Shortwave Amateur Radio Station Wo4o, in historic Ridgetop, is 15 miles north of “Music City” Nashville, the state capital of Tennessee.

Wo4o has logged more than 130,000 contacts worldwide from 1990 through December 2007.  Contacts from 1969 to 1990 were never counted. -hi

100% QSL to Domestic stations sending S.A.S.E. and to DX stations sending S.A.S.E. or via bureau without S.A.S.E. and via http://www.eQSL.cc and LoTW.  Unfortunately my Buro cards are nearly a year behind.  Please be patient.  If you've sent a card via the buro, you will eventually receive a Wo4o card.   

My first Novice license and call sign WN8CVW were earned in 1969 in OH (TU "Elmer", WT8W). My first ARS was a used, crystal-controlled, CW-only, 75-watt Lafayette Starlite transmitter, a Hallicrafters SX-110 receiver and a homebrew multi-band dipole antenna for 80/40/15 meters. Entered the ARRL Novice Roundup and placed at #3 in the Great Lakes Division. (Two other OM in that NR are better known today as K1AR and N5RZ.)

Moved to FL in 1971 and changed call sign to WN4CQI. Moved to CA in 1975, upgraded to General and call sign changed to WA6KUI. Moved to TN in 1990 and saw K4AMC operating Field Day using a semi-automated ARS making 100+ contacts per hour. This fast paced action lit a fire in me and, as a result, I began to operate in more amateur radio contests. In 1993 I assembled a team to play in the CW North American QSO Party. We named the team the Tennessee Contest Group (TCG). To our pleasant surprise, we took First Place. The desire and determination to become more competitive motivated me to upgrade to Amateur Extra and, in 1996, my call sign was changed to Wo4o. Also that year, the TCG became an ARRL affiliated club. Today the TCG is a very active contest club.

In a futile (but well intentioned) attempt to give back to the hobby what I've gotten out of it, I've served as a VE, taught CW classes and served as a TCG officer. 

Operating on the W1AW/4 team with other TCG members during the 2006 IARU HF World Championship event was a blast!

Revenues from my business ventures are invested toward improving the lives of people in approximately 50 DX entities, including 3W, 4X, 5N, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 8R, 9V, BY, CP, CT, DA, DU, EA, EI, FG, G, GI, GM, HI, HK, HL, HR, I, JA, JT, KL7, LZ, OA, OD, P2, PY, T8, TU, UA, UA0, UA9, UT, V6, VK, VU, W, XE, YL, YO, YV, ZA, ZL, ZS, and more. 

For my Radio Station Description, type Wo4o into the "Call" field at: http://www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm

Join the TCG to get the most out of playing Real-time Radio Games: http://www.k4ro.net/tcg.html

What's a Real-time Radio Game? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contesting

Attend the Tennessee QSO Party: http://www.tnqp.org/

Support the sponsor funding my toys/tools at: http://www.Home-Sweet-Loans.com

73 RiC Wo4o

PS He who dies with the most toys still dies -- and never takes his toys with him.