K6UFO Mark Aaker has been licensed since 1971. He has achieved DXCC Top of Honor Roll and 9 Band DXCC. In contests he has organized winning multi-operator teams from Stanford University W6YX, as well as well as his own single-operator wins at the challenging QRP 5 watt level in the ARRL Sweepstakes CW and Phone, North American Sprints and North American QSO Parties. For the last ten years he has been operating as NN7SS from Washington state, both in-person and now by remote control. In past decades he worked for Motorola, NASA, National Semiconductor and Apple as an Electrical Engineer, Project Manager and Patent Attorney. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Gail KB6EZB.