The picture above was taken at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The man on the left is Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard. The guy on the right is me.

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I first obtained my Novice license February 15, 1974 when I was thirteen years old. Got my General in 1976, Advanced in 1980, and Extra license in 1981. Previous callsigns are WN8RMS, WB8RMS, and K9RMS.

I spend almost all my radio time on 40 meters (SSB). One of my favorite hobbies is building and experimenting with big wire antennas for 40m, 80m, and 160m.

Currently, I have a 11-element 40m wire Yagi at 50' beaming due West. The total boom length of the West antenna is a little over 360'. I have another driven element and one director on the East side of the reflector element that I can switch to, which makes it a 3-element Yagi beaming East (its boom length is about 42 feet).

I also have a 75m Horizontal Delta loop at appx. 35' high and a 160m Inverted "L".

For 2m I have a "Slim Jim" antenna pulled up in a tree at about 50'.

Station equipment:

Kenwood TS-440s, Kenwood TS-830s, ICom IC-781, Kenwood TS-520S, Ameritron AL-80A amplifier, Palstar AT1500DT Antenna Tuner, IC-T7A 2m HT, and an IC-V8000 (75W 2m FM XCVR).

Most of the equipment listed above was given to me by my generous and loving brother, Tom (WA8DXD). Thanks Tom!!