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I was first licensed in 1976 as WN4PSL when I was in junior high school. I upgraded to Extra and received AA4NC, (one of the first US 2x2 calls) in 1977. I have been interested in contesting my entire ham career, and prefer being on the DX end of the pileups. I've operated from all over using callsigns such as:

• AA4NC/C6A The Bahamas
• FS/AA4NC and FS5PL St. Martin
• AA4NC/HC Ecuador
• AA4NC/HH2 Haiti
• AA4NC/KP1 Navassa Island
• AA4NC/KP2 U.S. Virgin Islands
• AA4NC/KP4 Puerto Rico
• PJ5/AA4NC St. Eustatius
• AA4NC/PJ7 St. Maarten
• AA4NC/VE1 Canada
• AA4NC/VP2M and VP2MU Montserrat
• AA4NC/VP2V British Virgin Islands
• AA4NC/V47 and V47Z St. Kitts
• AA4NC/XE3 Mexico
• ZS2/AA4NC South Africa
• AA4NC/3DA0 Swaziland
• CY0XX Sable Island
• HC8N Galapagos Islands
• P40AA Aruba
• V31RR Belize (QSL via AI4U)
• VP2E, VP2EE, VP2EN, VP2ENC Anguilla
• VP2ME Montserrat (QSL via AI4U)
• VP5NC and VP5/AA4NC Turks & Caicos Islands
• 4V2C Haiti
• 6Y5/AA4NC Jamaica
• 8P9JA and 8P9JB Barbados

• K7LXC/WG 1990 World Radiosport Team Championship - Seattle
• W4ATC NC State University station - my alma mater - Go Wolfpack!!
• W4MR Contest club callsign / DX Packet cluster (QSL via AI4U)
• AA4NC/6 California QSO Party mobile(45 counties in a weekend!)
• K3LR multi/multi station in Sharon, Pennsylvania
• W1AW/4 The AA4NC station hosted W1AW for the 2008 IARU HF Championships with PVRC-NC operators
• N4RJ multi/single station in Snellville, Georgia
• W4WA multi/single station in the metropolis of Lula, Georgia
• N4OX in beautiful downtown Molino, Florida
• W4NH Fourlanders VHF Club contest mountaintop expeditions
• W4ATC/4 VHF contest mountaintop expeditions
• N4KK/M Florida QSO Party - Multi/2 in a Van!
• K4OO The Ultimate Field Day Station brought to you by the Smith Chart Society
• K6IDX in the mountains ofbeautiful northern California - multiops with W6OAT in the California QSO Party
• N1LN/4 in Chapel Hill, NCa PVRC-NC multiop station hosted by Bruce and Laurie Meier

I am an on again/off again DXer (DXCC Honor Roll, 9BDXCC, VUCC - 6 meters) and I enjoy RTTY, PSK31 and chasing grids on 6 and 2 meter SSB/CW as well.

I am a member of PVRC, and am the trustee of the Confederate Contest Club and use the W4MR callsign occasionally in contests from my QTH. My station is set up for single op and multi-single. I have two towers (120' and 80') on a one acre property. You can find the current configuration at www.conteststations.com.

I find that meeting new friends is the best part of being in the amateur radio fraternity. I have had the pleasure of making many friends all over the world who share my fascination with this crazy hobby that affects us "hamaholic mutants". The magic of worldwide communication without wires still holds a fascination for me. I will never forget the many happy hours spent in front of a crappy old radio pulling out weak, watery CW signals from strange lands when I was a kid in high school.

My other hobbies are flying and playing music. I hold a commercial pilot's license and own a Mooney M20J (N3933H). I am currently the guitarist and vocalist for the band, Ventura Highway (www.venturahighwayband.com). I am an electrical engineer (registered P.E.specializing in Telecommunications).

My other hobby is flying. Here is a shot of my airplane in flight.

Something is always in need of repair. Here it is a 2 element 40 meter beam. I am in the crane basket repairing a blown loading coil.