A Little About Me

So here we are at post #1... or #1.2 or #2.... depends on if you consider the introduction a post...

I thought I would use this entry to take the time to tell you a little bit about me. Where shall I begin? In the beginning God Created the Heavens and the Earth and <fast forward hundreds of thousands of years> I was born in December 1982 which makes me almost 31, although I am mentally about 7. I was raised in Oklahoma, with short bouts of Texas and Kansas thrown in and had a relatively boring, typical childhood.

I first got interested in Amateur radio because of my uncle Tim, formerly KC5QYD (No, he isn't SK, he just sort of got out of the hobby.) I was licensed as a Tech Class Ham in the summer of 1997. That was good enough for me for 11 years. Then in the Summer of 2008 I got my General ticket at the Columbia University Amateur Radio Club's VE Exam in New York City and became AB2ZZ. Three months later I decided to try for my Extra (Also at Columbia University) and boom! Here I am! I kept AB2ZZ for quite a while, then chose to go with a vanity. For about a month in 2013 I was NZ2V before becoming WW1F, a call which I have actually started to like pretty well.

I was formerly an auditor for the New York Mets but for the last year and a half I have been driving an 18-Wheeler across the United States. For a ham, there is no better occupation. I have 10 hour stretches of time when its just me, a microphone and a steering wheel. Toss in a repeater directory and life is good.

So that's me in a nutshell. Stay tuned for more exciting tales from WW1F!!!