![]() I took a long break from ham radio (1984 to 2014) while I built a career in satellite communications, lived in Hopewell, NJ and raised three boys with my wife. In 1984, I found my first job with RCA American Communications in Princeton when a W2ZQ member took my résumé to RCA for consideration. ![]() I was a student member of W2ZQ and regularly used the 07-67 repeater and phone patch to call my girlfriend Mary, who is now my wife.Īt Trenton State College, I earned a degree in Electrical Engineering and met K2UYH – Al, who introduced me to EME Moon Bounce. I remained active in ham radio through Ewing High School and Trenton State College. In the mid-1970s I was easily the youngest check-in on the PepperNet. ![]() I received my ticket and purchased a Heathkit HF radio and a Clegg 2M FM radio at Trevose Hamtronics with paper route money. ![]() As soon as I could copy 5 WPM, my father took me to a W2ZQ VE (volunteer examiner) W2SVV – Cesar Arena. My mother taught me Morse Code to earn a Cub Scout merit badge. I was born in Trenton, NJ and grew up just a few miles from the W2ZQ club station in West Trenton. This is the story of how I got there and how W2ZQ paved the way. It’s been a long road but I finally got to the moon.
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