E-Mail:hrasmussen@nc.rr.com
I am Communications Maintenance Administrator for the City of Durham, NC. My department is responsible for the county-wide Motorola Smartnet Simulcast, 800mHz, three site, 20 channel radio system. We also maintain the Emergency Communications Center and all mobile and portable radios used by the city and county governments.
I am a member of City Talk Toastmasters City Talk Toastmasters.
I am Immediate Past Divison E Governor in District 37 Toastmasters Internationl.
I am Past President of North Carolina Smartnet Users Network.
Background
I grew up in Durham, NC.
In January of 1998 I completed a Business Administration degree at NC Wesleyan College. I graduated May 9th 1998 Summa Cum Laude. In March of 2000 I completed the course work for a B.S. in Computer Information Systems (B.S.C.I.S.) and graduated Summa Cum Laude in May 2000.
I was involved in engineering the original construction of TV-22 in Raleigh, NC. Most of my career has been in the mobile communications industry.
In 1980 I co-founded Direct Call, Inc., (919-596-3399) a Durham, NC company that continues to provide high-quality, low-cost radio communications services to area businesses. Today, we provide LTR trunking radio service to most of mid-NC.
Interests, Activities & PlansI have been a Ham Radio operator for about 20 years. My call is WA4BAN. I hold an Extra class license. The 146.940 repeater in Butner, NC is my primary two meter frequency. A 100 watt Yaesu FT757GX with a G5RV style antenna about 10 feet up make up my HF station. I enjoy working CW with a Vibroplex Iambic key. Click here to see my station.
I have completed a two year study of the entire Bible. This is the Crossways program led by Pastor Paul D. Kibler at Resurrection Lutheran Church, where I was a member in Cary, NC before moving to Wake Forest, NC. Our new church home is Hope Lutheran Church in Wake Forest. Our Pastor is Preston E. Wagner. I am now leading a Crossways class at our church. Crossways at Hope Lutheran Church
Other Interesting ThingsMy wonderful wife is Dee Miller Rasmussen. She is Manager Therapeutic Area, Data Management at GlaxoSmithKline. She has enjoyed learning Italian and we have many friends in Verona, Italy, a beautiful city Dee lived and worked in for six months in 1997. We try to visit there once a year.
We love our home in the Town of Wake Forest. Our Home.
We have three daughters, Cynthia Marie, who gave me three grandchildren, Kristina Ann, and Erika Sigrid.
Our grandchildren are: Cammi, Benji, Maddi, .
We have a beautiful Dalmatian named Rosie.
My hobbies are shortwave radio listening, particularly US Coast Guard and Air Force, BBC, and amateur radio.
I enjoy cooking and one of my favorite tv channels is the Food Network.
My full name is Henrik Benjamin Wergeland Rasmussen II.
My father is from Norway.
He met my mother, Mary Bowen Rasmussen near Raleigh, NC. She learned Norwegian from him and cooks great Norwegian food.
I manage several internet mailing lists.
My favorite is radios4sale, a place to sell & buy commercial two way radio equipment:
Some of my favorite places on the Web are:
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Rik Rasmussen
1031 Jones Wynd
Wake Forest, NC 27587
919-556-7137
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