STATION LOCATION: Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles County, California.

Born and raised in California, I got into radio as a kid. I am a life-long amateur astronomer. When it would get too cloudy to get the telescope out, I'd spend hours at the controls of my good friend' s well-worn Hallicrafters S-38c, like a safecracker, trying to coax dx signals out of that wonderful old radio.

As an SWL I've always had shortwave radios and scanners, so when my wife, Cassie, wanted help to get her Technician license for her Equine Response Team's emergency communications in 2002, I got my license too. We have consecutive callsigns: KG6MZR & KG6MZS. I went on to upgrade to general in 2004.

I'm a graphic artist & designer by trade, but I still love the science of astronomy and radio.

Other interests: sailboat racing (just did my 6th Newport to Ensenada regatta), mountaineering and peakbagging, skiing (nordic and downhill), movies, music and literature. I'm also into meteorology. I have weather station hooked up to my computer and have been databasing samples from the Davis Weather Monitor II every 5 minutes for over a decade.

My main rig is an Elecraft K3/100 which I run barefoot into two multiband doublets 50 feet up in the eucalyptus trees around my house.  I tune them with a Palstar AT2K tuned with an MFJ-259B antenna analyzer.  I am active on SSB and the digital modes.  Also on the PAPA Repeater System (www.papasys.net)

I am a strong advocate of The ARRL's Logbook of the World. While I love cards, this is a great way to get QSLs. I throughly recommend it! If you haven't signed up yet, check it out. It's free!

QSL 100% to any request for a card. All QSOs are uploaded to LotW. All eQSLs are returned with an AG eQSL. All cards sent direct or by the Bureau are returned direct. SASEs are nice but not necessary.  Please be patient as I do cards in batches.

73 and good DX

Eric Fitzgerald KG6MZS - DXCC & WAS

Member ARRL, PAPA system

PODXS 070 #814

EPC # 5622