"Father" John, better known as "Zork", and who's real name is Piero, is a friend whom I first met in the summer of 1977. It was right around the time of "Father John's Workshop" when I ventured onto Channel 20, and discovered this group of seemingly crazy CBers.  Piero was almost 2 years younger than me, but nearly 5 inches taller and a few pounds heavier (He's 6'5"). Piero loved to play his Kazoo over the radio, and play along with the fun, games, and crazy antics, which often occurred back then. We used to hold weekly Thursday night breaks at a local Friendly's ice cream parlor, and one night Piero actually wore a homemade priest's collar, as a tribute to "Father John's Workshop". His home station at the time, consisted of a Realistic TRC-48  23 channel SSB rig, with a D-104 microphone.  His station antenna was an A/S Starduster. When I decided to modify my Midland with additional crystals for the expanded 40 channels, Piero and Chris decided to do the same thing to their rigs, and I installed the crystals for them.  We ran on Channel 20 for the rest of the summer, and with the high skip conditions that year, we spent  some time on the "extras" to get away from the noise.  I would later move on to channel 13 later in the fall. Piero dropped off of the radio radar scope for a while, although he used to hitch a ride with me from tech school until he became of driving age himself. Piero was also very fond of guns,  and has amassed quite a collection, so it was no surprise that he ended up becoming a police officer. I used to kid him about being a real-life version of the movie "Police Academy's", Tackleberry.  He slowly dropped out of the CB scene by the early 80's, but would pop in out of the woodwork occasionally afterward. He enjoyed a brief resurgence in steady CB activity in the late 80's, until passing the ham radio exam, when we all moved to the ham bands. In 1988, Piero, Art, and myself, set up a 220 Mhz ham repeater so that we could have a place to meet on.

Today: Piero and I are still co-owners of the 220 Mhz ham repeater, which is now also located at his house, which sits at a 500' ASL altitude. He left the police force, due to a job related disability, and is now in charge of safety and security at a prestigious private school.  He had been married, but is now divorced, and yet still seems to have little time for radio activities lately, and gives new meaning to the term "part timer". This is a bit ironic, since he has one of the best equipped ham stations around.