KA4AXS
1978
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This is was my first radio station back in 1978 as KA4AXS in West Point, GA. I was a Novice class amateur radio operator and could only communicate via CW (Morse Code). I upgraded to General class in 1980 and was able to communicate via voice on the ham radio phone bands. My radios as a teen were tube type radios and my antennas were dipoles hanging in the tall Georgia pine trees. I worked the world from my room in the basement. I Worked All States (WAS) as a Novice using CW. In 1985, I finally had enough QSL cards to become a member of the DX Century Club (DXCC) for working and confirming over 100 countries. In addition, I Worked All Continents (WAC) as well during this time as a kid. I was featured in the 1980 CQ Magazine in the Novice column...that really motivated me to continue my ham radio hobby to a higher level.
  
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Ned - KA4AXS
1981 at Samford Univ. |
In 1981, I attended Samford University in Birmingham, AL. I soon was the only ham radio operator on campus and had my own office as a freshman in college. I operated the station to provide phone patches for missionary kids (MKs). I think I only made a few phone patches for the MKs, but I did make a lot of contacts with missionaries in the jungles of South America providing them with phone patches to others in the US....many times in Spanish.
 Here is a letter I posted around the campus advertising the radio station. |
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The 2004 hurricane season in Florida was the catalyst for me to get back on the air after being inactive as a ham operator while pursuing a career in the USAF and Delta Air Lines as a pilot. The drive to help others in need was ignited after flying a harrowing night combat mission in the F-16 over Iraq providing air cover for troops surrounded by the enemy in 2003.
”I am now using the skills God has blessed me by combining ham radio and flying.“ -- Ned N4LS |
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HH4/N4LS operating on location at Radio 4VEH in northern Haiti in the hot, humid weather in June 2006. I've lived in many places around the world but I've never seen poverty and suffering as in Haiti. This was the most important trip I've ever taken in my life. Although I only operated during my free time, I made a lot of friends in Haiti as well as made radio contacts around the world telling folks about 4VEH. Over 600 stations were contacted in 65 countries in 5 continents. Although I was expecting to make over 2500 contacts (QSOs), I made enough to make the point and demonstrated that ham radio needs to remain an integral part of missionary communication. I was also able to bring HH5DL's radio back to the states for repair which was the first step in getting them back on the air. |
Here I am!
Send me! |
"No More No Less" -- Mercy Me
I'm not trying to hide anything
I wear it on my sleeve
I'm not trying to be something I'm not
This is all I've got
I'm not trying to re-invent the wheel
Just trying to be real I
'm not trying to say follow me
I'm not the one who leads
Let me introduce myself to you
This is who I am
No more, no less
I am just a man who understands
Because of You I'm blessed
I'm not trying to prove anything
"Here Am I" -- Mercy Me
On the other side of the world
She stands on the ocean shore
Gazing at the heavens she wonders
Is there something more
Never been told the name of Jesus
She turns and walks away
What a shame
Whom shall I send
Who will go for me
To the ends of the earth
Who will rise up for the King
Here am I send me
Here am I send me
Whether foreign land or neighbors
Everyone's the same
Searching for the answers
That lie within your name
I want to proclaim the love of Jesus In all I do and say
Unashamed |
