I was first licensed in February 1962 as WNØCLR, a Novice. My elmer was Bob Packer, WØVHE(SK). The license was good for one year and non-renewable. In November of 1962 I upgraded to a Technician and my call changed to WAØCLR. In 1965 I upgraded, for what I thought would be the last time, to a General, a General Class License had ALL Amateur Privileges at the time. I upgraded to an Advanced Class in 1977 and finally to Extra in 1993. In April 2ØØØ I applied for the vanity call ACØL. In April 2ØØ2 I applied for the vanity call NØUF.

I lived in Central Minnesota until 1985, moved to New Jersey for three years. Then back to the Minneapolis area for two years. I moved to Gladstone, Missouri in 1991. Then I went to work for the Hutchinson Telephone Company in Minnesota in July of 2005. Retired on December 31, 2013. Moved back to Kansas City, MO in October of 2024.

In 1971 I operated 8Ø-1ØM Mobile on a road trip from St Cloud, MN to Winnipeg to Kenora to International Falls and Home.

In 1995 I held a license for Great Britain. I did a very limited operation as I was going to power my handheld with the cigarette lighter, but the rental car didn't have one! I was on the Edinburgh Repeater twice as GMØ/WAØCLR in December, (the licence was also valid for England, & Wales but I never operated from these countries).

In 2ØØØ I was in Belize as V31TD before the CQWW SSB Contest. I logged over 1ØØØ QSOs during the week. What a blast! We used V31GE to log over 53ØØ Q's for the contest, contest qsl's via AKØA.