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Click for more detail... Ron was first licensed in 1962 as K1YIW. Two years later, at 20 years of age, he traveled by Greyhound bus from Northern Maine to Boston Massachusetts and upgraded from Conditional Class to Extra Class. While at the old Boston Customhouse he passed the FCC exams for the Third Class, Second Class, and First Class Radiotelephone Licenses. He obtained his current callsign in 1976 under the FCC's Incentive Licensing Program. Other call signs he held prior to 1976 were W3FPX and K4GTH. He was drafted by the US Army in 1965 and spent two years at Fort Richardson and Fort Greely, Alaska, where he evaluated prototype HF equipment in sub-zero climates. In his spare time he operated the MARS station at Fort Greely. He started his career in broadcasting at WAGM-TV in Presque Isle ME, shortly after his discharge from the Army, and then went on to college in Washington DC.
While studying for his engineering degree he worked part time for the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda MD, under a work-study program, and for WMAL-TV in Washington DC. Upon his graduation he went to work for Jansky and Bailey Broadcast Consultants in Washington DC for a period of 9 years.
In 1980 he was hired by CBS Inc., in its Engineering and Development Division, where he advised the CBS Law Department on technical matters before the Federal Communications Commission. Upon his return to Northern Virginia in 1985, he worked as a self-employed broadcast engineering consultant and later took a senior engineering position with the US Coast Guard in its Spectrum Management Division. He retired from Civil Service in 1999.
Ron is a licensed Professional Engineer in Maine and Virginia. He enjoys hunting, fishing, and boating in Northern Maine. His prime interests in amateur radio are rag chewing and experimenting with tree-supported wire antennas.
Check out Ron’s webpage for additional photos of his stations, antennas, etc. http://mysite.verizon.net/w4vr/
For a Youtube video of the W4VR antenna farm go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj5pi1bXSj4
SOUTHEAST VIEW OF EAGLE LAKE FROM MY BACK YARD
SOUTHWEST VIEW OF SUNSET FROM MY BACK YARD
2-ELEMENT 40 METER WIRE YAGI BEAMING 80 DEGREES
3-ELEMENT 40 METER YAGI BEAMING 240 DEGREES Note 80 meter dipole fed in parallel with driven element
1963 RADIO SHACK: HEATH DX100/SB10 TRANSMITTER, JOHNSON TUNER, AND HAMMARLUND HQ170 RECEIVER Last modified: Mon Nov 9 14:39:34 2009 Does this page contain inappropriate content? If so, Report this page... |
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