Dick NA3P

Dick was first licensed in 1972 as WN3UHK at the age of 16, then by the time he was 17 had upgraded to amateur advanced class with callsign WA3UHK. Dick has had other callsigns over the past half century including KF6ME, WV4M and NH7L. He was operating from Kirchberg, Germany as DA1JF and WA3UHK/DU2 and KF6ME/DU2 in Angeles City, Philippines and portable KF6ME/KL7 in North Pole, Alaska also from KH6. Dick has also had stations in Maryland, West Virginia, California, New Mexico, Florida, Ohio and Virginia. Dick is an Extra Class licensee. Dick is a retired intelligence analyst with the US Department of Defense and is also a retired Air Force officer. He is married to Sally since 1979 who he met on his first Air Force assignment in Sacramento, California. He has one son, Jason, who is an Iraq War veteran in the USMC and an employee of NOAA in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Dick is a graduate of WVU in Morgantown, WV (Mechanical Engineering) and USC in Los Angeles, CA (Systems Management). He is now retired living in Culpeper, Virginia. Currently Dick is active on HF, UHF, VHF all modes including FT-8, PSK-31 and DStar. Dick’s favorite mode is CW. Dick is also an avid aviator and a certified flight instructor in single engine aircraft. A member of the Skyline Soaring Group, a glider club, in Front Royal, Virginia.