1<!DOCTYPE html> 2<html> 3<!-- Last updated: Jan 31, 2025 --> 4<head> 5 <title>Amateur Radio Station N0XMZ</title> 6 <meta charset = "UTF-8"> 7 <meta name= "viewport" content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> 8 <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "normalize.css"> 9 <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "n0xmz.css"> 10</head> 11 12<body> 13 <div class="header">Welcome to the home page of amateur radio station N0XMZ 14 <p></p> 15 </div> 16<!-- menu --> 17 <div> 18 <ul> 19 <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li> 20 <li><a href="station.html">Station</a></li> 21 <li><a href="mobile.html">Mobile</a></li> 22 <li><a href="blog/index.php">Blog</a></li> 23 </ul> 24 </div> 25 26<!-- content --> 27 <div class="text-left"> 28 <span class="image-right"><img src = "image/Homer_the_ham1.jpg" alt = "Homer Simpson, Ham Radio Operator"></span> 29<span class="image-left"><img src = "image/no_ft8.png" alt = "No FT8!"></span> 30<p>Welcome to my ham radio site. I was first licensed as a Technician on June 15, 1993 and 31upgraded to Extra in 2006. That day, I was planning to upgrade to General. The VE told me 32that I was welcome to take the Extra test at no extra charge and the worst that could 33happen was I'd get the General ticket since I'd already passed. I took the Extra exam and 34I remember it was hard. I hadn't studied for it per se. I just knew the material. The VE 35told me that I passed by ONE question. If I had gotten one more wrong, I would have failed. 36But there I was, a newly-minted Extra, and I didn't even have it on my radar. I'll never 37forget that day. </p> 38<p>I enjoy home-brewing, working DX, ragchew nets, VHF and UHF, digital modes, etc. I'm on 39almost every band from 40 meters to 5 cm.</p> 40<p>Ever since I was a kid, I've been fascinated with electronics. I loved to take apart 41devices, especially radios, just to see how they were built (my 5-year-old is starting to do this). I 42seldom could put them back together. I built my 43 first AM transmitter when I was about 8 years old and learned how to program computers in BASIC 44 2 years later. Nowadays, I pretty much do the same thing but on a more advanced level. I'm not an expert in anything but I'm always reading and learning something new. 45</p> 46 <p>I graduated from Regis University with a BS in computer information systems and work as a cloud 47infrastructure engineer and associate webmaster. The old saying, "if you love what you'll do, you'll never work a 48day in your life" describes me well. It took a long time to get here, but I finally landed my dream job 49after being laid off by a much larger company. </p> 50<p> 51 I use Kubuntu Linux on all machines except for the servers which run vanilla Ubuntu. There's a laptop running Windows for programming /\/\ radios but don't tell anyone! 52A small army of virtual machines do number crunching for the Folding@Home project at Stanford University. 53I've also been having some fun with the Raspberry Pi miniature computers. I made my own home security system by 54setting some up with webcams that stream and store video. 55</p> 56 <p>I recently decided to try out DMR so I bought some Motorola Mototrbo 57MTX-4350s for VHF and UHF. It's not as busy as I had hoped but it's fun to play with. My 58radio ID is 3213607. I've also been experimenting with AREDN Mesh and a digipeater. Since 3 hotspots in 59the house works well, I put one in the truck. It has its own 100 AH LiFePO battery that lasts 60about 2 weeks. 61</p> 62<p>I can be reached by email at <span><img 63class = "contact-email" src = 64"image/email.png" alt = 65"Email address embedded within image."></span>.</p> 66 </p></span> 67 </div> 68 <iframe align="top" frameborder="0" height="500" scrolling="yes" 69src="https://logbook.qrz.com/lbstat/N0XMZ/" width="800"></iframe> 70 <div class="text-left"> </p> 71<!-- menu --> 72 <div> 73 <ul> 74 <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li> 75 <li><a href="station.html">Station</a></li> 76 <li><a href="mobile.html">Mobile</a></li> 77 <li><a href="blog/index.php">Blog</a></li> 78 </ul> 79 </div> 80</body> 81 82</html>
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