I respond to all QSLs. No SASE required.

I've been a ham for 30 years now, active on and off every few years depending on the QTH/antenna situation. Originally held KA9JRI, then AA0DL, and AA9BI hailing from Indiana originally, then Florida, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and now (for the 2nd time) California. In autumn 2011 I started chasing DX, and having fun doing it. I still do a lot of ragchewing. I monitor 28.420 MHz often day and night.

While in Wisconsin I worked for a while at Collins Radio (Rockwell Collins) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in the early 90's on aircraft avionics systems. I was a member of the Collins Amatur Radio Cub. I also did phone patches for overseas US troops and their families using Collins' mighty HF MARS station from their "Comm Central" facility with its legendary antenna farm. From Comm Central I could choose seperate transmitters and receivers that could were located in Cedar Rapids, Texas, and Downey, California all connected by dedicated phone lines.

I moved here to the Mojave Desert from the shore of Lake Michigan back in early 2009; what a difference being able to see water to the horizon from our yard to seeing hot dry dirt to the horizon! I am working for the US Navy at Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division at China Lake (near Death Valley) as an embedded software/ electrical engineer on missile computer and aircraft software. Fun job.

I enjoy motorcycling. I have an old Harley Davidson Softail and an even older Honda Goldwing (147,000 miles and never had a breakdown). I do a lot of medium to long distance touring on both bikes. I hope to get back into dirtbiking again soon too, sold my old Honda XR a few years ago.

I am on the far left with my 1993 Goldwing GL1500/6 Aspencade. My riding buddies and I were on the west coast of mighty Lake Michigan on the absolutely gorgeous Leelanau Penninsula where I hope to retire eventually.  We are standing on a scenic overlook of Lake Michigan at over 300 feet above the water on a tree and grass covered sand dune, on highway M-22, just north of Arcadia, MI.:

This is my XYL at a park on the Kern River between Kernville and Bakersfield, California, just west of where we live:

And this is her with her car on Lake Michigan just north of Muskegon, MI. We still own a house there on the shoreline. That car has cost me more in speeding tickets than it ever did on gas!

73!

Dave WW0W

Ridgecrest, California "Gateway to Death Valley"

SKCC Member #4978

FISTS Member #6896

Member of "Sierra Amateur Radio Club of the High Desert" WA6YBN

Founding Member of Dawgs M.C. of Dane, WI