Hudson Valley Towers was started by Ray Higgins (W2RE) and Lee Imber (WW2DX) in 2008. There was a clear need in the hobby for a service where fellow operators could obtain expertise for a shack to tower service. The hobby has exploded with bleeding edge technologies and advanced hardware and all of this can be very overwhelming. Antenna and tower construction can be complicated and require knowledge that can only be obtained through years of hands on experience. Don't risk your investment and health when we are here for you.
Who are W2RE and WW2DX?
Ray was licensed in 1987 as KB2FHL at the age of 22, he now holds the call W2RE. He has been active during this time chasing dx and also contesting.
His wife is Lori KB2HZI and his youngest son Bobby KC2UPN. Lori has DXCC and Bobby is learning the tower business at the age of 15.
Ray is a active contester with many accomplishments in the SOA category, has won CQWW and ARRLDX SSB USA. He prefers CW, but excels in the
phone category. His station consists of multiple towers, including stacked monobanders on 10-15-20, 3EL 40M yagi and 80-160 wire 4SQ arrays.
He knows towers and antennas, been experimenting for many years to find the right combination to make his own station click.
You can catch Ray in the major contests or in a pileup for a new one.
Lee was also licensed in 1987 at the age of 12, novice call was KB2CLQ then KF2PC in 1995. He has been active in the hobby for most of his ham career and has tried just about every thing there is to try in the hobby. EME, VHF, UHF, Microwave, DX, Contesting, TopBand, SSTV, PSK31, Packet (the old stuff) AM etc etc! He currently has 278 DXCC entities and is a very active Contester and DXer. His favorites bands are 6,10,15,20,30,40,80,160 :) and favorite mode is CW. He has recently scored 6.2 million points in the CQWW WPX CW contest in the SOAB(A) HP category and is currently building out a new station that consists of 80' of Rohn 45 with a pair of stacked TH7's, 40-2CD, 6M7, 80M 4 square and phased verticals on Topband. Lee is also the webmaster for www.MacHamRadio.com website along with many other ham related sites. Lee is also the proud VP of the Hudson Valley Contesters and DXers club. You will find him in the pileups and running hours on end during contests :)