Thanks for visiting my page.I have been a ham since 84. I live in Westmoreland county Virginia very close to the birthplace of George Washington the first President of the USA. I am retired from the US Navy. My late wife and I enjoyed living and cruising aboard our 37' Tayana sailboat in the Caribbean for many years

 

 

 

I have a 36' trawler that i keep at the naval AIR station key west

I also enjoy playing acoustic guitar and mandolin and going to as many bluegrass festivals as I can.

 

I enjoy daily cw contacts as well some SSB. you can find me daily on 7057khz cw at 7 eastern time on the waterway cw net

http://www.waterwayradio.net/cwnet.htm

I also check into and monitor the waterway radio and crising club net each morning on 7268 khz lsb at 0745 est

My HF rigs are Ten Tec omni 7, k1, Drake r4b t4xb,, Heathkit HW16, Hallercrafters HT37 and a  K2 which I built. Most recently i added a tube qrp rig, ac1 replica .

I generally run into a 80 meter horizontal loop with a ameriton  antenna tuner. I have an ameriton al 811 amp that I find useful . I also have a 6 band vertical  and a G5RV in the woods behind the house. newest antenna is a two element cubex quad up on a 55 foot crank up tower

 

 

vintage hallicrafters station ​

   ac1 with k1 as receiver

 

 

I recently erected a 55 foot crank up tower which holds a tri band two element cubex quad antenna. my property slopes down north east towareds the potomac river and there is a ridge behind my home to the south west,

I am a meber of our local ham club in westmoreland county and often monitor the local 2 meter repeater 146.895

 

I also have a two meter operating on APRS.

SKCC number 7957