Amateur Radio

N8IA

Ham Radio has been a main part of nearly my entire adult life. I was first licensed as a Novice in March 1970. My first call was WN8GBK. In 1971, I upgraded to General and became WB8GBK. In 1978, I upgraded again, this time to Advanced and I became KB8GB. I finally upgraded to Extra, in 1980 and became KG8W. As of October 5, 1998 I received my new call N8IA under the FCC vanity program.

My interests in amateur radio have been in a number of different areas over the years. I mainly enjoy CW on HF, and what contesting I do, is almost exclusively CW. I also operate 144 MHz FM, SSB, and CW, and 440 Mhz FM. I am trustee and part owner of the SMART repeater system, on 147.14 Mhz. My base station consists of an ICOM IC-735, IC-3200A, and Kenwood TS-700A.

Some Links...

American Radio Relay League
QRZ CD-ROM with all the latest callsigns updated daily.
Contesting Home Page with alot of info geared toward the contester.
Hamradio Online the latest news in amateur radio.
The TAPR Home Page with a link to Real Audio weekly broadcasts of Amateur Radio Newsline.
AMSAT the Amateur Satellite Organization.