It seems that I am the type of person that likes to try everything, at least once

    Over the years I have earned my amateur radio license, motorcycle license, pilots license, firearms license, gone scuba diving, skydiving, fishing, camping, earned my Comptia A+ Computer Technician certificate, become an eBay Educational Specialist, I like to teach continuing ed, I have turned one of my passions, Photography into a full time career and another of my avocations, eBay into a part time career. I like to travel, I have been to Canada, France, England, Amsterdam, Brussels, I have visited 35 of the 50 states, driven cross country twice and to northern Canada by motorcycle. I like to cook (but not do the dishes), I am a people person and I enjoy helping senior citizens cope with modern technology, I lecture and teach classes at local computer clubs, I teach eBay and e-commerce, photography, Microsoft Office and safe computing by lecturing on avoiding  internet scams. If any of my interests happen to interest you too click on one of the links below.

My HOBBIES

Amateur Radio - KK2T    

     I have been an amateur radio operator, better known as ham radio since 1968 when I was first licensed by the FCC as amateur radio station WN2CDM in the Bronx, NY. I passed the FCC Novice Class exam (which no longer exists) which consisted of a practical exam on electronic theory, electrical safety, rules and regulations plus a five minute morse code exam, copying and sending morse code at five words per minute. Through the years I studied for and passed successively  more difficult exams, the General Class exam, the Advanced Class exam and finally, the very difficult Amateur Extra exam in 1970 which consisted of questions about electronic circuitry for radio and television broadcasting and a twenty words-per-minute morse code test. Morse code is no longer included on Amateur Radio exams but it is still used by many hams all over the world.

My current radio station station is located in Forest Hills, NY and has the Amateur Extra Class Callsign KK2T.
My amateur radio activities these days are limited to VHF and UHF operation both fixed base, portable and mobile.
I am also the trustee for the Amateur Radio Repeater Station owned by The Apple Amateur Radio Club and located atop the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. The repeater recieves signals from hams within about a 35 mile radius and rebroadcasts their signal with greater strength and clarity. KK2T/R receives on a UHF frequency of 444.050 MHz and transmits on 449.050 Mhz. We use A PL tone of 114.8 Hz to minimize interference.