Welcome to my ham page. I use and enjoy all modes but am primarily a CW
operator and happy to have earned awards DXCC CW #12,029, WAS CW #52,955,
and WAC CW, all earned with 100 W and dipole. The irony, a CW op named
Mike!
Ham and CW op? Join an NTS net! Sure, you've been at cw for decades
and hear the washing machine seemingly squeak and groan in CW after a contest,
but traffic nets need a different kind of focus and slightly different skill
set.
Not a ham? If you happened across this page by chance and are not a ham, you can learn more by surfing on over to the American Radio Relay League, of which I am a Life Member and whose link is below. Ham radio is a fun hobby with many enjoyable aspects to it. There truly is something for everyone.
I enjoy old cartoons and advertisements for ham radio, especially from about the 40s through 70s and Phil Gildersleeve, who drew the cartoons above, in particular. On the left, below, I isolate a Heathkit drawing from the manual cover, next a digitally cleaned up Heathkit ad, and rightmost is a QST June 1957 ad. If you have high resolution scans needing digital clean up, I'm happy to work on them as time allows.
Bell Labs
Some US military Morse code, training, and historical radio films on YouTube:
Historical radio films:
AT&T Archives
Bob W3NE Reminiscences of Philadelphia Area Radio
Here are a more or less random assortment of links related to my hamming activities. Always feel free to email me.
International Amateur Radio Union |
Relay League |
NTS Traffic Net |
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Dayton 2011 Photo |
QRP CW Club |
The German band Kraftwerk sang for Expo 2000, "Mensch Natur Technik" ("Man Nature Technology"), which I translate into ham-speak as "Operator Atmosphere Radio," though it's not as musical. :-) Fun music for any ham. Check out the CW in their "Radioactivity" tune. |