The picture was taken in Jan. 1960; I was 17 years old and a Senior in High School. The equipment was: a WRL Globe Scout 65A transmitter with a Bud VFO, and a brand new Hallicrafters SX-110 receiver with the matching speaker. My start in Ham Radio came at age 11, when I built a "Cat-Whisker", crystal radio receiver as a Boy Scout project.  I listened to the local AM broadcast station WLSH, on 1410 Khz, but also heard the local Ham Operators in the area who were transmitting on "AM Phone".  I got to meet a few of them and I was hooked on the hobby. I got this callsign as a Novice (WN3EEK) in 1955, at the age of 12, and have been active on the bands with it since that time.  I upgraded to General class in 1956, passed my Advanced in 1968 and Extra class in 1972. I also hold an FCC Commercial, General Radiotelephone License.  I joined the U.S. Navy in October of 1960 and served on active duty as a Communications Technician (CT-2) at "NSS", (the Naval Communications Station, in Washington, D.C.) until December of 1964. I also did temporary "Sea Duty" assignments, during that time, on board the U.S.S. Tanner (a geodetic survey ship) for 3 months in 1962,  and the U.S.S. Jamestown ( a communications research ship) for 6 months in 1964.   I graduated from Penn State University in 1970 with a degree in Electrical and Electronic Technology and worked for  Pennsylvania Power and Light Co. for 37 years in the Electrical Engineering Deptartment and retired in 2003.  I'm active on all bands mainly on CW.  I also enjoy operating QRP, when band conditions permit. I belong to several radio clubs, including: the EPA QRP Club member #37;  - (SARA) Schuylkill Amateur Repeater Association  (Charter member & Club Trustee of  W3SC);  - (TAARA) Tamaqua Area Amateur Radio Association   (Club Trustee of  W3SX); - (TARC) Tampa  (Fla) Amateur Radio Club, and also a Life Member of ARRL. During the Winter months you may find me operating, portable 4,  from my other home in Zephyrhills, Florida, located in Pasco County (EL-88) near Tampa. My FISTS No. is 11,559. I have 7 Band DXCC 80 thru 10 meters, including 30 and 17 Meters, QRP DXCC, and my DXCC total is 324 countries confirmed. My XYL is Mary Lou (WB3EID), we have 2 grown children, a son in San Francisco and a married daughter in Tampa (also 3 grandchildren). Station equipment: Icom IC-756 PRO III, IC-7000, TS-50S, FT-817 (QRP XCVR), TS-830S, Drake L4B, Ameritron AL-80A, and Heath SB-200 amplifiers. Also have a DX-100  for AM operation, DX-60B and a WRL Globe Scout 65A; Drake R4A receiver and several Hallicrafter receivers (S20R, S40A, SX-110).  Antennas: Multi-band, center fed, Double Zepp fed with 450 ohm ladderline, a Johnson KW Matchbox antenna tuner and a Telrex (TB5-EM) 5 Element  tri-band yagi on a 50 Ft. tower. Hope to hear you on the bands soon.  73 Carl W3EEK