Our Team Members

Wilton, IA. - First licensed as KBØHQV in the early 90's, and upgraded to a Tech Plus shortly after.  Heavily involved in RACES in Kansas as a weather spotter for the National Weather Service. Was an active member of RACES, and a tornado chaser in South Central Kansas for 7-1/2 years.  Now a General tasked with starting an ARES unit here in his hometown of Muscatine, Iowa. 

Cell: 563-506-0304

Email: EC@MuscatineARES.org

Muscatine, IA - If Dave can't fix it.... it AIN'T Broke. If he can't build it... you don't need it. Dave is our Go-To guy on all things radio! 

Muscatine, IA. - If you have seen Larry's place North of Muscatine, then you know he is serious about Amateur Radio.  Larry's place has been the location of the MARC Field Day in the past. Other than amateur radio, Larry's other passion is building miniature steam/compressed air engines.

Muscatine, IA. - Eric was first licensed in October of 2022, and once the "ham bug" bit him, it bit hard.  He earned his general ticket two months later and his extra in February of 2023.  Now Eric is a volunteer examiner and runs our ARES net on the first Monday of each month.  When he's not on-the-air, he teaches at McKinley Elementary School in Muscatine.  Eric enjoys biking, working on his computer, and reading besides radio!

Muscatine, IA. - Maile is the wife of Wayland - KI6KIB and we are lucky to have her as a member of our ARES team. She is an Extra Class operator and we look forward to working with you Maile!

Muscatine, IA. - Jon is the guy that is you can depend on to man his post and stay on task.  Jon loves communications and you can hear him on the air regularly on HF, UHF and VHF . Jon loves Contesting.

Atalissa, IA. - 

Wilton, IA. - 

Muscatine, IA. - Mike is a relatively new ham, but with many years training as a first responder

. Trained as a “spotter”, and with his new skills is ready to put them into action.

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Muscatine, IA - Wayland cames to us shortly after relocating back to the Muscatine area from California, where he was an Emergency Coordinator for ARES. Wayland brings knowledge to our team and is able to share with us some of his experiences. Welcome to the team Wayland!

Muscatine, IA - Bruce is our ARRL VEC Coordinator. He holds license exams on a bi-monthly basis. Bruce is an extra class amateur radio operator with a lot of experience and loves to geocache too!

Muscatine, IA - Brad is very active in the amateur radio. He takes on the duties of the Treasurer for MARC & ARES, as well as Net Control for the weekly "On-Air" service net each Sunday evening.  Brad is retired from Lutheran Homes and is our ARES liaison for their HARMS program to provide emergency communications.

Muscatine, IA. - Bill was heavily involved in emergency services as a ham while residing in the state of Michigan. Bill is committed to helping establish an active ARES unit here in Muscatine, and spent the first year serving as an AEC.  Bill has extensive training in disaster management, and his knowledge will serve us well in the area of training and being prepared.

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Fairport, IA. - We welcome Harry to our team. He joined at the first meeting of the Muscatine County ARES group. He is not however new to amateur radio.  Look forward to working with you Harry!

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Muscatine, IA - Patrick obtained his license by testing at one of our first test sessions. Patrick is a valuable part of our team, he handles a lot of our IT, AREDN and AX.25 . Thank you for becoming an amateur radio operator and joining our team.

Muscatine, IA - Owen joined our group as a studying Technician. Owen is an active weather spotter and makes a great addition to the team by bringing those skills to the group as our SKYWARN Coordinator.

Muscatine, IA. - Bob is an experienced amateur radio that will be a great asset in the moving of traffic, He is frequently on HF and his talents should be of great help when disaster strikes. Bob is a great spokesperson for the team.

Muscatine, IA. - We welcome Don to our team. Don has been an active amateur radio operator for many years.  He is always at the meeting and the first one to offer to help us get what we need during our active times.

Muscatine, IA. - He and his family recently moved to the Muscatine area from the Illinois side of the Quad Cities. Chris' whole family has an interest in amateur radio and have their amateur radio licenses. Welcome Chris, and family!

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West Liberty, IA. - His first rig was a Harvy Wells TBS-50D with high level AM modulation, and a SX-101 receiver, He is also a licensed private pilot. and ex-Army paratrooper with the 506 Parachute infantry Regiment, and holds a First Class Commercial Phone License. He lives on a farm in West Liberty, Iowa and his hobbies are fishing and making home-made wine... and drinking it! He's been a ham for over 35 years and it has given him some of the best times of his life.

Muscatine, IA. - Dan is a great asset to our team and is always there to help when he can. Dan loves to also metal detect.

Bennett, IA. - Steve is very knowledgeable in multiple areas of ham radio. He is a professional truck driver that travels around the country. He has multiple VHF/UHF & HF radios, and he teaches 2 ham radio classes a week via zoom. He's been a ham radio operator since 2020, and been a Severe Weather Storm Spotter since 2003. Steve is former military from ‘98-‘02 as a helicopter mechanic.