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In 1978, I moved to the Boston area (Chelmsford, MA) and worked for GTE Labs, Waltham, (yes, more telephones) and tried to balance career, family, finishing my Ph.D, and ham radio. In 1984 accepted the position of USAF State MARS director for Massachusetts / Rhode Island, but resigned this position when I moved to Washington State in 1989... In 1989 I took a faculty job at Washington State University in Pullman, WA and later at the branch campus in Spokane, WA. It was lots of fun being a W1 in 7 land! My particular interest was 160 meters because I had 4 acres of room and tall trees on a high plateau (2300 ft) overlooking the city of Spokane. It was especially fun when the ARRL made Eastern Washington a separate ARRL section, because it was more rare than NV, ID, ND or DE, and I easily won the ARRL 160 meter CW contest for years until some big guns moved in (I was the only station on from EWA! That has now since changed!). While in Spokane, I operated an elaborate USAF MARS Packet BBS..