WB9KPT is off the air, as I relocate to Evergreen, CO.  Hope to work you from the new QTH in a few months!

I have been a ham radio operator since the late 1960's with call letters WN8AVH, WB8AVH, WB6FGR and WB9KPT. I have operated from Ohio, Indiana, California, Illinois, Colorado, Florida, Oklahoma and now Pennsylvania. I am a life member of the ARRL. Check out a series of articles I co-authored for QST "Meet the Microprocessor" August-October 1976.

I'm currently operating in an antenna restricted community with an ICOM IC-7600 and either a 100' longwire antenna / AH-4 tuner, or a S9 31' vertical / MFJ-929 tuner. I operate mostly on digital modes where I use HRD and DM780 software. As a new activity, I'm exploring some of the weak signal digital modes using the JT65-HF software.

I also collect antique radios. I have over 50 radios with a special focuson Zenith models. Radios from the 30's to the 60's, including tube and transistor types. I also have a few antique ham radios including a Drake 2B, my favorite ham radio receiver.

To pay for all the toys, I am Senior Vice President Technology for Rovi in Radnor, PA.

I graduated with a MSEE degree from Purdue University in 1975. As part of my job, I have over 30 patents in the areas of electronic program guides, teletext, digital television, television ghost canceling, commercial monitoring and audience research systems. I also have memberships in IEEE and SCTE.

In operation since November 2010, my S9 31' vertical nestled in the trees at the back of my house. Installed with 16 radials and 100' of coax to the shack. I have worked all around the world with 100 watts or less.