Biography

Happy DX! I would be happy to mail you a physical QSL card if you desire to have one. (At no cost to you) Just ask me. 

I am one of the three Westernmost Active Extra Class Hams in the lower 48 contiguous states of America. 

SWL for more than fifty years. Lic. Ham for over forty years. Former U.S. Coast Guard Radioman RM2 (E-5) at USCG Commsta San Francisco. (NMC) 1978-1982. Was the NMC QSL manager. Plank owner crew member for the NMC Ham Radio Station about 1979-1981.

Worked in the San Francisco Bay Area for nineteen years at high tech companies including NASA Ames Research Center as a contract employee for five years in the late 1980s.

Former calls were KA6GTR 1980-1988. Novice Class. KC6YLB 1989-1999. N7GAP 1999-12/16/2020 General Class. 12/17/2020-Present Extra Class! 6/02/2021-Present New Callsign N7NMC. To celebrate my ham and professional Radio started in 1980 at USCG Commsta San Francisco (NMC).

Coast Guard CW Operators Association ZUT #1637 After FORTY YEARS!

Coast Guard Amateur Radio Club. http://www.w5cgc.org

FISTS #20589 The International Morse Preservation Society

Quarter Century Wireless Association #38369 - 40th Anniversary Certificate!

July 2021 - ARRL VEC.

After 40 years as an Novice to General, I'm now an Extra thanks to http://www.hamtestonline.com!

Worked DXCCs:

Equipment

Icom IC-7610 and Icom IC-7300.

October 2021 Typical Winter storm 72mph gusts. All antennas came down. Off air for seven months.

May 10, 2022. ICOM 7610 back from service. Running Ciro Mazzoni Baby Loop 40m-10m indoors until weather gets better for installation. Rated for surviving 100mph wind gusts. 

Future projects for 2022:

1. Install a hidden 80m DDRR style about six feet off the ground.

2. PAR Electronics Stressed Moxon 6 meters antenna SM50 in setup indoors right now!