Radio Page

I’m one of the newer members of the club, having obtained my Technician license in March 2026, followed by my general license several months later.

I’m not exactly new to radio, however. I first got interested in shortwave radio in high school thanks to an old transistor radio loaned to me by my grandparents, and listening to shortwave radio stations and ham operators around the world from my bedside sparked a lifelong interest in both radios and electronics.

As my interest grew, I took an electronics course and started building simple dipole antennas and assembled my first radio shack — with an ICOM IC-R71A as my first true DX receiver.  In college I was elected chief engineer and, later, general manager of the campus station, WDUB at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, which transmitted at 100 watts at 91.1 FM, and in addition to making many improvements to the station I hosted two radio programs featuring blues/jazz and classical music.

I turned away from the hobby as life-job-kids took over, but with three kids now in various stages of “leaving the nest,” my interest was rekindled and I studied up for my first ham license. So here I am!

I’m interested in all modes of operating, but more than all else I love making DX contacts on SSB and taking to other local hams on FM/UHF/VHF. I’m also interested in learning how to build antennas, POTA activation, and I have been enjoying exploring FT4 and FT8. At some point down the road I’d also like to become proficient in CW. 

As a club member, I’ve enjoyed participating in ARRL Field Day, park activations at South Mountain Reservation, and I recently set up a crossband repeater at my QTH to help club members and the public gain better access to our local repeater, KC2TXA in Livingston, NJ, via a dedicated UHF frequency (439.000, pl 100) on 70 cm.

You can learn more about my activities on the air and sign my logbook on my QRZ profile page. 73s and thanks for reading!