Amateur Radio

My latest hobby is amateur radio (HAM). My station is KC9UBX mainly operating the 2 meter and 70cm bands working the local repeaters. Click here for more, including details of my HAM contact with the International Space Station. Click here for details of my contact with the ISS

Weather

I enjoy watching the weather and I am a trained NWS spotter. Primarily got my HAM license for that. To monitor the weather at home I have a Davis VantageVue weather station. Click for more details on that.

R/C Flying

I started flying Radio Controlled airplanes a few years ago. Currently have 4 planes flyable. Trainer, T-34,Cessna 180 and a Lancair. Click for more.

Model Railroading

I have been interested in model railroading since I was young. Started when I was into slot cars and saw a slot car layout with a train around it. Currently I’m in the planing stages of a new layout. I also collect C&NW antiques. More later.

Photography

I have been into photography since about 1980 and made the switch to digital in 2008 which gave me a chance to combine both photography and computers. Love playing with Photoshop and Lightroom. I worked for about a year as a portrait photographer and would like to get back into that along with some wedding photography. Photography page coming soon. For now click on my “Photo’s” page for more.

I have a fairly diverse range of interests, astronomy, aviation, computers, gardening, Ham radio, model railroading, numismatics, photography, R/C flying and video editing. I also enjoy biking, x-c skiing and a good round of golf. Still have some work to do in this section but you can click on the title of some of the sections for a more detailed page.

Gardening

I’m am not a master gardener by any means, but do enjoy working in the dirt and having a nice looking landscape filled with flowers. You can see more of my garden by checking out my photo page or go directly to a gallery by clicking here.