This will sound corny but Google Translate includes Korean.  You ought to try 
it as it even translates voice., both directions. Keep it simple. 

Chris Luppens


> On Dec 10, 2020, at 9:53 PM, Mark Brantana via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
> 
> Kori,
> 
> Hi welcome to the airways. I wish I had taken the initiative to introduce 
> myself as you have. Great to read your story. 
> 
> One thing, I have some older Korean neighbors next door who do not speak a 
> word of English. I think they had just arrived state-sides when their family 
> moved them in. They are wonderful dear people, and we communicate by badly 
> done hand signals. I would love to be equipped with a couple of key phrases 
> and was wondering if you might have a few key phrases. They are not hams of 
> course.  Do you have some reference suggestions you could point me toward? I 
> am aware that Korean is likely very different linguistically from English.
> 
> Hope we might be able to meet up us on the Stir Crazy Net at 146.940 noon 
> weekdays or the Monday Night net at 8 pm same frequency.
> 
> Mark
> N5PRD
> 
>> On Dec 10, 2020, at 3:49 PM, Kori Rahman via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> 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
>> 
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