Greetings!

Forgetful John, KI5HOC

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:07 PM D. Howard Bingham via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org>
wrote:

> 73
>
> D. Howard Bingham
>
> KE5APJ
>
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> On 12/10/2020 3:49 PM, Kori Rahman via BVARC wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
> <kori...@gmail.com>
>
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