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Originally licensed in 1972 as WN0LAE, soon upgraded to WB0LAE. My job at that time took me to Illinois. This was back when you got a new call if you moved to a different call area so my call then was WD9CQK.

I held this call for several years and into my service for the USAF. In 1980 I pulled an assignment to Germany and was operating under the German Call DA2DE. Upon returning to the states, I changed my mailing address back to my original home in Iowa and received the call of N0FHL. I got an assignment to S. Korea and did have a call of HL9HF, but didn't really operate other than at the Base MARS Station, helping provide others stationed there with phone-patches back to the states. I maintained my N0FHL call through my return and then operated as CU3/N0FHL while stationed at Lajes Field in the Azores until I received my reciprocal call CU3LG. Returning to the states I kept my N0FHL call.

I retired from the USAF on Jan 1 1998 and returned to Iowa. I upgraded once again in 2000 and filed for and received K0CFI as I was living in Cedar Falls IA at the time. I held onto this call until I upgraded to Amateur Extra and applied for and got KE0J.

For some odd reason, I wanted to have a call with my initials so I got AJ0HH which I held until 2015. At that time, I decided it was time to get back into CW so I applied for and received my current call of AE5EI,. which is pretty neat for CW.

I relocated to Clarksville IA in 2011 and married my wife on Feb 29, 2012.

I am one of two amateurs listed in Clarksville, and am the only that is active. I am active on all bands except for 6 meters right now as my quad is down for maintenance and I am not going to get at it until the spring of 2019. I am on all modes, what ever suits my fancy at the time. HiHi. I am currently the Iowa Section Traffic Manager the Iowa ARES District 2 DEC, and Net Manager for the Iowa HF Digital Net that meets every Sunday afternoon at 4 pm Central Time on 3.5885 MHz and use Olivia 8-500 1500Hz offset. I am a member of OMISS (#4067), YL-System (#15703). Life member of ARRL, Indexa, QCWA (32482), SKCC (2303), SMIRK (6662) and 10-X (48706). Also a member of the groups True Blue DXers and 100 Watts and a Wire.

Other Hobbies include fishing and camping with the family.

Will answer any QSL I receive through any source...Direct, Bureau, Club Log, LoTW, and eQSL. For those waiting on a direct or bureau card, I am in the process of having those printed and will get them out as soon as I receive them.

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