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  		Are you wanting to get your Golden Ticket to Amateur Radio?
 No longer do U.S. Citizens need to learn the Morse Code to pass any of the Amateur Radio License Tests. Click over to How to get your Ham Radio Operator's License to find many resources to aid you in studying for your ticket to this great radio service. In just a few days if not weeks you too can begin making friends from all over the world via Amateur Radio, or maybe just in your local area chatting with new friends on the 2 meter repeaters.

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2008 Collin County, Texas Skywarn Conference. Over 500 Amateur Radio Operators, First Responders, Emergency Service Providers, Boy Scouts, members of the general public and our media partners, meteorologist from KTVT Television in Dallas/Ft. Worth congregated to attend the training provided by the National Weather Service in the Collin County Skywarn Conference. Click on the thumbnail to the left to see a large list of thumbnails of the photographs I took at the conference. Note this date: January 23rd, 2010. This is the date of the next Collin County Skywarn Conference. We will gather at about 8:00am for sign-in and the programs will last until about 4:30pm with a break for lunch. The conference is held at the Collin County Community College Spring Creek Campus Conference Center. That's it in the top right corner of the building. Talk-in is on 147.18MHz/PL 107.2Hz. The campus is just east of the Plano Center where we have HamCom. (I had the flu during the 2009 conference, bummer!)

Photographs of HAMCOM 2009 are now online. Ham-Com is much more than a Hamfest! The DX community’s well-planned agenda of speakers and forums drew record crowds. Over 4,000 people typically attend the two-day event. Ham-Com is one of Amateur Radio’s “must attend” events. Many interest groups make our line up of programs and feature events big attractions for diverse groups of Amateur Radio enthusiasts. Go to HAMCOM.ORG - I still have my photo album of HAMCOM 2008 online. HamCom 2010 will be held on June 11 &12 so schedule a couple of vacation days now.

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DX Handbook I personally feel that DX chasing is the most fun part of Ham Radio. I have been non-seriously chasing DX for over thirty years and not going the extra effort to get that beloved QSL card back in the mail. For the past year I have taken a more serious attempt to make DXCC and on the the Honor Roll. Click over to my DX Handbook where I share plenty of information I have gathered over the decades of DXing and QSLing. Things like QSL tips and tricks, Where to buy those IRCs. Understanding Propagation and more.

The Fall 2009 meeting of the Lone Star DX Association will be September 19th at the Golden Corral in Irving Texas, 1701 N. Belt Line Road. Lunch at 11:30 and the meeting starts at 12:00 Noon.

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The Tripmate AdapterFollow this link to my article on modifying the DeLorme Tripmate GPS receiver to work with Byonics Tiny Trak 3 GPS controller. I have modified several of inexpensive GPS receivers to work in APRS. Also, I figured out how to build a simple adapter so you can use a Tripmate with the Tiny Trak 3. See where I am at right now on FIND-U. Also learn how to get geared up for APRS without a whole lot of money. Learn More - Tripmate Adaptor....  See my Original Tripmate Modification Page

Years ago I bought the A&A Engineering QRP Transceiver Kit featured in QST magazine. This is the kit designed by K9AY. I still see these rigs appear from time to time on eBay so I know there are a few still around. I have good copies of the manuals that came with this radio that I can provide to you. The copies are available in PDF format. Learn More about this QRP Radio....

How about building your own Ham Radio equipment? Here I share with you many low power "QRP" transceivers I have built and use regularly and they are very very affordable! Amateur Radio doesn't have to be a Rich Man's hobby. Beside, building your own gear is very rewarding, educational and just plain fun. Learn More QRP Kits....

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