Fred Cady is Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montana State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Canterbury, NZ, and is a Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. His teaching career of 40+ years was spent helping EE students learn basic and complex electrical engineering topics. He garnered many teaching awards and has published five textbooks on microcomputers.

Fred has been licensed since 1959, holding an amateur extra class license. His calls over the years have been WA2GHN, KC4USM, ZL3ADY, KE7X/YV5, KE7X/YV7, KE7X/6Y5, 6Y9A, 3D2XA, and C6AKX. He is an avid CW contester and a member of the world-record holding contest group Team Vertical.

Fred is the author of The Elecraft K3: Design, Configuration, and Operation, an in-depth look at the Elecraft K3 radio. You can find more information about this book at www.ke7x.com.

Fred QSLs via LOTW, the bureau, direct and soon, eQSL.