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I am currently employed as a Dispatcher for Brother's Towing based in Perris, CA.  We serve the Perris, Lake Elsinore, and Norco areas.  We are also a contract station of the Automobile Club of Southern California, and also provide services to anyone.  Call us for our COD rates.  We offer light-, medium-, and heavy-duty towing services.

I formerly worked as a Delivery Specialist (AKA Driver) for Domino's Pizza.  For those of you who know me, you'll know how I LITERALLY live on pizza, so this was a great place for me to work. :)  Please don't forget to Tip the person who delivers your pizza!!

I have taken Web Page Design classes at Mt. San Jacinto Community College in San Jacinto, CA.  

See my web design page for a listing of the sites that I have produced.

I have also taken PC Repair classes, and am studying for my A+ Certification, which is required to obtain a position in a Computer Repair business.  I am also taking Networking classes, and learning all about networking and TCP/IP.  Way cool stuff!! :)

I am currently working towards my dream job: a dispatcher for the Riverside County Fire Department.  In the meantime, I'm continuing with my freelance web design business and working towards my computing certificates, and my current dispatch job and radio hobbies.

I am Amateur Radio operator KE6ALV, licensed August 1993.  Amateur "Ham" Radio is a very fun hobby.

click here to learn more about Amateur Radio

• Licensed as a "No-Code" Technician
• Upgraded to Tech-Plus in February 1999
• "Plus" designator removed through license restructuring April 2000, so I am a Tech with HF privileges
• Still studying for my upgrade to General-class license
• I can be found on the radio on the following:
  • Moreno Valley: 146.655 (-) PL 103..5
  • Box Springs Mountain: 224.460 (-) PL 110.9
  • Box Springs Mountain: 449.300 (-) PL 103.5
  • on IRLP from the WA6RQD IRLP Node (3150)
  • on EchoLink (formerly iLink) as Node# 1461 or (more likely) on the WA6RQD Conference Server
  • on eQSO as KE6ALV

• I use the following radios:
  • ADI AR-147 2 Meter Base/Mobile
  • Yaesu FT-7400 440 Base/Mobile
    • This was the original radio used for IRLP node 3090
  • (2) Radio Shack HTX-202 2 Meter handheld radios
  • ADI AT-400 440 handheld
  • Alinco DJ-296 220 handheld

• Antennas I use from home (western Riverside county--in Grid DM13) are:
  • 2 Meter base antenna up about 30'
  • 2 Meter J-Pole up about 30'
  • 220 J-Pole up about 25'
  • 440 J-Pole up about 25'

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I also monitor Police Scanners. This is a fun, interesting, and legal, hobby. I can listen to almost anything out there that uses two-way radio. Police, fire, taxicabs, tow trucks, planes, trains, municipal government agencies--you name it! I monitor various regional fire, police, and government radio communications.

Click here to learn more about Scanning

• I primarily monitor:
  • Riverside County Fire Department
  • Riverside County Sheriff's Department
  • City of Moreno Valley
  • March Air Reserve Base
  • US Forest Service
  • California Highway Patrol
  • numerous other Public Safety agencies in the Inland Empire area
  • various Amateur Radio and GMRS and FRS frequencies

• I own the following scanner radios:
  • Radio Shack Pro-94 1000-channel TrunkTracker handheld scanner
  • Radio Shack Pro-28 30-channel handheld scanner
  • Regency 20-channel tabletop scanner
  • Uniden 10-channel tabletop scanner

• I am listed as a "Major Contributor" in the 2001 Edition of the Police Call Frequency Guide

Hobby-related and public safety volunteer memberships:

• Member, Moreno Valley Amateur Radio Association (1993-1998)
• Member, Lee DeForest Amateur Radio Club, Hemet, CA (2001-2002)
  • Assistant Newsletter Editor (2001)
• Member, Moreno Valley REACT Team (1995) - (unit 106)
• Volunteer, City of Moreno Valley Emergency Response Force (1993-1998)
• Member, City of Moreno Valley RACES (2002-)
• Member, City of Hemet RACES (1999-2002)
  • I also served as a Net Control operator for our weekly net on the Hemet 220 repeater
• Member (RIV 212), Skywarn, San Diego Office, National Weather Service (1999-present)
• Official Weather Spotter (RIV 212), San Diego Office, National Weather Service (1999-present)
• Member/Control Op, WA6RQD Repeater System/IRLP node 3150, Southern California (2001-present)
• Assistant Control Op, KB6JAG IRLP node 3090, Hemet, CA USA (2001-2002)
• Pacific Region Director/Member #006, North American Monitoring Association
• Former California Chapter Administrator/Member #006, North American Monitoring Association
• Former Member, Southern California Monitoring Association
• Ring Master, Southern California Scanner and Ham Radio WebRing
• Founder/Administrator, Inland Empire Scanning Club on Yahoo
• Founder/Administrator, Inland Empire Amateur Radio YahooGroup
• Founder, SoCal IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Project) YahooGroup (As of July 2003, this group has been disbanded)
• Moderator, Inland Empire Scanner Discussion Board (IE-Scanner.org).  
  (As of late March 2003, this site is no longer online.)
• Moderator, Inland Empire Scan Yahoo Group
• Former Dispatcher (IPN-CAL004), Incident Page Network (1999-2001)

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1999 Costa Mesa PD Baker-to-Vegas Communications Team
I am on the far right, next to my good friend, Heather, K6HEY.
 
(Photo credit: Costa Mesa PD, 1999)

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I am well-versed in Windows and PCs in general. I have an eMachines eTower 400i3, and it's really cool and I really enjoy it. It is the main computer I use for my personal projects and my studies, as well as general work, and for surfing the Web. It is a nice system and is a very good machine.

I am also an avid fan of the Macintosh computer system, and am very good at troubleshooting the Mac. I own a Mac Classic--1990 technology.   This was my first 'real' computer, and the one I used when I was working as a Graphic Artist for the City of Moreno Valley.  Unfortunately, I don't use it too much anymore, and it's currently in storage. 

Other than school, radios, and computers, there's not much else to my life...unless you include all my wonderful female friends: Kimber, Jenn, Jennie, Becky, Lindsey, Mabel, Jeanne...

My Personal Links

Some of my Favorite Links can be found here

• My Southern California Inland Empire Scanner and Amateur Radio Frequencies site
  • Links Page has tons of links related to my hobbies, as well as a lot of other interesting links

  
  Member, Ham Radio Operators Team || My Personal Stats

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I am available online on the following:
and by e-mail at mike@ke6alv.com

Links to sites by members of My Family

• Ken Levy's Photography Gallery (My Dad)
• I-sure-wish-she'd-get-a-computer (My Mom)
• Affordable Sports Cards by Robert Levy (My Uncle)