Who is AA9DY?

I'm Wayne Wagner (Jr.). I was originally from a little town of Manhattan, IL, which is about 40 miles south of Chicago. I attended Peotone H.S. before joining the U.S. Navy for eight years as a Nuclear Propulsion Plant Operator aboard the U.S.S. California (CGN-36) and later as an instructor and Plant Leading Electrician at one of the training facilities in Idaho.

Afterwards, I attended college and graduated with honors from the University of Illinois in Urbana with a BS in Electrical Engineering, where I met my wonderful wife Michelle. We got married before my last semester of school in August 1998.

I currently reside in northeastern Illinois in the town of Grayslake. I am an Electrical Engineer (RF) with 10 years of experience in the Telecommunications Industry. I completed a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering in December 2004, and I am working toward earning a Professional Engineer's license.