My richest childhood day-dreams centered on visiting exotic place far away and running pileups for days. I spent hours and hours listening to Don W9WNV, Gus W4BPD, Martti OH2BH and many others work their piles; all the time dreaming of one day sounding like a smooth running machine myself. I still carry that dream in my heart everyday.

A partial list of my previous calls and DXpedition experience includes WA6WTD WB8FUO WB5QWX KA5CHW N5DKG KZ5M AA7VB 4W 8P C6 CT3 CY9 DL G HI HK0/a J6 KH2 KH6 KL7 KP2 KP4 KP5 KP6 OH OHØ OJØ P4 PYØF S5 SV9 TG TI V2 V3 V4 V6 VE VK VP2E VP5 VP9 VY1 XE YB9 YV.

Pileups of great ops that feed fast-fire rates on both CW and Phone are my lifeblood. I have been lucky enough to gather some contest certificates and plaques that occupy proud space on my wall including several Top Ten finishes in a number of different contests.

I am an ARRL Life and Legacy Club member, past President of the Texas DX Society and served as Editor of the National Contest Journal for a number of years.

In July 2000, I proudly had the honor of represented the the USA and the Society of Midwest Contesters as Ralph K9ZO's teammate in Slovenia at WRTC2000. Martti and the 2004 WRTC Committee in Helsinki appointed me that event's Ambassador-at-Large, another wonderful experience within the world of competitive Amateur Radio.