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.
QSO One: The One Stop option for Digital Voice Communications!
QSO One brings AllStarLink, EchoLink, DMR, M17, and YSF together in one modern application. But its real story is the growing community of operators helping Frank, KD8JKK, build a simpler doorway into digital voice radio. Through active testing, feedback, and conversation, that community is helping shape QSO One into more than another radio app. It is becoming a shared gathering place built by hams, for hams.
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.
The Contact That Started It All
A childhood visit to a Brooklyn amateur-radio station changed everything. One contact with the Falkland Islands revealed how radio could make the world feel both enormous and surprisingly small.
These journal entries are written with assistance from ChatGPT.
The thoughts, experiences, and final editorial choices are my own.