W2SWR has been a member of the American Radio Relay League Since 1999
Icom IC-706MKII with a Little Tarheel II on my 2010 Nissan Pathfinder
Kenwood TM-D700A
Kenwood TM-D710A
Icom ID-880H
Icom IC-80AD
Wouxun KG-UVD1P
Click Here to visit my APRS page aprs.w2swr.com for live APRS activity via RF.
Map displayed on my APRS PC screen in my shack. Updates every 3 minutes [requires refresh] [click to enlarge]
Please QSL me! I prefer LoTW (Logbook of The World) But if you send me a QSL card, I will be glad to send you one back.
My Radio Heritage
Radio did not begin in the Leek family with me. Radio has been in my family for generations beginning with the 1920's
with my grandfather, Alfred Leek. Pop leek lived in Flushing, NY. Listening to Radio broadcast and then writing the radio stations to
receive
EKKO Stamps or "Verified Reception Stamps." He did this hobby right up to the beginning of World War II
when The American Bank Note Company stopped producing EKKO stamps.
In the 1930's My uncle Al, Born Alfred W. Leek Jr. on September 21,
1918 became interested in his Father's hobby but with a slightly different twist.
He became an Amateur Radio Operator holding the call W2MWP. My earliest memories
include sitting on my uncle's lap while he sent out CQ's and held QSO's from his
Northport home.
Uncle Al's QSL card in the mid 1930's
Uncle Al in the Ham Shack with his Halicrafters Sky Champion in 1940
Uncle Al's Ham Shack in the late 1960's
My ham radio mentor, Uncle Al died December 28, 1971. The time's I
spent with him as a child as well as continuing to grow with his equipment
in storage in my parents house, kept Ham Radio in my mind and interest until
I took my test in 1999. Although most of his equipment was sold off or given away
during my teenage years, I maintain and cherish his Halicrafters S-20R Sky
Champion which is still in my shack today.