was born in the
State of Oregon October 25, 1932. I was educated in Oregon
with a background in Civil Engineering. I became interested
in radio about 1939. I had a cousin in Portland that was a
ham. He had me save up my money and buy a one tube Knight
receiver. I went on to build other radio components. I
love building as much of my own equipment as possible. As
you can see, the amplifier in the picture I built myself. It
is capable of the legal limit and then some. It was built
using spare parts that belonged to my mentor, W7NI, and works very
well. I have built another amplifier using a pair of 4-1000
A's. It will go on line soon. It is equivalent to a
Henry 8. I was granted my tech license 2/11/02.
Twenty-one months later I was given my Extra Class license.
I joined the Bill Bennett Family Group in 2003 and soon became an
alternate controller. The radio that I am using is a Drake
TR7 transceiver. The antenna is a Force 12 C19XR on a Rohn
25 tower 105 feet high. I now live in the coast range of
Northwest Oregon. I hope this will give you some idea of
what is going on up here in Oregon.
