Inside Olive Branch Amateur Radio Club

Doug is a mechanical engineer and biomedical inventor with nine patents. He documents homestead projects and POTA adventures on YouTube (His Way Homestead & CommanderBacon64), coordinates VE sessions, experiments with portable antennas, and is actively learning CW to expand his HF toolkit.

• Mechanical engineer; holds 9 patents in biomedical devices
• YouTube host for homesteading & ham radio content
• Woodworking & blacksmithing enthusiast
• POTA (Parks on the Air) hunter
• ARRL Volunteer Examiner liaison

Stephen earned his Technician, General, and Amateur Extra licenses within his first month on the air. A Mississippi National Guard veteran, he brings tower-climbing expertise, HF enthusiasm, SKYWARN experience, and a passion for mentoring new operators through their first activations.

• Technician through Amateur Extra in 4 weeks
• Leadership background with the Mississippi National Guard
• Tower rigging and safety mentor
• SKYWARN severe-weather spotter
• HF operating enthusiast

Dennis grew up in Olive Branch, MS, his family having moved from Memphis when he was six years old. After spending eight years away from home serving as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, he and his wife, Gayle (N5SIE), returned to their hometown in 1992. He is currently retired from FedEx where he flew the Airbus A300 freighter out of Memphis, TN. Dennis graduated from Arkansas State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. His interest in Ham Radio began as a teenager. He obtained his Technician license at the age of 15. In 1989 he upgraded to General and then Advance class of license before finally getting his Extra class license in 2000. He has been a member of the Olive Branch Amateur Radio Club since 2011 and enjoys contesting, digital modes, and monkeying around with the club repeaters.

• Olive Branch hometown member since 2011
• U.S. Air Force pilot (8 years)
• FedEx A300 freighter pilot (Memphis)
• Electrical Engineering degree (Arkansas State University)
• Ham since age 15 • Extra class since 2000

Bobby is a retired AT&T executive with an MBA in Information Systems, two technology patents, and decades of systems-engineering leadership. He manages w5obm.com, repeater linking projects, digital-mode infrastructure, and keeps the club’s automation, hosting, and telemetry humming 24/7.

• Retired AT&T executive • Systems & engineering leadership
• MBA in Information Systems • Finance & Accounting degrees
• Holder of two technology patents
• Repeater linking + digital/analog bridging projects
• Hosts club infrastructure (email gateways, rooms, automation)