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Gulf Breeze, Florida

(Three miles off the mainland - East of Pensacola) QTH is on the Right (Gulf of Mexico) side

L to R: Expert 2K-FA, TenTec Titan 417 (Below), FTDX-5000DM, Flex-6500 (on top), Emtron DX-2SP

Board of Directors of Blue Angels Foundation

STATION

L to R: Expert 2K-FA, TenTec Titan 417 (Below), FTDX-5000DM, Flex-6500 (on top), Emtron DX-2SP

Antennas

I prefer Home Brew Antennas (I have a 3 year old $2k M2 still new in boxes in the garage, but it's cheaper and less stressfull to gather up wire instead of scrap aluminum after the next hurricane) :-))

Five Band Quad @ 80'

Five Element 40M Delta Loop @ 55'

Two Element 80M Delta Loop @ 65'

Previous Calls:

KN1NWF 1960 - 1960 Florence, Mass {age 12}

K1NWF 1960 - 1965 Florence, Mass

SV0WKK 1966 & 1967 Nea Makri, Greece (Still have Logs)

1966

I built the shack (with the help of the C.O. and the ET gang) in the rear of one of the barracks buildings

The SBT-1K (left) was a little overkill, but it was the smallest transmitter we had :-D

KC4USK 1967 - 1968 Eights Station,Antarctica

(Club Station)

MY SOUTH POLE CERTIFICATE

W8LAQ 1968 - 1980 Eaton Rapids, MI. / Houston, TX

W8LAQ - 1980 Baton Rouge, LA.

We Truly Miss Baton Rouge - GEAUX Tigers (LSU)

K8EQ (Present) - Gulf Breeze, FL

Owner of Scale-Mart Corp., World-Scales, Inc., and Truckscales.com

(Manufacture and world wide distribution of Vehicle Scales (weigh bridges), Heavy Industrial Measuring Equipment and Data Collection/Management Systems including Port (land and sea) Container Scanning and Security Systems, as well as Landfill and Mine Mapping Systems.)

Previous Hams in the Family:

(People I grew up with)

W1WL (originally 1WL) Grand Father - Art Egan (SK)

W1HQ Uncle Herb Rhode (SK) He pronounced it "doubya one hayche que"

W1ODE Uncle Dave Strachen (SK) ("Old Donkey Ears")

(From Arbroath, Scotland -- note the map behind him)

K1NWE Dad - Bob Young (SK 6/11/12) Florence, Mass -- "K1North West East)

Dad at our rig 1964 (We took our Novice tests together at the old Customs House in Boston)

K1UOR Mom - Doris (SK 2004) Florence, Mass

K1NWE & K1UOR at their swap fest table (1999)

Lagniappe {Cajun for "Something Extra"}

My New Toy :-D (Jag "F" Type "R" - 590HP)

It's a great garage for parties :-D

**Getting Ready For Our Superbowl Party**

Bill Moore

My dear friend Bill (NC1L) and myself at Dayton several years ago. Bill passed away on 10/6/2016 :-(( After a terrible car accident in 2014.

Bill had been the DXCC manager at the League for many years, and was paralyzed in the accident in July (2014) - He never recoverd -- Prayers for him. The other ham (Left side with the glasses) is Don Mills KJ5VI. Don was a prominent Atty, a DXer, and a very very dear friend. He became SK on 3/4/14.. RIP Don.

Bill Moore, NC1L.