Should ham radio operators be treated as cell phone users and ticked for using their radios in the car? ++ SHORT VERSION ++ No. They shouldn’t. =================== ++ EXTENDED VERSION ++ Unlike cell phones, radios are simple devices with big buttons. While looking at the road, you grab this big dangling mic thing (think truck driver saying “breaker breaker…
Tag: amateur radio
Morse Code in Music
As a licensed and active amateur radio operator, I started learning morse code a few months back. My reasoning is that it’s like audible brail – why would I not want to learn that? If I was fluent at it I could communicate effectively without words… Anyway, my buddy Joe found this video on youtube which actually caught me off…
How to Use Echolink (QTEL) on Ubuntu 14.04
Thanks to Joe for actually searching the solution(s) and emailing me. I figured we should publish this for others. I figured worst case scenario, I would probably need to log these solutions for later when I forget, ha. First of all, you can apparently use the native Echolink windows app using Wine in Ubuntu. But that’s kind of like praying…
Amateur (Ham) Radio: No, Officer, I won’t Pay That ‘Use of Electronic Device Ticket’ This Time
I’m sick of it. I have gotten 2 violation tickets for allegedly using an electronic device while driving. The first time I was at a red light and I moved my cell phone from my dash (it was sliding around), checked the time on the phone’s clock, and put it on my passenger seat. The officer behind not only pulls…
If you Care about Freedom, Ramp up your Ham
I think it’s interesting how most people who claim to care about freedom don’t have a ham radio (amateur radio) license, especially you folks in open source. You reject and rebel against the Monopolists in Redmond and the Fruit Devices from Cupertino recognizing that they are dictating how you will and will not use the thing you are spending all…