From my early childhood I've always been interested in radio. I have fond memories of the CB in my Dad's truck. I got into CB heavily in the late 90's up until being diagnosed with MS in 2002 which forced me to move back in with my parents. Shortly after this I met a group of local HAMs who really encouraged me to get my license.In 2004, the local amateur radio club, Montgomery Amateur Radio Club held a Technician class which gave me the confidence boost to take and pass the element 2 exam. Then, during March and April of 2006 they held a General upgrade class. With the help of that class and the awesome CodeQuick software and audio tapes I passed elements 1 and 3 to gain my General class license on 4/10/2006. Then on 10/9/2006 I passed element 4 to upgrade to Amateur Extra.

I'm a member of the following organizations:

Montgomery Amateur Radio Club( http://www.w4ap.org )

ARRL
(http://www.arrl.org)

FISTS International Morse Preservation Society #12305
(http://www.fists.org/index.html)

10-10 International #74794
(http://www.ten-ten.org)