Hi, thanks for dropping by.  I have been licensed since January of 1960. I am an avid participant in contests.  I have earned my share of certificates and scored over 1,000,000 points in two contests. If you have been on any of the major contests recently you have probably heard me on. I am also a long time county hunter.  I have worked and confirmed all the U. S. counties (USA-CA #698, 2/25/91).  At that time there were 3079 U. S. counties. I went QRT for about 20 years! (1988-2008).  I am now working on my second go around for all U. S. counties.  I have found that the quickest and best way now to work state counties is to get involved in the numerous state QSO parties held each month.  I encourage all county hunters to do that.  I have become very involved in DX since I got back on the air a couple of years ago.  I got my DXCC 250 endorsement in April of 2011.   I have the WAZ award.  I just qualified for WAZ all CW.  I am a QCWA member (#19396).  I earned the 25 WPM CW award from W1AW back in 1961.  I have an MBA degree and I retired from the Army Reserves as a Command Sergeant Major.  I now have a real estate appraisal business.  I also have a PBA card (Professional Bowlers Association).  That's my beautiful wife in the picture with me.  If I work you in a contest and you are mobile or portable, please let me know what county you are in!  Thanks ahead of time.