STATION EQUIPMENT: KENWOOD TS-830S KENWOOD TS-440S KENWOOD PS-1 PH. PATCH KENWOOD MC-50 MIKE YAESU FL-2100Z LINEAR AMP OFFICE LAN LINUX AND WIN98 PENTIUM 133 PC INTERFACED HF SLOW SCAN TELEVISION HF WEATHER FAX TRANSMISSION PSK-31 COMMUNICATIONS VHF SLOW SCAN TV WINLINK HF EMAIL COMING SOON AIM SCREEN NAME "N6HGG"	N6HGG ROBERT E. REED, Jr. ARCATA, CALIFORNIA U.S.A. STATION LOCATION:  40 DEG. 54' 30" N 124 DEG. 04' W THE PACIFIC SEAFARER'S VIEW MY PROFESSIONAL RESUME The ASPEN One Project View A Condensed Bio of my life and stuff I like to do View the Eureka Times-Standard Newspaper Article about the Pacific Seafarer's Net STATION ANTENNAS: 2 ea. 20M COLINEAR 4 EL. YAGI WIRE ARRAYS 2 ea. 20M EXT. DOUBLE ZEPPS @ 100 FT. 4 ea. 40M  5/8 WAVE DIPOLES 160 FOOT ALL BAND DIPOLE 160M FULL SIZE DIPOLE 2 METER J-POLE	STATION EQUIPMENT 2JOHNSON MATCH BOXES MFJ VERSA TUNER II ICOM IC-2000 2METER TRANCEIVER TENTEC 252 PWR SPLY AEA CK-1 CONTESTER KEYER BENCHER CW PADDLES YAESU YS-2000 PWR METER KENWOOD SM220 SCOPE 12VDC SOLAR POWER BACKUP TEAC AUDIO REC/PLAYBACK ALL EQUIPMENT IS OPERATIONAL AT FULL STATION TRANSMITTER OUTPUT POWER

As a child I became interested in shortwave listening and airplanes by hanging around my father, also named Robert Reed.  I learned about the various bands and general layout of the radio spectrum before I was 11.

I learned to fly at 15 and soloed before I got my driver's license.  I then became interested in other things like surfing and fooling around between 16 and 23.  Then I decided to get more serious and I got my private pilots's license after which I went back to school and finished my Airframe and Powerplant License certifications.

I jumped right into two different aircraft worlds in maintenance, one being corporate jets and the other was post WWII radial engine-powered aircraft such as the DC-6, Lockeed Loadstar, Grumman Mallard and so forth.  In 1983 I was hired by Lycoming, an engine manufacturer, to be a technical representative and accident investigator for their small gas turbine engine line that was just starting to penetrate the market. Work was primarily in helicopters including the Coast Guard HH-65 Dolpin.

I left Lycoming in 1992 and began working locally in the Diesel trade.  In 1998 I went to work for Cummins West Inc, specializing in emergency power generation through their Onan line of generator sets and transfer switches from 2.8 Kw to 1.2 megawatt products powering hospitals and other industrial applications.

I left that position in 2002 to take a position in a corporate aviation management company, returning to my favorite technician trade as a corporate jet maintenance tech (A&P).

My ham radio activities consist mainly of assisting mariners at sea.  I maintain the Pacific Seafarer's Net Website http://14313.cjb.net.  Our activities are explained there.

All of my antennas are fixed wire arrays targeting different  parts of the world.  My station transmits at 500 watts using a Kenwood TS-830S and a Yaesu FL2100z amplifier.

Robert Reed
The Pacific Seafarer's Net
Amateur Radio Station N6HGG
Humboldt Bay, California