Just the random musings of a self avowed geek-a-saurus rex!
The Technician’s class that I signed up to teach finished up yesterday evening with all the students passing their Element 2 exam to become licensed Hams. I’m very happy with those results, but certainly can’t take a lot of credit …
As many of you know, 10 meters is seldom open these days. It is today, however, and I got excited because I can hear MANY stations. So I tuned one up and when he called QRZ, I tried to respond. …
I know that I’m several years behind with the technology, but I’m giddy like a schoolgirl tonight because I built my first Broadband Mesh Network today. It wasn’t big, just two nodes and a couple of devices connected, but it …
All you hams out there know what this means… 😀 (For those of you who aren’t hams, it just means that I’ve been approved to administer amateur radio licensing tests. No biggie!)
I am currently attempting to organize a Technician’s Class Ham License exam prep session and test session for sometime in the near term future! (Probably sometime in June!) If you have any interest at all, and would be close by …
but my license upgrade got listed today in the official FCC database! 😀 Ok, happy dance concluded. Back to reality! LOL
Yesterday, after 25 years of being a licensed Ham operator, I achieved something I’ve wanted to do since my first day as a Ham. I tested for and passed the license exam for the Amateur Radio Extra Class license. I …
The 2016 Nascar season has finally begun! It seemed like a shorter than normal off season, probably because of the mildness of the weather this winter, but I’m thankful it’s over. The summer schedule makes for some busy weekends, but …
The thing I find most difficult about Linux is that things aren’t always in the same place…. I ask you, why?
Never one to leave well enough alone, I have undertaken the build of version 3 of the N0NOE-R EchoLink machine. The goal of this rebuild is two fold: 1.) Convert the machine into a full fledged cross band repeater with …