WW5A Kenneth R. 'Ken' Edwards Lawrenceville, GA QCWA # 34968 Chapter 49

I have been licensed since December 1964. I spent a career in Naval Aviation, primarily operating out of the Pacific aboard various carriers deployed to the Seventh Fleet. I flew the EA-3B, S-3A and a variety of training command aircraft.

My first radio was a marginal Hallicrafter's S-20R and Viking Adventurer with a handful of crystals. Over the years, I have operated from various locations here in the states and also in Guam...aeronautical mobile off the Soviet far east...Diego Garcia, and the Mediterranean.

My grandfather, WA4SQM- Leo Nielsen originally from Fredericia, Denmark, is directly responsible for my lifelong interest in radio and, particularly, Morse code. I held his call for some time but applied for a more 'morse friendly' vanity call.

ARRL Life Member, and a member of: QCWA, Kootenai Amateur Radio Society, OOTC, CQC, SKCC, NAQCC and FISTS

March 2, 2019