- Licensed as a "No-Code"
Technician, August 1993
- Passed my Morse Code test and Upgraded to Tech-Plus in February
1999,
thanks to the never-ending support of Heather, K6HEY (formerly
KE6HEY)
- "Plus" designator
removed through license restructuring in April 2000, so
I am a Tech with HF privileges
- Will eventually upgrade to
General-class license
- I can be found on the radio on the following:
- Radios Used
- 2 Meter:
- ADI AR-147 2 Meter
Base/Mobile
- Yaesu VX-150 2 Meter Handheld
Radio
- (2) Radio Shack
HTX-202 2 Meter Handheld Radios
- 220:
- 440:
- Yaesu FT-7400 440
Base/Mobile
- This was the original
radio used for IRLP node 3090
- ADI AT-400
handheld
- Antennas I use from home (western
Riverside county--in Grid DM13iw) are:
- 2 Meter J-Pole up about 30'; tip of
antenna sits right around 1600' above sea level
- 220 J-Pole up about 25'
- 440 J-Pole up about 25'
I also monitor Police
Scanners. This is a fun,
interesting, and legal, hobby. I can listen to almost anything out there that
uses two-way radio. Police, fire, taxicabs, tow trucks, planes, trains,
municipal government agencies--you name it! I monitor various regional fire,
police, and government radio communications.
- Monitored:
- Riverside County Fire Department
- Riverside County Sheriff's
Department
- City of Moreno Valley
- March Air Reserve Base
- US Forest Service
- California Highway Patrol
- numerous other Public Safety agencies in the
Inland Empire area
- various Amateur
Radio and GMRS and
FRS frequencies
- Scanner Radios Used
- Radio Shack Pro-94 1000-channel
TrunkTracker handheld scanner
- Radio Shack Pro-28 30-channel
handheld scanner
- Regency 20-channel tabletop
scanner
- Uniden 10-channel tabletop
scanner
Hobby-related and public safety volunteer
memberships:
- Member,
Moreno Valley Amateur
Radio Association (1993-1998)
- Member,
Lee DeForest
Amateur Radio Club, Hemet, CA (2001-2002)
- Assistant Newsletter Editor (2001)
- Member, Moreno Valley REACT Team
(1995) - (unit 106)
- Volunteer, City of Moreno
Valley Emergency Response
Force (1993-1998)
- Member, City
of Moreno Valley RACES (2002-present)
- Member, City of Hemet RACES (1999-2002)
- I also served as a Net Control
operator for our weekly net on the Hemet 220 repeater
- Member (RIV 212), Skywarn, San
Diego Office, National Weather Service
(1999-present)
- Official Weather Spotter (RIV 212),
San Diego Office, National Weather
Service (1999-present)
- Owner/Administrator,
KE6ALV IRLP Node 3863, Moreno Valley, CA, USA (May 2004-present)
- Member/Control Op, WA6RQD Repeater
System/IRLP node 3150, Southern California (2001-present)
- Assistant Control Op,
KB6JAG IRLP node 3090, Hemet, CA USA (2001-2002)
- Former Pacific Region
Director/Member #006, North American
Monitoring Association
- Former California
Chapter Administrator/Member #006,
North American
Monitoring Association
- Dispatcher #909,
Incident Command
Page (2004-)
- Former Dispatcher (IPN-CAL004),
Incident Page Network (1999-2001)
- Former Member,
Southern California
Monitoring Association
I was only
a member for about a month, however. My membership application was never
acknowledged, and I had difficulty trying to resolve the problem. When I
asked for my membership dues back, I was not-so-politely told to not reapply in
the future.
- Ring Master, Southern California Scanner
and Ham Radio WebRing
- Administrator,
Inland Empire Scanning Club on
Yahoo
- Administrator,
Inland
Empire Amateur Radio YahooGroup
- Administrator,
SoCal IRLP (Internet Radio
Linking Project) YahooGroup
- Moderator, Inland Empire
Scanner Discussion Board (IE-Scanner.org).
(As of late March 2003, this site is no longer
online.)
- Moderator,
Inland
Empire Scan Yahoo Group