First licensed K0IQY 1957.  Lived and licensed in England as G5EGB four years, in South Korea as HL9EP five years. Held local license during vacations in New Zealand 1987,  Australia 1987. DXpeditions:  GM/WF5W-Orkney Islands 1999, V63WC-Yap 2003,  VP8WWW & VP8WFW-Falkland Islands  2004, 9H3W-Malta 2006, V31EA-Belize 2007, VP2V/WF5W & VP2VEA-BVI 2007, 5J0E-San Andres 2008.    Favorite mode - CW.  Mic usually not attached to the rig. Straight key always attached.  Hold: DXCC Honor Roll (Mixed),  5BDXCC,  P100 Oblast award.  TDXS Vice President of Programs.

First licensed as WN9BNL…long time ago! Previous calls W9BNL, WD8AHS, KB8KW, NS7Z, AA5NK. From London, England,  mid-late 70’s as G5CON. 1992-2004: R3/K5UO in Moscow, Russia. More recently: 9H3UO. V31UO.  Radio awards: 9BDXCC, Honor Roll for CW, SSB and Mixed. I favor the lower bands and CW almost exclusively. Struggling on 160m with 174 DXCC entities and have 272 entities on 80m. 2200 with the ARRL Challenge.   President of the Northwest Amateur Radio Society (NARS).

Became a licensed ham in the early 1990's after many years of seeing his dad play around with radios and antennas. He comes from a family of ham radio operators including his dad and grandfather (HK3CN). Rob is a CW enthusiast, and avid collector of telegraph keys.  He has operated as 5J9A, 5K9AQ, (Amazon river DXP's) 5J9A/OA, 5J9A/PY8, and HJ3PXA/YS1. Previously held callsigns include: HJ3PXA, and HK3PXA. Rob has achieved DXCC Honor Roll (Mixed), with 329 confirmed entities. Current call: HK3CW.