Operate 80m thru 450mhz all modes. Interests include Astronomy, Scuba Diving,Meteorology, ELECTRONICS, computers and most pure sciences. An Engineer by trade. Former business owner in two-way communications and burned out of ham radio almost 15yrs. Now (1998 Nov), back on the air and loving it againFirst licensed as WN6GKH in 1962.General class WB6GKH in 1962. Joined the Army in 1967. Operated intermittantly from Laos in 1969/70 as XW8CAL. Out of the service in 1970 and got my second phone, still valid. Today it's called a General Radio Operator's License (GROL). In 1976, I moved to Oregon, upgraded to Advanced and was issued the new call, KB7GP.

Aloha, Oregon station through about 2006

(5/10/2009) Building our retirement home in East Olympia, WA. Starting with the SHOP (important stuff first).

(9/1/2009) Shop is built and serving as our home until the house is built. Radio now set up. Simple ground mounted vertical performs well for DX but could do better locally with NVIS concept or simple horizontal/inverted vee configuration.

(06/01/10) The house building is going forward and with luck we should be moving in sometime in October. Exciting times these. Soon I'll have the shop to myself and I can spend time getting it arranged.

(10/04/11) Moved into the house last December just before Christmas. Currently cleaning up the landscaping and trying to make everything ready for the winter months. Have the radio set up in the office portion of the "shop" but haven't taken over the shop area due to a temporary living arrangement. Will move forward with shop improvements next spring. Have some wires in the air and a ground mounted vertical over a 32 radial field. Works great. With some difficulty and 100 Watts, I was able to work the Rotuma DXpedition, 3D2R on three bands as well as placing in the upper half of the leader board working the T32C DXpedition on "Christmas" Island on all bands and modes except6m . Moving forward and loving it.

(1/14/2012) Station today as it's set up in my shop/office. Modest, cozy and the cat likes it too.

73 all and see you on the bands. -1715-