Welcome to my QTH on the world wide web. I was originally
licensed in 1977 as
WB3HKL
and I've been continuously licensed since then. In 1997,
I changed my call sign to
K3CSX
which reflects my interest in railroads (particularly CSX).
I'm an ARRL life member and active in the
Montgomery Amateur Radio Club
(MARC). I usually monitor their 146.955 repeater (minus offset, no PL
tone) in Rockville, MD. Most of my radio operating activity is on
VHF/UHF. Although I have a general class license and an IC-706MKIIG, I'm
not active on HF. My particular radio interests are public service and
traffic handling. I'm active in local ARES (EC) and RACES activities
(RO), SKYWARN activations (spotter and NCS), the
Northern Virginia Traffic Net
(regular NCS) and the
Baltimore Traffic Net
(regular NCS and net manager). I especially like to talk with new hams
and consider it a special honor to be their first contact.
As you can tell from my callsign and QSL card, I'm also interested in
railroading. CSX is the major railroad in this area. I live within the
triangle formed by the Metropolitan, Old Main Line and Capital
subdivisions. I enjoy watching trains and riding on them. I've taken
several cross-country trips via AMTRAK, each via a slightly different
route. For 'hands on' involvement, I volunteer on the
Walkersville Southern RR. I'm
qualified as a flagger, conductor, brakeman and fireman. Although I
prefer train operations, I sometimes get involved with track maintenance
and car restoration. My goal is to become qualified as an engineer.
Coincidentally, there are several hams who volunteer on the railroad--
perhaps we should start our own amateur radio club.
73, Fred.
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