Christopher Prioli

AD2CS, WRVB352

I am an older baby boomer who has been disabled since 2014 due to cancer.  Obviously, I have survived this long, and  I still undergo treatment and surveillance for the cancer, and will as long as I live, though I am now fully retired.  I have taken a heavy interest in amateur radio. This interest is a good fit with one of my other long-term interests, which is electronics experimentation and the repair and construction of electronic equipment, especially test equipment.

Regarding amateur or ham radio, I sat for all three of the license exams on the same evening, passing all three with flying colors.  I walked into the test center unlicensed and walked out an Amateur Extra.  As a result, the 2x2 call sign of AD2CS was the first call sign issued to me by the FCC system.  The test center and processing folks were quite efficient, as I completed the exams by 2130 hrs on a Wednesday evening and I had my call sign by 0230 the next morning, before I went to bed.

I am the father of two wonderful girls and the stepfather of five more fabulous people, which has made me the grandfather of eleven young people.  I am also third out of nine children -- my parents were good 1950's Catholics!

I spent my working life in the trucking industry, working almost every conceivable job that industry has to offer, and working in several management positions through the years.  My other hobbies include country music (big George Strait fan!) and aviation.  I earned my Private Pilot Land certificate (license) in the mid 1980's and I have truly enjoyed flying, though I don't get to do much of it nowadays, as I can no longer pass the flight physical.

I spend a good amount of my free time teaching amateur radio licensing classes for both newcomers (entry level) and license upgrades.  I find that to be a rewarding means of giving back to the hobby that I enjoy so much.  I also serve as a VE, a Volunteer Examiner, who proctors the FCC exams for new and upgrade license candidates.

I am currently the chair of the membership and education committees of my local amateur radio club (Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club, or GCARC) as well as a member of their Board of Directors.  I am a regular contributor to their monthly magazine CrossTalk, and many of the articles published there can be found on this site.  I have also been published in Nuts and Volts magazine.

The radios shown on my home page are some of the radios in my ham shack, and I enjoy building, repairing, and modifying ham radio equipment.  In addition to the amateur radio license, I also hold a GMRS license from the FCC.

CMS -- shorthand for Contract Maintenance Service -- is the name of a company that I formerly operated as a side business, building and repairing computers and repairing other specialized electronic and electro-mechanical equipment.  To this day, I use the name and logo on certain electronic equipment that I design and build.