Ham Radio has been an enjoyable hobby for me for the last 37 years. If it were not for my dad, I probably would never have attempted to get my license. I studied for my license during the summer of 1964 and took my test in October of that year. I passed, and at the age of 15, I received my first callsign, WN2QUR. While I was assembling my station in January of 1965, the FCC recalled WN2QUR and replaced it with WN2RCB.

The novice months were great, working many states and countries with only 60 watts of input power feeding the 80 and 40 meter dipoles. In May of 1965 I upgraded to General class at the Rochester Hamfest. With my new privileges, phone contacts were now a reality. I'm sure you have heard of being nervous during your first contact and it was no different for me. Soon though the jitters subsided and more contacts and friends were made around the world.

I became interested in the 10-X organization in the spring of 1976 and got my 10-X #12127 during the summer. After I had completed 500 QSO's with other 10-X members, I applied for and received my VP #2880. To see all of my 10-X certificates, click here

Many years had passed when thoughts of upgrading surfaced. I successfully studied for and passed my Advanced class in September of 1988. That brings us to today. Take a look at the links to the left to see the transformation of my station over the years and see if any of the pictures bring back memories of your first station. Then check out the pictures of my antenna system. I am always changing things in order to get the best performance. As of today, we have antenna's up for 160 meters thru 70 CM.   The next project will be the "shunt" feeding of the tower for 160 meters.

ron@wb2rcb.com