I began playing with radios when I was little (think single digits), thanks to my uncle's (W7JBT) own facination with radios (he was only 11 years older).
In 2004, I bit the bullet and received my Technician-class amateur radio license. At the time, I was living in the Seattle area and enjoyed the hobby. Due to restrictions at home, I had to stop. After I finally settled in Arizona in 2008, I picked up the hobby again, only to have to put it aside again when I started volunteering all of my
free-time to the fire department. I retired in 2023 and picked up the hobby again, along with programming and photography.
I'm still worming my way through the General manual and plotting and planning where I'm going to shoe-horn my antennas (kinda stuck at the front of the house for the time being).
Thanks to the fire department, I was able to keep my EMT certifications current (certified since 1999), as well get my training for Public Education, Safety Officer, Public Information Officer, Wide-Area Search & Rescue, as well as the slew of mandatory FEMA classes (IS-100,200,300,400,700, & 800). I've also completed my Intro to EmComm (EC-001) and I'm working on my PR for Radio Amateurs (PR-001).
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ANTENNAS | ANCILLARY |
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TOWERS | PENDING |
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