Category: Amateur Radio

Ham Radio Debate: To Tech or Not To Tech

By Eric on Jul 31, 2010 | In Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio, Computers, Radios, Electronics, Rants & Raves | Send feedback »

There is discussion on CQ Magazine's Facebook page concerning the incorporation of other electronic fields into the world of amateur radio.  The conversation can be found here.  Some people feel that amateur radio is a hobby that should almost solely be… more »

In Four Hours (Three Hours Later)

By Eric on Jul 21, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, personal, Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio, Radios | 2 feedbacks »

I passed the exam! When I started my interest in amateur radio, there were six different classes of licenses, and I started out at one of the lowest.  Over the years, my license became the lowest of three.  Now I'm in the second class, with only one mo… more »

In Four Hours

By Eric on Jul 21, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, religion, writing, politics, North Carolina, cultural, Utah, personal, Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio, Radios, Rants & Raves | Send feedback »

In less than four hours I will be sitting in the J. Reuben Clark Building on the BYU campus taking a test to advance my amateur radio license.  There's a chance my beard might make it beyond the invisibility filter my crutches will bring. This is the t… more »

Eric's Box of Memories: Badges? We Don't Need No...

By Eric on Jul 15, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, family, writing, North Carolina, Utah, photography, personal history, personal, photography, Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio, Radios, Eric's Box of Memories | Send feedback »

While digging through the Box of Memories the other day, I found some of my badges. Badges are pretty simple: identification.  Most people see badges at stores.  Others may see badges on police officers.  Some organizations use them because they really… more »

Still Learning My Lessons

By Eric on Jun 27, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, a new eric, personal, Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio | Send feedback »

Because I've been home the past three weeks on a medically-induced vacation, I've found some reinterest in amateur radio. I haven't been this interested since about 2000, at which time I'd been a ham radio operator for about five years.  While using what… more »

I'm on a Mexican... Radio

By Eric on Jun 22, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, hodge podge, hodge podge, personal, Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio | 2 feedbacks »

Actually, I'm not. I'm on a Japanese one. I have two posts today. The second one will be the real daily post. Today, I hooked up my ham radio to a device that allows me to send my radio signal through the Internet to another setup in North Carolina… more »