Station AA7PH is based in Mapleton, Utah.

My interest in radio began in the 1980s when I was a kid listening to amateur transmissions and commercial shortwave broadcasts. In the eighth grade I entered my school's science fair with a project about how different antennas affect radio reception. About that time I tried to learn Morse code on my computer. Either I didn't have the patience or it proved too difficult for me at that age so I moved on to other interests.

Fast forward 25 years...

With the Morse code requirement removed, I studied and was granted my Technician license in November 2013. I decided to continue my study and was granted my General license in March 2015 and my Extra license in May 2015. My current call sign was granted in June 2015. It wasn't until July 2015 that I acquired my first radio and a couple of weeks later made my first contact.

My first radio was a Baofeng BF-F9V2+ handheld transceiver. This has been a good, low-cost, radio to allow entry to the 2m/70cm amateur bands and help me to decide if I wanted to continue in the hobby (definitely!). I also have two B-TECH UV 25X2 base radios: one in my car and the other in my home.

Find FCC licensing information here.

The picture shown on the site is the top of Maple Mountain (10,192 feet) taken from my front porch in October 2011. Where is Maple Mountain? To find it you will have to look up Spanish Fork Peak on a map. They are next to each other!