First
licensed in 1960 as KN4NTA, I received the call of K4NTA the following year.
My QTH until 1994 was
Stuart
,
FL
when I moved to
Mc Murray
,
PA
near
Pittsburgh
. In early 2000 I moved to
Waxhaw
,
NC
near
Charlotte
. Then in April 2001 back to the
Pittsburgh
area. In 2000 I changed my
call to W4ZE.
During
the early 1980’s I was active promoting packet radio and the Florida Amateur
Digital Communication Association (FADCA) in
Florida
. Working with W1BEL, N2WX and many
others, we introduced packet radio to
Florida
. The software for the TAPR TNC 2
was written by Howie N2WX. TAPR did
not have a prototype to test the software on, so we used a highly modified Xerox
820 computer board. I was
responsible for the hardware modifications and helped with the testing.
We
learned in January 2007 that Gwen Reedy W1BEL became a silent key in late 2006.
He will truly be missed.
I
have now retired and as of July 2007 will be in our new home in
Port St
Lucie
,
FL.
The tower is up and
I am again enjoying contesting and DXing.
Ham Family:
My son Tony is KG4JJK
Daughter Mary is K4NTA Yes
my former call
Son-in-law Dana is AF4CN
Nephew Kevin is W4KKW
W4ZE
since 11/21/01