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Click for more detail... New ham. From Tech(5/08) to extra(6/08) in nothing flat. I figured just get past the tests. And then have fun learning everything. 2009 Maker Faire in San Mateo CA It was a lot of work and worth it. The volunteers had a good time. The show organizers received positive feedback about us. We found that many of the 400+ makers are themselves HAMs. We were located in the hall with the main stage and store, so this created a lot of traffic. We will see if we get a few new HAMs out of this event. Ready for 2010? For 2010, I want to do a fox hunt on the fair grounds. I have been pointed to a no solder crystal radio that can be used for very simple fox hunting. Build the kit at the faire, then use it. Should be fun. If you are in the SF bay area and want to show off a ham project at the Maker Faire, contact me. ki6qnz@arrl.net Emergency Communications I am persuing mutliple goals. One is to become an emergency communicator. I have taken ics 100,200,700, 800, NIMS, SEMS. I am in process of joining ares/races in the city where I live and the one where I work. I have taken CERT training through the city of Palo Alto. I am now a Panda. I spent a day with Santa Clara CERT to join that program, HEAT. So I am a PANDA in HEAT. HiHi. Digital/Packet/APRS I played with kantronics, paccomm and tnc-x. I've set up BBS and use outpost and pacforms. I still haven't learned to do kb2kb. I've setup a couple of aprs stations. Interesting, but I have not had the oportunity to make practicl use of it. I've played with SSTV using easypal and mmtv under someones guidance. Mad Scientists ARC have a Friday net that is fun. I've gotten hooked on psk31. I do this remotely on w7dxx and on my ft857 using a tigertronics interace to my computer. Netcontrol I am taking every opportunity given to me to be net control. SF Bay area9AM Talk net on Wednesdays and the 3rd Monday of each month for Palo Alto section of SPECS. Other things I'm playing with
I've setup echolink in all 3 modes. I am tring to learn CW. Using MDX to learn to send and G4FON to learn to listen. I am able to send all number and letters slooowly. I am up to 9 letters at 7wpm 15 farnsworth. My goal is to operate at field day. We will see. :-D Last modified: Thu Sep 24 10:51:08 2009 Does this page contain inappropriate content? If so, Report this page... |
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