User:K1ypp

I was born in Bristol, Connecticut. I spent my first 18 years there, living in a rural suburb of Bristol, known as Whigville. It was actually in the Burlington township but was closer to Bristol and most of the Whigville citizens worked and played in Bristol.

After a stint in the U.S. Air Force I moved to New Hampshire with my wife, Jane, in 1980. Never living very far from the Appalachian Trail, there was always the seductive siren's call to hike it. Eventually in 2007/2008 I did complete a hike of the AT. However, I had to interrupt the hike for a six-artery heart bypass operation and needed 300 days to recuperate. That three hundred day period led to the title of my first book, THREE HUNDRED ZEROES.

To support my hiking habit I've spent most of my life working as an electronics engineer. I'm an avid ham radio enthusiast (hence my username, which is my ham radio call letter) and have authored many pieces for magazines such as the amateur radio journal, QST and other technical magazines, as well as motorcycle adventure articles.

When not off wandering in the woods or riding my bicycle, I live in Sarasota, Florida.