first licensed at belle chase la. while stationed at nas new orleans moved to ca. in 79 but did not change call. spent time in pacific operating under various call {kg6naa, /kh6, and other islands. transfered in 82 to diego garcia in indian ocean, operated as vq9sb. have been in san fran area since 83 but have not been very active. still operate on 15 when i do get on. will be moving to washington state soon {nov98}. will keep call after all JMC means just making conversation...k anyone wanting to contact me can use address in callbook, it is my folks and they will foreward it to me. 73 ben {stan}

Rev: WD5JMC - Mon Oct 5 20:22:24 1998 well, finally got moved from calif. to washington state. now living in auburn on a lot that gives me room to put up a real antenna. im active on 10 6 160, but am able to get on all bands in between as well as 220fm 440fm and 2meters multimode. just passed the extra last weekend. ive been doing some contesting and of course chewing the rag. anyone looking for a card from my vq9 operation in 82-83 please qsl direct as both the people listed as my qsl managers in the contempory pubs have now become silent keys. i have deceided to change my call to a 7 land even though it has been an important part of my life for over 20 yrs. 73 stan...