This oldcyberdude started out as a young lad taking apart old television and radio sets when active components glowed and before components could only be seen under a microscope. As a teenager, I became a ham thanks to the Bloomfield Amateur Radio Club, Bloomfield Ct. and thus started a life long interest in communications and antennas.
I obtained my current call, WB5NHL, while I lived in the Dallas, TX. area. While living in the Dallas suburbs I actually had a ham "shack" in the form of a 10x16 ft building in the backyard.
My ham activity has ebbed and flowed with demands of school, family and profession. I have had major stations with tri-band beams and a 70 ft tower. My current station is more modest in an antenna-restricted townhouse and I'm relearning the joys of QRP.
I started racing in the early 80's in the Dallas TX area. The motivation for racing was to get some significant exercise. At the time my eengineering career limited the amount of time I could devote to riding. While touring groups are excellent exercise, they tend to dislike anyone that wants to go hard. For going hard meant I could squeeze exercisse into a hectic schedule. Racers, of course, always like to go hard and thus was born my start into racing.
RACE Category Place Lancaster TT Series #1 50+ 6th Lancaster TT Series #2 50+ 4th Lancaster TT Series #3 50+ 5th Grinder Circuit Race (Philly 2-day) 4/5 18th Vespin Criterium (Philly 2-day) 4/5 18th Farmersville RR 50+ 17th Habitat for Humanity Circuit Race 4/5 DNF Lower Providence Criterium 4/5 21st Lower Providence Criterium 50+ DNF Hellertown Criterium 55+ DNF Wells Ave. Training Series Crit. C no pick Dick Adamucci Memorial RR 55+ 9th Dick Adamucci Memorial RR 5 no pick South York County RR 50+ 15th Dave Wollet Memorial Criterium 50+ 14th Wyoming Valley Crterium 50+ 15th
I have recently become interested in sketching and watercolor painting. I find the free style of Ronald Searle and Danny Gregory very appealing.