diff --git a/content/music/_index.md b/content/music/_index.md index 374e251..e4abec3 100644 --- a/content/music/_index.md +++ b/content/music/_index.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ tags: - music --- -I have been a musician since I was a small child, starting with the piano when I was 5, and progressing to drums and double bass a few years later. +I have been a musician for most of my life, starting with the piano when I was 5, and progressing to drums and double bass a few years later. I was originally in to (and performed) rock music, but found myself moving towards heavier metal, and eventually electronic dance music. Alongside this progression, I was also a part of an orchestra and a choir for a few years. Now, I find myself doing everything electronically. diff --git a/content/radio/_index.md b/content/radio/_index.md index 7e3e347..b6b6975 100644 --- a/content/radio/_index.md +++ b/content/radio/_index.md @@ -4,16 +4,18 @@ tags: - radio --- -I have been an amateur radio operator since 2020, and an electronics enthusiast since long before then. +For me, the logical next step in my electronics obsession was to become an amateur radio operator. I got my license back in 2020, and if you listen carefully, you might catch me calling CQ on 7030kHz as **VA3ZZA**. -## VA3ZZA +I'm 90% a CW operator, 9% an APRS user, and occasionally key up on VHF FM to make sure the band is still dead *(...lol)*. -**VA3ZZA** is my primary callsign. If you hear me calling CQ, come say hi! +I like participating in the Summer & Winter Field Days, and also helped bring together the first ever [Meme Appreciation Month](/events/meme-month-2022) event. -I generally operate CW around 7030kHz. +## The station -## VA3UJF +I currently operate from my home. Generally pushing 2 or 3 watts from my Elecraft KX2 through a home-made 40M dipole that snakes its way around my room and through a crack in the door. -**VA3UJF** is my secondary callsign. +Before my current setup, my antenna was my bedframe.. No, seriously. It made me quite a few contacts too. My motto for my setup is pretty much *"Low SWR is Low SWR"*. -If you see/hear this callsign on-air, its probably tied to some automated system. Check back to this page to see if I have any on-going project you can interact with. \ No newline at end of file +## APRS + +I find APRS to be a really interesting mode. I quite enjoy building programs that interact with APRS-IS (the radio equivalent of a Discord bot). For example, I was running a program that [tracked Canadian trains](https://github.com/ewpratten/aprs-trains) for a bit. \ No newline at end of file