Ham Radio

EchoLink Repeater Project-Got the radio!

One of the projects I wanted to complete this year is to set up my own EchoLink repeater. I know I should've written out a roadmap or at...

Proposed Changes for Ham Radio and Antenna Use!

Achievement Unlocked-Vanity Call Sign!

Because I'm an absolute nerd, I wanted to get a vanity call sign-basically change my call sign from the randomly generated call sign from...

Mobile Radio Setup

I'm one of those weirdos who'll spend excessive amounts of money cobbling something together rather than just buying the thing outright....

Sending out my first QSL cards!

Since getting my ham radio license, I've made a total of 3 contacts (I've been busy with work and preparing for my move in November)....

First Contact!

I headed out to my mom's Saturday to try to use my Baofeng UV-5R to make my first contact, but no luck. I even connected to some local...

FCC legal!

As of this morning, I've been assigned a call sign by the FCC (KI5WWR) and am now legal to transmit on ham radio! However, I'm a picky...

Achievement Unlocked: Technician Exam Passed!

So I've been radio silent (pun intended) for the past couple of weeks, but not for nothing. Besides my heavy workload, I've been studying...

Live Oak Observatory?!?

So this is me just being a nerd, and Live Oak Observatory is just what I call my mom's house (she loves her live oak trees!). She has...

Let's what I can do with this thing...

It looks like a circuit board with a coax connector, but it's really an Isometric Helical Antenna, 2.4Ghz-5.8Ghz Circularly Polarized...