Hello all,

I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday
when I took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to
everyone. I am an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA
Tech 2011), with some experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently
living in Sugar Land, TX. I have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for
a long time but never took the steps to apply until last month. Having been
unemployed for a good while now, I have taken up a lot of self-study in
this time. While studying tensor analysis I realized just how similar the
equations of fluid dynamics were to Maxwell's equations, and so I started
learning more about electromagnetic waves. One thing led to another and
"The Algorithm" suggested HAM radio, so I went ahead and took the leap. I
contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about testing, studied on YouTube and HamStudy.org
for a month and passed my Tech and General. I will be studying Gordon
West's (WB6NOA) book for the Extra class exam and plan to take it next
month.

Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to
learn a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my
main interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency
communications. I have been programming and building circuits projects
since I was about 12 and I like making random programs for fun. The more I
learn about HAM the more I realize I should have done this a long time ago!
So I really want to learn about the digital modes and maybe at some point
contribute to the software that exists or create more. I'm no stranger to
RaspberryPi, Arduino and other microcontrollers, which in my preliminary
overview of HAM appear to be used a lot. For now I've just got my cheap
little BaoFeng UV-5R which I have programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade
to maybe a mobile UHF/VHF unit soon. I would like to try HF at some point
down the road as well, because the idea of off-grid long range
communication sounds really cool to me.

I have a long list of hobbies so I'll spare you unless anyone is
interested. However, if there are any Korean speakers please contact me.
Anyway, that's my spiel, feel free to contact me by responding to this
email or directly. I will be attending the ZOOM meeting tonight as well.
Thanks! 73s everyone!

*S. Kori Rahman (KI5MKU)*

Cell: (770) 298 8516
kori...@gmail.com


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