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Math Saves Time! Or It Doesn’t!

Posted on October 1, 2014 by scott

As noted in my bio, I’ve been involved in public service and amateur radio for decades. Fortunately, I happen to live in Ham Radio Central — Cedar Rapids, IA. We have (last…

A Pain in the Glass

Posted on September 18, 2014 by scott

The past two years have been my family’s personal edda. In that time, this has happened: Wife’s dad died. Epic sewer backup in our basement…in the middle of January, somewhat complicating cleanup…

Ham Radio Encryption

Posted on August 26, 2013September 15, 2014 by scott

Recently, someone filed a notice of proposed rule making with the FCC regarding encryption of ham radio transmissions. For those non-hams out there, encryption is strictly forbidden under FCC Part 97 (which…

Working Events from a Bicycle

Posted on July 3, 2013 by scott

Ham operators in my area work a lot of drills and events over the course of a year. (We have well over 1000 hours in on events, and that does NOT include…

The power of public goodwill

Posted on March 27, 2013 by scott

I fielded an interesting call today from a gentleman we’ll call JB. He called some public service folks about some interference he thought might be from ham radio, and they sent me…

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