Initially Chief MARS Op
USS LONG BEACH CGN-9 1989. Received first ham ticket prior to deployment
1990. Along with NAVMARS Ops Whidbey Island WA, Norfolk VA, USS ABE
LINCOLN, and USS FORRESTAL developed Navy's first worldwide email
forwarding system for forces afloat utilizing AMTOR digital teletype,
the Afloat Net Traffic System (ANTS).
Retired from US Navy July 4th, 2002. My hobby is digital HF
communications in the field. Operated from dozens of remote locations
afloat and ashore around the world and around the states.
A photo album of my
field work may be viewed at my webshots website:
http://community.webshots.com/album/51600117XHhpTY
ADDENDUM: I will be
working a Special Event remote station from the Del Mar Beach RV
campground at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base for the ARRL FIELD DAY
June 26-27, 2004. I will try to set up a KC6OOE.com website for live
pictures and QSL's. I expect to be working HF RTTY/AMTOR/HF PAKET 10-20
meters. See you there!
ALSO: May
1-2, 2004 Sat & Sun ~ Associazione Radioamatori Italiani (ARI) Int'l
RTTY DX Contest (see Photo Gallery page for live photos). I will be
working 10-20 Meters from my home base station. I
will be on the air Friday night April 30 from 1800-2330 PDT conducting
QSO's.
