Most folks call me SKIP

Former Callsigns WN2GHA, WB2GHA; First Licensed 1976

ARRL Life Member (Member for over 25 years)

FISTS Club #6214, FISTS CC #2052, FISTS 1xQRP #116

QRPARCI #8634, NJQRP #155, SKCC# 5246, NAQCC# 3317
NorCal Zombie # 122, GQRP# 10055 10-10 # 76274 QCWA# 35713

WAS, WAC, DXCC, QRPWAS,QRPWAC, QRPDXCC

QRPARCI 1000 Miles Per Watt Award.

State Winner QRPARCI 2000 Winter Fireside SSB Sprint (New Jersey);

First Place Single Operator QRP/Phone 2002 ARRL 10 Meter Contest (Southern New Jersey Section)

ARRL Affliliated Club Coordinater (Southern New Jersey Section)

Preferred Mode: CW - 90% QRP

Primary Active Equipment: Elecraft K2 #946, Elecraft K1 #717, Ten Tec Argonaut II, Heathkit HW-9, HamGadgets Masterkeyer MK-1,CMOS III Keyer, Vibroplex & Bencher Paddles, NYE Straight Key, NorCal K8FF Kit Paddles (Vibroplex Code Warrior prototype design), Vibroplex Champion Bug, Vibroplex Original Gold Presentation Bug.

QRO Station: Icom IC-730, LDG AT-200 Auto Tuner

VHF/UHF Station: Icom IC-251A & IC-451A

Legacy Collection: Heathkit HW7, HW8, Yaesu FT-301S, Tuna Tin II

Contributing Editor - Monitoring Times Magazine 1988 - 2010

Columnist for the Canadian International DX Club (CIDX) www.cidx.ca

Author of "Radio Monitoring - The How-To Guide" Originally published by Index Publishing Group Inc., San Diego, CA (ISBN 1-56866-101-0), Second Printing by Paladin Press (ISBN 1-58160-405-X) Currently available for free download under a Creative Commons Licese at: http://naswa.net/areybook.html

Non-Ham interests: Sherlock Holmes, Science Fiction, Bicycling, Kayking, Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar