I was first licensed in 1966 as WN9SWF; went to the FCC office in downtown Chicago when I was ready that year and became WA9SWF. AK7P was the result of the last visit to the Salt Lake City field office of the FCC and I held that call for years. A professional move landed me in Florida so I decided to pursue a new call reflecting the region. I work 80 meters through 70 cm, cw, ssb, fm, am, and occasionally RTTY and PSK 31. I collect and use Drake equipment and keep it maintained. The house cat, DX Rex, uses the TR-7 as his catnap area. My occupation was in network operations for a cellular telephone company as it had been since the technology's inception in the mid 80's. My amateur radio avocation blends in with my occupation, and indeed, amateur radio was the launching vehicle for subsequent formal electronics education. I attended the 2011 Dayton Hamvention and it was excellent as usual. Antennas change quite a bit around here; main stays are a hex beam for 20 through 10 meters and inverted v's for the lower HF bands. Verticals are used at times for experiments, and a 4 element Yagi for 6 meters. Check out my rotatable dipole design on the DX Eng. web page. This is one outstanding hobby! See you in Dayton this May.

73 and Good DX!

* South FL DX Association * FL Contest Group * ARRL * Life member of QCWA / VP of chapter 69 Broward County, FL.

QSL via traditional methods and LOTW.