About Me

I'm a father of three brilliant kids (I should say young adults) and a loving husband.

I love to tinker with electronics, whether it’s my guitar equipment, computers, or household electronics. And love the art of communications. That’s why I think the amateur radio hobby is for me. It’s a great mix of all the things I love to tinker with. I also own a couple 3D printers and have designed and printed a few useful things.

I own and operate a metrology consulting service and work from home most of the time. Which can be a good thing or a bad thing (I tend to spread 8 hours of work over 12 hours). But I wouldn’t want it any other way.

The things I will be experimenting with are EchoLink, DMR, All-Star, and Broadband HamNet.


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DMR Talk Group Pet Peeve

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Helpful links

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