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AG5T - web site of Marty Blaise

My name is Martin G. (Marty) Blaise and my call sign is AG5T. I enjoy dxing, especially the digital bands. I also enjoy helping with public service events.

I was born in Houston, Texas in 1959. My wife Susan and I have a son, Sammy and a daughter, Emily. Our daughter is severely disabled - she was born with Trisomy 18 (Edwards Syndrome) and cannot talk, walk or feed herself. She is fed by a tube in her stomach - read her story at http://www.geocities.com/theblaisepage/emily_blaise.htm. Many children with her condition do not live very long. Although it is challenging, our family feels blessed to have a miracle child.

My other hobbies include genealogy, designing web site pages, Scouting (Eagle Scout in 1974; active in Scouting since 1967 when I was a Cub Scout) and church activities. I work for the City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services as a senior communications specialist for the Office of Public Affairs, where I am the webmaster of internet site and an intranet site. I am a 1982 graduate of Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Journalism.

I started out in the hobby in shortwave listening and citizen's band (CB) radio. My previous call signs were KB5IQO, N5OHN and AB5NN. I served as a qsl bureau manager for the 3905 Century Club, have coordinated several Field Day events and taking part in public service activities. I am the president of the Houston ECHO Society amateur organization in Houston, Texas. I mostly operate ssb and rtty (probably my favorite mode) and sometimes psk31 and cw. I recently assisted an XU7 dxpedition web site with help on English grammar and spelling, and I would be happy to help any other dxpedition web sites with English corrections. Someday, I would like to be a pilot station for a dxpedition.

My station setup is a gemquad antenna at 34 feet. I run 100 watts output, using a Yaesu FT747-GX. Software I like to use includes Hamscope, MMTTY and Digipan.