K6RT

Started out with interest in electronics, shortwave, and personal computers.

• First licensed in 1978 (as KA6CVP).

• Built first HF radio from a kit (Heathkit HW-8)

• Designed and integrated a simplex autopatch in 1982

  • Using an HT, Apple II with a modem card and DTMF decoder, and a Text-Speech library

  • Wrote custom control software using BASIC and 6502 Assembly Languages

• BS Applied Mathematics

• 25 years aircraft simulator software development (BAE Systems, Boeing)

Interests include:

• HF

  • Current station: IC7300, IC705; LDG Z100plus; G5RV @ 25'

    • Other Antennas: Comet ToyBox Telescopic, Chameleon EmComm 3

  • Also using FT-757GXii, FT100D, Raspberry Pi

  • Frequency Allocation / Bandplan (ARRL)

• Digital Data Modes

• Portable / Emergency Communication

• QRP (low power)

• Propagation

• Contests (casual)

• Embedded Systems / Linux

  • Raspberry Pi

    • Build-a-Pi software: video / github (KM4ACK)

• Networked Systems

  • ocmesh

• Automation

• Aviation (CPL-ASEL/AMEL, PPL-RH)

Contact Logs

• Logbook of the World (LoTW)

• QRZ.com