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Since 1981

SWL since 1960

Hometown: Sacramento in the People's Republic of California
Residence: Dracut in the People's Republic of Massachusetts

My Former Residences (In Order)

Camp Pendleton, California
Oceanside, California
29 Palms, California
Denver, Colorado
29 Palms, California
San Diego, California
Chula Vista, California
Linda Vista, California
Sacramento, California
North Highlands, California
Triangle, Virginia
Quantico, Virginia
Jacksonville, North Carolina
Camp LeJeune, North Carolina
North Highlands, California
Sacramento, California
Vista, California
North Highlands, California
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Wilmington, Massachusetts
North Highlands, California
Wilmington, Massachusetts
Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Vacaville, California
Wilmington, Massachusetts
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
Keesler Air Force Base,Mississippi
Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany
Wiesbaden, Germany
Göllheim, Germany
Sembach Air Base, Germany
Vogelweh (Kaiserslautern), Germany
Patrick Air Force Base,Florida
Satellite Beach, Florida
New Lisbon, Wisconsin
Patrick Air Force Base, Florida
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Patrick Air Force Base, Florida
Alpena, Michigan
Marana, Arizona
Keesler Air Force Base,Mississippi
Biloxi, Mississippi
Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire
Osan Air Base, Republic of South Korea
Song Tan, Republic of South Korea
Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire
Lowell, Massachusetts
Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Lowell, Massachusetts
Dracut, Massachusetts

Previously Held Amateur Radio Call Signs

Nov 1981 - Nov 1982

Nov 1982 - Jan 1984

Jan 1984 - Oct 1990

Jun 1989 - Jun 1990

Oct 1990 - Apr 2001 & Jun 2002 - Jun 2004

Apr 2001 - Jun 2002 & Jun 2004 - Feb 2007

Since 09 February 2007

                                      The Shack as it now sits                                              View of the tower and X-9 from the back yard, ladder line is from Cobra

Some of My Ham Radio Antennas

The Cushcraft (now Laird Technologies) X-9 has been at 40 feet on my tower since the end of August 2008.
My amplifier is rarely needed anymore on 20 meters and I can't wait for 15m and 10m to begin opening up.

The Cobra dipole has been up in my back yard up 70 feet since 2004.  I'm sure there are many better dipoles
out there but this one has been my favorite since building it. I used 12AWG 3-Conductor ROMEX electrical
house wire (leaving the wire within the sheath), 450 Ohm Ladder Line, pieces of 1/4" Plexiglas for center and
end insulators,5/16" Dacron rope, and a 4:1 Balun (W9INN Box) to build my Cobra dipole.  The Cobra dipole
antenna was designed by Ray Cook, W4JOH and was published in 73 magazine. The Cobra requires a good
roller inductor antenna transmatch for greatest flexibility especially when using an amplifier.

            BALUN gets its name from BALanced to UNbalanced and is pronounced as such.  It is not pronounced
                                 BALLOON or BAL-UM or BALE-UN.  Please don't blame me, I didn't make up the word.