Welcome to My Website!

I am an Amateur Extra licensed radio operator, call sign NA4AL. I have been an active HAM for about 2 years now, and thoroughly enjoy the hobby. Forgive the brevity of this page, I intend to develop this more as I have time.

I am a member of the Birmingham Amateur Radio Club (BARC) in Bham, AL. I can also be found at the Shelby County Amateur Radio Club (SCARC). I am interested and have often been active with local SKYWARN and emergency preparedness. You can quite often find me hanging out on my favorite FM repeaters at 146.880- and 444.650+ 131.8Hz in the local area. On HF, I frequent 20m, especially in the 14.070MhZ area for PSK31. Say hi some time!

Professionally I am an IT Consultant, specializing in Software Design and Development, Enterprise System architecture, Database administration system, security systems, and a myriad of other activities which take up a lot of my time. Between HAM Radio, work, and the little bundle of trouble you see to your left here, I stay pretty busy, but still find time to put up a web page or two. If that interests you at all, you can seem more about it in my resume [HTML] [Word 2k]

My primary interests for HAM Radio are centered around:

• HF/DX
• QRP
• CW
• PSK31 and other Digital Modes
• Satellite Communications
• APRS
• FM Weak Signal

• Norcal Wilderness SST 20m CW unit with KC1 Autokeyer - OK, this is a kit and I'm not done with it, but I'm sure it will be cool!
• Yaesu FT-817 What a great rig!
• Maldol whip antennas for mobile ops
• "Shorty Forty" dipole as featured in QST magazine
• LDG 4:1 balun for the Shorty
• LDG Z11 Autotuner
• Mini Paddle CW key

APRS

• Kenwood TM-D700A - My newest Addition, what a great rig! See me running mobile as NA4AL-2.
• Kenwood TH-D7A(G) - Primary HT and APRS mobile tracker, NA4AL-3
• APRS+SA v2.05, running as NA4AL-4
• PocketAPRS for the Palm Pilot
• Garmin Etrex Vista GPS (VERY nice)
• aprsd on Linux, COMING SOON!

Hey, while you are at it, check the weather wherever I'm at!