12/02/02 Music: On The Road again
Background:
Born in Quinton Oklahoma in 1942.Went to school and Grew
up
in
Buffalo Valley Oklahoma. Did 4 years in US Air force
during the 60's. Employed by Ford Motor company in Kansas
City, Kansas as a production line maintenance engineer from
1964 till retirement in 1995
Currently
enjoying living on a 700 foot mountain top with my
XYL Vivian, and grandson Christopher near
Wilberton,Oklahoma.
Equipment:
Yeasu
1000D transceiver, homebrew 3CX1000 amplifier, 130
foot
160 meter vertical, Johnson kilowatt matchbox, HF beam, and
160
meter inverted "V" fed with 450 ohm twin lead. This antenna
along
with the EFJ matchbox works all bands quite nicely.
Hobbies:
Enjoy
wood working. Built my own house from scratch over
the
last three years. Working on trucks is lots of fun. Enjoy my dog
Buster.
Building high power HF amplifiers is especially fun.
Experimenting
with antennas keeps me really busy. The 145.33
repeater
on my tower was built and is maintained by yours truly.
Playing
the steel guitar for the Shrine Band and playing an
occasional
gig locally around the mountains is fun. Enjoy building
computers.
Click on each picture to enlarge.
Our
underground Our sport utility
My
dog
Me
leaning on
home
vehicle
Buster
The
Hoss
Immediate
Family Members:
Xyl
Vivian, one son Billy, two daughters, one granddaughter,
and three
grandsons.
