W7FB

Dave Fischer
Saint Joseph, MO

Been licensed long time (Half century PLUS) ... 100% CW ... have several hundred thousand QSL cards ... have two file cabinets full of contest wallpaper ... tonz of 1, 2 places ... have a big box of first place plaques ... QCWA CW (three times I think) SS QRP Divison Level (three times) ... Numerous top scores in ARCI QRP contests ... lots of paper in QSO parties ... always big scores in FD ... usually 2A-3A QRP ... numerous years as FD CW op at W1AW ... Op at N4RJ in bunch of contests ...

Unusal happening = ARRL 160 (QRP) 1994...Division Wallpaper & 4th Place WORLD and made 50 WAS & 72 Sections in less than 34 hours ... at 4.8 watts (calibrated !) from Utah

Op at M/S op at N0NI W7CT K6XO KO7X in numerous contests ..

AND OF COURSE >>> Many contests/years at NQ4I ... 20/15 M ... BEST PLACE TO CONTEST M/M IN THE WORLD ... along with the GREAT and FAMOUS !!!! ...

Other stuff: Chief Scientist at HyGain - University Kansas/Illinois/Nebraska Prof of Mathematics/Mathematical Logic.

Education: Oberlin College, University of MO at Rolla (was their first or second Math Grad) with BS in Applied Mathematics, BS Electrical Engineering and Major minor in Physics. MA Pure Mathematics from University of Kansas, PhD Mathematical Logic, University Nebraska. Prof Math and Radio Astronomy/Earlham College /Univ of Indiana and build first undergraduate Radio Astronomy Observator in US ... worked with John Kraus W8JK / Ohio State / Big Ear Radio Telescope ... Director of Engineering / R&D for Superior Continental Corp (manufacturing arm of Continental Telephone - mfr of telephone switching / electronic carrier systems / telephone wire and cable ). VP R&D for Comm/Scope ... catv/telecommunication wire and coax cables. Chief Scientist for Valtec Corp .. mfg of telecommunction fiber optic cables ... Director of Tecnical Support (Corporate wide) for Continental Telephone Corp ... Director of International Wire & Cable Symposium (tnternational VOICE of the wire/fiber cable industry) ... Numerous technical publications and research papers in telecommunications and electromagnetic compatibility and lightning and transient protection ... wrote the LOOP SKYWIRE article popularizing LOOP antennas and published in all ARRL handbooks since 1985 .. long time ARRL OBS ORS and TA ... many years!

NTS TCC opr for decades, still handle NTS CW traffic regularly at Regional/AREA and TCC levels ... YEARS spent doing signal research in the Standard AM Broadcast band ... numerous findings published ... Consultant to consultants on AM Broadcast Antenna array theory and design ... have presented programs to radio clubs on propgation, CW, antennas and staton design for over many many clubs over 25 years or so ... Participated in numerous real time emergency communications during natural disasters ...