My legal name is William, but my parents called me Mark. Retired,I have M.S. and am living with it comfortably. My QTH is El Cajon,Calif. [home of Jimmie Johnson-#48-Nascar 5 Time Champion]. The altitude here is approx 2000 feet, and I presently use a TH7DX at 70' and a 7 el10M Quad at 55',a 5el6M Quad at 30',and a 133' 80M Doublet,6M5/8wave vertical. My radios are [Terrys] ADI-AR146 2M, Icom IC737-AT and Yaesu Ft-950 [new] HF radios. My wife Terry is also interested in our hobby and plans to have her license soon. She has already found an addiction to building wire antennas with our 2 Moxon antennas so far,on 10M and 6 M.

Terry does more than simply support my Ham Radio Hobby, She is actively pursueing the logging of all my past DX Contacts that I have recieved cards for from Via Buro. She also is my fabrication and building partner,and is becomming a damned fine groundman,for those times I simply MUST climb. And Today,2/2/13 Terry Passed Her Tech Exam ! ! ! ! Her new call is KK6CDG !!!And another Update !2/16/13 Terry just Passed her General test and now holds a General Class license!!

Below we see Kevin Gaudette and Juergen Laser helping place the re-built TH7DX on the Mast in my elevator.

Please remember to listen for, and work, the H44 IOTA DXPedition now ongoing in the Soloman Islands Chain. Heres the Website.

http://h44iota.com/projects/h44-iota-ham-radio/

And ,this is a Major Shout-out to Ron Rosson Jr. KF5JRA ,without whose help, my digital modes would still be non-existant. Using todays Technology,and Team Viewer software, he was able to massage and manipulate my software and LOTW into useable formats. Thanks Ron !!!!

R.I.P. Luis - XE1L DX-OM