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I was first licensed at age 12 as WN4RKU in July of 1970. I upgraded to general later that year becoming WB4RKU and now hold an extra class. As a young teenager I worked after school and weekends repairing radios and televisions. I saved my money to buy ham gear and antennas and talked my parents (now silent keys, both were hams) into putting up a 56’ tower in our front yard with a 3 ele tri-band quad! Little did I know how lucky I had it as a young ham! My father was K4DFW (original call) and when W4DFW came open, I obtained that call.  I acquired W4PG in September of 2009.

I was net control for the Carolinas Net (CN) for several years on CW in the early 1970s and used to check into the 4RN and EAN nets as needed. I enjoyed SSTV when it first became operational and was one of the first few stations in SC on SSTV back when SC on SSTV was real DX! I now live with the XYL in Florida.

I occasionally operate PSK as well.

I currently listen much more than I talk. I enjoy DX and have just recently installed my first tower since that one when I was a kid, some 35 years later. My antennas are a 4 ele SteppIR and 2 ele 40 meter beam atop a crank-up US Tower, an R8 Vertical on the roof and an OCF dipole for 80 meters.  The 40 meter beam is at 101 feet and the SteppIR is at 91 ft:

My shack consists of an Icom IC-7800 transceiver with a PW-1 amplifier when needed. I have a Kenwood TS-440S and an Icom IC-735 (from my father’s estate) as backup.  The audio train consists of a Samson C-valve microphone preamplifier supplying the phantom 48 volts to a Samson CL7 studio condenser microphone.  The audio is shaped by a Behringer Ultra-Curve Pro DEQ2496 digital audio processor.

My day job is representing physicians and other healthcare providers in medical malpractice cases. Prior to becoming an attorney, I used to practice medicine in the sub-specialty of nephrology.

I also enjoy flying sailplanes, also called gliders.  Here is a self-portrait while flying at 27,000 feet over the Sierra Nevada mountains:

This is South Lake Tahoe from 25,000 feet.  Heavenly Mountain ski resort is at the bottom left:

The ship I flew to 27,000 feet without an engine on a wing and a prayer:

I hope to see you down the log.

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