My Radio Journal
Where I tell the stories behind the signals.
It’s a mix of amateur radio adventures, lessons learned, equipment discoveries, emergency communications, DMR and APRS, Coast Guard memories, and the occasional strange or funny moment that comes with a lifetime around radios. Some entries are practical, some are personal, and some are simply stories worth telling—but they all come back to the same idea: radio is ultimately about people, communication, and the connections we make along the way.
The Radio is Now Half the Station
My ham radio station has grown beyond the handheld on my desk. Computers, phones, hotspots and software have joined the adventure—all helping me say, “Hello, I am Eric.”
Finding My Way onto the Air from a Brooklyn Apartment
Getting licensed was the beginning. From early frustration with handhelds to the Maverick, HamSpot 4, and APRS, this is how I built a radio life from my Brooklyn apartment.
Finding My Way onto the Air from a Brooklyn Apartment
Getting licensed was the beginning. From frustrating repeater attempts to the Maverick and a HamSpot 4 built by Collin, K0NNK, this is how I found my way onto the air from a seventeenth-floor Brooklyn apartment—one small success at a time.
More Than a Dot on a Map: My Journey into APRS
APRS is much more than location tracking. From my 17th-floor apartment in Brooklyn to field tests around Coney Island, I’ve been exploring how radios, GPS, iGates, DMR, messaging and plenty of troubleshooting come together—one packet at a time.
FROM BROOKLYN TO THE WORLD: The Maverick and HamSpot 5
A handheld radio, a little box beside my computer, and an internet connection have turned my Brooklyn apartment into a doorway to the world. The technology is impressive. The people on the other side of it are the point.
Why I Like DMR - Worldwide radio, familiar voices, and the people behind the network
From my apartment in Brooklyn, DMR lets me open a door to the world with my BridgeCom Maverick and HamSpot 5. It combines radio, modern networking, familiar nets, worldwide contacts and, most importantly, the people behind every callsign. That human connection is why DMR has become such an important part of how I operate.
These journal entries are written with assistance from ChatGPT.
The thoughts, experiences, and final editorial choices are my own.