Amateur Radio Operator · Stratford, Connecticut
KC1RQH
General Class · FCC Licensed · Since 2022
I earned my General class FCC license in 2022. As someone who has spent decades in digital media, I was drawn to amateur radio as a completely different kind of communication — one that relies on skill, antenna physics, and propagation knowledge rather than internet infrastructure.
I'm active in Parks on the Air (POTA), a program where operators deploy portable stations in parks and natural areas to make contacts with other hams around the world. It's a great way to sharpen field operating skills and practice for emergency situations when conventional communication channels go down.
General (FCC)
Stratford, Connecticut
My primary rigs are Yaesu — reliable, full-featured transceivers that cover everything from HF to UHF.
Yaesu FT-991A — all-band, all-mode transceiver
Yaesu FTM-150R — VHF/UHF mobile transceiver
Yaesu FT-891 — compact HF/50MHz portable rig
Packtenna EFHW (end-fed half-wave) antenna
Homebrew antenna built from kit
Parks on the Air is a program that challenges amateur radio operators to set up and operate from parks, forests, and other protected natural areas. I pack up the FT-891, deploy an antenna, and make contacts with stations across the U.S. and around the world — all from a picnic table.
It's part hobby, part skill-building. The ability to quickly set up a working station anywhere is exactly the kind of readiness that matters when disasters knock out normal communications infrastructure.