[Jeffhs]

I've been in ham radio 39 years. Call sign is WB8NHV. I worked CW and packet for over 10 years, then lost my 70-foot all-band dipole and had to move shortly after that, so my amateur career was cut short until just recently. I'm still on 2 meters with an Icom IC-T22a 1.5 watt handheld, and am a member of the Lake County (Ohio) Amateur Radio Association, being moderately active on their local repeater, N8BC/R, 147.81-21. I am back on HF as of about a year ago, using Echolink software on my Windows XP computer. Cannot use my standard HF gear (Icom IC-725) because I live in an apartment building; of course, in most cases, including mine, that means no outside antennas. I do have a portable 10-40-meter antenna, but it doesn't work well inside the apartment; however, since getting the Echolink software going on my computer I am back on HF (if only on voice modes) and honestly don't miss my OTA station at all. My Echolink node number is 331660.

73,