I earned my Extra ticket in 1994 at the Racine Hamfest. I am an Assistant Coordinator for Racine County Amateur Radio Emergency Service. I am a past-president of the Racine Megacycle Club.I have also held the offices of vice-president, secretary and activities director. I am the Trustee of the Lake Shore Repeater Association wich runs the KR9RK repeaters on 147.270 MHz and 442.000 MHz. I am also the webmaster for the websites of both clubs and ARES.
I enjoy the art of the QSO most of all. To me there is noting better than meeting new friends on the air and getting to know them. Although most of the time You'll find me on various phone modes, you can sometimes cath me on CW or trying to fool around with various digital modes.
My primary station consists of an Icom 706 MKIIG with Butternut HF6 ground-mounted vertical and a 6 meter ringo.
I like to have fun on the local repeaters using my Kenwood TH-F6A and I also run a Swan 500 CX with external VFO with many home-brew antennas and tuners from time to time.
I also have an Azden 6M Mobile rig, an Alinco DR-599 2M/70cm, an and a HTX202 for the VHF/UHF side. Comtronix 80 channel 10 meter FM rig and the newest addition is a little HTX-10 RadioShack All-Mode 10 Meter Mobile.
I have two Kenwood TR-7400s, One I use for Packet and the other will be used for fox-hunting. I have also recently assembled a tinytrack and will be doing the APRS mobile soon.
The Racine Megacycle Club
The Megacycle Club is an organization of Radio Amateurs in South-Eastern Wisconsin. Sponsoring Area Field Day and Fox Hunt activities.
The Lakeshore Repeater Association
The Lakeshore Repeater Association is a Ham radio group that maintains the VHF 2 Meter KR9RK repeater on 147.270 MHz and the 70 centimeter KR9RK repeater on 442.00 MHz
The Racine County ARES
The Racine County Amateur Radio Emergency Service. Disaster services and Emergency Communications for Racine County, Wisconsin.
QSL Travels | Be the DX
An Alaskan Amateur Radio Adventure as Racine Wisconsin Chapter 162 QCWA hosted the International QCWA Convention in August of 2005.
The Volunteer Center of Racine County
The Volunteer Center of Racine County acts as a link between people looking for volunteer opportunities and agencies looking for volunteers.
Racine Wisconsin Community Information
Racine, Wisconsin is the Belle City of the Lakes. Information for residents and visitors alike. Located on Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Chicago, Racine has much to offer.