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  • My first Ham Radio Contacts!

    In April I took a class for learning about Amateur Radio (aka Ham radio), and in June I took my Technician test & got my license. Just call me KJ5LWM. That is my callsign- that’s kind of analogous to a username or handle on an online platform.

    Saturday, the 19th of July, I went to my local state park and a local club helped me to get on the air since I do not have all the equipment I need to do it on my own yet. I made 27 contacts. That’s the term for talking with another amateur radio operator and trading information. There’s a site called Parks on the Air that allows you to track making connections to people in parks and the people trying to find them on the air. I was one of the people in the park today.

    Here’s a map showing where the people I talked to were contacting me from:

    The dot in Texas was me, of course, and the lines going to dots all around the country were the people I talked with.

    I am having fun learning about amateur radio and how to make things work, and am impatiently waiting on an antenna I ordered to arrive so I can make sure things work (and HOW things should work!) before I start building my own radios and antennas.

    Expect some entries here on things I am trying out and experimenting with, more to come soon!