About WJ2O

Personal Stuff

I was born in an Army Hospital at Ft. Dix, NJ in 1956. My understanding wife of 14 years answers to the name Chris. We have 2 daughters who are 21 and 22. The oldest daughter Jaime works for an airline and resides outside of Baltimore, MD. Karen, the youngest, is in her junior year at SUNY Plattsburgh (SUNY=State University of New York).

License History

I was first licensed as a novice in 1970 with the callsign WN2NRK. Upgraded to general class 2 years later changing my callsign to WB2NRK. During the years I was raising my two daughters and trying to make a business grow I was inactive in ham radio. In the mid 80's my interest was re-kindled. I took my exam for an advance class operator, and then extra a couple of months later. At that point I received the callsign WJ2O.

Being a regular operator in Canada (it's only a 2 hour drive from home) I took the advanced class exam there and was assigned the call VE2NRK.

My Operating

Contesting is a great thrill. Especially when I'm operating from a DX location. To date I have operated from:

CE - Santiago, Chile

CEØA - Easter Island

. . . read the story of the XRØY/XRØZ QSL cards.

C6A - Paradise Island, Bahamas

C6A - Abaco Island, Bahamas

FM - Fort de France, Martinique

J3 - Grand Anse, Grenada

J6 - St. Lucia

KP1 - Navassa Island

KP2 - St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

KP4 - Humacao, Puerto Rico

LU - Buenos Aires, Argentina

OX - Nuuk, Greenland

PJ2 - Curacao

TF - Reykjavik, Iceland

VE - Sept-iles, Quebec, Canada (CQ Zone 2)

VP2E - Little Harbour, Anguilla (twice)

VP5 - North Caicos Island, Turks and Caicos

VP9 - Southampton, Bermuda

V2 - Antigua

ZP - Asuncion, Paraguay

ZS - Waterval Boven, South Africa

3DA0 - Piggs Peak, Swaziland

6Y5 - Kingston, Jamaica

I am constantly looking for more DX locations to visit. Any information you have regarding DX ham rentals would be most appreciated. If you need a first class CW operator for your DXpedition, you might condsider me.

My XYL Chris posing next to our street machine while on Bermuda (May 1995)

The Logging Program: I publish a ham radio database for PC computers. It's a full featured software package for logging of your contacts and award tracking. It also controls your radios, has a packet interface, works with most popular callsign databases and numerous other features.
How To Reach Me: Toll free answering machine: 1-800-944-wj2o; Office phone: (315) 245-1010; Fax: (315) 245-1336; E-mail: wj2o@aol.com
My Mailing Address: Dave Farnsworth, WJ2O; P.O. Box 16; McConnellsville, NY 13401

Oldest daughter Jaime at 1995 Dayton Hamfest