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KB3USA, Jack Tyler, Candidate for Vice President in Dec 2016 Election

Name: Jack Tyler
QTH: Erie, PA
ECARS History:
-  Member Since: 2003. Lifetime member #30217
-  Previous Offices/Duties: ECARS Webmaster 2015-2016; Created and maintains ECARS Facebook page
-  Current Net Control Operator: No 

Other Amateur Radio History: I have been a HAM since 1992, with an original call sign of KB3BDM.  I upgraded to an Extra Class license in 2003 when I also changed to my current vanity call sign, KB3USA.  I am an ARRL member and have been active with the local Erie, PA amateur radio clubs since I was first licensed.  In conjunction with members of club KH6BB, I performed volunteer work aboard the Battleship, USS Missouri BB-63, to restore its radio room to its original appearance by replacing existing radio equipment with salvaged WW2 equipment.  I began regular check-ins to ECARS in August 2007 when I met NCS Luke Laurentano, KA1SE, because of Luke's popularity as a Net Control Station.

Personal Comments: I earned a private pilots license in 1967 and had a lot of fun but I now let the pros fly me around.  I served in the US Navy as a second class Electricians Mate during the Vietnam era aboard the USS Charleston, LKA-113.  I retired from GE Transportation Erie, Pa in 2009, where I was lead product designer of freight and passenger locomotives for 37 years. 

In addition to Ham radio, I enjoy not having to get up to an alarm clock, visiting both my daughters neither of which have children yet. My wife of 46 years and I enjoy doing minor home improvements and gardening.  We also have 2 Golden Retriever dogs that are fun to travel with. We hope to take them camping next year to the Rocky Mountains where my family and I have traveled many times when my daughters were young.