Thanks for looking me up on QRZ! Please allow me to tell you about myself and my radio hobby. I enjoy CW,SSB, and PSK31 on all HF bands. I am a casual DXer,but I mostly enjoy a good "ragchew" on CW. My other amateur radio interests are 2M/440 repeaters, QRP portable HF operation, and public service communications. I love field day. Besides amateur radio, I thoroughly enjoy monitoring HF/VHF/UHF communications outside the amateur bands such as US Coast Guard, Air Traffic Control, military, police, fire, and other emergency frequencies.

STATION & EQUIPMENT: Mostly Icom gear here. My HF station consists of an Icom IC-7000 and an Icom IC-735. My VHF/UHF incude an Icom IC-2100H and an Icom IC-207 2M/70CM radio. I have several Bearcat scanners for monitoring public safety, marine and aircraft frequencies. My shack computer is a Panasonic CF-28 Toughbook connected to a West Mountain Rigblaster Plus for HF digital modes. I use a Vibroplex Vibrokeyer paddle for CW. My HF antennas include a Moseley TA33JR Tri-band beam, a 135 foot doublet fed with ladder line, an elevated full size 20 meter vertical, and a random wire (used for shortwave receive only). My VHF/UHF antennas include a Hustler G7-144 vertical, and Arrow dualband J-pole, a VHF/UHF discone, and a Channel Master Scantenna.

I run the Icom IC-208H when mobile. You may hear me on any number of 2 meter and 440 repeaters in southern New England, especially 146.760 and 443.850/447.425 linked repeaters.

I'm married with two college age sons. I work as a two-way radio technician, specializing in systems engineering & design, installation, and maintainance of radio systems and dispatch centers for police and fire departments. I enjoy the great outdoors including fishing, waterskiing, snow skiing, hiking, and camping. I love spending time at our family's lakeside cabin in Maine.

LASTLY BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY: I'm a bible-beleiving Born-Again Christian, and am active in our local independent Baptist Church. This was the best thing that ever happened to me. I hope that you too would seek out the truth of God's Word in the bible, come to trust Jesus as your personal savior and make him Lord of your life. May God Bless you and yours!

Rev: AA1PL - Fri Feb 12 22:46:47 1999