My handle is "Eli"; received my license in 1960. I am originally from Wheeling, WV; moved to Tulsa, OK in 1966. Enjoy operating cw and phone on 40-10 running an Icom 746PRO barefoot to a Hustler ground mounted vertical with radials.

I graduated college in 1963 and went on active duty in the Navy; was on board the USS Grand Canyon AD-28 (destroyer tender) for 2 years and had the opportunity to operate maritime mobile coming back from the Mediterranean running phone patches; my call then was K8ZPS/MM. It was a memorable experience.

In May of 1966, I got married to my college sweetheart. We have two daughters and four grandchildren. I am in retailing; selling photographic equipment since 1973.

Other hobbies are photography, woodworking and shooting pistols on an indoor range.