TWFER - The World Famous Eddie Runner

Hobbies

I run several mailing lists.
Mog Mailing List for Mercedes Unimog enthusiasts
TX4x4 List for Texas off roaders to exchange information on where to wheel
Installer Mailing List for Mobile Electronics Installers to exchange info
Mobile Electronics Mailing List Mobile electronics, stereo, video, radar, security and alot more.

Shooting - My favorite to shoot is the 1911 .45 Auto.
I find the shooting range a very relaxing place.
I am a Life Member of the NRA

Ham Radio

I hold an Extra Class license, my call sign is NU5K.
10-10 #73134
I have 2meter , 6meter, 440MHz, Digital and HF Capabilities, I operate Voice as well as 2-meter Packet , GPS APRS , PSK31.

At home I am now using an Icom 756 Pro III, Icom 2100, Icom ID-800 Digital , Icom 1020 (UHF) and several scanners.

On my desk at work is an ADI 2 meter Icom 440Mhz, also a Kenwood D700, an Icom ID-800 Digital dual band, Icom 706MkIIG for HF and 6meter and several scanners.

In my vehicle is an Icom 7000 (2m,440, 6m and HF) and a Kenwood D710 for APRS, and an Icom 1020(UHF) along with a Cobra CB. My mobile install is constantly changing.

You can track my vehicle here

Member ARRL - Amateur Radio Relay League
Member B-VARC - Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club (Life Member)
Member 10-10 International - #73134

Don't shop here Houston Amateur Radio Supply Inc. !

SWL - I like listening to the Short wave radio International broadcasts and utility stuff. In fact I listen to just about everything.

Scanning - I like listening to police scanners, Have several RS PRO-2006's with computer control, 3 of the Uniden BC780s, a rare Kenwood RZ-1, I use the ScanStar Spectrum Explorer software to scan anything I want with the computerized scanners .. I also use the Trunkstar780 for manipulating the memories in my Bearcat BC780s ...

Electronics - Electronic theory and project building

Computers - Internet surfing, web page building, ebay is fun, QRZ.com. Utube !
I have been playing with some online e-commerce and personal projects, PHP and MySQL is alot of fun, also Javascript, Perl.
I have been online since 1981 (yes '81)when I got my first modem, in 1982 I started a dial in computer BBS (ACOM BBS) way way way before the internet got popular!

Genealogy - Researching my relatives is fun

Chess - I don't play as much as I would like to

Collecting - Collecting old Mad Magazines and certain old comic books

Off roading - a Mercedes Unimog
I sold my Green 1994 Hummer
I also started the TX4X4
I now drive a 2006 Z-71 Tahoe

My old 99 GMC Suburban was pretty decked out I traded it in when I bought the Tahoe but you might want to see all the stuff I installed in it.

I work at a mobile electronics store, so you can tell from these pages I am a gadget freak...

Speaker design - Car and Home loudspeaker design, theory and construction, I collect old loudspeaker enclosures 1940-1960s, and every tech paper I can find.

charter member in good standing of the very first internet car audio team!

Currently Employed by INSTALLER.COM
(I have been installing mobile electronics professionally since 1974)