I was first licensed in 1972 when I got my Novice ticket as WNØHUS. I upgraded to General in 1974 and became WBØHUS, holding that call as I got my Advanced ticket in 1977 and when I passed the Extra exam in 1998 I applied for the vanity call NØJY in March of 1999.
My amateur radio interests include working the satellites, DXing and VHF packet.
One of my greatest thrills in amateur radio was a contact I had with John Blaha,
KC5TZQ when he was aboard the Mir space station, in January 1997. I was mobile, on
my way to work when Mir came up over the horzon and John was there calling CQ!
In support of our local Skywarn and simply for fun, I maintain a weather station with
a 2 meter APRS connection (see link at top of page) using WXTrak so the current weather readings are
always available to interested parties in our area of Texas. My wife (KD5FCQ) and I
live north-northwest of Springtown TX which is about 25 miles northwest of
Fort Worth.
KD5FCQ (my lovely XYL!) web page