| I was first
licensed in 1977 as WD4JNH. I upgraded to general in 1980 and took
the call N4EYG. As my migrations across the country took place, I changed calls and upgraded through the license
classes: N0KFA, KF0DY, WV0P, AD4HJ and AA0YT. Finally, I took my
grandfather's call, K4SSO, in 1996 through the FCC's vanity callsign
program. I have been active on weak signal VHF since 1992. Most of the
first 15 years I was licensed was spent on HF, primarily CW. I have interests in
weak signal VHF, OSCAR, RTTY, contesting, packet and rovering. I have been
division and section leader in several contests from my previous QTH in
Nebraska. I am currently active from my townhouse in Saint Louis on 6m, with
the BlazerRover being my focus for expanding my operations.
Career
I spent three years working for IBM
in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as a Marketing Assistant while in school.
I left IBM in 1986 to join the US Air Force,
for whom I spent four years at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, as a Graphics
Programmer/Analyst. After my "tour of duty" was complete,
I joined Mutual of Omaha in
1990, where I was a Systems Analyst, working with their mainline COBOL
systems. In 1992, I returned to Chattanooga to work for Provident
Life and Accident in their LAN systems area. In 1995, I took a
Systems Engineering position with Enterprise
Rent-A-Car in Saint Louis, Missouri, and am now Supervisor over
Client Server Standards. |
Field Day
My first Field Day was in
Chattanooga in the late 70s. Here I'm operating CW at what would be
a storm shortened FD.
My First Computer
High school graduation
brought me a TRS-80 from mom & dad.
CW contest
My favorite operating
position during the early 90s with my "2nd op" closeby.
VHF contest
One of my first exposures
to VHF contesting with the Aksarben Radio Club in Omaha in the early 90s. |
