Hi folks. I was born in 1947 in Muncie Indiana. I moved to Florida in 1990 where I got my ham license in 1997, as KF4QCT. In 2000 I got my uncle’s call sign K9OIM (he is now W9ARI). My brother is KB9NPU in Muncie, and nephew KB9MQL in Columbus Indiana. I moved to beautiful western Kentucky in 2000. I enjoy many aspects of Amateur radio, especially 6-meter SSB grid hunting. I have all states but Alaska confirmed on 6 meters, and too many grids to count. I do not have much of a station, just an Icom IC-706MarkII-G to a 3-element beam for 6 meters—-but hey, it’s the magic band, you don’t need much. I also do 2 meter sideband work, and have 25 states confirmed. I have a 13B2 Yagi at 60 ft for 2M SSB. I enjoy working Amateur satellites (27 states confirmed) and have made 3 contacts with the ISS. One of them was using a handheld with 5 watts and a rubber duck, so how about that. I also have a 220MHz FM radio connected to a Ringo Ranger up 35 feet, and a Kenwood TS440 for HF hooked to a G5RV antenna. I’m a member of the Murray State University Amateur Radio Club (K4MSU) and enjoy the membership and people in the club. I help as much as possible with being legally blind. We have two repeaters on the MSU campus, one on 146.940MHz (PL 91.5) and the other on 443.800MHz (PL 110.9). The 443 machine runs EchoLink, node number 207370, which I monitor often. The club also has another repeater in southeastern Calloway County on 147.240MHz (PL 91.5) which I helped install. We are installing a voting system on the 146.940 machine with remote receivers throughout the county. I scan all the calling frequencies so if in the area, give a shout.