Moved October 2015 to Sebastopol, CA. Enjoyed retirement in Livingston, Montana near the Bozeman Pass since Oct. 2010. Got the Steppir DB-36 up on Trylon 64 in 2011. Primary interests are contesting and dxing.

 

First licensed at age 14 in 1957 in Reseda, Ca. as KN6ZQB. Enjoyed the peak sunspot cycle with 4el beam on 10meters in high school.

Went to University of Utah in Salt Lake City on NROTC scholarship, then spent 5 years on active duty with the Navy. Operated /MM with Swan 350 on bridge of ocean going minesweeper during our transit from Long Beach to Vietnam and back.

Also spent time in Wash. DC in Navy at NSA/Naval Security Group near American University.

 

Spent most of my adult life in Washington, DC area with the Federal government as an information technology executive. Active as N3RC in Northern Virginia with PVRC. Here is picture of my high school buddy Al KO7X(ex. K6QPH, SK) at my apartment in N. Va. working Va QSO party in late 60's which got me into contesting.

 

Avid sailor, after retiring I lived onboard Bristol 41 cc cutter and sailed the East Coast and Caribbean for two years before moving back to California.

 

Moved to Mammoth Lakes, Ca .at 8,000', in 2009 (we skied at Mammoth in 2009-2010 from the end of Sept. til July 5th!!!

Other passions include road and mountain biking, skiing, flying, SCUBA, tennis,  and travelling.

Member NCCC, PVRC, NCDXC, REDXA and Northern Rockies DX Association. Trying my hand at county hunting and hope to put out some counties mobile in the near future.

9BDXCC, 5BWAZ, DXCC Challenge 2000, WPX Award Of Excellence, CQ DX Honor Roll(SSB & CW), CQ WPX Honor Roll(Mixed, SSB, CW, Digital), IOTA 200,

CQ-DX-Field Award Honor Roll

 

CWOPS# 429, QCWA #16,527, 10-10 #5849, FISTS #14,531, MARAC #R-2861, Geratol #987/Director #684, SMIRK #6,366

Graduated from the University of Utah, George Washington University, University of Southern California, the Senior Executive Institute in Charlottsville and the Senior Managers in Government at Harvard University.

Also retired from the Navy reserve as a Captain in 2004.

73/KB Roger N3RC rogern3rc@gmail.com