KA5HIA Mike Wisby College Station, TX QCWA # 37273

Originally Novice in Harris County, Tx. Career: formerly in the merchant marine and ashore with tanker-barge / terminal operations. Have over twenty years in fire and emergency services, from Firefighter to Chief Officer. Relocated to College Station, Tx. I work for theTexas A&M Fire Training School (www.teex.org/fire). We provide fire, ems, rescue, hazmat, emergency management, ICS / NIMS, USAR, and specialized training to fire and emergency response personnel from around the world. Personnel train here in College Station or at locations worldwide.

I now have time to become active in amateur radio again.....received General ticket (KE5YIU). Applied to FCC for former call.....granted on24 Dec 08 (KA5HIA). Upgraded to Extra on 5 Feb 2010.

HF: Kenwood TS-830s TS-590sg / EFAB windom VHF/UHF: Kenwood TM D710A / Diamond vertical

Active in the Bryan Amateur Radio Club (www.bryanarc.org) / Brazos County ARES group (http://www.brazosares.org) and State of Texas RACES.

Support the Maritime Mobile Service Net http://www.mmsn.org and http://www.14300.net

Texas Traffic Net 3.873mhz http://www.texastrafficnet.org / 7290 Traffic Net http://www.7290trafficnet.org

Member of U.S. Naval Institute (http://www.usni.org) and Historic Naval Ships Association (http://www.hnsa.org)

Thx to all who supported the Museum Ships Weekend event.....appreciate the NJ2BB crew (USS New Jersey, BB-62) in Camden, NJ....for sponsoring the event. Thanks Margaret....!

Take Care.....73

January 09, 2017