5-year-old passes ham radio exam (with video). Ham radio can be a hobby for some and a mission for others. It’s something Ragdale has been doing for the last three years, and it’s a hobby his 5-year-old son, Colton, has been watching. That was until Colton was old enough to read. At just 5 years old, Colton passed the test the FCC requires for anyone to operate the radios. That makes Colton among the youngest operators around.
A lot of people are shaking their heads over this, but why get so excited about it? The kid passed the test, after all…..Dan
Muns the word among ham radio operators, and also when it comes to wine. Few friends of Ed Muns would describe him as a ham. A soft-spoken, genial man, Muns is best known for the wines that bear his name–wines that he and his business and life partner Mary Lindsay donate in abundance to various events throughout the year. But to amateur radio operators all over the globe, Muns is a formidable figure.
Raven Hill Discovery Center’s Ham Radio Station up and running. Raven Hill Discovery Center’s Ham Radio Station is operational and the first class of technicians has received ham radio licenses with help from members of the Top Of Michigan Amateur Radio Club (TOMARC) in Gaylord. Raven Hill Discovery Center, 4737 Fuller Road in East Jordan, is known for its exceptional indoor and outdoor hands-on science, history and art activities and explorations. It is located on 157 acres of natural beauty in Charlevoix County.
Radio amateurs get practical thank you for Tour de France backup. A voluntary radio communications team which played a key role in ensuring the Tour de France ran safely and smoothly through the Yorkshire Dales has been ‘rewarded’ with thousands of pounds worth of equipment. Members of RAYNET (The Radio Amateurs’ Emergency Network) provided a back-up communications system across the Day 1 and Day 2 routes in North Yorkshire where the use of alternative technologies such as mobile phone networks were difficult, impossible or likely to overload with the arrival of more than one million spectators. During the Grand Depart of the Tour de France last July, RAYNET volunteers operated radios in many key locations, including Kidstones Pass, Grinton Moor and Blubberhouses Moor and engineered four hilltop repeater sites to link control rooms in Skipton, Richmond, Harrogate and York with a main control in Wakefield.
Dan Wagner says
I love this article. You know at 5 years old I wasn’t even thinking about radios of any kind. I think at maybe 8 or 9 I was listening to my little white transistor radio on my Grandparents front porch. It wasn’t until maybe 16 years old when I got interested in CB Radio, Shortwave Radio and then 2005 I thought seriously about Ham Radio. I did have my books I bought back in around 1994 when I bought the Ham License Books from Radio Shack. That’s what getting busy with the Wife and Kids will do, Hi Hi
Thanks From Dan KC2YTI 73s
Larry Koziel says
Since the Ed Muns article mentioned wine, I thought I’d point out these wines I’ve run across: http://www.quintessentialwines.com/morse-code-wines. I first ran across at least the Shiraz (http://www.quintessentialwines.com/assets/client/File/Fact%20Sheets/Henrys%20Drive/Morse%20Code/Morse_Code_Shiraz_2011_Fact.pdf) in the Chicago area on a ham radio trip for an AMSAT meeting. I’ve subsequently found it available locally here in the Detroit area.
A couple of years later, at dinner at an Ann Arbor restaurant with a group of ham friends including ex-Ann Arborites now living in Texas and Taiwan, the Shiraz happened to be on the wine list and I was able to treat the entire party to some Morse Code.
Larry K8MU