Amateur Radio

My QSL card

Amateur Radio (or "ham radio" as it's sometimes called) is one of my hobbies. I started shortwave listening as a toddler, and earned my amateur radio license at age 16 with several of my high school friends. A few of us are still at it more than 50 years later.

I prefer operating in the high frequency (1.8 - 30 MHz) part of the spectrum where communications between stations rely on ionospheric refraction and reflection. Other related interests include software controlled and software defined radios, digital communications software, and software for antenna and HF propagation modelling.

Black Box Radios Antenna Modeling Software HF Radio Propagation Conditions

Some photos and diagrams of my radio shacks (local and DX) over the last 50 years....

Ham Radio Software and Sites Links