New to amateur radio with Technician license earned in early October, 2022 and General the following month.  I enjoy POTA and am also Skywarn trained.  Member of the Lakeland Amateur Radio Club in Lakeland, Florida, FT4 Digial Mode Club, FT8 Digital Mode Club|and Spotter Network.

Outside of radio I enjoy scouting, boating (motor and sailing), geocaching, relaxing in my hammock and spending time with my family.

Locally, I can be usually be found on:

• SSB using a Xiegu G90 and a Buddistick Pro antenna
• FT4 and FT8 on 20m and 40m using a QRP Labs QDX (5 watts over a dipole antenna strung across the garage attic rafters)
• WC4PEM network or K4LKL repeater using either a Yaesu FT-4X, QYT KT-8900D or a Baofeng GT-5R
• DMR using an Anytone AT-D878UVII Plus connected to a ZUM Radio Elite MMDVM hotspot
• Echolink running on Win10, Android or iPad
• Peanut running on Win10 or Android