New Mexico native Raul Midon is a professional singer songwriter guitarist. He has been an amateur radio enthusiast since Mrs. Redmond introduced he and his brother to the hobby back when they both attended the New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped. Midon now resides in Maryland having scored a major record deal while living in NYC. He continues to pursue his music career tourig the world and spends as much time as possible using his Kenwood TS2000 together with his Multi-band 4 element 5 band yagi and Ameritron ALS1300 amplifier. He also has included CW in a song which was released on his debut album "State of Mind" on June 7, 2005. Being a well travelled musician has allowed him to buddy up with ARP - Amateur Radio Paris, an organization that embodies all the best of Amateur Radio and eats well too! He shares his new house with his wife Kathleen and their very furry, very beautiful cat "Oliver Fuzzy Kat" and have welcomed a local addition into their home, cream tabby cat, Noodles. Most recently they adopted a 6 year old Havanese named Mocha.  No furry creatures are  allowed in the basement so they are not actively pursuing any ham radio hobby!  Kathleen was vying for a pool (and still is).  Having lost the battle for the pool the tower now stands directly outside of her bay window. A trip to Paris softened the blow. One wise French ham said - allowing your ham husband to have whatever he wants pretty much ensures a lifetime of happiness for you the spouse. Thanks to local ham N8PK the antennas for the tower were generously assembled!  We then hired W3MC who is a professional tower guy to install the 18 element Vertical UHF beam, 20 Element Cross Polarized 2 Meter Beam and the 4 Element 5 Band Yagi.  At this moment everything is up and running well.