Received my tech license August 2007, my General license in October 2007 and my Extra class license in November 2008.
Running a Kenwood TS-2000 barefoot (100 watts) into a NA4RR hex beam (July 2013) & G5RV. I'm a member of the Bergen Amateur Radio Association (BARA) in Northern NJ. I'm also an ARRL VE and enjoy administering the exams to new and upgrading hams. Prior to July 2013 I had a homemade 10-15-20m fan dipole and previously just a G5RV.
I've been in Information Technology my whole career and enjoy all aspects of computers. Using computers and amaterur radio together is a real pleasure for me.
I keep a blog of my radio activities at http://www.k2dsl.com and a set of ham related web tools at http://www.levinecentral.com/ham/
WAS #53,075 WAS RTTY #634
LoTW Triple Play Award #243
DXCC #42,829 Mixed and DXCC 20m
DXCC #2,597 for RTTY
2015 NAQP RTTY July - 1st place Single Op NJ
2015 ARRL RTTY Roundup - 1st place Hudson Division
2014 WAE RTTY - 1st place US 2 Call Area Single Op Low Power (4th in North America)
2014 RAC Winter Contest - 1st place US 2nd Call Area Single Op Low Power
2014 ARRL RTTY Roundup - 1st place Hudson Division - Single Op Low Power
2013 10m RTTY - 1st place Single Op NJ
2013 CQ WW RTTY - 1st place US 2 Call Area Low Power
2012 NAQP RTTY Feb - 1st place Single Op NJ
2012 NAQP SSB Jan - 1st place Single Op NJ
2011 ARRL Phone Sweepstakes - 1st place Northern NJ - Single Op Low Power
2011 NAQP RTTY Jul - 1st place Single Op NJ
2011 NAQP RTTY Feb - 1st place Single Op NJ
2011 ARRL RTTY Roundup - 1st place Hudson Division - Single Op Low Power
2010 RAC Winter Contest - 1st place US 2nd Call Area / 2nd place US Single Op Low Power
2010 IARU HF Championship - 1st place MultiOp High Power Northern NJ
2010 CQ WW WPX CW - 1st place US Rookie Low Power
2010 CQ WW WPX SSB - 1st place US 2 Call Area Low Power
2010 NAQP RTTY Jul - 1st place Single Op NJ
2010 NAQP RTTY Feb - 1st place Single Op NJ
2010 NAQP SSB Jan - 1st place Single Op NJ
2010 RTTY Round-Up - 1st place Hudson Division Low Power
2009 CQ WW WPX - 1st place US Low Power Rookie & 1st US 2 Call Area
2009 IARU HF World Championship - 1st place Multi Op Phone High Power (Single Op Assisted) Northern NJ
2009 DL-DX RTTY Contest - 1st place NA Limited Antennas
2009 NAQP RTTY Feb - 1st place Single Op NJ
2009 RAC Winter Contest - Multi-Op (Single Op Assisted) Low Power - 1st place US 2nd Call Area / 1st place US
2008 RAC Winter Contest - Multi-Op (Single Op Assisted) Low Power - 1st place US 2nd Call Area / 2nd place US
2008 IARU HF World Championship - 1st place Single Op Phone Low Power Northern NJ
2008 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes - 1st place Limited Rover Northern NJ
2008 CIS DX RTTY - 1st place North America SOLP
When operating as K2DSL/4 I have been located in grid FM14bc in Wilmington NC.
