Sponsored Team #1

Team Leader:	Richard M. Tavan, N6XI
Other callsigns:	WF6C
Country:	USA
Age (WRTC 2018):	69
Previous WRTC experience:	Competitor: 2010
Occupation:	Retired
Born Washington, D.C., grew up in Silver Spring, MD as K3QDD, SB degree 1970 from MIT, retired 2002, live in both Saratoga (Silicon Valley) and Truckee (Lake Tahoe), CA

Team Mate:	Andy Faber, AE6Y
Other callsigns:	P49Y
Country:	USA
Age (WRTC 2018):	72
Previous WRTC experience:	n/a
Occupation:	Attorney
I was first licensed in New York at age 12. During high school I enjoyed CW with boat anchor rigs, eventually working DXCC before heading off to college. I obtained my current callsign in 1978. I became seriously interested in contesting when I decided in 1992 to write my own logging software. The DOS program CQP evolved into CQPWIN, which covers 11 contests plus generic logging. From home, not having a "big gun" station, I mainly participate in domestic contests, including my favorite, the California QSO Party. My first ever contest from a DX location was in CQ WPX SSB in 2002 as ZF2AF from ZF2NT's stateion, on Little Cayman Island. That same year I first visited P49V's cottage and did WPX CW as P40Y. Those experiences hooked me on the joys of contesting from the DX end. John, W6LD, and I purchased the P49V station in 2003, and since then I've mostly done single-ops as P49Y. I'm pretty much a self-taught contester, and try to learn from my mistakes, from time to time absorbing crumbs of wisdom from masters like Aruba neighbor W2GD. Professionally, I have been practicing land use, municipal and real estate law and litigation in the Silicon Valley since 1974. My wife, Sandy, is a retired astronomy professor. More information on me and on the P40L-P49Y station (including contest results for the last 15 years) is at www.arubaqth.com