Brief ham radio history:

First licensed in 1970, I Have operated in the following DX locations:

5W   Western Samoa
7J    Japan
FP St.Pierre et Miquelon
KC6  Palau
KH0  Saipan
KH2  Guam
KH6  Hawaii
KH8  American Samoa
V63  Pohnpei
V73  Marshall Is
VP2K St. Kitts

Current station: TenTec Omni VII; Henry 8K Ultra; Station Master band decoder, controlling homebrew 10 position remote antenna switch.  Yaesu FT225RD+ARR preamp, RF Concepts brick; 222Mc Elecraft transverter, TenTec Omni VI+ i.f., RF Concepts brick;

Antennas: 160-1/4wave Vertical tower; 80-5element steerable vertical array (parasitic), Full Wave loop; 40 2/2 Hygain Discoverer 72 Yagis; 20-4/4 HyGain 204BA; 15-5/5 HyGain 155CA; 10-5/5 HyGain 105CA; WARC-Cushcraft A3WS w/30M add-on; 6-HyGain 6 element DX66; 2m-8el Overbeck Quagi;222-8el Overbeck Quagi;1000'+ 2 wire Beverage listening antennas (6 directions).

Amateur radio has been a lifelong blessing for me.  It has shaped my personal and professional life in many positive ways, and has been a conduit for meeting numerous remarkable people.  My very best friends are Hams, and they are, without exception, the finest examples of character, generosity and integrity.  Ham radio has to be the best avocation there is!

73, Jeff