Income to support my lifestyle and that of my family comes from the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, P-3 Operations Center West, Corpus Christi, Texas. Whew what a mouthfull!

Amateur radio hardware consists of a Yaesu FT-51R and FT-990, Radio Shack HTX 242 and an ADI two meter rig. Since moving to Bandera County I've been busy clearing land, finishing the house, restoring a classic Ford tractor and other projects prepping things for my easy life in retirement! I have acquired enough ROHN 25 tower sections to put up 140'. The antenna farm is a fledgling but growing monster.

I'm teaching myself Visual Basic.Net, PHP, APACHE, and MySQL, for starters. Of course this is part and parcel of picking up that Extra study guide.