NØUF - Bob Roske Web Master
Bob Roske, NØUF ex WAØCLR, ACØL & V31TD
7504 N Brooklyn Ave
Gladstone, MO 64118-2332
Voice (816) 436-0069
- Web Site

I live in Gladstone MO, a northern suburb of Kansas City.   Linda, my favorite wife, has put up with me since 1969.   We have two sons, Jason, our oldest, his wife Stacey and our first grandson William Robert (1/21/2002) live in Kansas City.   Our youngest, Brent lives in Burbank, CA.

During my Freshman year in high school(Febuary 1962) I became A Novice Class Operator with the call letters WNØCLR.   The license was good for one year and non-renewable.   My elmer was Bob Packer, WØVHE(SK).   In November of 1962 I upgraded to a Technician and my call changed to WAØCLR.   In 1965 I upgraded, for what I thought would be the last time, to a General.   The General Class held all amateur operating privileges at the time.   I upgraded to an Advanced Class in 1977 and finally to Extra in 1993.   In April 2000 I applied for the vanity call ACØL.   In April 2002 I applied for the vanity call NØUF.   After having a three letter suffix for 35+ years ACØL was just to abrupt.  

I lived in Central Minnesota until 1985, then moved to New Jersey for three years.   Then back to the Minneapolis area for two years and have been in Gladstone, Missouri since 1991.

In 1972 I operated 80-10M mobile on a road trip from St Cloud, MN to Winnipeg to Kenora to International Falls and back.   The rig was a Heathkit HW-101 that I assembled and operated at field day in 1971, and the antenna was a Webster Band Spanner.

In 1995 I held a license for Great Britain.   I did a very limited operation as I was going to power my handheld with the cigarette lighter, but the Car for Hire didn't have one!   I was on one of the Edinburgh repeaters twice as GMØ/WAØCLR in December, (the licence was also valid for England and Wales but I never operated from either country).

In 2000 I was in Belize as V31TD before and after the CQWW SSB Contest.   I logged over 1,000 QSOs during the week operating 40-10M on SSB & CW.   What a blast!   We used V31GE and logged over 5,300 Q's for the contest.

My first radio club was the St Cloud ARC in Minnesota where I served as President, Secretary and News Letter Editor.   I have been a member of the Twin Cities FM Club (Minnesota) since 1989.   After moving to Kansas City I have been most active in the PHD ARA.   I have been elected to the Board of Directors every year, serving as President(1992, 1996, 2001), Hamfest Chairman(1997, 98 & 99), web master since 1996 and trustee of the club call WØTE, ex WA&3216;UGU since 1997.   In January 2002 PHD ARA and the Clay County ARC merged, WØTE went along for the ride and I'm still trustee.   I'm also the Information Officer for CCARC, an ARRL Special Service Club.   I have been in the Kansas City DX CLUB since 1993 and am currently the Vice President.   I am a Charter Member of the Northeast Kansas City ARC. trustee of WØSOC, ex KCØOCR, for the Second Class Operators Club and once again a member of the St Cloud ARC.

I am a Life Member of ARRL, QCWA, INDEXA, 3905 Century Club, The Old Mans International Sideband Society, OTC, OOTC, The GERITOL Net, QCWA Chapter 120 and 10-10 International.   I also belong to QCWA Chapters 35 & 151.   I am an Assistant Director in the ARRL - Midwest Division - Missouri Section and a Sorter in the Incoming Zero QSL Bureau.   Links to these organizations and others I belong to can be found on my Web Site.

I operate CW and SSB from 160 through 2 Meters and 440Mhz.   I have FM capability on these frequencies and on 220Mhz and 1.2Ghz.   My rigs are a Yeasu FT-847, an I-COM IC-T81A, an I-COM IC-2AT and a Midland 13-510 for 144Mhz and a Midland 13-515 for 220Mhz.   Other equipment includes an Ameriton AL-80B amp, a Clipperton-L amp, an MFJ-986 Tuner, an Ameco PT-3 preamp and several rotors.   My antenna garden consists of a 70' trap dipole for 160-10M an AP-8 80-10M Vertical, a Butterfly Beam for 20,15 & 10 and assorted VHF/UHF antennas.   My mobile rig is a Yeasu FT-100.   I use a Hustler System for 80 - 6 meters and a tri band Comet for 50, 144 and 440 Mhz.   The mobile operation is usually SSB or FM with the occational CW qso just for fun!   I have over 170 Keys from around the world in my collection including 52 by Vibroplex.

Some of my operationg awards include: IOTA-200 (332/302), IOTA-NA, WAZ, 5BWAS, WAS CW, SSB & 75M 2 letter calls, USA-CA (1091/1027), The Maple Leaf Award, The Canadian Islands Award, the Canadian 2/80, the US - Islands Award, DIPLÔME DE LA ZONE 2, Worked 100 Nations, DXCC: Mixed(279/268), Phone (270/256) & CW(167/144) and hold an ARRL Certificate of Code Proficiency (30WPM).   I need 32 Q's for 5BDXCC(all 80M of course). 

My Military Career
    Sep 1965 to Sep 1966 NRSD 9-66                    St Cloud, MN
    Sep 1966 to Apr 1968 USS Caloosahatchee AO-98     Newport, RI
    Apr 1968 to Aug 1968 USS Amphion AR-13            Norfolk, VA
    Sep 1968 to May 1977 NRSD 9-12                    St Cloud, MN
    May 1977 to Dec 1979 1st Bn 409th INF DIV         St Cloud, MN
    Jan 1980 to Aug 1985 5501st USAH Ft Snelling      St Paul, MN
    Sep 1985 to Sep 1988 NJNG A Company 250th Sig BN  Sommerset, NJ
                         50th Armored DIV
    Sep 1988 to Present  IRR

   I was a Radioman in the Navy and attained the rank of RM-1(E6).
   Then a Commo Cheif in the 1st Bn 409th Inf DIV.
   I started in Bio Electrical Equipment Repair with the 5501
   US Army Hospital, then switched to Supply.
   It was back to Commo Cheif in the 250th Sig BN.

      NRSD - Naval Reserve Surface Division
      AO   - Auxiliary Ship - Oiler (Tanker)
      AR   - Auxiliary Ship - Repair
      USAH - US Army Hospital
      NJNG - New Jersey National Guard
      IRR  - Individual Ready Researve

In 1969, after two years of Vocational School Electronics classes and two years active duty in Uncle Sams Canoe Club (US Navy) I went to work for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in St Cloud, MN.   I chose to go with AT&T during the breakup in 1985 and was sold to IBM in July 2000.   I've been doing computer programming, system and application administration since 1985.

I programmed my first web site in 1996.   My current sites can be found at Bob's Web

We were members of Petra Ev Lutheran Church, Wisconsin Synod in St Cloud, MN until 1985 where I served as President and Trustee.  Then we joined Our Savior's Ev Lutheran Church, Wisconsin Synod in East Brunswick, NJ where I served as Vice President.  We were members of Ascension Evangelical Lutheran Church in Plymount, MN from 1989 to 1991.  In 1991 we joined Rock of Ages Ev Lutheran Church, Wisconsin Synod in Kansas City, MO.   I served as president for eight years and treasure twice.   I currently am the Nebraska District and Synod Representative for Rock of Ages, Chairman of the Board of Elders and the Mid-America Circuit Representive to the Commission for Communication on Financial Support, Nebraska District, serving ten(10) Wisconsin Synod Congregations in northwestern Missouri and eastern Kansas.

My latest project is being the Web Master for the Marshall Ensor Museum Organization.   Marshall, 9BSP and his sister Loretta, 9UA and their families are remembered.

I am also a member of these organizations:

  • The Society Of Wireless Pioneers
  • The US Navy Radioman Association
  • The Retired Enlisted Association
  • The Fleet Reserve Associaton
  • The Site Builder's Network (Microsoft) *
  • The HTML Writers Guild
  • The International Webmasters Association
  • The Silicon Prairie Technology Association *
  • IT of Kansas City
  • The International TNM Administrators Advisory Committee *
  • Radio Amateurs of Canada

    * these no longer exist

    • Last Update
    22 May, 2003