About Me


Licensed originally in 1991 while living in upstate New York, my original call was KB2NSX which I kept for about ten years. After moving around the country with the Navy and finally being able to settle down in Virginia Beach, I decided to change my call through the Vanity program to a “4″ area call.

I’m a retired Master Chief Electrician’s Mate and during my 21 years in the Navy I served onboard the USS ARKANSAS (CGN-41), USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70), USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN-75), and the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65). I once operated EchoLink Node 90488 on 146.49 MHz simplex in Virginia Beach however it hasn’t been on the air in a very long time and most likely will not be again.  I’m currently located in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and (unfortunately) not very active on the air.

For QSL’ing I utilize the ARRL incoming and outgoing QSL bureau’s and will send direct via regular mail here in the US. I also submit all contacts via eQSL and Logbook of the World.

My preferred operating mode is PSK31 on 20 or 40 meters.

HF Equipment:

Mobile HF:

VHF/UHF/Satellite:

  • Yaesu FT-736R
  • SatPC32
  • MFJ-1270B
  • 2M Copper J-Pole
  • 70cm Copper J-Pole
  • N5ZTW Tini CAT
  • TAPR/AMSAT DSP-93
  • Kansas City Tracker

APRS

  • UI-View
  • Radio Shack HTX-212
  • Kantronics KPC-9612
  • MFJ-1750 2 Meter 5/8 Ground Plane

Mobile VHF/UHF/Satellite:

We each run an Kenwood D700A with a Diamond “NMO” mount 2M/70cm antenna. Pedestrian mobile we run Icom T2H Sport 2M handhelds with a Pryme RD-98 antenna. I also use a Kenwood TH-D7A for portable satellite operation with an Arrow handheld antenna.