That NC-100 sure could have used DSP!!!

Jerry Pittenger 6930 Cook Rd. Powell, Oh 43065 K8RA@arrl.net 614-764-5872

KN8UNG 1960 age 13

I obtained my KN8UNG Novice class license in June 1960 (age 13) and have been an active ham since. My Elmer was W8GGH (SK) and he was a true friend and mentor. Through the years my interests have drifted to DXing and building things in my workshop. I have built and published several linear amplifiers and other homebrew equipment. I think this interest was inherited from my father who was a tool and die maker. He was always tinkering in a large workshop full of milling machines, lathes and drill presses. In 2006 I retired after 37 years working for a large non-profit research organization (Battelle Memorial Institute). I started there as a software / systems engineer and ended up as a manager doing research on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) mostly for the Department of Transportation in Washington D.C. I graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and later earned an MS degree in Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University. When I retired I thought I would have much more time to play radio. That didn't happen. I don't understand where the days go and I still can't get everything I want to do done. Making my CW keys fills much of my time but it is a labor of love. I can get lost in time machining metals and making things in the shop for the radio. But I still find time almost daily to fill the ionosphere with RF. Listen for me on 6 through 160 on CW (80%), SSB (10%) and RTTY/PSK31 (10%). Feel free to e-mail me anytime.