KZ4LY

I gave up on amateur radio in junior high school when I never seemed to exceed 4WPM CW. In my second half century, I (like many others) saw hams contributing to disaster communications and wanted to be prepared to help, and learned that morse was no longer a requirement.

I studied diligently for Technician and General, trying to understand, not just memorize. After passing those in one sitting, took Extra as well, just to see what the test was like, and made the trifecta, which then made me the least qualified Amateur Extra in existence, for at least a day. ☺

Now I'm spending time on http://lcwo.net — maybe I'm getting sucked in after all. I'm operating locally on 2m, 1.25m, and 70cm analog voice, and now starting to haunt the HF airwaves on an IC-7300. I am interested in voice and open source digital modes across the spectrum. Interested in js8call and m17 so far; I'll see where I end up.

It will be interesting to see how this mixes into my other hobbies.