The name here is removed, that was my fathers nickname.
He owned the first Harley dealership in Alabama. A harley shop is a great place to grow up and had a blast.
On to the news...
I am a General Class Amateur Ham radio operator and I also hold a FCC General Radiotelephone Operator License (GROL).
Holding also degrees in Machine Technology, Electronic Engineering and Information Technology.
I am currently retired due to a high-voltage accident that left me a bi-lateral amputee.
A loving wife that is a Operations Manager for a dialysis clinic and 3 great kids that are a lawyer, engineer and model.
I have work lots of jobs while putting myself thru school. I worked in machine shops, as a anchor rigger to a seismograph operator for a blasting company.
After going thru electronics school I went to work for a company that built modems.
Then to my first Olympic project building a A/V switcher for 3M going to the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Then I worked for a number of years for Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) as assistant Chief Engineer. I also was at the ground floor of the WEWN shortwave station in Vandiver, Alabama.
I left EWTN for another Olympic project, this time the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Ga. Where I was Engineer in Charge of Georgia Dome Gymnastics broadcast system.
After that and coming home I went to work for the City of Birmingham in the Traffic Engineering department. After about 8 years there I had a accident.
I became a disabled bi-lateral amputee from contacting a ground line that was energized with high-voltage, with 13,500 volts. Lots of pain and LOTS of burns, 50% 3rd and 4th degree.
Whoever said, "STOP, DROP AND ROLL" has never been on fire before. It turns into, "OHH, CRAP AND RUN" in a hurry.
Yet with the Lords help I try not to let it slow me down.
197 days in the hospital, a year and half of rehab with daily dressing changes. I was so hot that when they put the flames out I re-ignited. Would have not made it without the Lord and my loving wife beside me the whole time. She helped me learn to walk again.
As a child my Dad owned the first Harley-Davidson dealership in Alabama and I still ride my Harley. Something the doctors never thought I'd do.
I have traveled around the world, touched the sky and the bottom of the ocean. I have stood on the steps of Apollo's Temple. Gazed in to the Oracle at Delphi. Drank from the Mediterranean Sea at Poseidon's gateway. Stood on the rubble that remained of the Wall of East meeting the West.
Stood on massive glaciers in Alaska, listened to corn grow in Alabama. Sat were Presidents have spoke in Washington and prayed where native Americans have died in South Dakota.
I have always been instrested in lazing, even before it was cool. My first was a common and inexpensive gas laser, the helium-neon laser that was constructed to operate in the red at 632.8.
Still have it today.
Jobs in machine technolgy have exposed me to some medium powered welding lasers. A 50 watt argon that was used to spot weld.
Yet I'm most interested in the Ruby, the granddaddy of all lasers. No blue-tooth 750 mw's here, were talking about distancing the moon!
Always wanted to combine my ham radio interest and lasers to one day do a moon bounce with CW.
Enough layers for ya Morgan?
He owned the first Harley dealership in Alabama. A harley shop is a great place to grow up and had a blast.
On to the news...
I am a General Class Amateur Ham radio operator and I also hold a FCC General Radiotelephone Operator License (GROL).
Holding also degrees in Machine Technology, Electronic Engineering and Information Technology.
I am currently retired due to a high-voltage accident that left me a bi-lateral amputee.
A loving wife that is a Operations Manager for a dialysis clinic and 3 great kids that are a lawyer, engineer and model.
I have work lots of jobs while putting myself thru school. I worked in machine shops, as a anchor rigger to a seismograph operator for a blasting company.
After going thru electronics school I went to work for a company that built modems.
Then to my first Olympic project building a A/V switcher for 3M going to the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Then I worked for a number of years for Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) as assistant Chief Engineer. I also was at the ground floor of the WEWN shortwave station in Vandiver, Alabama.
I left EWTN for another Olympic project, this time the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Ga. Where I was Engineer in Charge of Georgia Dome Gymnastics broadcast system.
After that and coming home I went to work for the City of Birmingham in the Traffic Engineering department. After about 8 years there I had a accident.
I became a disabled bi-lateral amputee from contacting a ground line that was energized with high-voltage, with 13,500 volts. Lots of pain and LOTS of burns, 50% 3rd and 4th degree.
Whoever said, "STOP, DROP AND ROLL" has never been on fire before. It turns into, "OHH, CRAP AND RUN" in a hurry.
Yet with the Lords help I try not to let it slow me down.
197 days in the hospital, a year and half of rehab with daily dressing changes. I was so hot that when they put the flames out I re-ignited. Would have not made it without the Lord and my loving wife beside me the whole time. She helped me learn to walk again.
As a child my Dad owned the first Harley-Davidson dealership in Alabama and I still ride my Harley. Something the doctors never thought I'd do.
I have traveled around the world, touched the sky and the bottom of the ocean. I have stood on the steps of Apollo's Temple. Gazed in to the Oracle at Delphi. Drank from the Mediterranean Sea at Poseidon's gateway. Stood on the rubble that remained of the Wall of East meeting the West.
Stood on massive glaciers in Alaska, listened to corn grow in Alabama. Sat were Presidents have spoke in Washington and prayed where native Americans have died in South Dakota.
I have always been instrested in lazing, even before it was cool. My first was a common and inexpensive gas laser, the helium-neon laser that was constructed to operate in the red at 632.8.
Still have it today.
Jobs in machine technolgy have exposed me to some medium powered welding lasers. A 50 watt argon that was used to spot weld.
Yet I'm most interested in the Ruby, the granddaddy of all lasers. No blue-tooth 750 mw's here, were talking about distancing the moon!
Always wanted to combine my ham radio interest and lasers to one day do a moon bounce with CW.
Enough layers for ya Morgan?
, but it sounds like you're doing alright considering. That must have been one hell of an experience.
But as little as I talk.. which is primarily only at hamfests.. I never really felt the need to upgrade.