I've been a licensed Ham since 1995. I started out as a Tech No Code. I sat on 2m and 440 for years. Over the years I've been active and inactive . I guess my heart was truely in DXing! VHF/UHF wasen't cutting it. So I got my General ticket while living in FL , but I still wasn't on the HF bands for another 6 years! As for me outside Amateur Radio, I'm a Heavy Equipment Operator currently working for Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals. I work at the Milwaukee Bulk Terminal at the Port of Milwaukee. Not only do I load out bulk materials such as road salt ,coal , limestone , I over see all the ships coming into port to offload the salt ,limestone,etc.  Also in the past years I've lived in Boynton Beach,FL and West Palm BeachFL . When Living there I spent my days working as a Heavy Equipment Operator in road construction. But after work and weekends were spent out on the ocean diving and fishing. 

Thanks for checking out my bio ! Happy DXing and hope to hear you on the bands! 

73's!

John , N9ZYL