacker mobile antenna that sits on the ground, just behind the house. This set up works the world with little difficulty. Wow!

The picture was taken in 2001. The stream in the picture is the "Little Wahoo Creek" that runs behind my house. The water in it finds its way into the Wahoo Creek, into the Chatahooche River, then into the Apalachacola river where it completes its journey into the Gulf of Mexico.

Member ARRL, Bill Gremillion Memorial Amateur Radio Club, Fists #8812.

73's Tony

Updated 7/30/02