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W0PEA Donald W Thomas 2111 Richfield Wichita, KS 67207 USA Lookups:   2627 Ham Member
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QRZ Record: 559799 Login to manage/edit Lookups: 2627 (2633) Mailing Label... QRZ Admin: W0PEA Last Update: 2009-10-22 10:45:41 Class: Extra Codes: HAI Effective: 2006-03-02 Expires: 2016-05-22Apply for a Vanity callsign... Latitude: 37.655854 (37° 39' 21'' N) Longitude: -97.201394 (97° 12' 5'' W) Grid Square: EM17jp US State: Kansas US County: Sedgwick Previous: K5VHE Born: 1939 GMT Offset: -6 hours ULS Record: 778849 FCC page... Admin For: (2) W0PEA WA4TWM

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Donald W. Thomas WØPEA

Born Silverton Texas March 7, 1939

Education ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Silverton High School 1945 – 1957

Texas Technological University 1958 – 1961 Electrical Engineering

United States Air Force 1961 - 1964 Electronics Instructor

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Father: Perry Thomas K5YWJ (Silent Key December 15, 2003)

Mother: Estelle Thomas KB5VVN  (Silent Key September 4, 2009)

Sister: Becky Woods WA5DYT

Niece: Juannah Brice N5IKT

Niece: Melissa Williamson N5PGS

O.M. of N5PGS: Travis Williamson KD5TVC

Cousin: Jack Mayfield KA5KOB

Cousin: Elana Mayfield KA5THI

Cousin: Marty Mayfield KK5OB

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Extra Class Amateur License W0PEA

FCC First Class Radiotelephone License with Radar Endorsement 1958, Converted to Lifetime General Radio Operator License (GROL) with Radar Endorsement in 1986.

Amateur License Held since 1958.

Previous Calls: K5VHE, W5DGC, W9HSD

ARRL Member since 1958.

ARRL Life Member since 1981.

ARRL Public Service Award (April 1960)

ARRL Public Service Award (July 1967)

ARRL Public Service Award (August 1976)

ARRL A-1 Operator Club (September 1967)

ARRL Old Timers Club (April 1987)

The Royal Order of the Wouff Hong (Oct 1986)

Commercial Pilot with Instrument & Multi-Engine Ratings.

Cessna Aircraft Company Avionics Instructor 1973 - 1980

Retired Manufacturing Development Engineer Boeing Aircraft Company 1980 - 1995

Contract Engineering Consultant, Raytheon Aircraft Co. 1997 - 2001

Contract Adjunct Electronics Instructor for FCC Commercial License Butler County Community College 1996 - 2003

Contract Communications / Engineering Consultant, 1995 - Present

Contract Adjunct Avionics  Instructor, Wichita Area Technical College 

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Electronics Technicians Association - International

http://www.eta-i.org/

Instructor and Certification Administrator for:

FCC Commercial License Exams:

GROL - GENERAL RADIOTELEPHONE OPERATOR LICENSE

SHIP RADAR ENDORSEMENT

MROP - Marine Radio Operator Permit

GMDSS-GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM OPERATOR

GMDSS-GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM MAINTAINER

GMDSS-GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM RESTRICTED

T-RADIOTELEGRAPH CERTIFICATE

Certification Administrator for:

Certified Electronic Technician Exams,

Journeyman Options:

Audio Video Distribution - AVD Avionics - AVN Biomedical - BMD Biomedical Imaging - BIET* Certified Alarm - Security - CAST Computer Service Technician - CST* Certified Network Computer Technician - CNCT* Certified Network Systems Technician CNST* Certified Satellite Installer - CSI*

Antenna Endorsement - CSI-A

C and Ku Band Endorsement - CSI-C/Ku

Commercial Endorsement - CSI-COM

SMATV Endorsement - CSI-SMATV

Consumer Electronics - CEST (Radio/TV-VCR-Audio)

Industrial - IND Personal Communications Service

Cellular - PCS-C* RADAR - RAD RF Linesweeping - FDR

Telecommunications - TCM* (Phone-Data-Microwave-VSAT)

Wireless Communications - WCM* (Two Way-Mobile-Cellular)