I was first licensed in 1977 as Novice WD0CWV in central Iowa. Upgrades to General and Extra (with new call AI0Z) followed. I was pretty active in Iowa for many years, earning WAS, WAS (cw), WAC and DXCC. After getting fed up with poor behavior on DX pileups, I changed focus to satellites and was active in Oscars 8 and 10.

While I was in Iowa, my career was as an analytical mass spectrometrist working on enviornmental water and air pollution research. In 1989, I made a career move to CT to work for Pfizer as a bioanalytical chemist, and retired from Pfizer in 2008.

During most of my time in CT, I was focused on the job, so other than being the sysop for the local packet BBS, I was pretty inactive. Lately, I changed to a "1"-land call (N1XK) and have gradually increased my activity. Recently, I finished off the ARRL Triple Play Award using Logbook of the World.

Here's my current station:

HF Radios: Icom IC -7600 barefoot

HF antenna's; -Double zepp fed with ladder line, apex up about 45 feet for 30, 40, 80m
-Cushcraft MA5-B mini beam (2 el on 10,15, 20, rot dipole on 12, 17m) at 27 feet

- 2 element dual driven 40m vertical ground mounted array phased for a cartiod pattern

Digital interface: US interface Navigator; software MixW currently running on home built computer.

APRS radio: Kenwood TM-241A
APRS software: UI-View running on a homebuilt system (N1XK-1)

APRS mobile: TinyTrak4 and Icom HT (N1XK-7) or Kenwood TM-D700 (N1XK-15)

I enjoy chasing LOTW states and occasional DX. Currently having fun with JT65-HF

Awards: 5 Band WAS

WAS JT 65

DXCC

WAC

ARRL Triple Play (WAS on digital, phone and cw)