Roger - W1FSY

Roger was first licensed in 1963 with a general class, upgrading to advanced in 1982. His current radios consist of the Kenwood TS 450 S, Yaesu FT817, Kenwood TS 530 S, Drake TR4, Collins KWM2A, Swan 350A.  Two antennas, both wires. End fed half wave and multiband inverted V.  To get his license Roger originally had to copy 13 words per minute. Roger enjoys talking to people mostly on SSB, but also working CW.   Ham radio gave Roger a start for a very long and enjoyable career in broadcast journalism, mostly radio.  Roger still produces podcasts for a nonprofit news website.