{"id":766,"date":"2026-07-21T19:37:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasanet.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=766"},"modified":"2026-07-21T19:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:37:31","slug":"hoss-kb3bxl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wasanet.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=766","title":{"rendered":"Hoss KB3BXL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a2902c9c wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-style-section-2 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-07e4d118 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex is-style-section-2--1\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-df9ef4b9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:33vh;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Meet Hoss<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Howdy! I\u2019m <strong>Hoss<\/strong>\u2014a General Class ham radio operator who believes almost any problem can be solved with a little ingenuity\u2026 or a bigger antenna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was born and raised in the hills of West Virginia but now call Pennsylvania home, where I\u2019ve somehow convinced my amazing wife to put up with me for <strong>43 years<\/strong>. Together we\u2019ve raised <strong>2 great kids<\/strong>, spoiled <strong>4 grandkids<\/strong>, and continue to negotiate daily peace treaties with our incredibly stubborn English Bulldog, who clearly thinks she owns the place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I\u2019m not BSing on the radio, you\u2019ll probably find me tinkering with something, telling stories, Playing music, or proving that you can take the boy out of West Virginia\u2014but you can\u2019t take West Virginia out of the boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>73 from Hoss!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1112\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-715 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wasanet.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_0924-1-e1784488336684.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#837972\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Hoss Howdy! I\u2019m Hoss\u2014a General Class ham radio operator who believes almost any problem can be solved with a little ingenuity\u2026 or a bigger antenna. I was born and raised in the hills of West Virginia but now call Pennsylvania home, where I\u2019ve somehow convinced my amazing wife to put up with me for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-766","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wasanet.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wasanet.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wasanet.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wasanet.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wasanet.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wasanet.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":768,"href":"https:\/\/wasanet.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766\/revisions\/768"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wasanet.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wasanet.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}