I've been obsessed with radio since the 1970s, when my father had a US FCC issued CB radio callsign. He would occasionally let me talk on the radio and say "breaker 1-9" <cringe> to a passing trucker. I built more than one of those little AM boradcast band receivers. After the US dropped the licensing requirements, I had a cheap Radio Shack CB in my car most of the time, but sadly the CB activity was fairly poor. After high school, I joined the US Navy and trained as an Electronics Technician. I got to play with a lot of radios then.
Fast forward to the 1990s, I obtained my US ham license, and in the 2000s I upgraded which gave me full HF priviledges.
Recently, I ran across several Youtube videos showing the DXing that's going on with 11m. I had no idea! So now, I would like to try to get active on the 11m band. I hope to catch some of you on the air very soon.
Okay, I'm off to request my 2-TM callsign...
Cheers,
Steve in Colorado, USA
