I was born in Dallas, TX. in 1959. We lived in the West Dallas Projects near Singleton and Westmoreland. I graduated from Medina High School in 1977, while living at Medina Childrens Home. In 1982, I married Linda Hamilton of Lakehills, TX. and have four beautiful children. All are adults and on their own. Their names are Sam, Cory, Erin and Audra - in that order. And out of these four, I have three grandbabies. They are Colsten, Cory's son - Brianna, Cory's daughter - and Dylan, Audra's son.
My interest include, but not limited to - computers, homebrew antennas, digital photography (since I purchased my first digital camera), working with fonts and font graphic programs, homebrew QSL cards, volunteer firefighter, fishing and hunting. ...
NEXT- Amateur Radio.
I became an Amateur Radio Operator on March 28, 1995 while living in DeSoto, TX., a suburb of Dallas County, where I was active in RACES and other special events. I upgraded to Tech Plus in 1997. My family and I lived in DeSoto until July of 1998 then relocated back to the Texas Hill Country where my wife, Linda KC5YYP, was born and raised. I became familiar with the local clubs and repeaters in the area and met several good Hill Country Amateur Operators. I soon upgraded to the popular 5 wpm General class soon after restructuring came about in 2000 and the 13 wpm requirement was eliminated. On January 20, 2006, I finally achieved the Amateur Extra status on my license grant and became an Extra Class Volunteer Examiner soon afterward. My interest include building homebrew antennas. I like VHF FM and SSB and venture into HF now and then. I operate HF on a Kenwood TS-120S as a base station. I have 2 good mobile radios, single band 2 meters. One is an ADI AR-147+, the other is the famous RS HTX- 212 and a new Yaesu FT-7800 dual band. I have 2 HTs. One is an ADI AT- 201, 2 meter only, the other is an Alinco DJ-195. I switch out antennas so often, that I have no idea what I own at the moment.
I hang out on local simplex 145.630 MHz. and the 147.180 repeater, K5EOC. When the 10 meter band is "open", I frequent 28.345 - 28.500 MHz. to find a few 10-10 operators and exchange numbers with them. I'm not a paper chaser, but I enjoy the activity. I enjoy building homebrew antennas. A few of these are listed on the Antenna Design page. My favorite of all design is the TV Antenna Yagi, made from damaged TV antennas.
I have served as a firefighter with Southwest Volunteer Fire Department in Southwest Bexar county. I am certified in AED and CPR, as well as other aspects of the department.
I am a member of the San Antonio Rado Club, where I had served on the Board of Directors. I am a member of ARRL .
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