After he received a portable AM/FM radio for Christmas, Tim naturally had to open it up to see how it worked. Tim became interested in radio and electronics as a young teen. He was elected president of AARC in April of 2023. Keith was missing the communications so he became an Army MARS Station from May 2015 to January 2022, and he’s currently the Androscoggin County (Maine) Emergency Coordinator (EC), and also gained the position of Maine Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) in May of 2022. Unfortunately, his license expired, so he needed to test again and earned his Extra in 2012. ![]() While in the Army, it was challenging to stay active until he retired in 2006 in Lisbon ME. Keith was first licensed in 1994 as KE4UCW when serving at Hunter Army Airfield in Savanna, GA. He was in Signal, Light Infantry (that’s funny, light Infantry) Battalions, and an Airborne Ranger Battalion concluding his Army Career in Army Recruiting. As an RTO, he was on the tactical voice side, working primarily with AP/PRC 104, AN/PRC 77, LST-5, RT-1523 Manpack RTs, and on vehicle-mounted systems the AN/GRC-213 and RT-524. ![]() This interest became a career when he joined the Army and became a Radio Telephone Operator (RTO) in 1986. ![]() Being around radios was the start of the radio bug that has stayed with him. Keith’s interest in HAM radio started with his grandfather who was HAM Operator and Army MARS Station.
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