Ive ben into amateur radio going on 37 yrs and use mainly cw-I like to DX and Rag Chew-I like to Elmer New Hams. I was a manager for Radio Shack when they were a Real Radio Shack back in the Early 70s Iam retired-USN- Special Ops.12 yrs, Industrial Electrician-15 yrs.,I like to hunt,fish,camp, collect stamps and Real QSL cards,also a Rockhound and a UFO investigator.I get excited when I get a new QSL in the mail even though I have 9,000 or so of them.I enjoy experimenting with all antennas and homebrewing QRP cw rigs,my son has been an amature since age 8(5wpm Novice)now a General for 17 yrs a cw opr. too.We have a lot of fun-we do mobile cw/rtty and portable ops.in the Hiawatha National Forest in Rare counties in the UP of Michigan. This is the King of all Hobbies(Advocation) 73/GL/DX