Always wanted to be a ham but never just went and did it. Received my tech license early August 2007, my General license in early October 2007 and my Extra class license in November 2008.

Running a Kenwood TS-2000 barefoot (100 watts) into a G5RV and using a SignaLink USB for digital communications. I'm a member of the Bergen Amateur Radio Association (BARA) in Northern NJ. I'm also an ARRL VE and enjoy administering the exams to new and upgrading hams.

I've been in Information Technology my whole career and enjoy all aspects of computers. Using computers and amaterur radio together is a real pleasure for me.

I keep a blog of my radio activities at http://www.k2dsl.com and a set of ham related web tools at http://www.levinecentral.com/ham/

WAS #53,075 WAS RTTY #634
LoTW Triple Play Award #243
DXCC #42,829 Mixed and DXCC 20m
DXCC #2,597 for RTTY

2011 ARRL RTTY Roundup - 1st place Hudson Division - Single Op Low Power
2010 RAC Winter Contest - 1st place US 2nd Call Area / 2nd place USSingle Op Low Power
2010 IARU HF Championship - 1st place MultiOp High Power Northern NJ
2010 CQ WW WPX CW - 1st place US Rookie Low Power
2010 CQ WW WPX SSB - 1st place US 2 Call Area Low Power
2010 RTTY Round-Up - 1st place Hudson Division Low Power
2009 CQ WW WPX - 1st place US Low Power Rookie & 1st US 2 Call Area
2009 IARU HF World Championship - 1st place Multi Op Phone High Power (Single Op Assisted) Northern NJ
2009 DL-DX RTTY Contest - 1st place NA Limited Antennas
2009 RAC Winter Contest - Multi-Op (Single Op Assisted) Low Power - 1st place US 2nd Call Area / 1st place US
2008 RAC Winter Contest - Multi-Op (Single Op Assisted) Low Power - 1st place US 2nd Call Area / 2nd place US
2008 IARU HF World Championship - 1st place Single Op Phone Low Power Northern NJ
2008 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes - 1st place Limited Rover Northern NJ
2008 CIS DX RTTY - 1st place North America SOLP

When operating as K2DSL/4 I have been located in grid FM14bc in Wilmington NC.