Jerry is a veteran of HK0NA Malpelo, NH8S Swains Island, VP8ORK South Orkney Islands, K5D Desecheo, 9MØM Spratly Islands, VK9XX Christmas Island, VK9YY Cocos Keeling, K1N Navassa Island, FT5ZM Amsterdam Island, and K9W Wake Atoll, as well as numerous contest expeditions in the Caribbean.

Jerry is on the board of directors at INDEXA. He is an ARRL Maxim Society member and supports, NCDXF, NIDXA, Metro DX Club, GMDXA, TCDXA, & SEDXC.

Jerry has been DXing and Contesting for over 40 years from a large 10 tower antenna farm in Illinois. He has confirmed all Countries Mixed & SSB -- only needing P5 on CW -- with 314 countries on 160M, 338 on 80M and over 3,060 band-countries for the DXCC Challenge.

Jerry's Expeditions to Environmentally Sensitive Areas include:

Navassa Island 2015 (USFWS Refuge)
Desecheo Island NWR 2009 (USFWS Refuge)
South Orkney Island 2011 (part of the British Antarctic Survey)
Malpelo Island 2012 (Columbian National Park, UNESCO National World Heritage Site)
Amsterdam Island, Indian Ocean 2014 part of the French Southern and Antarctic territories.

He has also operated and/or visited these US Territories in the Pacific:
Swains Island 2012
Wake Island 2013
The National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa 2012

Professionally, Jerry owns, manages, and maintains cellular and broadcast towers & antenna systems all over the USA Midwest.