Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Kori Rahman via BVARC]

Bruce,

I've got a lot of different avenues to check out but I definitely would
like to do satellite communication. I just checked out the AMSAT website,
cool stuff. Most of what I know right now I learned from the exam study,
but it sounds like I'll at least need a transceiver which can transmit and
receive on two bands, a VFO dial to actively compensate for the RF doppler
shift, and a decent directional antenna (maybe with circular
polarization?). I will probably want to build a directional antenna as a
project when I get a bit more knowledge on the topic. I'm thinking there
could be difficulty getting good multi-band performance with a single
directional antenna. I have to do some more research but I will absolutely
drop you an email about this when I get there. Making contact with the ISS
is definitely a new item for my bucket list.

Thanks so much! 73

*S. Kori Rahman*

KI5MKU

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


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 6:55 PM Bruce via BVARC  wrote:

> Nice to have you join BVARC and the ham community. There are a lot of
> things to do in ham radio and if you do not like one, try another. If
> you have any questions on operating satellites, drop me an email. I have
> been involved in satellites since 1993 and was President of BVARC once
> upon a time. Now, I live way up north in Montgomery County.
>
> 73...bruce
>
> --
>
> Bruce Paige, KK5DO
>
> AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
> AMSAT Board Member 2016-2022
>
> ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
>
> Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT*
> Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com
> Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes
>
> Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News
> http://www.arrl.org
>
> AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat
>
>
> 
> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
>
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>

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[BVARC] FW: [BLT] STX BLT Launch Saturday 12/12/20

[Andy via BVARC]

FYI

 

From: b...@groups.io [mailto:b...@groups.io] On Behalf Of Walter Holmes K5WH
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 11:20 PM
To: b...@groups.io
Subject: Re: [BLT] STX BLT Launch Saturday 12/12/20

 

I almost forgot another critical part of this.

 

It will all be streamed LIVE on Zoom, so if you can't join us locally, be
sure to jump onto Zoom with us

 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2815436502?pwd=dGZ2VkFGei9LUHBRT1p0V2szaG1OUT09

 

 

To be released about 10am central time. 12/12/20 from Scobie Field, SW
Houston

 

Light-APRS-W with WSPR and APRS

BLT-64 W4DNQ to be W4DNQ-15 and W4DNQ-14  (-15 will be normal APRS, and -14
will be WSPR converted to APRS) 20m wspr only

2 Qualatex silver balloons using Hydrogen

This software has been updated to support putting altitude data into the
power field, so that it can be sent to the APRS IS network, for it to show
up on APRS as W4DNQ-14

This is the same type of code line that ZachTec uses with great success.

 

ZachTec WSPR

BLT-65 AB5SS to be AB5SS-13  (-13 will be WSPR converted to APRS) 20m and
30m wspr

2 Qualatex silver balloons using Hydrogen

 

Tracking available at the usual sites.

 

https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap=7=a%2FW4DNQ-15=43200=4320
0

https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap
 =7=a%2FAB5SS-13=43200=43200

 or

 https://aprs.fi/#!mt=roadmap

=5=a%2FW4DNQ-15%2Ca%2FAB5SS-13=43200=43200 for both at
the same time.

 

And on WSPR at   Map | WSPRnet 

 

 

 

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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Scott Medbury via BVARC]

Kori,

Welcome to your club. And it is your club too . Al are welcome and your
input is vital. We are continually trying to improve it and have programs
and activities that appeal to all interests and levels.

73 de Scott KD5FBA



On Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 10:55 PM Kori Rahman via BVARC 
wrote:

> Hey Mark,
>
> Yeah I'm sure I can give you a few phrases. Something like "Hello" and
> "The weather is nice today" or anything more specific? Those are "안녕하세요"
> (ahn-young-ha-seh-yo) and "오늘은 날씨가 좋습니다" (oh-neul-eun  nal-she-gah
> joe-seum-nee-dah) respectively, the "eu" vowels are basically like that
> sound that Lucy makes in "I Love Lucy" when she gets in trouble. LOL All
> other sounds are basically as written.
>
> Pronunciation is really hard to get right the first time with Korean, and
> is essential given that their words are usually very short. The thing that
> makes it difficult is mainly because they have a few very different vowels.
> I suggest listening to words several times to see if you can match them.
>
> Good references: Talk to me in Korean ,
> The Seoul National University Korean Textbook
> (I
> used in college).
> To be honest this is NOT a language to pick up quickly, so if you're
> looking for quick and dirty, phrase books are good (particularly if they
> have a CD). Maybe we can try it out over HAM?
>
> Yes Korean grammar is VERY different. Their word order is different, they
> have these things called "particles" which connote subject or object,
> extremely complex verb conjugations which can indicate not only tense, but
> formality (there are at least 3 common ones), imperative, as a statement vs
> a questions, can be modified to indicate the verb as a noun or adjective,
> etc. So because of that, google is risky for anything but the simplest of
> sentences.
>
> I got into Korean because of... a girl in college... But I still listen to
> Kpop. If you don't know what that is don't look it up. If you do look it
> up, look up "보아 - 나무".
>
> 73!
>
>
> *S. Kori Rahman*
>
> KI5MKU
>
> Cell: (770) 298 8516
> kori...@gmail.com
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:53 PM Mark Brantana via BVARC 
> 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 
>> 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 

Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Kori Rahman via BVARC]

Hi Keith,

I am glad to hear there is something I can contribute, I'll get on the F8
and F4 modes and see what I can learn. Very interesting story yourself. I
sometimes wonder if I should have gone into physics. I really enjoy
studying the mathematics of physics, that's why I was studying Tensor
Analysis, so I could fully comprehend the Einstein Field Equation of
General Relativity. I am still interested in getting my PhD actually, I
really liked doing research at GA Tech. As I mentioned I'm unemployed and
sorta have been for a... while. So, I mean, hey, if you or anyone else
knows of any research gigs or engineering jobs in the area, I'd love to
hear from you. Also, should I be replying to everyone? I think the Korean
thing was a bit off topic, maybe I should start sending these "direct to
sender"...? I do tend to have trouble being brief sometimes LOL.

Anyhoo, I really appreciate the warm response from everyone.73


*S. Kori Rahman*

KI5MKU

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


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:11 PM Keith NM5G via BVARC 
wrote:

> Welcome Kori.  Thanks for the bio.
>
>
>
> You and I have similar interests.  My formal education ended with a degree
> in Physics and Math, with a minor in Physical Chemistry, back in 1968.
> Spent 154 semester hours in this pursuit.  In my senior year I took a
> course called celestial mechanics given by a NASA employee, Dr Jerry
> Modisette.  I really liked him.  At the end of the course he offered me a
> job as his understudy at NASA.  His job was space shuttle hull design, to
> prevent rupture from small space debris while in orbit.  It sounded
> interesting, but required a PhD.  He got me registered at Rice graduate
> school, but I only attended one semester.  Basically, I was tired of
> college, and wanted to have a family, so I apologized and told him I was
> dropping the plan.  He understood.  I have always wondered about that
> decision, but I now have a family that I am proud of.
>
>
>
> Gordon West does a good job with the Extra class study guide.  I used it
> many years ago to get my Extra class license.  A few years ago I gave an
> Extra class license class.  The West guide was used.  There were ten
> students, and five of them passed their exam.  We used the practice exams
> on QRZ to prepare for the exam.  Funny story, before giving the class I
> took the exam and flunked.  So, I studied the guide and got to where I
> passed every time.  The most difficulty was with the questions involving
> cartesian and polar coordinates of impedance.  I had forgotten a lot of
> math over the years.
>
>
>
> I am a contester and DX’er, using SSB and CW.  Need to learn more about
> the new digital modes F8 and F4.  So, when you figure that out, I hope you
> will come over and help me set up a digital station.  In exchange I can
> give you a few tips on operating HF.
>
>
>
> 73, Keith NM5G
>
>
>
> *From:* BVARC  *On Behalf Of *Kori Rahman via
> BVARC
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:50 PM
> *To:* bvarc@bvarc.org
> *Cc:* Kori Rahman 
> *Subject:* [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori
>
>
>
> 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

Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Kori Rahman via BVARC]

Hey Mark,

Yeah I'm sure I can give you a few phrases. Something like "Hello" and "The
weather is nice today" or anything more specific? Those are "안녕하세요"
(ahn-young-ha-seh-yo) and "오늘은 날씨가 좋습니다" (oh-neul-eun  nal-she-gah
joe-seum-nee-dah) respectively, the "eu" vowels are basically like that
sound that Lucy makes in "I Love Lucy" when she gets in trouble. LOL All
other sounds are basically as written.

Pronunciation is really hard to get right the first time with Korean, and
is essential given that their words are usually very short. The thing that
makes it difficult is mainly because they have a few very different vowels.
I suggest listening to words several times to see if you can match them.

Good references: Talk to me in Korean ,
The Seoul
National University Korean Textbook
(I
used in college).
To be honest this is NOT a language to pick up quickly, so if you're
looking for quick and dirty, phrase books are good (particularly if they
have a CD). Maybe we can try it out over HAM?

Yes Korean grammar is VERY different. Their word order is different, they
have these things called "particles" which connote subject or object,
extremely complex verb conjugations which can indicate not only tense, but
formality (there are at least 3 common ones), imperative, as a statement vs
a questions, can be modified to indicate the verb as a noun or adjective,
etc. So because of that, google is risky for anything but the simplest of
sentences.

I got into Korean because of... a girl in college... But I still listen to
Kpop. If you don't know what that is don't look it up. If you do look it
up, look up "보아 - 나무".

73!


*S. Kori Rahman*

KI5MKU

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


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:53 PM Mark Brantana via BVARC 
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 
> 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 

Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Chris Luppens via BVARC]

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  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  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
>> 
>> 
>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
>> 
>> BVARC mailing list
>> BVARC@bvarc.org
>> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
> 
> 
> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
> 
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> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org

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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Mark Brantana via BVARC]

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  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
>  
> 
>  
> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
> 
> BVARC mailing list
> BVARC@bvarc.org
> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org


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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Keith NM5G via BVARC]

Welcome Kori.  Thanks for the bio.

 

You and I have similar interests.  My formal education ended with a degree in 
Physics and Math, with a minor in Physical Chemistry, back in 1968.  Spent 154 
semester hours in this pursuit.  In my senior year I took a course called 
celestial mechanics given by a NASA employee, Dr Jerry Modisette.  I really 
liked him.  At the end of the course he offered me a job as his understudy at 
NASA.  His job was space shuttle hull design, to prevent rupture from small 
space debris while in orbit.  It sounded interesting, but required a PhD.  He 
got me registered at Rice graduate school, but I only attended one semester.  
Basically, I was tired of college, and wanted to have a family, so I apologized 
and told him I was dropping the plan.  He understood.  I have always wondered 
about that decision, but I now have a family that I am proud of.

 

Gordon West does a good job with the Extra class study guide.  I used it many 
years ago to get my Extra class license.  A few years ago I gave an Extra class 
license class.  The West guide was used.  There were ten students, and five of 
them passed their exam.  We used the practice exams on QRZ to prepare for the 
exam.  Funny story, before giving the class I took the exam and flunked.  So, I 
studied the guide and got to where I passed every time.  The most difficulty 
was with the questions involving cartesian and polar coordinates of impedance.  
I had forgotten a lot of math over the years.

 

I am a contester and DX’er, using SSB and CW.  Need to learn more about the new 
digital modes F8 and F4.  So, when you figure that out, I hope you will come 
over and help me set up a digital station.  In exchange I can give you a few 
tips on operating HF.

 

73, Keith NM5G

 

From: BVARC  On Behalf Of Kori Rahman via BVARC
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:50 PM
To: bvarc@bvarc.org
Cc: Kori Rahman 
Subject: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

 

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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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[John Mechura via BVARC]

Greetings!

Forgetful John, KI5HOC

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:07 PM D. Howard Bingham via BVARC 
wrote:

> 73
>
> D. Howard Bingham
>
> KE5APJ
>
> --
> 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
>
>
> 
>
> 
> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
>
> BVARC mailing 
> listBVARC@bvarc.orghttp://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
>
> --
> D. Howard Bingham   *Email: ke5...@earthlink.net
> 2722 Wisdom Drive   *Email: binghamdav...@gmail.com
> Deer Park, Texas*Ph:281-684-5301 (Voice/Text)
> ~~~
> Supporting Passenger Rail in Texas - www.TEXARP.org
> ~~~
>
> 
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>
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> BVARC@bvarc.org
> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[D. Howard Bingham via BVARC]

73

D. Howard Bingham

KE5APJ

--

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







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2722 Wisdom Drive   *Email: binghamdav...@gmail.com
Deer Park, Texas*Ph:281-684-5301 (Voice/Text)
~~~
Supporting Passenger Rail in Texas - www.TEXARP.org
~~~


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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Paul Easter via BVARC]

Welcome to the club and the hobby!!

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 6:55 PM Bruce via BVARC  wrote:

> Nice to have you join BVARC and the ham community. There are a lot of
> things to do in ham radio and if you do not like one, try another. If
> you have any questions on operating satellites, drop me an email. I have
> been involved in satellites since 1993 and was President of BVARC once
> upon a time. Now, I live way up north in Montgomery County.
>
> 73...bruce
>
> --
>
> Bruce Paige, KK5DO
>
> AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
> AMSAT Board Member 2016-2022
>
> ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
>
> Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT*
> Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com
> Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes
>
> Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News
> http://www.arrl.org
>
> AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat
>
>
> 
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>
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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Bruce via BVARC]

Nice to have you join BVARC and the ham community. There are a lot of 
things to do in ham radio and if you do not like one, try another. If 
you have any questions on operating satellites, drop me an email. I have 
been involved in satellites since 1993 and was President of BVARC once 
upon a time. Now, I live way up north in Montgomery County.


73...bruce

--

Bruce Paige, KK5DO
 
AMSAT Director Contests and Awards

AMSAT Board Member 2016-2022
  
ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
  
Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT*

Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com
Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes
  
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http://www.arrl.org

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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Kori Rahman via BVARC]

KJ, JP, Mark, Jeff, Ravi thanks for the welcome.

Yep Mark I got my call sign some time yesterday morning, I had been
constantly refreshing the ULS page ever since the exam. I checked in with
the Alaska Morning Net yesterday and the BVARC net at noon on the 146.940
repeater today. I'm pretty much line of sight with the Missouri City
antenna farm so the signal is great even indoors.

Jeff, that HF setup sounds like a nice little project. I will definitely
look into that Hermes Lite project as well. As far as the exams study, I'm
definitely going to have to memorize those band plans and privileges, but I
do like the theory stuff and hope to study a bit more about antenna design.
The flip flops, op-amps, and logic gates and so on are pretty familiar to
me already. I studied impedance, inductance, capacitance, phase diagrams
and so on in college but I think there's a bit of nomenclature and charts
etc that are different. Hopefully the explanations in Gordon West's book
will help round out my knowledge enough to reason my way through the exam
questions.

Thanks again! 73!

-KORI


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 5:38 PM KJ Anderson via BVARC  wrote:

> Welcome!!!
>
>
>
> 73 de KJ5EMP
>
>
>
> *-*
>
> *KJ Anderson*
>
> 253-380-2636
>
> www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd
>
>
>
> *From:* BVARC  *On Behalf Of *JP Pritchard via
> BVARC
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2020 5:20 PM
> *To:* 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' 
> *Cc:* jppn...@comcast.net
> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori
>
>
>
> Welcome Kori.
>
>
>
> JP, 73, K5JPP
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* BVARC  *On Behalf Of *mark janzer via
> BVARC
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:07 PM
> *To:* bvarc@bvarc.org
> *Cc:* mark janzer ; Kori Rahman 
> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori
>
>
>
> Welcome aboard Kori!
>
> It's good to see that the turn around, from Saturday's testing, to having
> your new call sign was 4 days.
>
>
>
> 73
>
> Mark
>
> K5MGJ
>
>
>
> On Thursday, December 10, 2020, 03:50:05 PM CST, 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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>
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> 
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>

Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Ravi Ratnala via BVARC]

Welcome, Kori!  I echo just about everything Jeff said, including the fact that 
this, my second foray into ham radio, started with a Baofeng HT.

73!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 10, 2020, at 4:04 PM, Jeff Greer via BVARC  wrote:
> 
> 
> Nice to meet you, Kori, and welcome to the club!  It's a friendly bunch, so 
> don't be afraid to ask questions here.  You'll find somebody here is bound to 
> know something about almost everything, and most of us will pretend to even 
> if we don't.  
> 
> When you're ready to cram for Extra, check out hamexam.org.  (If you're a 
> question memorizer - no judgment - beware that there a 3-4 pairs of lookalike 
> questions with different answers, if I recall correctly...)
> 
> If you want to start listening on HF, I think you can do so with a Raspberry 
> Pi, an SDR USB dongle, and a piece of wire for an antenna.  You'll need a 
> speaker or earbuds or something to hear the audio...  Sounds like you're 
> technical, so you might also check out Hermes Lite project; it's a lower-cost 
> software-defined HF rig built on off-the-shelf parts, which I'm told has a 
> receive sensitivity that is equal (or superior) to an Icom 7300's...
> 
> I, too, started with a UV5R, and I once heard an astronaut aboard the ISS 
> talking to an earthbound ham (a scheduled QSO and the earth station worked 
> for NASA) with my UV5R and what I think was a fake Nagoya antenna...
> 
> -j
> 
> From: BVARC  on behalf of Kori Rahman via BVARC 
> 
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:49 PM
> To: bvarc@bvarc.org 
> Cc: Kori Rahman 
> Subject: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori
>  
> 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
> 
> 
> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
> 
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[KJ Anderson via BVARC]

Welcome!!!

73 de KJ5EMP

-
KJ Anderson
253-380-2636
www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd

From: BVARC  On Behalf Of JP Pritchard via BVARC
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 5:20 PM
To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' 
Cc: jppn...@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

Welcome Kori.

JP, 73, K5JPP


From: BVARC mailto:bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org>> On Behalf 
Of mark janzer via BVARC
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:07 PM
To: bvarc@bvarc.org
Cc: mark janzer mailto:k5...@yahoo.com>>; Kori Rahman 
mailto:kori...@gmail.com>>
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

Welcome aboard Kori!
It's good to see that the turn around, from Saturday's testing, to having your 
new call sign was 4 days.

73
Mark
K5MGJ

On Thursday, December 10, 2020, 03:50:05 PM CST, Kori Rahman via BVARC 
mailto: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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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[JP Pritchard via BVARC]

Welcome Kori.

 

JP, 73, K5JPP

 

 

From: BVARC  On Behalf Of mark janzer via BVARC
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:07 PM
To: bvarc@bvarc.org
Cc: mark janzer ; Kori Rahman 
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

 

Welcome aboard Kori!

It's good to see that the turn around, from Saturday's testing, to having your 
new call sign was 4 days.

 

73

Mark

K5MGJ

 

On Thursday, December 10, 2020, 03:50:05 PM CST, Kori Rahman via BVARC 
mailto: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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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[mark janzer via BVARC]

 Welcome aboard Kori!It's good to see that the turn around, from Saturday's 
testing, to having your new call sign was 4 days.
73MarkK5MGJ
On Thursday, December 10, 2020, 03:50:05 PM CST, 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





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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Jeff Greer via BVARC]

Nice to meet you, Kori, and welcome to the club!  It's a friendly bunch, so 
don't be afraid to ask questions here.  You'll find somebody here is bound to 
know something about almost everything, and most of us will pretend to even if 
we don't.  

When you're ready to cram for Extra, check out hamexam.org.  (If you're a 
question memorizer - no judgment - beware that there a 3-4 pairs of lookalike 
questions with different answers, if I recall correctly...)

If you want to start listening on HF, I think you can do so with a Raspberry 
Pi, an SDR USB dongle, and a piece of wire for an antenna.  You'll need a 
speaker or earbuds or something to hear the audio...  Sounds like you're 
technical, so you might also check out Hermes Lite project; it's a lower-cost 
software-defined HF rig built on off-the-shelf parts, which I'm told has a 
receive sensitivity that is equal (or superior) to an Icom 7300's...

I, too, started with a UV5R, and I once heard an astronaut aboard the ISS 
talking to an earthbound ham (a scheduled QSO and the earth station worked for 
NASA) with my UV5R and what I think was a fake Nagoya antenna...

-j


From: BVARC  on behalf of Kori Rahman via BVARC 

Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:49 PM
To: bvarc@bvarc.org 
Cc: Kori Rahman 
Subject: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

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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[BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Kori Rahman via BVARC]

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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Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?

[KJ Anderson via BVARC]

I have very quick access to my guns, no worries.  I also have 4 kids in the 
house, it’s really not an option to leave loaded firearms around.  Though all 
my kids know their firearm safety.

-
KJ Anderson
253-380-2636
www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd


From: BVARC  On Behalf Of Eddie Runner via BVARC
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 10:53 AM
To: Bruce via BVARC 
Cc: Eddie Runner 
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?



On Thursday, December 10, 2020, 09:37:59 AM CST, Bruce via BVARC 
mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org>> wrote:

>Guns in safes are of no use if someone is breaking in.

Might keep the bad guys from stealing your guns!

>Neither is an unloaded gun.

Sometimes if they know you are armed they run away.. gun doesn't have to be 
loaded unless
you have to use deadly force ( my goto guns are always loaded)

Eddie (NU5K)





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[BVARC] TONIGHT Fw: Zoom Thursday meeting

[mark janzer via BVARC]

 

   - Forwarded Message - From: Jeff Greer via BVARC 
To: David Hold Cc: Jeff Greer 
; Rick Hiller via BVARC Sent: Monday, 
December 7, 2020, 08:23:58 AM CSTSubject: Re: [BVARC] Zoom Thursday meeting
 The correct info for Thursday's meeting is:
Topic: BVARC Meeting - An HF Systems Engineering Approach in the Search for 
Amelia Earhart’s L10ETime: Dec 10, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom 
Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82088233228?pwd=UU9OVk81dnFTdERyQVFHc3p2WGVYZz09


Meeting ID: 820 8823 3228Passcode: 480748One tap 
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Jose)
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(San Jose)        +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)        +1 301 715 8592 US 
(Washington D.C)        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)Meeting ID: 820 8823 
3228Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcWY2Vruv2



From: BVARC  on behalf of David Hold via BVARC 

Sent: Monday, December 7, 2020 7:22 AM
To: Rick Hiller via BVARC 
Cc: David Hold 
Subject: [BVARC] Zoom Thursday meeting Just wanted to confirm


Meeting # : 820 8823 3228
Passcode: 480748


Because newsletters up to today’s said

Meeting ID: 858 1887 2483
Passcode: 317314

Thankyou 
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Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?

[Steve Agee via BVARC]

*30 years ago, I came home to my house being burglarized. I did not know 
it, as they came in by breaking a rear window, so I had no idea they 
were in the house. They found one of my guns and shot at me as I came in 
the front door. Good thing they missed by several feet. There is no 
worse feeling in the world than being shot at in your own house by your 
own gun. I'm not trying to argue one side or the other here. I'm just 
sharing my real world experience.

N5ZUA
*
On 12/10/2020 10:53 AM, Eddie Runner via BVARC wrote:



On Thursday, December 10, 2020, 09:37:59 AM CST, Bruce via BVARC 
 wrote:


>Guns in safes are of no use if someone is breaking in.

Might keep the bad guys from stealing your guns!

>Neither is an unloaded gun.

Sometimes if they know you are armed they run away.. gun doesn't have 
to be loaded unless

you have to use deadly force ( my goto guns are always loaded)

Eddie (NU5K)





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Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?

[Eddie Runner via BVARC]

 

On Thursday, December 10, 2020, 09:37:59 AM CST, Bruce via BVARC 
 wrote:  
 >Guns in safes are of no use if someone is breaking in. 
Might keep the bad guys from stealing your guns!
>Neither is an unloaded gun. 
Sometimes if they know you are armed they run away.. gun doesn't have to be 
loaded unlessyou have to use deadly force ( my goto guns are always loaded)
Eddie (NU5K)

 


  
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Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?

[Ravi Ratnala via BVARC]

Excellent points, Rick.  And thanks for the reminder that this is a 
“semi-public” forum.  I tend to think of you guys (and this list) more like 
extended family; guard down to an extent.

As it happens, my surveillance situation is hardly any secret - cameras quite 
visible; I tend to be the go-to guy on my street when my neighbors want 
something checked out: “Can you pull video from last night”

Your points are even more well-taken when we remember that once it’s on the 
internet, it’s out there forever.

Stay safe and 73, all. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 10, 2020, at 10:21 AM, Rick Hiller  wrote:
> 
> Ya know, what I find interesting in all of this discussion/thread is that 
> for a person seeking privacy there is an incredible amount of information 
> exposed about y’alls location and property and security.   This is a 
> semi-public forum.   Easy to get into.
> 
> Same for the repeater, but even more so.   A few years back a new ham 
> expounded on his family, QTH, etc. with details on kids names and schools and 
> medical situations, etc.   Waaay to much info to be broadcasting to the local 
> ham and, more importantly, scanner crowd.
> 
> Just please be careful in your postings and QSO’s.   I.we certainly don’t 
> want any situations to arise, driven by such personal info.
> Be careful out there..Rick. W5RH
> 
>> On Dec 10, 2020, at 10:07 AM, Ravi Ratnala via BVARC  wrote:
>> 
>> +1 on the surveillance.  I have the entire perimeter of the exterior of my 
>> house covered, with kickers here and there.  ;-)
>> 
>> And, I can flood the entire exterior of my house and yard with intensely 
>> bright light with the touch of a button from just about anywhere in my 
>> house.  Same system controls lighting throughout the house.
>> 
>> But are fun hobbies too, happy to discuss / help anyone who’s interested. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
 On Dec 10, 2020, at 9:26 AM, KJ Anderson via BVARC  wrote:
 
>>> 
>>> Lots of responses, I’ll try to address all the points.  I’ve got my email 
>>> forward with ARRL set up, and I use that for more official radio nerd 
>>> business, and my new fake QTH is both in my actual QTH city/state and 
>>> forwards to my actual QTH.  So DX cards will still make it.  Email doesn’t 
>>> bother me though, Outlook keeps the riff raff out well enough.
>>>  
>>> I like the 5-step plan, I would add “Get a female German Shepherd puppy and 
>>> train her well.”  And as Chris alludes, I’m well beyond these steps.  I 
>>> just don’t want to make it easier for idiots on the internet to make my 
>>> life hard.  Not to pigeonhole my own thread, but if anyone needs help 
>>> building/installing a surveillance system, I am your guy (but start a new 
>>> thread, lol).  I have more guns than I can count (all locked up/in safes 
>>> responsibly), and I maintain both a high level of proficiency/physical 
>>> fitness and a certain moral flexibility when it comes to defending my 
>>> family.  As the adage goes- “I woke up and found a burglar in my house, he 
>>> asked me if I was going to call the police.  I told him no, it wouldn’t 
>>> make sense to call the police when no one else knew he was here…” 
>>>  
>>> Here’s a screen shot of the common areas and exterior under surveillance in 
>>> my house (well-trained security dog to the right of the dishwasher.  I 
>>> actually have additional cameras, and a Ring doorbell too):
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> I just really want to maintain as much privacy as possible, because once 
>>> it’s gone, it’s really hard to get it back.  Which is where I’m at, trying 
>>> to claw my privacy back.  I am not a lawyer, your mileage may vary.
>>>  
>>> -
>>> KJ Anderson
>>> 253-380-2636
>>> www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd
>>>  
>>> From: BVARC  On Behalf Of D. Howard Bingham via 
>>> BVARC
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:21 AM
>>> To: KJ Anderson via BVARC 
>>> Cc: D. Howard Bingham 
>>> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?
>>>  
>>> If your am AARL Member, they have a one way email forwarding through ARRL 
>>> that copies e-mail to your real e-mail address, no exposure of street 
>>> address, phone number, etc.
>>> 
>>> But if you want to reply, that's another issue.  My ARRL address is:  
>>>   (Ironically it was originally through Eartlink, 
>>> but has since changed to another ISP mail server & I had already had 
>>> Earthlink address before I got my ARRL address.)
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> 
>>> D. Howard Bingham
>>> 
>>> ke5apj
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> 
>>> On 12/9/2020 9:27 AM, KJ Anderson via BVARC wrote:
>>> I really want to be able to use my callsign in public forums, etc., but I’m 
>>> not keen on anyone being able to therefore look up my home address.  I know 
>>> it’s available fairly easily through fairly conventional methods, but I 
>>> just don’t want to add another route.  I want to be able to have something 
>>> like a Po Box registered with the FCC on my license, 

Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?

[Rick Hiller via BVARC]

Ya know, what I find interesting in all of this discussion/thread is that for a 
person seeking privacy there is an incredible amount of information exposed 
about y’alls location and property and security.   This is a semi-public forum. 
  Easy to get into.

Same for the repeater, but even more so.   A few years back a new ham expounded 
on his family, QTH, etc. with details on kids names and schools and medical 
situations, etc.   Waaay to much info to be broadcasting to the local ham and, 
more importantly, scanner crowd.

Just please be careful in your postings and QSO’s.   I.we certainly don’t 
want any situations to arise, driven by such personal info.
Be careful out there..Rick. W5RH

> On Dec 10, 2020, at 10:07 AM, Ravi Ratnala via BVARC  wrote:
> 
> +1 on the surveillance.  I have the entire perimeter of the exterior of my 
> house covered, with kickers here and there.  ;-)
> 
> And, I can flood the entire exterior of my house and yard with intensely 
> bright light with the touch of a button from just about anywhere in my house. 
>  Same system controls lighting throughout the house.
> 
> But are fun hobbies too, happy to discuss / help anyone who’s interested. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Dec 10, 2020, at 9:26 AM, KJ Anderson via BVARC  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Lots of responses, I’ll try to address all the points.  I’ve got my email 
>> forward with ARRL set up, and I use that for more official radio nerd 
>> business, and my new fake QTH is both in my actual QTH city/state and 
>> forwards to my actual QTH.  So DX cards will still make it.  Email doesn’t 
>> bother me though, Outlook keeps the riff raff out well enough.
>>  
>> I like the 5-step plan, I would add “Get a female German Shepherd puppy and 
>> train her well.”  And as Chris alludes, I’m well beyond these steps.  I just 
>> don’t want to make it easier for idiots on the internet to make my life 
>> hard.  Not to pigeonhole my own thread, but if anyone needs help 
>> building/installing a surveillance system, I am your guy (but start a new 
>> thread, lol).  I have more guns than I can count (all locked up/in safes 
>> responsibly), and I maintain both a high level of proficiency/physical 
>> fitness and a certain moral flexibility when it comes to defending my 
>> family.  As the adage goes- “I woke up and found a burglar in my house, he 
>> asked me if I was going to call the police.  I told him no, it wouldn’t make 
>> sense to call the police when no one else knew he was here…” 
>>  
>> Here’s a screen shot of the common areas and exterior under surveillance in 
>> my house (well-trained security dog to the right of the dishwasher.  I 
>> actually have additional cameras, and a Ring doorbell too):
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> I just really want to maintain as much privacy as possible, because once 
>> it’s gone, it’s really hard to get it back.  Which is where I’m at, trying 
>> to claw my privacy back.  I am not a lawyer, your mileage may vary.
>>  
>> -
>> KJ Anderson
>> 253-380-2636
>> www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd
>>  
>> From: BVARC  On Behalf Of D. Howard Bingham via 
>> BVARC
>> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:21 AM
>> To: KJ Anderson via BVARC 
>> Cc: D. Howard Bingham 
>> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?
>>  
>> If your am AARL Member, they have a one way email forwarding through ARRL 
>> that copies e-mail to your real e-mail address, no exposure of street 
>> address, phone number, etc.
>> 
>> But if you want to reply, that's another issue.  My ARRL address is:  
>>   (Ironically it was originally through Eartlink, 
>> but has since changed to another ISP mail server & I had already had 
>> Earthlink address before I got my ARRL address.)
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> D. Howard Bingham
>> 
>> ke5apj
>> 
>> ---
>> 
>> On 12/9/2020 9:27 AM, KJ Anderson via BVARC wrote:
>> I really want to be able to use my callsign in public forums, etc., but I’m 
>> not keen on anyone being able to therefore look up my home address.  I know 
>> it’s available fairly easily through fairly conventional methods, but I just 
>> don’t want to add another route.  I want to be able to have something like a 
>> Po Box registered with the FCC on my license, that forwards all mail sent to 
>> the PO Box to my actual mailing (physical) address.
>>  
>> Has anyone else solved this problem?  A cursory search of the internet shows 
>> RV forwarding services and stuff, but wouldn’t this also be an easy, paid 
>> subscription I should be able to sign up for with ARRL, like my arrl.net 
>> email address?
>>  
>> I appreciate you all.
>>  
>> 73 de KJ5EMP
>>  
>> -
>> KJ Anderson
>> 253-380-2636
>> www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd
>>  
>>  
>> 
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>> 
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> 

Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?

[Ravi Ratnala via BVARC]

+1 on the surveillance.  I have the entire perimeter of the exterior of my 
house covered, with kickers here and there.  ;-)

And, I can flood the entire exterior of my house and yard with intensely bright 
light with the touch of a button from just about anywhere in my house.  Same 
system controls lighting throughout the house.

But are fun hobbies too, happy to discuss / help anyone who’s interested. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 10, 2020, at 9:26 AM, KJ Anderson via BVARC  wrote:
> 
> 
> Lots of responses, I’ll try to address all the points.  I’ve got my email 
> forward with ARRL set up, and I use that for more official radio nerd 
> business, and my new fake QTH is both in my actual QTH city/state and 
> forwards to my actual QTH.  So DX cards will still make it.  Email doesn’t 
> bother me though, Outlook keeps the riff raff out well enough.
>  
> I like the 5-step plan, I would add “Get a female German Shepherd puppy and 
> train her well.”  And as Chris alludes, I’m well beyond these steps.  I just 
> don’t want to make it easier for idiots on the internet to make my life hard. 
>  Not to pigeonhole my own thread, but if anyone needs help 
> building/installing a surveillance system, I am your guy (but start a new 
> thread, lol).  I have more guns than I can count (all locked up/in safes 
> responsibly), and I maintain both a high level of proficiency/physical 
> fitness and a certain moral flexibility when it comes to defending my family. 
>  As the adage goes- “I woke up and found a burglar in my house, he asked me 
> if I was going to call the police.  I told him no, it wouldn’t make sense to 
> call the police when no one else knew he was here…” 
>  
> Here’s a screen shot of the common areas and exterior under surveillance in 
> my house (well-trained security dog to the right of the dishwasher.  I 
> actually have additional cameras, and a Ring doorbell too):
>  
> 
>  
> I just really want to maintain as much privacy as possible, because once it’s 
> gone, it’s really hard to get it back.  Which is where I’m at, trying to claw 
> my privacy back.  I am not a lawyer, your mileage may vary.
>  
> -
> KJ Anderson
> 253-380-2636
> www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd
>  
> From: BVARC  On Behalf Of D. Howard Bingham via BVARC
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:21 AM
> To: KJ Anderson via BVARC 
> Cc: D. Howard Bingham 
> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?
>  
> If your am AARL Member, they have a one way email forwarding through ARRL 
> that copies e-mail to your real e-mail address, no exposure of street 
> address, phone number, etc.
> 
> But if you want to reply, that's another issue.  My ARRL address is:  
>   (Ironically it was originally through Eartlink, but 
> has since changed to another ISP mail server & I had already had Earthlink 
> address before I got my ARRL address.)
> 
> 73
> 
> D. Howard Bingham
> 
> ke5apj
> 
> ---
> 
> On 12/9/2020 9:27 AM, KJ Anderson via BVARC wrote:
> I really want to be able to use my callsign in public forums, etc., but I’m 
> not keen on anyone being able to therefore look up my home address.  I know 
> it’s available fairly easily through fairly conventional methods, but I just 
> don’t want to add another route.  I want to be able to have something like a 
> Po Box registered with the FCC on my license, that forwards all mail sent to 
> the PO Box to my actual mailing (physical) address.
>  
> Has anyone else solved this problem?  A cursory search of the internet shows 
> RV forwarding services and stuff, but wouldn’t this also be an easy, paid 
> subscription I should be able to sign up for with ARRL, like my arrl.net 
> email address?
>  
> I appreciate you all.
>  
> 73 de KJ5EMP
>  
> -
> KJ Anderson
> 253-380-2636
> www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd
>  
>  
> 
> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
> 
> BVARC mailing list
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Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?

[Ravi Ratnala via BVARC]

Rethink that strategy.   What happens if you come home and find that a burglar 
has somehow gotten into your house and availed himself of your unsecured weapon?

My heavy hardware stays locked among two large gun safes.  I also keep loaded 
pistols in small safes with 4-finger combination locks that I can get into in 
under 3 seconds.

73 de N5OL

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 10, 2020, at 9:37 AM, Bruce via BVARC  wrote:
> 
> Guns in safes are of no use if someone is breaking in. Neither is an 
> unloaded gun. 
> 
> 73...bruce
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Dec 10, 2020, at 9:26 AM, KJ Anderson via BVARC  wrote:
> 
> 
> Lots of responses, I’ll try to address all the points.  I’ve got my email 
> forward with ARRL set up, and I use that for more official radio nerd 
> business, and my new fake QTH is both in my actual QTH city/state and 
> forwards to my actual QTH.  So DX cards will still make it.  Email doesn’t 
> bother me though, Outlook keeps the riff raff out well enough.
>  
> I like the 5-step plan, I would add “Get a female German Shepherd puppy and 
> train her well.”  And as Chris alludes, I’m well beyond these steps.  I just 
> don’t want to make it easier for idiots on the internet to make my life hard. 
>  Not to pigeonhole my own thread, but if anyone needs help 
> building/installing a surveillance system, I am your guy (but start a new 
> thread, lol).  I have more guns than I can count (all locked up/in safes 
> responsibly), and I maintain both a high level of proficiency/physical 
> fitness and a certain moral flexibility when it comes to defending my family. 
>  As the adage goes- “I woke up and found a burglar in my house, he asked me 
> if I was going to call the police.  I told him no, it wouldn’t make sense to 
> call the police when no one else knew he was here…” 
>  
> Here’s a screen shot of the common areas and exterior under surveillance in 
> my house (well-trained security dog to the right of the dishwasher.  I 
> actually have additional cameras, and a Ring doorbell too):
>  
> 
>  
> I just really want to maintain as much privacy as possible, because once it’s 
> gone, it’s really hard to get it back  Which is where I’m at, trying to claw 
> my privacy back.  I am not a lawyer, your mileage may vary.
>  
> -
> KJ Anderson
> 253-380-2636
> www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd
>  
> From: BVARC  On Behalf Of D. Howard Bingham via BVARC
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:21 AM
> To: KJ Anderson via BVARC 
> Cc: D. Howard Bingham 
> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?
>  
> If your am AARL Member, they have a one way email forwarding through ARRL 
> that copies e-mail to your real e-mail address, no exposure of street 
> address, phone number, etc.
> 
> But if you want to reply, that's another issue.  My ARRL address is:  
>   (Ironically it was originally through Eartlink, but 
> has since changed to another ISP mail server & I had already had Earthlink 
> address before I got my ARRL address.)
> 
> 73
> 
> D. Howard Bingham
> 
> ke5apj
> 
> ---
> 
> On 12/9/2020 9:27 AM, KJ Anderson via BVARC wrote:
> I really want to be able to use my callsign in public forums, etc., but I’m 
> not keen on anyone being able to therefore look up my home address.  I know 
> it’s available fairly easily through fairly conventional methods, but I just 
> don’t want to add another route.  I want to be able to have something like a 
> Po Box registered with the FCC on my license, that forwards all mail sent to 
> the PO Box to my actual mailing (physical) address.
>  
> Has anyone else solved this problem?  A cursory search of the internet shows 
> RV forwarding services and stuff, but wouldn’t this also be an easy, paid 
> subscription I should be able to sign up for with ARRL, like my arrl.net 
> email address?
>  
> I appreciate you all.
>  
> 73 de KJ5EMP
>  
> -
> KJ Anderson
> 253-380-2636
> www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd
>  
>  
> 
> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
> 
> BVARC mailing list
> BVARC@bvarc.org
> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
> 
> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
> 
> BVARC mailing list
> BVARC@bvarc.org
> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org

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Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?

[Bruce via BVARC]

Guns in safes are of no use if someone is breaking in. Neither is an unloaded 
gun. 

73...bruce

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 10, 2020, at 9:26 AM, KJ Anderson via BVARC  wrote:


Lots of responses, I’ll try to address all the points.  I’ve got my email 
forward with ARRL set up, and I use that for more official radio nerd business, 
and my new fake QTH is both in my actual QTH city/state and forwards to my 
actual QTH.  So DX cards will still make it.  Email doesn’t bother me though, 
Outlook keeps the riff raff out well enough.
 
I like the 5-step plan, I would add “Get a female German Shepherd puppy and 
train her well.”  And as Chris alludes, I’m well beyond these steps.  I just 
don’t want to make it easier for idiots on the internet to make my life hard.  
Not to pigeonhole my own thread, but if anyone needs help building/installing a 
surveillance system, I am your guy (but start a new thread, lol).  I have more 
guns than I can count (all locked up/in safes responsibly), and I maintain both 
a high level of proficiency/physical fitness and a certain moral flexibility 
when it comes to defending my family.  As the adage goes- “I woke up and found 
a burglar in my house, he asked me if I was going to call the police.  I told 
him no, it wouldn’t make sense to call the police when no one else knew he was 
here…” 
 
Here’s a screen shot of the common areas and exterior under surveillance in my 
house (well-trained security dog to the right of the dishwasher.  I actually 
have additional cameras, and a Ring doorbell too):
 

 
I just really want to maintain as much privacy as possible, because once it’s 
gone, it’s really hard to get it back  Which is where I’m at, trying to claw my 
privacy back.  I am not a lawyer, your mileage may vary.
 
-
KJ Anderson
253-380-2636
www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd
 
From: BVARC  On Behalf Of D. Howard Bingham via BVARC
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:21 AM
To: KJ Anderson via BVARC 
Cc: D. Howard Bingham 
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?
 
If your am AARL Member, they have a one way email forwarding through ARRL that 
copies e-mail to your real e-mail address, no exposure of street address, phone 
number, etc.

But if you want to reply, that's another issue.  My ARRL address is:  
  (Ironically it was originally through Eartlink, but 
has since changed to another ISP mail server & I had already had Earthlink 
address before I got my ARRL address.)

73

D. Howard Bingham

ke5apj

---

On 12/9/2020 9:27 AM, KJ Anderson via BVARC wrote:
I really want to be able to use my callsign in public forums, etc., but I’m not 
keen on anyone being able to therefore look up my home address.  I know it’s 
available fairly easily through fairly conventional methods, but I just don’t 
want to add another route.  I want to be able to have something like a Po Box 
registered with the FCC on my license, that forwards all mail sent to the PO 
Box to my actual mailing (physical) address.
 
Has anyone else solved this problem?  A cursory search of the internet shows RV 
forwarding services and stuff, but wouldn’t this also be an easy, paid 
subscription I should be able to sign up for with ARRL, like my arrl.net email 
address?
 
I appreciate you all.
 
73 de KJ5EMP
 
-
KJ Anderson
253-380-2636
www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd
 
 

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Re: [BVARC] Heath Kit History

[Gus Bernard via BVARC]

Here's a fun Ham Nation YouTube video about Heathkit's history and a
Heathkit obsessed ham, Dave W7UUU, who does some incredible Heathkit
restorations and projects:

https://youtu.be/OVZP0cxVtU8

Gus, KG5OFB

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 4:24 AM Mark Brantana via BVARC 
wrote:

> We had a Heathkit store in Monroeville, PA when I was growing up.  They
> had an electronics program, and I now wish I had done it. Electronics is so
> broad, it is hard to decide which direction to go. But the principles and
> common to them all, I think I have learned that you just have to pick one
> and dive in. Perhaps this was a missed opportunity.
> Mark
> N5PRD
>
> On Dec 7, 2020, at 1:35 PM, Bruce via BVARC  wrote:
>
> awesome article.  i still have a few heathkit items.  capacitor checker,
> cadence resistor box. i did have their tv with on screen channel display.
>  had their scope and dvm.  oh what fun those kits were.
>
> 73...bruce
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 7, 2020, at 12:11 PM, Rick Hiller via BVARC 
> wrote:
>
> 
> Nice article about The Heath Company
>
> *https://endeavor.omeclk.com/portal/public/ViewCommInBrowser.jsp?2I8xi3TTdj%2BhpNKdJwhl3wV0jkO7g2%2FTiTaLEAhRljG%2Fcz%2BKc4gL52onzZaY%2BcIGYMsdwxOCpEkes2ymaa8DmA%3D%3DA
> *
>
> Rick   W5RH
>
>
> 
>  Virus-free.
> www.avast.com
> 
> 
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Re: [BVARC] Mail forwarding services?

[D. Howard Bingham via BVARC]

If your am AARL Member, they have a one way email forwarding through 
ARRL that copies e-mail to your real e-mail address, no exposure of 
street address, phone number, etc.


But if you want to reply, that's another issue.  My ARRL address is:  
  (Ironically it was originally through 
Eartlink, but has since changed to another ISP mail server & I had 
already had Earthlink address before I got my ARRL address.)


73

D. Howard Bingham

ke5apj

---

On 12/9/2020 9:27 AM, KJ Anderson via BVARC wrote:


I really want to be able to use my callsign in public forums, etc., 
but I’m not keen on anyone being able to therefore look up my home 
address.  I know it’s available fairly easily through fairly 
conventional methods, but I just don’t want to add another route.  I 
want to be able to have something like a Po Box registered with the 
FCC on my license, that forwards all mail sent to the PO Box to my 
actual mailing (physical) address.


Has anyone else solved this problem?  A cursory search of the internet 
shows RV forwarding services and stuff, but wouldn’t this also be an 
easy, paid subscription I should be able to sign up for with ARRL, 
like my arrl.net email address?


I appreciate you all.

73 de KJ5EMP

*-*

*KJ Anderson*

253-380-2636

www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd 




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