Get on the Air...Now! A practical understandable guide to getting the most from Amateur Radio

Don Keith is an award-winning broadcaster, a best-selling author, and has been a licensed amateur radio operator since 1961. He was first licensed as WN4BDW in 1961, earned his General class license later that year, and then became an Amateur Extra class licensee in the mid-1970s, changing the call sign to N4KC. He was twice named Billboard Magazine's "Broadcast Personality of the Year," won every major broadcast journalism award in his state from the Associated Press and United Press International, and was an on-air personality, journalist, station owner, program director, and manager in a broadcasting career that spanned over two decades. Don published his first novel, The Forever Season, in 1995. It has remained in print continuously since and was named "Fiction of the Year" by the Alabama Library Association. His more than two dozen other published works, fiction and non-fiction, cover such topics as NASCAR racing, broadcasting, college sports, submarines, biography, and World War II history. Don lives in Indian Springs, Alabama, with his wife, Charlene, has three grown children, and three grandchildren. He operates all the shortwave amateur radio bands as well as VHF and uses most modes, including CW, SSB, PSK31 and FM. He enjoys DXing, contesting, antenna experimenting, and just plain rag-chewing. Don's author web site is www.donkeith.com. His Amateur Radio web site is www.n4kc.com and features a number of stories and articles about the hobby and of interest to Hams. His submarine thriller, FIRING POINT, co-written with former nuclear submarine captain George Wallace, will soon be a major motion picture. Don's latest historical non-fiction works are THE SHIP THAT WOULDN'T DIE and UNDERSEA WARRIOR, both true stories from World War II that have never been told before. All works are available in most popular formats wherever books and e-books are sold. See www.donkeith.com for excerpts, reviews, and ordering info.