Happily Married with 5 great kids....Play keyboard and sing when I'm not playing radio, driving tractor-trailer or Ambulance...ambulances...ambulae(???).

As of 16 April 2009 WNY Section Traffic Manager.

ARES AEC, ARRL/W5YI-VE, ARRL ORS/OES/NM...

Net Manager for Oneida-Madison Emergency Net (145.17 W2MO), and NY Phone Net (Week-end Edition) on 3.925 1300 ET

Asst Net Mgr Oneida County Traffic and Emergency Net

NCS for NY Public Operations Net (3.925 @ 1700 ET) and Second Region Net Phone Sessions(3.925 @ 1345 ET)

Running a Yaesu FT-857, an Ameritron AL-811 with a Versa Tuner 3 MFJ-962D to an Ultralite Cobra Sr wire dipole up at 50-60 feet. I do have a MFJ564 keyer, but, I send much better than I copy (I'm semi-codelexic)

Check out:

the Spirit Net 3.905 at 0200 UTC Sat-Thurs,

Hams for Christ on 7.232.5 at 2130 UTC.

North American Traffic and Awards Net 3.905 0400 UTC M, T, W, F  and Sat

Slowly working on WAS. Only need ONE state ...Drop a line and maybe we can schedule a QSO. Alaska is the last....anybody out there?

Tnx 73/75 Doug

God Bless America.....wait, I think we have that backwards. I think it's supposed to be America, bless God!!!!!!