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Hello - Many moons ago in high school I got my novice then technician. Fast forward several decades through school, raising a family, career, etc. In December 2012 I rediscovered Amateur radio and am exploring all of the relatively newer facets of the hobby (i.e., the digital stuff).

I've been working with PSK31, APRS, EchoLink on Android, and CW as well as 2 meters / 440 in the Jeep

Logs sent to eQSL, HRDLOG, and LOTW. I enjoy receiving paper QSL cards and always 100% return - no SASE required. Nothing like getting that little paper card in the mail to brighten the day.

My background is mainly in computer science and software development. I taught grad level  computer science at a major University in Chicago's loop for 10 years after work and have done some technical writing. But it's mainly been executive management and very hands on building of production, mission critical software.

Just getting back into CW, so if you hear me calling CQ please be kind to a beginner.

The photo below is me and my two sons. My younger son (on the right) got married Jan 26, 2013 so we snapped his last free moments.

Thanks for reading and hope to speak with you soon.

73's - John