My love of shortwave began with an old Philco radio at the age of ten.  A couple of years later I passed my Novice license and was issued WN5SAP in New Orleans, LA.  After high school I joined the Air Force and was a MARS operator for over six years. 

Being in corporate life for major manufacturers around the country, and later owning four businesses in New Orleans, I was out of radio for 32 years.  After retiring at the age of 49 in the year 2000, I decided to get my ham ticket back.  Morse Code was never a problem for me, in two weeks I was back up to speed.  I love CW, always will.  My FISTS # is 11731 and my SKCC # is 287.

The day after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, I relayed a message from FEMA, which was from President George W. Bush to the Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin.  A local TV crew was in my radio room doing a news story on how hams were helping after the storm and all this was caught on video.  Since then, I have eight TV news stories all on DVD, and numerous newspaper articles. 

I am also the Chief EmComm Radio Operator for the Convoy of Hope, a faith based group that helps during disasters.  I am one of the four founding members of the Titanic Special Event Station operated out of Branson, MO. from the World’s Largest Titanic Museum (see www.wzeros.com.)  Also I am one of the NCS for the Texas Traders Net every Sunday morning on 7.245 at 10:30 AM CST and 3.922 at 7:00 PM.

Yes, everyone calls me “SAP”, and I prefer that on and off the air.  The FCC knew my sense of humor long ago.  Everything I build or own has “SAP” incorporated in the name.  My car is the “SAP”mobile.  I co-built the “Sapallo” telegraph key while at Dayton 2007 with Al Gallo, WØERE, which was published in the FISTS and World Radio Magazines. 

Currently have a Tri-Ex 70 foot electric tower with a Mosley Pro 67 and Cushcraft 50S5 six meter beam on top.  One sixty foot telephone pole and two 50 foot telephone poles are placed along the fence line for a 160 meter dipole.  A 60 foot Glen Martin tower with Hazer holds my homebrew three element 30 Meter Monster Beam, I call my “Trizilla.”  Also have a Fullwave 80 Meter Delta Loop with a switching stub that turns the loop into a Two Wave Length Bi-Square on 40 Meters.

73 and 6146.  “SAP”