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PERSONAL BIO - MEET KC2HMZ


     Welcome to my little corner of the World Wide Wait...er, I mean Web. :-)
 
     I'm John Kasupski, KC2HMZ, first licensed as KC2FNG back in 1999. I live in Tonawanda, New York, a suburb that is located in the western part of New York state about halfway between Buffalo and Niagara Falls along the Niagara River. I'm currently employed as an aircraft technician and work at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. I've been a radio hobbyist for over 35 years and enjoy scanner monitoring, AM broadcast band DX'ing, and shortwave utility monitoring and shortwave broadcast DX'ing in addition to my ham activities.
 
     As of this update in August 2003, I am president of the Amateur Radio Association of the Tonawandas (ARATS) and also co-coordinator of that club's Emergency And Public Service Communications Team, which provides backup emergency communications and other services for the North Tonawanda Emergency Management Department.. I'm also a member of Erie County ARES/RACES, which has a variety of served agencies including the NY State Police, the Erie County Emergency Services Department, and the Greater Buffalo chapter of American Red Cross.
 
     There is no "adult material" presented here nor to my knowledge are there any links to websites containing any (if you find any I missed, e-mail me and I'll get rid of it...I want parents to be able to let their "harmonics" surf this site and learn about radio, without running into anything offensive here).
 
     Finally, any opinions expressed here are solely my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the server operator, the various clubs and organizations mentiioned here, or anyone else but myself.
 
     Now, then, on to the good stuff.....



Contacting Me Part 1: On The Net


There are three ways to contact me on the Internet:

[email protected]



Contacting Me Part 2: Off The Net


     For hams, of course, contacting one another off the net generally means on the radio! Some frequencies where I can often be found follow:

John Kasupski, KC2HMZ
P.O. Box 681
Tonawanda, NY 14151-0681



Site Navigation


     This site consists of multiple pages, each dealing with a different topic. The site is always a work in progress and therefore under construction, but as pages become available, they will appear as links in the table below. Feel free to address questions, comments, bouquets, brickbats, and other related communiques to me as indicated above in the bulleted item pertaining to contacting me by e-mail....ah, what the heck, you don't want to scroll back up again anyway, so I'll insert the link to my primary e-mail address again here (aren't I a nice thoughtful guy?):

Click Here To E-Mail Webmaster KC2HMZ



Amateur VHF/UHF Shortwave Broadcast DX AM Broadcast Band DX'ing Change Log Freebies Page Help on the #ARATS ZiRC channel
Amateur HF Shortwave Utility Monitoring KC2HMZ"s ScanWNY Page (scanner  monitoring) Picture Page Links Page This Space Reserved For Future Expansion



Special Thanks to Al Waller for the server space to place this website!




Other Thanks And Acknowledgements follow...
 
THUMBS UP to:
 
Mike, KC2FEN (pointed me in the right direction on the Rural-Metro TRS)
 
Mac, KF4LMT (talked me into taking my Tech exams) and others in the #monitor channel on IRC (for helping me to learn as much as I have about shortwave UTE monitoring)...people such as R.D. Baker, Larry (AirBoss), Tony, Chet, Rhonda, the three Jeffs, and others too numerous to mention...and a special hello to Sandy too (just in case you're reading this!)
 
Dave, NF2G (and others in NYSING, who helped rekindle my interest in scanner listening)
 
ARATS (Amateur Radio Association of the Tonawandas) and RAWNY (Radio Association Of Western New York) who along with many other WNY ham radio clubs continue to do a world of good for hams and for ham radio.
 
The folks at Popular Communications, Monitoring Times, QST, Worldradio, and 73 Amateur Radio.
 
The NRA, the Second Amendment Foundation, and anyone else who fights to keep our rights under the Second Amendment, or for that matter, all of our constitutional rights.
 
THUMBS DOWN (and an entirely different finger UP) to:
 
Billy Tauzin especially, and any other lawmakers anywhere who legislate against radio hobbyists everywhere
 
Homeowners associations that enact restrictions on antenna installations (CC&Rs)
 
BPL (if this makes no sense to you, type BPL into the search engine on the ARRL website)
 
Chuck Shumer, Dianne Feinstein, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Brady, Handgun Inc., and others who conspire against the rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms...as well as anyone anywhere who legislate against the constitutional rights of law-abiding American citizens.
 
 
 
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, historical review of Pennsylvania [1759]
                       (Often misquoted, the correct text appears above)