Trustee for W3SO (VHF contest station) and W3OSO (160 meters). QCWA #13278, OOTC #3238. Licensed since March 3, 1954. Horseshoe Radio Club - Altoona, PA (1954), Breezeshooters - Pittsburgh, PA (1957), Potomac Valley Radio Club (1960), EARS - Easton, MD.

CW, SSB, 160 meters is the favorite band. Contests, verticals, radial systems (underwater, ground level, elevated), tower construction.

The station is on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay. The West River is a tidal branch. Three towers on the end of a point, one is on the end of a pier. All are 1/4 wave on 160 meters.

B.S. Electrical Engineering - Penn State (1960), M.S.E.E. - Univ. of Illinois (1962), M.A. Anthropology - Univ. of Maryland (1976). Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Tau honor societies.