NZ3M About Dave

I was born 1967 in Middletown, PA. I grew up there and graduated from Middletown High School. I started working right away and have been with a large fiberglass bathtub/whirlpool manufacturer since 1988. I've done many things there, and am currently working on Lean Manufacturing and Environmental, Health and Safety tasks.
I have a wife Stephanie since 1999 and our son Jacob, who was born in 2001. We live in Lancaster County PA in a quiet rural setting that is about 700ft asl.
My interest in radio began as a kid while watching my dad talk to friends on the CB. I found amateur radio while tuning around on my shortwave radio and knew that's what I wanted to do. I was first licensed in spring 2003 as KB3JHX. That summer I took general and morse code and applied for W3NAP (why, I don't know). That fall, I went to take the extra exam and let them give me a new call AB3BK. In the fall of 2008 I applied for and received the call NZ3M. Had enough of the letter "B".
On the bands, most of my activity is on VHF/UHF cw, ssb and digital. I do, however, get on HF once in a while but not nearly as much.
My other hobbies include fishing, hunting, classic cars and collecting antique kerosene lanterns.

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Dave