WRTC Resume For

N5NJ

Robert E.(Bob) Naumann was first licensed in April 1973 as WN2OVE. In June of that year, he operated his first "contest": Field Day. After Field Day, he happened across the New England Slow Net on 80m, and that began a lengthy period of traffic handling, CD Parties, and contest operating where he met W2RQ, W2GD, et al.

In the early 1980's, after getting involved in serious contesting at K2GL's station in 1979 at the invitation of long-time friend WB2VYA (now KR2Q), he also upgraded to Extra and received callsign KR2J.

Bob was part of numerous record setting multi-multi operations as part of the N2AA/K2GL team beginning in 1979. He also operated from W2PV in 1981 which was an ARRL DX SSB winning effort.

Bob also operated several other multi-ops from W2YV, K2OY, K5NA, W2RQ et al and for several years was a regular at the N2RM multi-multi opperation. He still drops in at N2RM occasionally as travel and work plans allow from Texas; most recently in the 2000 CQWW CW Contest.

After relocating to the Dallas area with a former employer in 1996, Bob requested and received the callsign N5NJ under the vanity program.

Bob is interested in contesting, DXing, and VHF operating. He has earned DXCC, WAZ, WAS, WAC and is currently working on VUCC with nearly 200 grids worked on 6 meters.

Bob has participated seriously in VHF contests over the last few years as a single operator in the low power category.

He is an ARRL Life Member, and is also member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association, the North Texas Contest Club, the Lone Star DX Association, and the Frankford Radio club. He was formerly a member of the Radio Society of Great Britain.

While he lived in New Jersey, Bob was a member of the North Jersey DX Association and served on the W2 QSL Bureau. Bob participated in the relief effort for the Earthquake victims in El Salvador as a radio operator from 4U1UN in New York City along with the "Radio Readiness Group". For several years, Bob served as a net control for the New York City Marathon.

He has over 320 DXCC countries confirmed and has operated many contests from several notable stations. Some of them are: K2GL/N2AA, W2PV, N2RM, W2YV, W2RQ, NF2L, K2OY, K3UA, K5MR, WX0B, 4U1UN, V26B, AA5NT and NN3SI in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.

In 1996, KF3P(now K3MM) and Bob(then KR2J) placed 9th at the 1996 World Radiosporting Team Championship held in San Francisco in July.

Bob also has been part of the V26B CQWW SSB multi-multi team for the last 7 years. The team has placed #2 several times and always in the top 5 multi-multi's when Bob is part of the team.

Bob holds the callsign V26O in Antigua and operated the 1999 ARRL CW DX Contest as a multi-2 entry along with his WRTC '96 team partner, K3MM and K3RA where we placed #2 in the World.

In 2000, N3OC and N5NJ operated as V25A from the V26B station and placed in the top ten World Multi-single.

Bob is married to Margaret, KC5WBU, and they have 2 children, Emily, born in 1987 and Timothy, born in 1988. Bob works for EDS in Plano, TX as a Enterprise Network Strategy Manager.