NI9Y

At the age of 10 years old I found some old radio books and magazines belonging to my father.  He was a spark operator in the 1920's.  I was immediatly interested reading about all the neat spark transmitters and first tube radios.  

Then at age 14 I discovered ham radio and got my Novice license KN9EUV and several months later upgradeed to General K9EUV at age 15.  Upon graduation from High School I enlisted in the Navy as a Radioman.  All the ship radio gear was from WW2 and was easy to operate since I alredy read them in magazines.  I was discharged as a Petty Officer RM2nd class in 1961. My first job was as an engineer and announcer at WGSB Radio in Geneva, Illinois.  After working at several radio stations I became a Television News anchor on WSBT-TV in South Bend, Indiana,  After eight years I left the business to engage in electronic research and development for two years.  Then became a self-employed insurance broker for the next 35 years and retired at age 73.  Now I am a full time ham radio operator.  Work mostly CW, RTTY and other digital modes.  However CW is my favorite mode.  I use a 1940 Chicago Apparatus Company, Chicago,ILL. bug and a 1942 U.S. Army Signal Corps J-36 bug.

I am also a ARRL Technical Specialist helping other hams or new hams with their station, antenna, and advice.

You can find me every morning before sunrise on 1812 or 3552 KHZ rain or shine.  Let's make a sked   ni9y@ATT.NET