Monthly Archives: October 2014

Amateur Extra Class Lesson 6.2: Signal Processing

Here’s your video introduction to Section 6.2, “Signal Processing,” in the ARRL Extra Class License Manual for Ham Radio. After you’ve finished viewing the video, studying the material in the text, and have become comfortable with the relevant test questions, … Continue reading

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Amateur Extra Lesson 6.1, Amplifiers

Here’s your video introduction to Section 6.1, Amplifiers, in the ARRL Extra Class License Manual for Ham Radio. After you’ve viewed the video, read the section, and are comfortable with the applicable test questions, you can return to the list … Continue reading

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Colorado Fall Color Snapshots along Ouray County Road 5

Here are a few photos I took this morning along Ouray (Colorado) County Road 5. If you’d prefer to see these six along with others in a video slideshow format, click here.  

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Colorado Fall Color Along Ouray County Road 5

The fall color along Ouray County Road 5 is a local secret—not the domain of tourists—shame, they’re really missing out! Loretta and I took the trip this morning. I snapped a bunch of pics with my Pentax K100 (yes, raw) … Continue reading

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My new book, The Berki Blunder, is now available on Amazon

You know me: I do travel videos and ham radio training videos and I like to have fun. And I had fun writing The Berki Blunder, a short science fiction book written largely from the aliens’ point of view. You … Continue reading

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Fall Color Along Colorado State Hwy 92

My friend Gary and I took a motorcycle ride along Colorado State Highway 92. Here are nine pics of the fall color along the stretch of highway west of Blue Mesa Dam.

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Amateur Extra Lesson 5.4, Optoelectronics

Here’s your video introduction to Section 5.4, Optoelectronics, in the ARRL Extra Class License Manual for Ham Radio. After you have viewed the video, studied the material in the manual, and are comfortable with the answers to the relevant test … Continue reading

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