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    Welp this should be a boring few moments. My Name is David Lee Vondrasek. I live in Grand Prairie, Texas,  Just outside of Dallas. I'm 39 years old. I was born in Dallas, Texas, were I lived till I was 13. From there I move to La Crosse, Wisconsin. I attended and graduated High School and then on to the Western Wisconsin Tech. Inst. for a course in Computer Operations and Management Studies. You have to remember this was in 82' When computers were not what they are to day. We are talking DEC 20 Mainframes here people, Computers the size of a living room in a glass room that did the work that your TI-35 does now.
   
    After collage, I decide to "Be all I could be" and took a short tour of Ft. Sill Oklahoma as a 31V20/E5 (Commo) Specialist. At age 23 I moved back to Texas and have been here ever since. I've done a number of jobs from Selling new cars, manufacturing envelopes, selling furniture and even did a tour for Radio Shack as a manager for 3 yrs in a store in Irving, Texas.
   
    The time came to expand my knowledge and try for something I enjoyed. I went to work for Internet America as a First Level Support Tech. Advancing though the ranks of Internet America from Tech Support, to Electronic Support, Research & Consulting, and on to the present job of one of the Policy Enforcement Team (PET) members. All the jobs I've done, I enjoy the work at IA the most. They are the best company in the world to work for if you wish to advance in your knowledge on Internet operations and what makes the net tick.

Interests

At the tender age of 10 I started a musician interest. I went from piano, guitar, and several other instruments I can't recall, but landed on the trumpet after visiting a Maynard Ferguson concert. His ability to control and produce such a full sound, and the way he made that small piece of brass sing caught my attention. I continued studying the trumpet all though high school and played in every imaginable band I could. I found out I loved the blues and jazz, and played in several local bands throughout LaCrosse, Wisconsin after school, to play as much as I could, and keep my chops up. I still continue to play as much as I can, and enjoy listening to several great trumpet players. If time permits, I'll place a page up of my favorites and selected music.

  
N5ITO ex:KA9JLU
You will also fine information on one of my hobbies dealing with HAM Radio. I've been license since I was 13. Holding calls including KA9JLU from my time in Wisconsin, and my present call of N5ITO since I moved to Texas. I became a real QRP player for some time until a past marriage ended the 500+ feet of wire strung around the backyard. Since then I try and stay active on 2meters (But it's just not the same). You can locate me hovering around 146.880 the Dallas Amateur Radio Club Repeater Freq. But HF and QRP are still in my blood and will be back when possible. I've created several spreadsheets to help track awards for the 3905 Century Club. Click here to download.

Another past time is my toy. A 67 Camaro with a 350hp/327cid . I have collected a database of 67 Camaro Data from Specs to options and called it the 1967 Camaro Information Source, and it links to several places to look for more information. This site receives 150-2000 hits a day and is still growing.

The next and last hobby I guess is this server and my study of the Unix operating system. Since the backbone of the Internet is run on *nix, I figured I needed to learn as much as I could. You can see how and what this server runs at the ROOT of this domain located at http://www.davidv.net

Well enough about the Web Page, Stay awhile, I'm sure you can find something you like.

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Last Updated 08/21/2005