I was first licensed in 1961 as W9CTJ and have held the additional calls of W0IHR, W9MIT and W6MKA. I dropped out of ham radio but decided that I hadn't done all of the things I wanted to do yet, so I took all 3 tests in February 2008 and got my Extra. I retired from the USAF in 1984. I spent 12 years in Ground Radar at such places as St. Anthony NF, Cape Newenham, AK, Iowa, Oregon and California. I spent my last 8 years in Avionics Communications in Ohio, California, England and Okinawa. I had the privilege of working on the SR-71 Blackbird during my last 4 years, and retired in Arizona. After my Air Force career I became a EE and worked in the Two-Way Radio business in Arizona and Indiana. I moved to Virginia in 1991 to work for Ericsson (Former GE Mobile Radio) and helped close the factory in 2001. I spent about 2 years total in Kumla Sweden for Ericsson and enjoyed it very much. I enjoy homebrewing, antennas, and now I am getting into RTTY (my prefered mode), Contesting and DXing. During my Air Force time I was very active in Air Force MARS. I am originally from Fort Wayne Indiana and just celebrated my 66th birthday. I'm using a Ten Tec Omni VI+, Dipoles for 80 and 20 meters, a Hy-Gain TH2 Mk2 tribander for 20-15 & 10 meters, and a 52 year old Johnson Thunderbolt amplifier (Pair 4-400A).  I prefer to use LOTW and I will QSL 100% direct for SAE and adequate funds to cover DX postage. Thanks for reading about me, hope to work your station either again or soon. 73 David.