My amateur activities started in the 1950's,when my older brother dated a gal who's father was a HAM. I was in aw of the radios with glowing tubes in the basement that brought in voices from around the world. I gratefully accepted some ARRL QST magazines, and started bread boarding receivers and transmitters. My mother and aunt even thought my new interest would be good reasons to purchase new breadboards for themselves.

I tried to learn CW but never did, I now know I had dyslexia which hampered my learning.... So I resigned myself to building transmitters that my friends who could pass the code test operated for me :) That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!

While in High School I studied electronics and in college I became a technician in the closed ciruit TV station. While in USAF and stationed in Germany I joined the Freising Deutscher Amateur-Radio Club e.V and learned about Digitial Modes some I had see in AF Comms shops.

Later I became the first USAF software manager for Join Service MILSTAR satellite groundstation program. While a USAF Reserve Assistance Officer to the New Hamsphire Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. I taught HF and VHF radio communications classes and was involved in emergency management. As an USAF Reservist I also woked with the NH Office of Emergency Management and the New England FEMA Communications group.

In 1991 CAP members who were hams told me I was finally out of excuses for not being a ham because the FCC announced the "codeless" Technician class. While traveling on business I studied for the test and the rest is history sorta. In 2007 I upgrade to General and in 2008 to Extra, then I decided to pay back and became a Extra Class VE. I'm enjoying helping at the test sessions and the joy of becoming a ham is just as exciting now when I'm honored to inform someone they PASSED and they are now a HAM.

I was in AF Force MARS for several years in NH and was AFA1FV, until an Icestorm took out my Wooden Antenna Towers ( aka Tall Pine Trees). In 2000 we moved to TN and I was radio inactive for few years and in 2004 I became active again. In October of 2007 I became a TN Army MARS member and was quickly asked to serve on the State Staff and I'm serving as the TN Interoperability Officer.

I enjoy Sound Card Digital Modes and you might find me on the waterfall doing PSK31, MT-63, Olivia,, EasyPal or hopefully soon WINMOR the sound card protocol for Radio Email ( aka WINLINK ).

73 N1LHW Steve Haber
Army MARS AAR4EP and AAM4ITN
Formerly C.A.P Abinaki 135 , AF MARS AFA1FV

N1LHW at ARRL Dot NET or N1LHW at WINLINK Dot Org