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I am a lifelong resident of Humboldt County, California and have spent most of the past 41 years interested in radio, broadcasting, television and electronics.

I began my “career in broadcasting” at the age of 8 in CB Radio, which was all the rage in the 1970′s. I spent the next several years tinkering with radios, Over The Air VHF/UHF TV reception and C-Band satellite TV in the early 1980′s. At 18, I studied for, and was granted, my first Amateur Radio License from the Federal Communications Commission. I currently hold an advanced class Amateur Radio License (KB6VWL).

In the late 1980′s, I spent a large amount of time on amateur radio, primarily on the HF bands, and was an avid “SWL”, or short-wave listener. All of my antennas, and much of my equipment, was home-made. I spent many hours talking to other amateurs around the world and accumulated a few awards for “DXing”. Back then, worldwide communications were not so easily accessible to the public, as it is today with the Internet.

I eventually became immersed in the telecom and IT business, managing my own bulletin board in the ancient days before the Internet was available to the masses. From there, I eventually went on to start my own website and become a telecom journalist. I wrote hundreds of articles, ran a very successful telecom news website and ran a small hosting and co-Location business in Eureka, CA.

I’ve never lost my interest in radio or broadcasting, and can often be found immersed in some type of antenna or wiring project around the house. You can never have enough antennas, enough radio or TV channels or have reception that can’t be improved SOMEHOW is my philosophy. :-)

William Van Hefner
Eureka, California
KB6VWL
e-mail: van/at/humboldtonline/dot/com

If you can’t figure out my e-mail address above, feel free to contact me using the contact form below. Thanks!