I GREW UP NEAR MIDWAY AIRPORT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO THE OLDEST OF 6 BROTHER'S AND SISTER'S . I ALWAYS LIKED ELECTRICITY AND STUFF,AFTER HI SCHOOL JOINED THE USMC,AND WHILE STATIONED IN HAWAII,IN 1976 I STARTED AS A CB'ER ,KACM6663,,"THE BLUE HORIZON", WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ,AFTER 7YRS,4MNTHS,13DAYS, in 1979, AS AN, E-6,SSGT  , " SEMPER FI " ,,WORKED WITH PACTEL AND AT&T IN SAN DIEGO FOR 6-1/2 YRS, THEN MOVED BACK TO CHICAGO LAND IN 1984,I WAS A PADRE'S FAN THEN, NOW  I'M A BIG CUBS FAN. AFTER 21 YEARS  IN IBEW LOCAL#134, I'M NOW DISABLED/RETIRED, I PASSED MY TECH TEST 5/5/09. I  PASSED THE GENERAL TEST 5/23/09.FOR NOW I'M OPERATING ON 2 METERS USING A TR-7930, ON A COMET GP-15, UP ABOUT 41FT WITH A MIRAGE FOR HELP AND,, 10 / 11 METERS ON A SUPER SCANNER ANT,UP 56FT ,AND A SIRIO D-27 DIPOLE CUT TO 1O METERS UP @41 FT ON THE SIDE OF THE TOWER UNDER THE SUPER SCANNER  WITH NE/SW DIRECTIONALITY, USING A CLEAR CHANNEL AR-3300 RIG ,WITH A FATBOY 700 FOR POWER,,AND ON 12,15,17,20 AND 40 METERS USING A KENWOOD TS-440-S , JUST ADDED AN ALS-600S TO HELP GET THRU THE PILE-UPS!, ON A G5RV JR ANT ,UP 41FT OPERATING E/W DIRECTIONALITY AND GETTING READY TO EXPLORE 6METERS  ,I ENJOY THE DX'ING!! SO NOW I CHEER FOR THE CUBS,,and GOOD, OH HECK,' ANY SKIP CONDITIONS' ,!! GOOD DX'ING & ,LOW SWR'S TO ALL,, 73'S AND GOD'S BLESSING'       10-10 75458     if u use EQSL, PLEASE log in our qso,and, make sure you are "AG". or your qso doesn't count towards awards, i'll be caught up to date soon,,hang in there. thanks. i hope Q'cards are cheaper than NEW WALLPAPER hihi  as of 2 SEPT 2009 i've worked all states all bands, now for the PAPERWORK!! HOPE TO WORK YOU AGAIN!!    KC9PTD  PartyToDay