I have been an Amateur Radio Operator for
40 Years. I was first licensed as WN9UXP in 1967. I up graded to Technician with the call of WA9UXP in 1968. Next, I upgraded
to Advance Class. Finally, I upgraded to Extra in 1990. I changed my call to WV9O.
I operate from 160 meters to 70 cm amateur band.
I am a member of the Lake County Amateur Radio Club and trustee for the club’s
call W9LJ. I am active in Emergency Communications.
I am a member of:
- Indiana
Traffic Net
- Lake County
- Weather Spotter “Sky
Warn”
- Amateur Radio Emergency Service
“ARES”
- Radio Amateur Civil Emergency
Service “RACES”
In 2006, I started to work for my Worked All States Award (WAS) on the 75-meter
amateur band. I joined the Geratol Net, which meets at 01:00 UTC every night on 3.668 MHz. The 2006-2007 season of the
Geratol Net, I volunteered to be Net Control on Saturday night for the first shift.
I am found just about every night on the Geratol Net on 3.668 MHz. My Geratol
Number is 2448 and Director Number is 351.
I am active on D-Star (digital Ham Radio) I operate
on the Chicago, IL North Shore Repeater NS9RC on 443.09375 MHz and can be found on Reflector 1C.
73 Marv
