Well , my name is Carlus Melvin, Randy, Chavis,I had to stick Randy in there its a nick name and it is what I am called.I got my call back in 1970 and will never change it, not to many wb4's left out there.

My station consists of a Yaesu FT-920,Icom 910H,Yaesu FT-1000MP, Yaesu FT-736r,TE system amps on 2/6/432/222

Collins KWM-2A,312B4. Antennas,TH7DXX,A3WS,D40,617b,17B2,K1FO 432..and dipoles.

I live in West Columbia,S.C. I have lived here most of my life. The only other place I have lived was Vietnam for 2 years for uncle sam. US Army 523 Signal in Chu Lia and the 196 Inf. in Da Nag. Years were 70-72. I help run a MARS station there and had a lot of fun running phone patches for the men ..

I am married to a wonderful woman, She has to be to put up with this ham stuff, for 35 years. We have a son 22,Brad, who is now in the military and a daughter 33 Mandy. I am now a GRANDPA 2 TIMES a girl Lauren and a boy Brayton.

My hobbies are of course ham radio,fishing,hunting,and old cars. I like to go to hamfest and see what new and old stuff that I cannot live without..

I enjoy hf, over 300 countries confurmed on hf, I have really gotten the bug on these bands..6 meters, 2 and 222,432 ssb. I really enjoy working on antennas so I have a antenna farm to play with but always need more.I like to play with different radio's.

Well i guess that tells you something about me. Hope to catch you on the bands sometime or maybe at a hamfest...

RANDY WB4UNA

Rev: WB4UNA - Wed Oct 7 14:23:12 1998