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It all started one warm, late Spring afternoon in 1990 when, at age 15, I took a
Novice license class with my father in Gwinnett County, Georgia through the
Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society.
We both passed our 5 words per minute code test (with straight copy no less) and
written exam thus starting our journey into this brand new hobby. Shortly
after earning my license, my dad and I went to the 1990 Field Day exercise with
GARS and got hooked. After our first license, we both upgraded to Technician.
My dad went on to pass his 13 words per minute code test and written exam to earn
his General license.
Being young when I earned my license, I had a unique opportunity to explore the
hobby while learning various subjects as I looked toward my future.
As I came
close to graduation from high school, I became interested in computers and the ability
to write code to control them. I also became interested in how to bring computers
and amatuer radio together. With this in mind, I became very much involved
in
packet radio. I had a great time working, learning from and talking with
many very nice folks from the Eastern Atlanta LAN group,
GARS,
Stone Mountain ARC,
Atlanta Amateur Radio Club and
K4ABT
with the ROSE Network.
Then came a time when I went off of the air for a bit. It was time to go to
college (Go Dawgs!).
While in college I found a girlfriend, got a degree, started a job, married said
girlfriend and then started a family (in that order). So, the radio took a
back seat for just a bit while I started my own life.
Fast forward to now and it's time to get back on the air. Not only have I
gotten back on the air, but my wife decided to study and earned her Technician license
in a little under a month. (welcome to the hobby
KC4RWD
).
I am presently a member of the
Tri County Amateur Radio Club and the
ARRL.
I presently enjoy working the HF Digital Modes. There are so many different ways to communicate with various digital modes and very low power in order to reach out across the world. I enjoy local communications as well and plan to one day explore the world of D-Star a bit when it becomes more popular and the price tag of D-Star radios comes down.
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Me Now
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