So Who Is This MIP Guy Anyway?
Well, I was a native of southern California (for whatever that's
worth), born in 1959 in Los Angeles County. I was raised in the San Gabriel
Valley, developing an
interest in electronics and two-way radio during the halcyon days of "Citizens Band" in the early 70s. That stuck with me as I
graduated from Rio Hondo
Community College in 1983 with an Associate of Science degree in Electronics. I went to work with Hewlett Packard in 1979, and have been working in electronics and telecommunications ever since. In the mid-80s I was talked into getting a ham
license by some friends of mine, and obtained my original
Novice rating in 1985. This turned out to be a fortuitous event
which has shaped my career growth since then. By 1988 I was building
FM repeaters for myself and others, and in 1992 I tested for and was
granted a General Radiotelephone Operators License with Radar
Endorsement, issued by the Federal Communications Commission.
I have worked for several different outfits, chief among them was Hewlett Packard, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. I retired from MWD in May of 2020. When I recently (2021) became a resident of the State of Oregon, I reluctantly ended a 30+ year volunteer service with CalOES as a member of their Communications Reserve Unit.
These days
my wife (K6BAB) and I call Talent, Oregon, home. I plan to continue to pursue my hobbies of amateur radio (I now hold a General Class license), overlanding / off-road adventuring, and digital photography.
I am a member of the Cactus Intertie and the Peak Radio Association.
