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N5CSU Richard T Casey 8647 Eustis Avenue Dallas, TX 75218 USA Lookups:   1927 QRZ Member
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QRZ Record: 480820 Login to manage/edit Lookups: 1927 (1936) Mailing Label... QRZ Admin: N5CSU Last Update: 2006-03-21 12:55:49 Class: General Codes: HAI Effective: 2002-03-23 Expires: 2011-06-11Apply for a Vanity callsign... Latitude: 32.968618 (32° 58' 7'' N) Longitude: -96.796993 (96° 47' 49'' W) Grid Square: EM12ox US State: Texas US County: Dallas Previous: WA9LRI Born: 1948 GMT Offset: -6 hours ULS Record: 699036 FCC page... Web Page: http://www.richcasey.net Admin For: (1) N5CSU

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I got my ticket as WN9LRI in 1964 while attending Notre Dame High School in Niles Ilinois, via the HS radio club, WA9BWH. I passed the Tech license in 1965, and happily dropped the N to become WA9LRI. I hung out on 2 and 6 meters AM, then became an early convert to 2 meter FM while in college. I joined the Chicago FM Club, WA9ORC, and later served two terms as president. What a great repeater system with tremendous coverage!

In 1976, Dick, K8MMH, loaned me an HF radio in return for my promise to make one CW contact per night. It worked to bring my code speed up in about six weeks! I still remember going downtown to the federal building in Chicago and taking that elevator up to the FCC Office to take the code test!

In 1978, my new wife and I moved to Dallas Texas, and I got involved with the local clubs here. I knew I would never be moving back to snow country, so gave up my call for a new one, N5CSU, in 1983.

My interests are primarily repeaters, digital modes and public service. I am active in RACES and ARES, and served as NCS for Garland TX RACES for many years.

APRS is fun, and it's always on in the background (n5csu is the home weather station, n5csu-7 is my Jeep, and n5csu-8 is the Kenwood HT). I am also trustee of the Raytheon employee radio club, K5QBM, where I work. We have a great repeater and two digipeaters that serve the Dallas area, and a really nicely equipped EOC.

I'm a convert to QRP, after purchasing an Yaesu FT-817 "backpack" rig. It's an amazing little radio, and I've had fun with it on both SSB and PSK-31. I've won pileups with 5 watts, and even held a QSO on 20 meters with 500 MW! The picture shows me QRP'ing from the beach on Galveston Island, TX.

These days, you'll find me active weekends on HF PSK-31 from our lake house at Cedar Creek Lake TX (also EM12), using the Yaesu FT-817, a NUE-PSK digital modem, and a PAR End Fed 10/20/40 dipole at 20 feet.

Paying back for the fun I've had, I've happy to have served as:

- Past President and Life Member: Chicago FM Club (WA9ORC)

- Past President: Garland ARC, Garland TX (K5QHD)

- Past Director: North Shore Emergency Association (Illinois)

I'm currently active in:

- Raytheon Garland ARC - K5QBM (trustee and club secretary)

- Garland TX RACES appointee 505

And happy to be a member of:

- Life Member, ARRL

- Tucson Amateur Packet Radio

- Texas Packet Radio Society

- Texas Repeater Society

- AMSAT

- 10-10 (#19991)

..and I host the D/FW APRS Page at: www.dfwaprs.net

Drop a line and 73!

Rich/n5csu