Dec 2020 Election Candidates

WA4ZAZ, Wallace (Wally) Watson, Candidate for Director in Dec 2020 Election

Name: Wally Watson
QTH: Inverness, FL
ECARS History:
-  Member Since: 2016. Lifetime member #40001
-  Previous Offices/Duties: None
-  Current Net Control Operator: No, on southern edge of ECARS broadcast zone.

Other Amateur Radio History:
First licensed in 1964 as a novice, call of WN4ZAZ. Obtained General class license in 1965, and Advanced in 1967. An additional call obtained while stationed in England in 2003 - 2007, M0ZAZ.

I work 75 and 40-meter nets to include ECARS, MIDCARS, and SOUTHCARS each morning. Some DX'ing on 40, 20,17, 15, 10 meters. I enjoy 6 meter opening when they occur. I also participate in the American Foreign Service Net each Sunday morning on 20, 15 and 10 meter bands when the propagation permits.

Personal Comments:
I began my working career while still taking schooling at Manatee Community College as an electronics technician, primarily repairing televisions, stereos, microwave ovens, citizen band radios, etc. I furthered my schooling at University of South Florida when moving to Tampa, Florida during which time I worked as an engineering tech until 1985. In January 1985 I opened a video franchise store, owning and managing the video and VCR rental business through October 1988.

My spouse, Nancy, and I had the opportunity to join the US Government working for the Central Intelligence Agency in late 1988 and for the next 21 years until retirement we served as telecommunication officers in the DC area, then PCS'ed to Europe for back-to-back tours in France, England, and Germany. While serving in England I obtained an additional amateur reciprocal license, M0ZAZ. We retired from the CIA in August 2010, returning to the states and residing in Inverness, Florida.