I see that I haven’t updated the pictures of my equipment in quite a while. Some gone and some changed, but it is all moved to my new “office – shack” in the back yard! We call it the cottage and it works great for a get-a-way with six grandchildren in the main house!

1963 – in Nashville with Jerry – K4ZIN

This was my shack at 1222 Grandview Drive. Nashville, Tennessee. Jerry Trousdale, K4ZIN has been my friend since we were seven years old. We are both in our early seventies and the friendship is still going strong.

Remember When?

I got my first ticket in 1960. I was 14 years old and became a NOVICE with the call KN4WPO. It was an amazing accomplishment as I remember it. Morse Code was required even though it was five words a minute and the written test was a real hurdle for a freshman in high school who didn’t have any peers who were hams. W4KFK, Frank Schwartz administered the test. He had been a ham since the year I was born, 1946. It was then that we had to wait up to six weeks to get the ticket back in the mail. What an exciting day that was when the license finally arrived!

The hobby became an addiction when my best friend, Jerry Trousdale got his license a short time later and became KN4ZIN. That was more than 50 years ago and we are both still active.

I remember saying when I was still in my teens that Ham Radio was cool because when you got old you could do even more of it! That is true!