Welcome to my Ham Shack

Hello , my name is Mark Gierhart. First Licensed in 1980 under the call of KA8KUG. After a couple Call Letter changes (N8CZV & KD9ZD) in 1992 I received my Extra Class Amateur Radio License and changed call to KE8MB. In November 2011 I applied and received a Vanity Call , W8MDG (Mark David Gierhart).

My QTH is located just outside of a small Villiage called Harrod . It is about 8 miles East of Lima , Ohio in Allen County. Lima is famous for it's M1A1 Abrams Tank factory and also Hams may know Lima for Fair Radio Sales , a Military Surplus outlet.

As of this writing , I have 3 grown children and 8 grandchildren. Hobbies outside of Ham Radio - I enjoy doing Family Genealogy , Computering and building Electronic Projects.

My latest E-QSL Cards can be found posted on my W8MDG Facebook Site:

My occupation- been a Radio Broadcast Engineer for over 30 years and at present am taking care of 4 FM and 1 AM station here in the Lima Area. Interested in my Genealogy Research: http://www.watchtv.net/~markg

eQSL is the preferred method of QSL - Tnx

73 Mark

"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.
For what is seen is temporary , but what is unseen is eternal"

2 Corinthians 4:18

Grandson Jacob - Caught in the Act!! M1A1 Abram Tank - Built in Lima

This is me and my "Better Half" Mary

2 Element HomeBrew Quad - PVC Pipe & Housewire !

3 element Moseley Tribander

Operating Station:

RIG = Kenwood TS-480SAT Transceiver

Microphone = Sennheiser MD-421

Key = CT Ham Iambic - Lever Paddle

Keyer = Electronic Homebrew

Antennas = 3-Element Moseley Classic Tribander 10 , 15 & 20 meters

Hustler 4-BTV Trapped Vertical 10 , 15 , 20 , & 40 meters

Homebrew 2-element Quad - 10 meters

160 meter Inverted Vee Dipole up 30 feet

" Even a Mosquito doesn't get a Pat on th back,
until he's done his Job! "

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