I have always been interested in communications and technology when as a boy scout I visited a field day with scouts operating HF gear in a local forest. I spend my time in the outdoors of the great Northwest; from river drift boat fishing and ocean fishing to upland bird, waterfowl hunting and big game elk hunting. I combine my outdoor activities with amateur radio useage. The hunting and fishing I do is all within four hours of my home in Port Orchard, Washington. I became a ham in the early 80's and over the years have accumulated an extensive collection of HF, VHF and UHF equipment including Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS) installed in all my rolling and floating equipment. Even my canine retrievers have a tracker. As many of you may understand APRS technology integrates GPS (Global Positioning System) with the TNC (Terminal Node Controller) and your ham VHF or HF radio transcievers to provide pinpoint geographic information. I mostly use my HF voice gear when hunting and fishing in Washington, Canada and Alaska. I also operate PSK 31 on 20 meters with this capability installed in our (my wife is N7RIF) travelling hunting and fishing lodge [motorhome]. At home I get a lot of use out of my HF gear coupled with PSK 31 which is on all the time in the motorhome which turns into a ham shack. I retired from 30+ exciting and rewarding years in the U.S.Navy as an LDO, officially known as a Limited Duty Officer but known throughout the fleet as "Loud Dumb & Obnoxious" with tours mostly in submarines, aircraft carriers, amphibs, an UNREP ship and a very interesting and challenging tour as a Tugmaster of YTB-761 to name a few. I spent the first few years serving on ships in the Middle East homeported at Bahrain Island in the Persian Gulf. I can remember spending my 21st birthday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. What fun! I only recently retired from the defense contracting business and now devote all my time to the great outdoors while hunting and fishing. Ham radio fits in quite well with this endeavor. Look under EXPEDITIONS at my website, http://www.hunt-one.com The website was originally put up for Hunt One, a 1974 Toyota Land Cruiser loaded with all different types of 4X4, recovery, electronic, electrical, endurance and ham radio technology which integrates quite well into our field and stream adventures. For in-depth look at Hunt One's capabilities look under SYSTEMS at my website. It has the complete graphics on the LC's mechanical, electrical and electronics systems. For instance the LC is dual fuel and runs on propane and gasoline [propane is a real benefit from a cost perspective in places like Canada and California] which gives the LC a considerably longer range when in the field. In my spare time I volunteer much time as the Chief Operator of the Western Washington Repeaters Association (WWRA), PO BOX 1001 of Silverdale, Washington. The repeaters callsign is WW7RA. We have dual repeaters operating on 146.620MHz & 442.650MHz, t103.5Hz with APRS RELAY, Weather and a Microphone Encoder capability located on both UHF and VHF repeaters operating 24/7 just 7 miles west of Bremerton, Washington on Gold Mountain at an height of 2200 feet. Both repeaters have excellent coverage in the Puget Sound area of western Washington and very good coverage from Vancouver, B.C. to Vancouver, Washington along the I-5 corridor. Please visit our WWRA website at http://www.ww7ra.com.