Radio

Ham radio

I’m a fairly new ham radio operator and a member of DCARA, the Denton County Amateur Radio Association. You can often find me on the 192.920 repeater located on top of Guinn Hall in Denton, Texas. I enjoy participating in nets and helping run them when I can. I’m currently licensed as a Technician, and I’m working toward earning my General license soon.

GMRS

I also have my GMRS license, and I sometimes listen to the Dallas 600 Repeater.

Future Projects

AREDN Weather Station

I’m planning to build a self-hosted weather station with a local website that provides reliable, accurate weather reports for ham radio operators during internet outages. The site would be accessible through the Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network, as well as through packet radio using a gateway operated by my friend. This would give operators a dependable way to check local weather conditions during emergencies or other situations where normal internet access is unavailable.

Part 90 Private Radio Network

I want to build a radio network for my small business using the FCC Part 90 Business Band. My plan is to license two high-power frequencies and five itinerant frequencies. The two high-power frequencies would be used for repeater operations, while the itinerant frequencies would support portable and temporary operations as needed.

The repeater system would be connected to a PBX and cellular gateway, allowing DMR radios on the network to make phone calls and send text messages through the cellular network. The system would also use AES-256 encryption to help secure radio communications.

Space base Repeater

My plan is to build and launch a space-based CubeSat repeater for amateur radio operators, giving hams a way to communicate through a small satellite in orbit. The satellite would be a 3U CubeSat, meaning it would be compact but still large enough to carry the radio equipment, antennas, batteries, solar panels, control electronics, and support systems needed for reliable operation. Its main purpose would be to act as an amateur radio repeater in space, receiving signals from licensed operators on Earth and retransmitting them over a much larger area than a ground-based repeater could cover. I also plan for the CubeSat to include an ion thruster, which could help with orbital adjustments, station-keeping, or extending the mission life by giving the satellite a small but efficient form of propulsion. This project combines my interests in radio, aviation, space, electronics, and hands-on engineering, while also contributing something useful to the amateur radio community.