Please bear with me...I just started this page and it is and will continue to be under MAJOR construction.
In the meantime, e-mail me if you like: mailto:aa3qb@qsl.net
Brief Bio: Age, 22. Education: A.A.S. Electronics Technology. Employed by a company based out of Camp Hill, PA who specializes in the installation and maintenance of voice, data, and video systems. (I won't mention their name just in case there's any legality issue.)
Current interests and endeavors: VHF and UHF repeater work, CW on HF.
Future interests and dreams: high power VHF and UHF moonbounce, satellite work, low power microwave, building a self-sufficient house on top of a mountain (already have this great one picked out...just need some $$$$$$$$...maybe in 8-10 years or so.) I do like nature and stuff, you know, hiking and things. I also in the next 1 or 2 years want to earn my private pilot's license at the Lancaster Airport...just need a small personal loan and time to schedule the training during the evenings. After that I may possibly have an interest in helping out in the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and search and rescue missions, etc. Jeez, when will I find the time for my full time job??? :) I know, I'll win the lotto.
Crash course in HAM radio: For those of you visiting this page who have no idea what HAM radio is, first of all it is I suppose more officially called Amateur Radio. Basically, after passing examinations dealing with electronics and radio communications theory, as well as the International Morse Code for 5 out of the 6 different licenses, a person is issued an Amateur Radio license and call sign (mine's AA3QB) from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Some of the things we do are: Provide volunteer communications during times of disaster, e.g., floods, hurricanes, train/vehicle accidents, etc., etc. Other things we do include operating HAM radio satellites (yup, we have them up there), operating contests and all sorts of goodies. Ok, that was a quick course...there's many more things that we do, and it's a lot of fun, I mean A LOT! You can click this link also and get some good information about HAM radio from the American Radio Relay League, which represents U.S. Ham radio operators: ARRLWeb: Welcome to Amateur Radio (Ham Radio)!