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In 1970, at the age of 14, I earned the Novice callsign of WN6CDA while living
with my family in southern California. In 1972 my family and I moved to
Colorado where I upgraded to General Class as WBØJNR. In 1975 I joined the
Coast Guard and underwent Radioman "A" School training at their
center in Petaluma, California. It was in radioman school that I broke the
Service's record for copying Morse code (40+ wpm in 5 character coded groups at
99% accuracy).
After radioman school, I was assigned to Coast Guard Communications Station
Honolulu (Callsign NMO) in Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawaii. At that time, NMO was a
"tennant" command at NavCams EastPac (The Navy's communications
facility in the middle of Oahu). Throughout that period, from 1975 through
1977, I was very active in operating and maintaining the Navy's Amateur Club
Station (KH6UL) located in the center of the base.
In 1977 I transfered to Coast Guard Group Station Monterey (NMC6) with my young
wife Tami. Tami and I stayed in Monterey until the end of my enlistment in
1979. In 1980, a year after my enlistment, I spent reserve duty at Coast Guard
Communications Station San Francisco (NMC) located in Point Reyes, California.
After my Coast Guard duties, Tami and I returned to our home in Aurora,
Colorado where we raised our fine children. Tami eventually earned her amateur
license as KB0ACE, as did our son, KB0JFH. After living near Cherry Creek
Reservoir for 22 years, Tami and I moved to Green Mountain where we now reside.
I, myself, upgraded to Amateur Extra in 1982 but avoided the "gamble"
of a callsign reassignment - opting to keep my WBØJNR. Throughout my entire
amateur radio experience I have remained active in QRP (low power) and QRPp
(output levels of less than one watt) CW (Morse code) operations - even serving
as one of the founders of the Colorado QRP Club ( http://www.cqc.org ).
In addition to amateur radio, I also earned the FCC's General Radiotelephone
License. Further, still related to radio, I have worked as a music programmer
("DJ") and Talk-Show interviewer for community radio station KGNU
(88.5 FM Boulder, 1390 AM Denver) right here in Colorado.
Besides all of my work with the Coast Guard, amateur, and public radio, I have
remained an an avid backpacker, technical climber, and environmental activist.
My trademark mottos remain "Defending 3.8 Billion Years of Organic
Evolution," "CW Forever!" and "72s (best wishes QRP) to
all!"
Here are some of my amateur radio awards and the various Ham clubs I have
belonged to over the years:
EFT QRPp Low Power Award #1 http://www.rogerwendell.com/qrpaward.html
Colorado QRP Club #7 http://www.cqc.org
SSS 52 Chapter #12R
1976 S.C.A.T.S. # 43
Orange Juice #105
Fire-Ball 10mW Fraternity #186
Yodar Kritch #354
Louisiana Alligator #736
City of Lights #805HC
Colorado Bighorn #854
1000-Mile-Per-Watt Club
ZUT #1363 #1395 http://www.comm-one.org/
FISTS Morse Preservation Society #1501 http://www.fists.org/
Colorado Centennial #2790
QRP ARC International #3787 http://www.qrparci.org/
Society of Wireless Pioneers #4518-M http://www.sowp.org/
Ten-Ten International #8704 http://www.ten-ten.org/
MARAC "Last County" Award #10325
QCWA #27635 http://www.qcwa.org/
ARRL member since 1970 http://www.arrl.org/
ARRL Rag Chewers Club
ARRL Bicentennial Worked All States Award
- - - - - Created for QRZ on January 3, 1999
- - - - - Revised by WBØJNR on March 19 2003
- - - - - Updated Email Address and other info on 09-18-2004
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