Tom has worked over 100 countries on 8 bands from 80 through 10-Meters. He has over 300 countries on all bands and 67 on 6-Meters - plus his Challenge totals are in excess of 1,700. His most memorable contacts were made with the International Space Station, NA1SS. In addition to his desire to work that elusive DX, he enjoys CW, QRP, building equipment, and helping other hams with computer and software issues.
A truly amazing part of Tom's ham radio career is that in 1969 he was part of a QSO where a Long Delayed Echo (LDE) was involved. This is a really rare occurrence in ham radio and there is no definite explanation of this phenomenon. An LDE is when signals return to the sender several SECONDS after a radio transmission! It can be MUCH longer than the 2-1/2 seconds it takes a signal to return from the Moon! Click HERE for a Wikipedia article on LDE's and Click HERE for a link to an article with 15 possible explanations for LDE's. Tom's LDE QSO is mentioned in the first paragraph of the February 1970 issue of QST in an article titled,
Click HERE to view a PDF of that QST article "Reprinted with the permission of the ARRL. © Copyright ARRL."
Tom was also mentioned in an August 1969 issue of Popular Electronics magazine. On page 96 of that issue, the photo on the right was published.
Tom is a member of the North American QRP CW Club (NAQCC) and is one of the original TEN-TEN NET members. He holds member #1401 in that group, a VERY low number.
Tom says that his interest in ham radio has been further sparked by the addition of the Logger32 logging program to his station. Using Logger32 provides the operator with the ability to keep excellent track of his QSO's, QSL's, and alert him to when a New One is being spotted.
Tom can be reached via email at ab8rl@arrl.net
