Electronics

Ham Radio

How I Got Licensed

I took the Technician and General exams together in December 2020, then I took the Extra exam a month later. My original callsign was KD9RHB but I quickly replaced it with N7RSK because of my initials. It didn't take me too long to memorize the answers to the exams with hamstudy.org. I don't think there's anything wrong with memorizing the answers because all your learning takes place behind the microphone, not studying.

My Station

My radio equipment:
- Icom IC-2730a
- Mirage D1010
- Kenwood TS-480SAT
- Heathkit SB201
- MFJ Versa Tuner V

Antennas and Related:
- 30ft Rohn 25G Tower
- Diamond X50
- Homemade Inverted V 20m/40m
- 100% LMR400

Raspberry Pi + RTL-SDR Panadapter

I put together a panadapter for my TS-480 using a Raspberry Pi and an RTL-SDR software defined radio USB dongle.

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