Hello. John here . . . Born and raised in Kettering Ohio (Near Dayton, Ohio). I've been a ham for 34 years. Started out in 1975 at age 13 with the Novice license and call, WN8SVN. Advanced to Extra in 1977 with the call WB8SVN. Lived in Phoenix,Arizona for 2 years, Rockford Illinois for 9 years and now Placentia, California for the past 15 years. Traded in the 8 call for KF6I in 1998.

Educated at University of Dayton (BSEE) and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (MSEE) as an Electrical Engineer.

Work as an EMI Engineering Consultant / Chief Engineer for DNB Engineering, Inc, Fullerton, CA.

Live in Placentia with my wife Theresa, N9MTO and six great kids ranging in age from 9 to 22. Three are in college now and one about to graduate.

More active in the last few months that I have been in the last few years. Exploring the new digital modes like PSK31, WSPR and most recently gotton bit by the ESSB bug (i.e high fidelity audio)

Primary equipment is ICOM IC 756 Pro III, Cushcraft R-7 Vertical and CL-33 Tri-bander (only up 10 feet right now), various wire antennas. Amplifier is a Ameritron AL-1500, but don't use it too much.

For ESSB, I have acquired a Kenwood TS-850SAT, DSP-100, Bellari RP-520 preamp and a Behringer DEQ 2496 processor and XM-882 mixer.