Hello,

I made my first echolink contact on this node a few days ago. Met some very nice people and hope to get to know you all better. I am a father of 8 sons and have been a ham since 1985 or so. Went from no ticket to Extra in one testing session. It was taxing, but worth it. I have been active on and off on HF. Not done much VHF so getting to know the ins and outs of things here.

Have done a variety of things over the years and keep active. I enjoy using linux, hand weaving, canoing, camping.

Looking forward to getting to know you all on the node.

Alex