Get Radio Active!
Meet new people! Talk to people around the world! Attend meetings and events! There is always something to do in…
Amateur Radio · On the air since before ’89
KM6DZ
–•– –– –•••• –•• ––••
Just another Amateur Radio operator
After being virtually “off the air” for more than 10 years, I plunged back into the world of ham radio in June of 2019. IRLP, Allstar, DMR and SDR — and since I drive an 18-wheeler for a living, most of it happens on the road instead of at my home QTH.
- Call
- KM6DZ
- Modes
- Allstar · IRLP
- Node
- Allstar 50055
- QTH
- Mobile · 18 wheels
About
Licensed since before Loma Prieta
I have had my ham license since before the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. I was sitting in my ham shack in Monterey, California, talking to someone in Minnesota, when the ground started shaking and everything on the shelves came down. Local A.R.E.S. and R.A.C.E.S. groups were activated — and with every other form of communication down, ham radio was the only way messages got through.
“We may call it a hobby, but when it helps our fellow human beings communicate, it is a WONDERFUL feeling.”
Read the full storyFrom the shack
Pages & projects
Tid Bits
This page is for items you may not have known but would like to know. Question: What is the speed…
Allstar Node for 18 Wheel Mobile
I started with the following equipment: Baofeng UV-5R Radio (modified) Raspberry Pi 3B+ CM108 Sound FOB Hamvoip Image I modified…
Re-packaging of the 50055 Allstar Node!
Since I started putting together my Homebrew Allstar node for my 18 wheeler truck. I have been chasing issues with…
Back on the air
Field Day 2019 with SNARS
I participated in Field Day 2019 with the Sierra Nevada Amateur Radio Society in Washoe Valley, NV, operating under the W7TA call. What a great time for returning to the hobby.
Shack Notes
Latest posts
- Re-packaging of the 50055 Allstar Node! Since I started putting together my Homebrew Allstar node for my 18 wheeler truck. I have…
- Allstar Node for 18 Wheel Mobile I started with the following equipment: Baofeng UV-5R Radio (modified) Raspberry Pi 3B+ CM108 Sound FOB…
- QST, QST, QST After a 10+ year absence from Ham Radio, I recall what was said by the pilot…
QRV?
Let’s make a sked
Questions about Allstar nodes, antennas or getting licensed — or just want to say 73? Drop me a note. The form comes straight to me.