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<p>Hello again! Its been quite a while sense I wrote anything on here, and
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thats mostly because I've been quite busy. But here we are, and I've got a bit
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to write something. Something about what I did recently. I became a ham radio
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operator! I am a technician class ametuer radio operator, with callsign
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KE8TIZ.</p>
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<p>Funny thing about the name before we go on, the callsigns are really well
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organized and I like how they're laid out alot actually. The leading K means I
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am american, and all technician operators are have a 'K'. This does mean,
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however, that there are other that have other license classes that have a 'K'
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prefix.</p>
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<p>Speaking of, a mention of how the classes work is probably worth mentioning.
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Technician is the lowest class, and gives you access to several bands of the
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radio spectrum, but limits you on the modes you can operate on (FM radio vs
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Morse code, for example). After this is general, which unlock alot of access to
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the places that you are restricted as a technician. After general is Extra,
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which gives you full legal access to the entire ametuer radio spectrum. Each
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class requires a class to be taken to determine if you have the background to
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operate in both a safe and respectful manner.</p>
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<p>So why would you do this? I've wanted to get mine for a while, I just finally
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got everything together, and said I'll take it. And it was worth it. The
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biggest reason I wanted to take it is for access to certain bands that I will
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be able to communicate/experiment on using a Software Defined Radio (SDR). You
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can use them for digital modes, but the analog modes like voice are also just
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as valid and doable using an SDR. A project I'm very interested in is
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<a href="http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/">Broadband hamnet</a> an attempt
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at a decenteralized network using commonly available routers. The idea is to
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make a large mesh network to create an off-the-grid type backbone for IP
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traffic. Pretty cool!</p>
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<p>That's really all I have to say on the topic, however I have covered this
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topic in the past (somewhat) on my post regarding
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<a href="https://www.clortox.com/posts/post.php?ID=4">weather satellites</a>.
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That endevour is what lead me to this interest to begin with. Its worth a read,
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as it really is the stuff that makes you feel as though we live in the
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future.</p>
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<p>Either way, I hope I've sparked your interest in ham radio!</p>
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