I worked for Uncle Samuel 20 years (1984-2004) troubleshooting, repairing, and configuring various LAN / WAN configurations (and certain communication equipment systems).  For those of you familiar with Navy parlance, I was an ITCS (formerly known as Radioman or RM for short).  For the sake of simplicity for my civilian readers, that's a Senior Chief Petty Officer (E-8).

    Somehow in my career I managed to get married and divorced (the exact number of times will be released on a "Need to know basis" ;-) visit over 15 countries in four continents, sail three oceans and see some very interesting things.  Would I do it again?  Absolutely.

    My fascination with amateur radio and scanning probably started when I was very young, listening to my Grandfather talk on his HAM rig.  When I joined the military in 1984, my duties as a Radio operator further tweaked my interest.  

My Station:

Radio : Kenwood TS-2000, 100 watts available

Antenna : DX Engineering 43 Foot vertical with external tuner at base of antenna or G5RV with MFJ 994B

I QSL VIA LOTW, E-QSL or via Direct with SASE. DX via the BURO.

 This is a picture of me, Circa 1975, in my late Grandfathers (W9IRA) backyard.  Probably my first exposure to amateur radio.

 http://www.ssbusa.com/wimowheel.html

http://www.hamtv.com/wheel.html