Field Day 2008 was held in conjunction with TEARS (The Elmer Amateur Radio Society) using the club call of KV6R. The club members were onboard the private yacht (motor vessel: Feral) at anchor in the San Francisco Bay, near the Redwood City Harbor on the west side of the Bay in San Mateo County. Terry did not participate completely this year with the Palo Alto Amateur Radio Association Field Day site activities along radio ridge in Bayfront Park, as he has for many years. However, he was able to arrange for the rented porta pottie and a special delivery of same to radio ridge and placed all of the direction signs for the event.

Terry Finn is located in San Carlos, California. He is licensed as AA6T. In Canada he is licensed as VA6TF, and VE6APE. His web sites are (www.incognitoservicesdotcom) or (www.madonnasbailbondsdotcom) He is a member of the ARRL,(www.arrl.org); QCWA,(www.qcwa.org); QCWA Chapter 11, Northern California, (www.qsl.net/qcwa-11); Radio Amateurs of Canada (www.rac.ca); the Palo Alto Amateur Radio Association (www.paara.org); the South County ARES group in San Mateo County (www.k6mpn.org) and The Elmer Amateur Radio Society. (KV6R). He is an active VE with the Sunnyvale VEC (www.amateur-radio.org) and the local W5YI VEC group. (www.baears.com)

His HF station is currently an Icom 706 MKIIG with an Icom AT-180 tuner feeding a Cushcraft R8 vertical antenna 40 feet above the surface. The second rig for receiving in the shack is an Icom 718 while the primary vhf/uhf unit is a Kenwood TM-D710A. The microphone is a Heil classic 5 and the power supply is an MFJ 4245. His portable vhf/uhf equipment consists of two Icom w32a's, an Icom t81a, a Yaesu vxa 200, a Yaesu VX-7R, two Yaesu FT-60R's and two Kenwood TH-D7's. He has portable electrical power generating equipment available. His mobile station is an Icom 706 MKIIG,with a High Sierra Side Kick screwdriver antenna. The Kenwood TH-D7's are used for APRS activities using the APRSPoint.com software and the AvMap G-4 & G-5 magical GPS color displays. A portable station with various easily transported, mobile and covert antennas is currently being designed and built using a Yaesu FT-897D, with an LDG AT-897 automatic antenna tuner and some home brew DC & solar equipment.

Terry Finn graduated from San Jose State University (BSc.Criminal Justice) and the University of Southern California, Institute of Safety Systems Management (Aviation Safety Certificate)(aircraft crash investigations). He is a currently licensed commercial pilot with ratings for fixed wing, helicopter, single & multi engine, land and sea in both Canada and the United States. A former police officer, he owns and operates a State licensed private investigation agency, specializing in insurance fraud, workers compensation, AOE/COE, technical surveillance countermeasures (TSCM) and covert video design and installation in the private sector. He teaches classes in this and other subjects like surveillance; AOE/COE; privacy and bail law at the investigator school in San Francisco and for the California Bail Agents Association. (www.cbaa.com). He also owns and operates a State licensed civil and criminal surety bonding office offering all forms of bonds including bail; child custody; immigration; contractor, probate, notary, completion, etc., and other special coverage insurance services in the greater San Francisco Bay area of northern California. He is a certified NRA range safety officer and firearms instructor. Amateur radio is his active hobby and communications from his RV or an aircraft are what he enjoys the most.

The original holder of the call AA6T is Lloyd Cabral, KH6LC, who is living the easy, retired life in Keaau, Hawaii. He has a four acre estate where he uses two freestanding towers and is slowly installing his huge collection of monobanders. Lloyd moved to the Big Island from the Santa Cruz, California area after 32 years with Pacific Bell. He is an ARRL Life member and an active DXer with the NCDXC radio club. He really enjoys his new QTH. Terry visited with Lloyd last, at the DX convention in Visalia, California in April 2007.