Operated the 2012 South Dakota QSO Party from 25 counties on April 21 & 22. Total of 860 QSOs & 60 mults for 206,400 points.

Operated the 2012 Wisconsin QSO Party as W9DND/m. Thanks to everyone who contacted us during the party.

I was licensed in 1969 while in high school in Fort Dodge, IA. My original call was WNØZSF, upgraded to General in 1970 as WAØZSF and Extra in 1980 as KNØD. I applied for my KØPC call when the vanity call program opened in 1996. My interest in amateur radio began when Dr. Paul Kersten, WØWIT (SK), donated some of his equipment to my high school.

These days my interests tend to CW contests and DXing. I am currently serving as president of the Twin City DX Association and webmaster of the Minnesota Wireless Association. Since 2004 I have been operating mobile in state QSO parties in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska.