Steve Yates, AA5TB

Biography:  I have always been interested in science and at a very young age I became fascinated by radio.  It took my quite a while to discover amateur radio but I finally got my first license when I was 15 years old, after I determined I probably wouldn't get to be an astronaut.  My first station as a licensed ham consisted of a RCA AR-88D WWII vintage receiver and a Johnson Viking II transmitter.  I have now been licensed 30 years and I have loved every minute of it. I've enjoyed most aspects of amateur radio at one time or another from DC to daylight but QRP CW is my favorite activity. 

Some of my interest has rubbed off onto some of my family members too.  My wife, Laura, is KA5SGM and my youngest of my three sons, Austin, is KE5PBW.

Amateur radio pretty much directed my career.  Professionally, I am a staff level Electronics Engineer at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth
and I have been there for 20 years.  All of my career has bent spent in RF fields.   

I also enjoy digital photography and camping with my three sons.