And I like contesting....  Got my first taste of contesting in the 1962 CW Sweepstakes when I was K3DDW and did a multi-op at the Naval Station, Treasure Island, CA club station K6NCG.  I was young, still had hair, and operated 40 meters.  We were #1 in the SF section, had a lot of fun and I was hooked.  Here's our score from the May 1963 QST.  Click the image to enlarge it.

  Since then I graduated from 100 watts and wire antennas  to an SO2R legal limit station with beams and beverages.  Still haven't won anything but I made a dent, however small. 

Some of my best results were:

     First Place Illinois Section 2010 ARRL Sweepstakes CW SOHP-A

     First Place 9th call area - 2009 CQ WW RTTY High Power    

     First Place 9th call area - 2009 CW WPX SO Assisted High Power

     First Place  Illinois Section - 2009 ARRL CW DX contest SO HP

     First Place 8th call area - 2006 CQ WW DX CW SO Assisted

      First Place WV Section - 2005 and 2006 CW Sweepstakes SO Assisted

      First Place WV Section - 2006 and 2008 SOHP Mixed Mode IARU HF World  

              Championship

       2nd Place 3rd call area - 2005 CQ CW WPX SO Assisted  

     2nd Place 8th call area - 2005 CQ WW DX CW SO Assisted

I'm proud to be a member of the Society of Midwest Contesters  (SMC) and to maintain my membership in the Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC).  One of my favorite awards is my 5 million point PVRC plaque.    

My proudest moment in contesting came when I had the  privilege of using Vic Clark's famous call - W4KFC - during the PVRC's sixtieth anniversary reunion on the air. 

Bill Axelrod 4 November 2011