Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Kori Rahman via BVARC]

Bill,

I think we all have a whole lot of new things to learn and explore in this
hobby. As others have extended the warm welcome to me, I pass the same
along to you. WELCOME! Looks like we're in for a lot of fun times with this
crowd. Do let me know how the setup goes and what kind of challenges you
find, I'm hoping to do a VHF/UHF install on my Mazda Tribute at some point.
But I haven't made any hardware decisions as of yet.

73


*S. Kori Rahman*

KI5MKU

Cell: (770) 298 8516
kori...@gmail.com


On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 7:33 AM William Elliott via BVARC 
wrote:

> I was at the test this last Saturday as well.  I'm really excited about
> learning more about this hobby.  There is just so much to learn.  My
> background is not nearly as technical as most of y'all.  I'm a former Army
> tanker and current homicide detective.  I got into this hobby to learn
> about and practice mobile radio communications.  I am mounting a Yaesu
> FTM-400DR in the Jeep in January.  I'm putting the last bit of funds
> together and then I'll be installing.  As I move forward I know I'll have a
> ton of questions.  BVARC looks to be a fantastic club and I'm excited to
> get started!
>
> William (Bill) Elliott
> K15MKV
> 281-914-1453
> poorich...@gmail.com
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 5:40 AM Theresa via BVARC  wrote:
>
>> Howdy Kori,
>>Those of us in are 30's may not consider ourselves old, but when you
>> compare to the age of most hams, we're young.  Hence why I jokingly call
>> myself a triple minority:  1) Relatively young (38)  2) Female3) Female
>> ham without anyone else in the family being a ham operator.  NO ONE, I went
>> out and got it on my own.
>>
>>   Welcome to the hobby and the club!!  Sorry I missed the meeting, but
>> unlike someone whom I shall be good and not name, I didn't want to zoom
>> while driving into Houston tonight.
>>
>> Theresa Williams KE5MUX
>>
>>
>> On Friday, December 11, 2020, 4:01:28 AM CST, Kori Rahman via BVARC <
>> bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello Scott,
>>
>> Thank you so much for the words of encouragement. I know that (as was
>> mentioned in the ZOOM call earlier) the HAM community is an aging group and
>> that you all want to see the hobby pass down to the younger generations. I
>> actually got my call sign as a late birthday present, I turned 33 on
>> December 8th. I wouldn't consider myself a "young man", but I understand
>> many of you would. I am really excited about this new hobby of mine and I
>> hope that I can help this (my) club move forward into the future.
>>
>> As I mentioned before, THANK YOU to everyone. You've all been very
>> encouraging. I think my main focus for the next few weeks will be studying
>> for the Extra Exam, but the list of new things to explore has really
>> expanded.
>>
>> 73s!
>>
>> *S. Kori Rahman*
>>
>> KI5MKU
>>
>> Cell: (770) 298 8516
>> kori...@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:38 PM Scott Medbury via BVARC 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Kori,
>>
>> Welcome to your club. And it is your club too . Al are welcome and your
>> input is vital. We are continually trying to improve it and have programs
>> and activities that appeal to all interests and levels.
>>
>> 73 de Scott KD5FBA
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 10:55 PM Kori Rahman via BVARC 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Mark,
>>
>> Yeah I'm sure I can give you a few phrases. Something like "Hello" and
>> "The weather is nice today" or anything more specific? Those are "안녕하세요"
>> (ahn-young-ha-seh-yo) and "오늘은 날씨가 좋습니다" (oh-neul-eun  nal-she-gah
>> joe-seum-nee-dah) respectively, the "eu" vowels are basically like that
>> sound that Lucy makes in "I Love Lucy" when she gets in trouble. LOL All
>> other sounds are basically as written.
>>
>> Pronunciation is really hard to get right the first time with Korean, and
>> is essential given that their words are usually very short. The thing that
>> makes it difficult is mainly because they have a few very different vowels.
>> I suggest listening to words several times to see if you can match them.
>>
>> Good references: Talk to me in Korean ,
>> The Seoul National University Korean Textbook
>> (I
>> used in college).
>> To be honest this is NOT a language to pick up quickly, so if you're
>> looking for quick and dirty, phrase books are good (particularly if they
>> have a CD). Maybe we can try it out over HAM?
>>
>> Yes Korean grammar is VERY different. Their word order is different, they
>> have these things called "particles" which connote subject or object,
>> extremely complex verb conjugations which can indicate not only tense, but
>> formality (there are at least 3 common ones), imperative, as a statement vs
>> a 

Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Jeff Greer via BVARC]

Welcome, Bill!  This is the place to ask a ton of questions; you'll get 
answers, and probably a ton of questions back on what it's like to be a 
homicide detective...  

Glad to have you aboard!

-j


From: BVARC  on behalf of William Elliott via BVARC 

Sent: Friday, December 11, 2020 7:32 AM
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB 
Cc: William Elliott 
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

I was at the test this last Saturday as well.  I'm really excited about 
learning more about this hobby.  There is just so much to learn.  My background 
is not nearly as technical as most of y'all.  I'm a former Army tanker and 
current homicide detective.  I got into this hobby to learn about and practice 
mobile radio communications.  I am mounting a Yaesu FTM-400DR in the Jeep in 
January.  I'm putting the last bit of funds together and then I'll be 
installing.  As I move forward I know I'll have a ton of questions.  BVARC 
looks to be a fantastic club and I'm excited to get started!

William (Bill) Elliott
K15MKV
281-914-1453
poorich...@gmail.com<mailto:poorich...@gmail.com>


On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 5:40 AM Theresa via BVARC 
mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org>> wrote:
Howdy Kori,
   Those of us in are 30's may not consider ourselves old, but when you compare 
to the age of most hams, we're young.  Hence why I jokingly call myself a 
triple minority:  1) Relatively young (38)  2) Female3) Female ham without 
anyone else in the family being a ham operator.  NO ONE, I went out and got it 
on my own.

  Welcome to the hobby and the club!!  Sorry I missed the meeting, but unlike 
someone whom I shall be good and not name, I didn't want to zoom while driving 
into Houston tonight.

Theresa Williams KE5MUX


On Friday, December 11, 2020, 4:01:28 AM CST, Kori Rahman via BVARC 
mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org>> wrote:


Hello Scott,

Thank you so much for the words of encouragement. I know that (as was mentioned 
in the ZOOM call earlier) the HAM community is an aging group and that you all 
want to see the hobby pass down to the younger generations. I actually got my 
call sign as a late birthday present, I turned 33 on December 8th. I wouldn't 
consider myself a "young man", but I understand many of you would. I am really 
excited about this new hobby of mine and I hope that I can help this (my) club 
move forward into the future.

As I mentioned before, THANK YOU to everyone. You've all been very encouraging. 
I think my main focus for the next few weeks will be studying for the Extra 
Exam, but the list of new things to explore has really expanded.

73s!


S. Kori Rahman

KI5MKU

Cell: (770) 298 8516
kori...@gmail.com<mailto:kori...@gmail.com>


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:38 PM Scott Medbury via BVARC 
mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org>> wrote:
Kori,

Welcome to your club. And it is your club too . Al are welcome and your input 
is vital. We are continually trying to improve it and have programs and 
activities that appeal to all interests and levels.

73 de Scott KD5FBA



On Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 10:55 PM Kori Rahman via BVARC 
mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org>> wrote:
Hey Mark,

Yeah I'm sure I can give you a few phrases. Something like "Hello" and "The 
weather is nice today" or anything more specific? Those are "안녕하세요" 
(ahn-young-ha-seh-yo) and "오늘은 날씨가 좋습니다" (oh-neul-eun  nal-she-gah  
joe-seum-nee-dah) respectively, the "eu" vowels are basically like that sound 
that Lucy makes in "I Love Lucy" when she gets in trouble. LOL All other sounds 
are basically as written.

Pronunciation is really hard to get right the first time with Korean, and is 
essential given that their words are usually very short. The thing that makes 
it difficult is mainly because they have a few very different vowels. I suggest 
listening to words several times to see if you can match them.

Good references: Talk to me in Korean<https://talktomeinkorean.com/>, The Seoul 
National University Korean Textbook 
<https://www.amazon.com/Seoul-University-Korean-1A-Students/dp/8953934281/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_0/131-8053828-6819349?_encoding=UTF8_rd_i=8953934281_rd_r=7b97691b-23ad-4136-8673-d31ea6328d7c_rd_w=STFnp_rd_wg=Dum6l_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b_rd_r=53MYEPZVGAQKAY3GDSEM=1=53MYEPZVGAQKAY3GDSEM>
 (I used in college).
To be honest this is NOT a language to pick up quickly, so if you're looking 
for quick and dirty, phrase books are good (particularly if they have a CD). 
Maybe we can try it out over HAM?

Yes Korean grammar is VERY different. Their word order is different, they have 
these things called "particles" which connote subject or object, extremely 
complex verb conjugations which can indicate not only tense, but formality 
(there are at least 3 common ones), imperative, as a statement vs a questions, 
can be modified to indicate the verb as a noun or adjective, etc. So because of 
that, goog

Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[William Elliott via BVARC]

I was at the test this last Saturday as well.  I'm really excited about
learning more about this hobby.  There is just so much to learn.  My
background is not nearly as technical as most of y'all.  I'm a former Army
tanker and current homicide detective.  I got into this hobby to learn
about and practice mobile radio communications.  I am mounting a Yaesu
FTM-400DR in the Jeep in January.  I'm putting the last bit of funds
together and then I'll be installing.  As I move forward I know I'll have a
ton of questions.  BVARC looks to be a fantastic club and I'm excited to
get started!

William (Bill) Elliott
K15MKV
281-914-1453
poorich...@gmail.com


On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 5:40 AM Theresa via BVARC  wrote:

> Howdy Kori,
>Those of us in are 30's may not consider ourselves old, but when you
> compare to the age of most hams, we're young.  Hence why I jokingly call
> myself a triple minority:  1) Relatively young (38)  2) Female3) Female
> ham without anyone else in the family being a ham operator.  NO ONE, I went
> out and got it on my own.
>
>   Welcome to the hobby and the club!!  Sorry I missed the meeting, but
> unlike someone whom I shall be good and not name, I didn't want to zoom
> while driving into Houston tonight.
>
> Theresa Williams KE5MUX
>
>
> On Friday, December 11, 2020, 4:01:28 AM CST, Kori Rahman via BVARC <
> bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hello Scott,
>
> Thank you so much for the words of encouragement. I know that (as was
> mentioned in the ZOOM call earlier) the HAM community is an aging group and
> that you all want to see the hobby pass down to the younger generations. I
> actually got my call sign as a late birthday present, I turned 33 on
> December 8th. I wouldn't consider myself a "young man", but I understand
> many of you would. I am really excited about this new hobby of mine and I
> hope that I can help this (my) club move forward into the future.
>
> As I mentioned before, THANK YOU to everyone. You've all been very
> encouraging. I think my main focus for the next few weeks will be studying
> for the Extra Exam, but the list of new things to explore has really
> expanded.
>
> 73s!
>
> *S. Kori Rahman*
>
> KI5MKU
>
> Cell: (770) 298 8516
> kori...@gmail.com
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:38 PM Scott Medbury via BVARC 
> wrote:
>
> Kori,
>
> Welcome to your club. And it is your club too . Al are welcome and your
> input is vital. We are continually trying to improve it and have programs
> and activities that appeal to all interests and levels.
>
> 73 de Scott KD5FBA
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 10:55 PM Kori Rahman via BVARC 
> wrote:
>
> Hey Mark,
>
> Yeah I'm sure I can give you a few phrases. Something like "Hello" and
> "The weather is nice today" or anything more specific? Those are "안녕하세요"
> (ahn-young-ha-seh-yo) and "오늘은 날씨가 좋습니다" (oh-neul-eun  nal-she-gah
> joe-seum-nee-dah) respectively, the "eu" vowels are basically like that
> sound that Lucy makes in "I Love Lucy" when she gets in trouble. LOL All
> other sounds are basically as written.
>
> Pronunciation is really hard to get right the first time with Korean, and
> is essential given that their words are usually very short. The thing that
> makes it difficult is mainly because they have a few very different vowels.
> I suggest listening to words several times to see if you can match them.
>
> Good references: Talk to me in Korean ,
> The Seoul National University Korean Textbook
> (I
> used in college).
> To be honest this is NOT a language to pick up quickly, so if you're
> looking for quick and dirty, phrase books are good (particularly if they
> have a CD). Maybe we can try it out over HAM?
>
> Yes Korean grammar is VERY different. Their word order is different, they
> have these things called "particles" which connote subject or object,
> extremely complex verb conjugations which can indicate not only tense, but
> formality (there are at least 3 common ones), imperative, as a statement vs
> a questions, can be modified to indicate the verb as a noun or adjective,
> etc. So because of that, google is risky for anything but the simplest of
> sentences.
>
> I got into Korean because of... a girl in college... But I still listen to
> Kpop. If you don't know what that is don't look it up. If you do look it
> up, look up "보아 - 나무".
>
> 73!
>
>
> *S. Kori Rahman*
>
> KI5MKU
>
> Cell: (770) 298 8516
> kori...@gmail.com
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:53 PM Mark Brantana via BVARC 
> wrote:
>
> Kori,
>
> Hi welcome to the airways. I wish I had taken the initiative to introduce
> myself as you have. Great to read your story.
>
> One thing, I have some older Korean neighbors next door 

Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Theresa via BVARC]

Howdy Kori,   Those of us in are 30's may not consider ourselves old, but when 
you compare to the age of most hams, we're young.  Hence why I jokingly call 
myself a triple minority:  1) Relatively young (38)  2) Female    3) Female ham 
without anyone else in the family being a ham operator.  NO ONE, I went out and 
got it on my own.
  Welcome to the hobby and the club!!  Sorry I missed the meeting, but unlike 
someone whom I shall be good and not name, I didn't want to zoom while driving 
into Houston tonight.

Theresa Williams KE5MUX 

On Friday, December 11, 2020, 4:01:28 AM CST, Kori Rahman via BVARC 
 wrote:  
 
 Hello Scott,
Thank you so much for the words of encouragement. I know that (as was mentioned 
in the ZOOM call earlier) the HAM community is an aging group and that you all 
want to see the hobby pass down to the younger generations. I actually got my 
call sign as a late birthday present, I turned 33 on December 8th. I wouldn't 
consider myself a "young man", but I understand many of you would. I am really 
excited about this new hobby of mine and I hope that I can help this (my) club 
move forward into the future.
As I mentioned before, THANK YOU to everyone. You've all been very encouraging. 
I think my main focus for the next few weeks will be studying for the Extra 
Exam, but the list of new things to explore has really expanded.
73s!


S. Kori Rahman

KI5MKU

Cell: (770) 298 8516
kori...@gmail.com


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:38 PM Scott Medbury via BVARC  
wrote:

Kori,
Welcome to your club. And it is your club too . Al are welcome and your input 
is vital. We are continually trying to improve it and have programs and 
activities that appeal to all interests and levels.
73 de Scott KD5FBA


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 10:55 PM Kori Rahman via BVARC  wrote:

Hey Mark, 
Yeah I'm sure I can give you a few phrases. Something like "Hello" and "The 
weather is nice today" or anything more specific? Those are "안녕하세요" 
(ahn-young-ha-seh-yo) and "오늘은 날씨가 좋습니다" (oh-neul-eun  nal-she-gah  
joe-seum-nee-dah) respectively, the "eu" vowels are basically like that sound 
that Lucy makes in "I Love Lucy" when she gets in trouble. LOL All other sounds 
are basically as written.

Pronunciation is really hard to get right the first time with Korean, and is 
essential given that their words are usually very short. The thing that makes 
it difficult is mainly because they have a few very different vowels. I suggest 
listening to words several times to see if you can match them.
Good references: Talk to me in Korean, The Seoul National University Korean 
Textbook (I used in college).To be honest this is NOT a language to pick up 
quickly, so if you're looking for quick and dirty, phrase books are good 
(particularly if they have a CD). Maybe we can try it out over HAM?
Yes Korean grammar is VERY different. Their word order is different, they have 
these things called "particles" which connote subject or object, extremely 
complex verb conjugations which can indicate not only tense, but formality 
(there are at least 3 common ones), imperative, as a statement vs a questions, 
can be modified to indicate the verb as a noun or adjective, etc. So because of 
that, google is risky for anything but the simplest of sentences.
I got into Korean because of... a girl in college... But I still listen to 
Kpop. If you don't know what that is don't look it up. If you do look it up, 
look up "보아 - 나무". 
73!

S. Kori Rahman


KI5MKU

Cell: (770) 298 8516
kori...@gmail.com


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:53 PM Mark Brantana via BVARC  wrote:

Kori,
Hi welcome to the airways. I wish I had taken the initiative to introduce 
myself as you have. Great to read your story. 
One thing, I have some older Korean neighbors next door who do not speak a word 
of English. I think they had just arrived state-sides when their family moved 
them in. They are wonderful dear people, and we communicate by badly done hand 
signals. I would love to be equipped with a couple of key phrases and was 
wondering if you might have a few key phrases. They are not hams of course.  Do 
you have some reference suggestions you could point me toward? I am aware that 
Korean is likely very different linguistically from English.
Hope we might be able to meet up us on the Stir Crazy Net at 146.940 noon 
weekdays or the Monday Night net at 8 pm same frequency.
MarkN5PRD

On Dec 10, 2020, at 3:49 PM, Kori Rahman via BVARC  wrote:
Hello all,
I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday when I 
took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to everyone. I am 
an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA Tech 2011), with some 
experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently living in Sugar Land, TX. I 
have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for a long time but never took the 
steps to apply until last month. Having been unemployed for a good while now, I 
have taken up a lot of self-study in this time. 

Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Kori Rahman via BVARC]

Hello Scott,

Thank you so much for the words of encouragement. I know that (as was
mentioned in the ZOOM call earlier) the HAM community is an aging group and
that you all want to see the hobby pass down to the younger generations. I
actually got my call sign as a late birthday present, I turned 33 on
December 8th. I wouldn't consider myself a "young man", but I understand
many of you would. I am really excited about this new hobby of mine and I
hope that I can help this (my) club move forward into the future.

As I mentioned before, THANK YOU to everyone. You've all been very
encouraging. I think my main focus for the next few weeks will be studying
for the Extra Exam, but the list of new things to explore has really
expanded.

73s!

*S. Kori Rahman*

KI5MKU

Cell: (770) 298 8516
kori...@gmail.com


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 11:38 PM Scott Medbury via BVARC 
wrote:

> Kori,
>
> Welcome to your club. And it is your club too . Al are welcome and your
> input is vital. We are continually trying to improve it and have programs
> and activities that appeal to all interests and levels.
>
> 73 de Scott KD5FBA
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 10:55 PM Kori Rahman via BVARC 
> wrote:
>
>> Hey Mark,
>>
>> Yeah I'm sure I can give you a few phrases. Something like "Hello" and
>> "The weather is nice today" or anything more specific? Those are "안녕하세요"
>> (ahn-young-ha-seh-yo) and "오늘은 날씨가 좋습니다" (oh-neul-eun  nal-she-gah
>> joe-seum-nee-dah) respectively, the "eu" vowels are basically like that
>> sound that Lucy makes in "I Love Lucy" when she gets in trouble. LOL All
>> other sounds are basically as written.
>>
>> Pronunciation is really hard to get right the first time with Korean, and
>> is essential given that their words are usually very short. The thing that
>> makes it difficult is mainly because they have a few very different vowels.
>> I suggest listening to words several times to see if you can match them.
>>
>> Good references: Talk to me in Korean ,
>> The Seoul National University Korean Textbook
>> (I
>> used in college).
>> To be honest this is NOT a language to pick up quickly, so if you're
>> looking for quick and dirty, phrase books are good (particularly if they
>> have a CD). Maybe we can try it out over HAM?
>>
>> Yes Korean grammar is VERY different. Their word order is different, they
>> have these things called "particles" which connote subject or object,
>> extremely complex verb conjugations which can indicate not only tense, but
>> formality (there are at least 3 common ones), imperative, as a statement vs
>> a questions, can be modified to indicate the verb as a noun or adjective,
>> etc. So because of that, google is risky for anything but the simplest of
>> sentences.
>>
>> I got into Korean because of... a girl in college... But I still listen
>> to Kpop. If you don't know what that is don't look it up. If you do look it
>> up, look up "보아 - 나무".
>>
>> 73!
>>
>>
>> *S. Kori Rahman*
>>
>> KI5MKU
>>
>> Cell: (770) 298 8516
>> kori...@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:53 PM Mark Brantana via BVARC 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Kori,
>>>
>>> Hi welcome to the airways. I wish I had taken the initiative to
>>> introduce myself as you have. Great to read your story.
>>>
>>> One thing, I have some older Korean neighbors next door who do not speak
>>> a word of English. I think they had just arrived state-sides when their
>>> family moved them in. They are wonderful dear people, and we communicate by
>>> badly done hand signals. I would love to be equipped with a couple of key
>>> phrases and was wondering if you might have a few key phrases. They are not
>>> hams of course.  Do you have some reference suggestions you could point me
>>> toward? I am aware that Korean is likely very different linguistically from
>>> English.
>>>
>>> Hope we might be able to meet up us on the Stir Crazy Net at 146.940
>>> noon weekdays or the Monday Night net at 8 pm same frequency.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>> N5PRD
>>>
>>> On Dec 10, 2020, at 3:49 PM, Kori Rahman via BVARC 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday
>>> when I took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to
>>> everyone. I am an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA
>>> Tech 2011), with some experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently
>>> living in Sugar Land, TX. I have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for
>>> a long time but never took the steps to apply until last month. Having been
>>> unemployed for a good while now, I have taken up a lot of self-study in
>>> this time. While studying tensor analysis I realized just how 

Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Kori Rahman via BVARC]

Bruce,

I've got a lot of different avenues to check out but I definitely would
like to do satellite communication. I just checked out the AMSAT website,
cool stuff. Most of what I know right now I learned from the exam study,
but it sounds like I'll at least need a transceiver which can transmit and
receive on two bands, a VFO dial to actively compensate for the RF doppler
shift, and a decent directional antenna (maybe with circular
polarization?). I will probably want to build a directional antenna as a
project when I get a bit more knowledge on the topic. I'm thinking there
could be difficulty getting good multi-band performance with a single
directional antenna. I have to do some more research but I will absolutely
drop you an email about this when I get there. Making contact with the ISS
is definitely a new item for my bucket list.

Thanks so much! 73

*S. Kori Rahman*

KI5MKU

Cell: (770) 298 8516
kori...@gmail.com


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 6:55 PM Bruce via BVARC  wrote:

> Nice to have you join BVARC and the ham community. There are a lot of
> things to do in ham radio and if you do not like one, try another. If
> you have any questions on operating satellites, drop me an email. I have
> been involved in satellites since 1993 and was President of BVARC once
> upon a time. Now, I live way up north in Montgomery County.
>
> 73...bruce
>
> --
>
> Bruce Paige, KK5DO
>
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> AMSAT Board Member 2016-2022
>
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>
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> Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com
> Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes
>
> Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News
> http://www.arrl.org
>
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>
>
> 
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>
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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Scott Medbury via BVARC]

Kori,

Welcome to your club. And it is your club too . Al are welcome and your
input is vital. We are continually trying to improve it and have programs
and activities that appeal to all interests and levels.

73 de Scott KD5FBA



On Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 10:55 PM Kori Rahman via BVARC 
wrote:

> Hey Mark,
>
> Yeah I'm sure I can give you a few phrases. Something like "Hello" and
> "The weather is nice today" or anything more specific? Those are "안녕하세요"
> (ahn-young-ha-seh-yo) and "오늘은 날씨가 좋습니다" (oh-neul-eun  nal-she-gah
> joe-seum-nee-dah) respectively, the "eu" vowels are basically like that
> sound that Lucy makes in "I Love Lucy" when she gets in trouble. LOL All
> other sounds are basically as written.
>
> Pronunciation is really hard to get right the first time with Korean, and
> is essential given that their words are usually very short. The thing that
> makes it difficult is mainly because they have a few very different vowels.
> I suggest listening to words several times to see if you can match them.
>
> Good references: Talk to me in Korean ,
> The Seoul National University Korean Textbook
> (I
> used in college).
> To be honest this is NOT a language to pick up quickly, so if you're
> looking for quick and dirty, phrase books are good (particularly if they
> have a CD). Maybe we can try it out over HAM?
>
> Yes Korean grammar is VERY different. Their word order is different, they
> have these things called "particles" which connote subject or object,
> extremely complex verb conjugations which can indicate not only tense, but
> formality (there are at least 3 common ones), imperative, as a statement vs
> a questions, can be modified to indicate the verb as a noun or adjective,
> etc. So because of that, google is risky for anything but the simplest of
> sentences.
>
> I got into Korean because of... a girl in college... But I still listen to
> Kpop. If you don't know what that is don't look it up. If you do look it
> up, look up "보아 - 나무".
>
> 73!
>
>
> *S. Kori Rahman*
>
> KI5MKU
>
> Cell: (770) 298 8516
> kori...@gmail.com
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:53 PM Mark Brantana via BVARC 
> wrote:
>
>> Kori,
>>
>> Hi welcome to the airways. I wish I had taken the initiative to introduce
>> myself as you have. Great to read your story.
>>
>> One thing, I have some older Korean neighbors next door who do not speak
>> a word of English. I think they had just arrived state-sides when their
>> family moved them in. They are wonderful dear people, and we communicate by
>> badly done hand signals. I would love to be equipped with a couple of key
>> phrases and was wondering if you might have a few key phrases. They are not
>> hams of course.  Do you have some reference suggestions you could point me
>> toward? I am aware that Korean is likely very different linguistically from
>> English.
>>
>> Hope we might be able to meet up us on the Stir Crazy Net at 146.940 noon
>> weekdays or the Monday Night net at 8 pm same frequency.
>>
>> Mark
>> N5PRD
>>
>> On Dec 10, 2020, at 3:49 PM, Kori Rahman via BVARC 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday
>> when I took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to
>> everyone. I am an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA
>> Tech 2011), with some experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently
>> living in Sugar Land, TX. I have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for
>> a long time but never took the steps to apply until last month. Having been
>> unemployed for a good while now, I have taken up a lot of self-study in
>> this time. While studying tensor analysis I realized just how similar the
>> equations of fluid dynamics were to Maxwell's equations, and so I started
>> learning more about electromagnetic waves. One thing led to another and
>> "The Algorithm" suggested HAM radio, so I went ahead and took the leap. I
>> contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about testing, studied on YouTube and HamStudy.org
>> for a month and passed my Tech and General. I will be studying Gordon
>> West's (WB6NOA) book for the Extra class exam and plan to take it next
>> month.
>>
>> Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to
>> learn a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my
>> main interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency
>> communications. I have been programming and building circuits projects
>> since I was about 12 and I like making random programs for fun. The more I
>> learn about HAM the more I realize I should have done this a long time ago!
>> So I really want to learn about the digital 

Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Kori Rahman via BVARC]

Hi Keith,

I am glad to hear there is something I can contribute, I'll get on the F8
and F4 modes and see what I can learn. Very interesting story yourself. I
sometimes wonder if I should have gone into physics. I really enjoy
studying the mathematics of physics, that's why I was studying Tensor
Analysis, so I could fully comprehend the Einstein Field Equation of
General Relativity. I am still interested in getting my PhD actually, I
really liked doing research at GA Tech. As I mentioned I'm unemployed and
sorta have been for a... while. So, I mean, hey, if you or anyone else
knows of any research gigs or engineering jobs in the area, I'd love to
hear from you. Also, should I be replying to everyone? I think the Korean
thing was a bit off topic, maybe I should start sending these "direct to
sender"...? I do tend to have trouble being brief sometimes LOL.

Anyhoo, I really appreciate the warm response from everyone.73


*S. Kori Rahman*

KI5MKU

Cell: (770) 298 8516
kori...@gmail.com


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:11 PM Keith NM5G via BVARC 
wrote:

> Welcome Kori.  Thanks for the bio.
>
>
>
> You and I have similar interests.  My formal education ended with a degree
> in Physics and Math, with a minor in Physical Chemistry, back in 1968.
> Spent 154 semester hours in this pursuit.  In my senior year I took a
> course called celestial mechanics given by a NASA employee, Dr Jerry
> Modisette.  I really liked him.  At the end of the course he offered me a
> job as his understudy at NASA.  His job was space shuttle hull design, to
> prevent rupture from small space debris while in orbit.  It sounded
> interesting, but required a PhD.  He got me registered at Rice graduate
> school, but I only attended one semester.  Basically, I was tired of
> college, and wanted to have a family, so I apologized and told him I was
> dropping the plan.  He understood.  I have always wondered about that
> decision, but I now have a family that I am proud of.
>
>
>
> Gordon West does a good job with the Extra class study guide.  I used it
> many years ago to get my Extra class license.  A few years ago I gave an
> Extra class license class.  The West guide was used.  There were ten
> students, and five of them passed their exam.  We used the practice exams
> on QRZ to prepare for the exam.  Funny story, before giving the class I
> took the exam and flunked.  So, I studied the guide and got to where I
> passed every time.  The most difficulty was with the questions involving
> cartesian and polar coordinates of impedance.  I had forgotten a lot of
> math over the years.
>
>
>
> I am a contester and DX’er, using SSB and CW.  Need to learn more about
> the new digital modes F8 and F4.  So, when you figure that out, I hope you
> will come over and help me set up a digital station.  In exchange I can
> give you a few tips on operating HF.
>
>
>
> 73, Keith NM5G
>
>
>
> *From:* BVARC  *On Behalf Of *Kori Rahman via
> BVARC
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:50 PM
> *To:* bvarc@bvarc.org
> *Cc:* Kori Rahman 
> *Subject:* [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday
> when I took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to
> everyone. I am an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA
> Tech 2011), with some experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently
> living in Sugar Land, TX. I have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for
> a long time but never took the steps to apply until last month. Having been
> unemployed for a good while now, I have taken up a lot of self-study in
> this time. While studying tensor analysis I realized just how similar the
> equations of fluid dynamics were to Maxwell's equations, and so I started
> learning more about electromagnetic waves. One thing led to another and
> "The Algorithm" suggested HAM radio, so I went ahead and took the leap. I
> contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about testing, studied on YouTube and HamStudy.org
> for a month and passed my Tech and General. I will be studying Gordon
> West's (WB6NOA) book for the Extra class exam and plan to take it next
> month.
>
>
>
> Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to
> learn a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my
> main interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency
> communications. I have been programming and building circuits projects
> since I was about 12 and I like making random programs for fun. The more I
> learn about HAM the more I realize I should have done this a long time ago!
> So I really want to learn about the digital modes and maybe at some point
> contribute to the software that exists or create more. I'm no stranger to
> RaspberryPi, Arduino and other microcontrollers, which in my preliminary
> overview of HAM appear to be used a lot. For now I've just got my cheap
> little BaoFeng UV-5R which I have programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade

Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Kori Rahman via BVARC]

Hey Mark,

Yeah I'm sure I can give you a few phrases. Something like "Hello" and "The
weather is nice today" or anything more specific? Those are "안녕하세요"
(ahn-young-ha-seh-yo) and "오늘은 날씨가 좋습니다" (oh-neul-eun  nal-she-gah
joe-seum-nee-dah) respectively, the "eu" vowels are basically like that
sound that Lucy makes in "I Love Lucy" when she gets in trouble. LOL All
other sounds are basically as written.

Pronunciation is really hard to get right the first time with Korean, and
is essential given that their words are usually very short. The thing that
makes it difficult is mainly because they have a few very different vowels.
I suggest listening to words several times to see if you can match them.

Good references: Talk to me in Korean ,
The Seoul
National University Korean Textbook
(I
used in college).
To be honest this is NOT a language to pick up quickly, so if you're
looking for quick and dirty, phrase books are good (particularly if they
have a CD). Maybe we can try it out over HAM?

Yes Korean grammar is VERY different. Their word order is different, they
have these things called "particles" which connote subject or object,
extremely complex verb conjugations which can indicate not only tense, but
formality (there are at least 3 common ones), imperative, as a statement vs
a questions, can be modified to indicate the verb as a noun or adjective,
etc. So because of that, google is risky for anything but the simplest of
sentences.

I got into Korean because of... a girl in college... But I still listen to
Kpop. If you don't know what that is don't look it up. If you do look it
up, look up "보아 - 나무".

73!


*S. Kori Rahman*

KI5MKU

Cell: (770) 298 8516
kori...@gmail.com


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:53 PM Mark Brantana via BVARC 
wrote:

> Kori,
>
> Hi welcome to the airways. I wish I had taken the initiative to introduce
> myself as you have. Great to read your story.
>
> One thing, I have some older Korean neighbors next door who do not speak a
> word of English. I think they had just arrived state-sides when their
> family moved them in. They are wonderful dear people, and we communicate by
> badly done hand signals. I would love to be equipped with a couple of key
> phrases and was wondering if you might have a few key phrases. They are not
> hams of course.  Do you have some reference suggestions you could point me
> toward? I am aware that Korean is likely very different linguistically from
> English.
>
> Hope we might be able to meet up us on the Stir Crazy Net at 146.940 noon
> weekdays or the Monday Night net at 8 pm same frequency.
>
> Mark
> N5PRD
>
> On Dec 10, 2020, at 3:49 PM, Kori Rahman via BVARC 
> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday
> when I took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to
> everyone. I am an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA
> Tech 2011), with some experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently
> living in Sugar Land, TX. I have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for
> a long time but never took the steps to apply until last month. Having been
> unemployed for a good while now, I have taken up a lot of self-study in
> this time. While studying tensor analysis I realized just how similar the
> equations of fluid dynamics were to Maxwell's equations, and so I started
> learning more about electromagnetic waves. One thing led to another and
> "The Algorithm" suggested HAM radio, so I went ahead and took the leap. I
> contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about testing, studied on YouTube and HamStudy.org
> for a month and passed my Tech and General. I will be studying Gordon
> West's (WB6NOA) book for the Extra class exam and plan to take it next
> month.
>
> Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to
> learn a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my
> main interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency
> communications. I have been programming and building circuits projects
> since I was about 12 and I like making random programs for fun. The more I
> learn about HAM the more I realize I should have done this a long time ago!
> So I really want to learn about the digital modes and maybe at some point
> contribute to the software that exists or create more. I'm no stranger to
> RaspberryPi, Arduino and other microcontrollers, which in my preliminary
> overview of HAM appear to be used a lot. For now I've just got my cheap
> little BaoFeng UV-5R which I have programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade
> to maybe a mobile UHF/VHF unit soon. I would like to try HF at some point
> down the road 

Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Chris Luppens via BVARC]

This will sound corny but Google Translate includes Korean.  You ought to try 
it as it even translates voice., both directions. Keep it simple. 

Chris Luppens


> On Dec 10, 2020, at 9:53 PM, Mark Brantana via BVARC  wrote:
> 
> Kori,
> 
> Hi welcome to the airways. I wish I had taken the initiative to introduce 
> myself as you have. Great to read your story. 
> 
> One thing, I have some older Korean neighbors next door who do not speak a 
> word of English. I think they had just arrived state-sides when their family 
> moved them in. They are wonderful dear people, and we communicate by badly 
> done hand signals. I would love to be equipped with a couple of key phrases 
> and was wondering if you might have a few key phrases. They are not hams of 
> course.  Do you have some reference suggestions you could point me toward? I 
> am aware that Korean is likely very different linguistically from English.
> 
> Hope we might be able to meet up us on the Stir Crazy Net at 146.940 noon 
> weekdays or the Monday Night net at 8 pm same frequency.
> 
> Mark
> N5PRD
> 
>> On Dec 10, 2020, at 3:49 PM, Kori Rahman via BVARC  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday 
>> when I took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to 
>> everyone. I am an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA 
>> Tech 2011), with some experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently 
>> living in Sugar Land, TX. I have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for a 
>> long time but never took the steps to apply until last month. Having been 
>> unemployed for a good while now, I have taken up a lot of self-study in this 
>> time. While studying tensor analysis I realized just how similar the 
>> equations of fluid dynamics were to Maxwell's equations, and so I started 
>> learning more about electromagnetic waves. One thing led to another and "The 
>> Algorithm" suggested HAM radio, so I went ahead and took the leap. I 
>> contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about testing, studied on YouTube and HamStudy.org 
>> for a month and passed my Tech and General. I will be studying Gordon West's 
>> (WB6NOA) book for the Extra class exam and plan to take it next month.
>> 
>> Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to 
>> learn a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my 
>> main interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency 
>> communications. I have been programming and building circuits projects since 
>> I was about 12 and I like making random programs for fun. The more I learn 
>> about HAM the more I realize I should have done this a long time ago! So I 
>> really want to learn about the digital modes and maybe at some point 
>> contribute to the software that exists or create more. I'm no stranger to 
>> RaspberryPi, Arduino and other microcontrollers, which in my preliminary 
>> overview of HAM appear to be used a lot. For now I've just got my cheap 
>> little BaoFeng UV-5R which I have programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade to 
>> maybe a mobile UHF/VHF unit soon. I would like to try HF at some point down 
>> the road as well, because the idea of off-grid long range communication 
>> sounds really cool to me.
>> 
>> I have a long list of hobbies so I'll spare you unless anyone is interested. 
>> However, if there are any Korean speakers please contact me. Anyway, that's 
>> my spiel, feel free to contact me by responding to this email or directly. I 
>> will be attending the ZOOM meeting tonight as well. Thanks! 73s everyone!
>> S. Kori Rahman (KI5MKU)
>> Cell: (770) 298 8516
>> kori...@gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
>> 
>> BVARC mailing list
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> 
> 
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> 
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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Mark Brantana via BVARC]

Kori,

Hi welcome to the airways. I wish I had taken the initiative to introduce 
myself as you have. Great to read your story. 

One thing, I have some older Korean neighbors next door who do not speak a word 
of English. I think they had just arrived state-sides when their family moved 
them in. They are wonderful dear people, and we communicate by badly done hand 
signals. I would love to be equipped with a couple of key phrases and was 
wondering if you might have a few key phrases. They are not hams of course.  Do 
you have some reference suggestions you could point me toward? I am aware that 
Korean is likely very different linguistically from English.

Hope we might be able to meet up us on the Stir Crazy Net at 146.940 noon 
weekdays or the Monday Night net at 8 pm same frequency.

Mark
N5PRD

> On Dec 10, 2020, at 3:49 PM, Kori Rahman via BVARC  wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday when 
> I took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to everyone. I 
> am an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA Tech 2011), with 
> some experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently living in Sugar Land, 
> TX. I have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for a long time but never 
> took the steps to apply until last month. Having been unemployed for a good 
> while now, I have taken up a lot of self-study in this time. While studying 
> tensor analysis I realized just how similar the equations of fluid dynamics 
> were to Maxwell's equations, and so I started learning more about 
> electromagnetic waves. One thing led to another and "The Algorithm" suggested 
> HAM radio, so I went ahead and took the leap. I contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about 
> testing, studied on YouTube and HamStudy.org for a month and passed my Tech 
> and General. I will be studying Gordon West's (WB6NOA) book for the Extra 
> class exam and plan to take it next month.
> 
> Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to 
> learn a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my 
> main interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency 
> communications. I have been programming and building circuits projects since 
> I was about 12 and I like making random programs for fun. The more I learn 
> about HAM the more I realize I should have done this a long time ago! So I 
> really want to learn about the digital modes and maybe at some point 
> contribute to the software that exists or create more. I'm no stranger to 
> RaspberryPi, Arduino and other microcontrollers, which in my preliminary 
> overview of HAM appear to be used a lot. For now I've just got my cheap 
> little BaoFeng UV-5R which I have programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade to 
> maybe a mobile UHF/VHF unit soon. I would like to try HF at some point down 
> the road as well, because the idea of off-grid long range communication 
> sounds really cool to me.
> 
> I have a long list of hobbies so I'll spare you unless anyone is interested. 
> However, if there are any Korean speakers please contact me. Anyway, that's 
> my spiel, feel free to contact me by responding to this email or directly. I 
> will be attending the ZOOM meeting tonight as well. Thanks! 73s everyone!
> S. Kori Rahman (KI5MKU)
> Cell: (770) 298 8516 <>
> kori...@gmail.com
>  
> 
>  
> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
> 
> BVARC mailing list
> BVARC@bvarc.org
> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org


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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Keith NM5G via BVARC]

Welcome Kori.  Thanks for the bio.

 

You and I have similar interests.  My formal education ended with a degree in 
Physics and Math, with a minor in Physical Chemistry, back in 1968.  Spent 154 
semester hours in this pursuit.  In my senior year I took a course called 
celestial mechanics given by a NASA employee, Dr Jerry Modisette.  I really 
liked him.  At the end of the course he offered me a job as his understudy at 
NASA.  His job was space shuttle hull design, to prevent rupture from small 
space debris while in orbit.  It sounded interesting, but required a PhD.  He 
got me registered at Rice graduate school, but I only attended one semester.  
Basically, I was tired of college, and wanted to have a family, so I apologized 
and told him I was dropping the plan.  He understood.  I have always wondered 
about that decision, but I now have a family that I am proud of.

 

Gordon West does a good job with the Extra class study guide.  I used it many 
years ago to get my Extra class license.  A few years ago I gave an Extra class 
license class.  The West guide was used.  There were ten students, and five of 
them passed their exam.  We used the practice exams on QRZ to prepare for the 
exam.  Funny story, before giving the class I took the exam and flunked.  So, I 
studied the guide and got to where I passed every time.  The most difficulty 
was with the questions involving cartesian and polar coordinates of impedance.  
I had forgotten a lot of math over the years.

 

I am a contester and DX’er, using SSB and CW.  Need to learn more about the new 
digital modes F8 and F4.  So, when you figure that out, I hope you will come 
over and help me set up a digital station.  In exchange I can give you a few 
tips on operating HF.

 

73, Keith NM5G

 

From: BVARC  On Behalf Of Kori Rahman via BVARC
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:50 PM
To: bvarc@bvarc.org
Cc: Kori Rahman 
Subject: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

 

Hello all,

 

I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday when I 
took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to everyone. I am 
an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA Tech 2011), with some 
experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently living in Sugar Land, TX. I 
have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for a long time but never took the 
steps to apply until last month. Having been unemployed for a good while now, I 
have taken up a lot of self-study in this time. While studying tensor analysis 
I realized just how similar the equations of fluid dynamics were to Maxwell's 
equations, and so I started learning more about electromagnetic waves. One 
thing led to another and "The Algorithm" suggested HAM radio, so I went ahead 
and took the leap. I contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about testing, studied on YouTube 
and HamStudy.org for a month and passed my Tech and General. I will be studying 
Gordon West's (WB6NOA) book for the Extra class exam and plan to take it next 
month.

 

Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to learn 
a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my main 
interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency communications. 
I have been programming and building circuits projects since I was about 12 and 
I like making random programs for fun. The more I learn about HAM the more I 
realize I should have done this a long time ago! So I really want to learn 
about the digital modes and maybe at some point contribute to the software that 
exists or create more. I'm no stranger to RaspberryPi, Arduino and other 
microcontrollers, which in my preliminary overview of HAM appear to be used a 
lot. For now I've just got my cheap little BaoFeng UV-5R which I have 
programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade to maybe a mobile UHF/VHF unit soon. I 
would like to try HF at some point down the road as well, because the idea of 
off-grid long range communication sounds really cool to me.

 

I have a long list of hobbies so I'll spare you unless anyone is interested. 
However, if there are any Korean speakers please contact me. Anyway, that's my 
spiel, feel free to contact me by responding to this email or directly. I will 
be attending the ZOOM meeting tonight as well. Thanks! 73s everyone!

S. Kori Rahman (KI5MKU)

Cell: (770) 298 8516
  kori...@gmail.com


  



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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[John Mechura via BVARC]

Greetings!

Forgetful John, KI5HOC

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 9:07 PM D. Howard Bingham via BVARC 
wrote:

> 73
>
> D. Howard Bingham
>
> KE5APJ
>
> --
> On 12/10/2020 3:49 PM, Kori Rahman via BVARC wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday
> when I took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to
> everyone. I am an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA
> Tech 2011), with some experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently
> living in Sugar Land, TX. I have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for
> a long time but never took the steps to apply until last month. Having been
> unemployed for a good while now, I have taken up a lot of self-study in
> this time. While studying tensor analysis I realized just how similar the
> equations of fluid dynamics were to Maxwell's equations, and so I started
> learning more about electromagnetic waves. One thing led to another and
> "The Algorithm" suggested HAM radio, so I went ahead and took the leap. I
> contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about testing, studied on YouTube and HamStudy.org
> for a month and passed my Tech and General. I will be studying Gordon
> West's (WB6NOA) book for the Extra class exam and plan to take it next
> month.
>
> Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to
> learn a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my
> main interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency
> communications. I have been programming and building circuits projects
> since I was about 12 and I like making random programs for fun. The more I
> learn about HAM the more I realize I should have done this a long time ago!
> So I really want to learn about the digital modes and maybe at some point
> contribute to the software that exists or create more. I'm no stranger to
> RaspberryPi, Arduino and other microcontrollers, which in my preliminary
> overview of HAM appear to be used a lot. For now I've just got my cheap
> little BaoFeng UV-5R which I have programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade
> to maybe a mobile UHF/VHF unit soon. I would like to try HF at some point
> down the road as well, because the idea of off-grid long range
> communication sounds really cool to me.
>
> I have a long list of hobbies so I'll spare you unless anyone is
> interested. However, if there are any Korean speakers please contact me.
> Anyway, that's my spiel, feel free to contact me by responding to this
> email or directly. I will be attending the ZOOM meeting tonight as well.
> Thanks! 73s everyone!
>
> *S. Kori Rahman (KI5MKU)*
>
> Cell: (770) 298 8516
> kori...@gmail.com
>
>
> 
>
> 
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>
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> Deer Park, Texas*Ph:281-684-5301 (Voice/Text)
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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[D. Howard Bingham via BVARC]

73

D. Howard Bingham

KE5APJ

--

On 12/10/2020 3:49 PM, Kori Rahman via BVARC wrote:

Hello all,

I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last 
Saturday when I took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce 
myself to everyone. I am an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters 
in AE from GA Tech 2011), with some experience in the Oil and Gas 
industry. Currently living in Sugar Land, TX. I have been aware of the 
amateur radio hobby for a long time but never took the steps to apply 
until last month. Having been unemployed for a good while now, I have 
taken up a lot of self-study in this time. While studying tensor 
analysis I realized just how similar the equations of fluid dynamics 
were to Maxwell's equations, and so I started learning more about 
electromagnetic waves. One thing led to another and "The Algorithm" 
suggested HAM radio, so I went ahead and took the leap. I contacted 
Mark (K5MGJ) about testing, studied on YouTube and HamStudy.org for a 
month and passed my Tech and General. I will be studying Gordon West's 
(WB6NOA) book for the Extra class exam and plan to take it next month.


Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope 
to learn a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. 
Right now my main interests are exploring digital modes, and 
RACES/ARES emergency communications. I have been programming and 
building circuits projects since I was about 12 and I like making 
random programs for fun. The more I learn about HAM the more I realize 
I should have done this a long time ago! So I really want to learn 
about the digital modes and maybe at some point contribute to the 
software that exists or create more. I'm no stranger to RaspberryPi, 
Arduino and other microcontrollers, which in my preliminary overview 
of HAM appear to be used a lot. For now I've just got my cheap little 
BaoFeng UV-5R which I have programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade to 
maybe a mobile UHF/VHF unit soon. I would like to try HF at some point 
down the road as well, because the idea of off-grid long range 
communication sounds really cool to me.


I have a long list of hobbies so I'll spare you unless anyone is 
interested. However, if there are any Korean speakers please contact 
me. Anyway, that's my spiel, feel free to contact me by responding to 
this email or directly. I will be attending the ZOOM meeting tonight 
as well. Thanks! 73s everyone!


*S. Kori Rahman (KI5MKU)*

Cell: (770) 298 8516
kori...@gmail.com







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Deer Park, Texas*Ph:281-684-5301 (Voice/Text)
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~~~


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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Paul Easter via BVARC]

Welcome to the club and the hobby!!

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 6:55 PM Bruce via BVARC  wrote:

> Nice to have you join BVARC and the ham community. There are a lot of
> things to do in ham radio and if you do not like one, try another. If
> you have any questions on operating satellites, drop me an email. I have
> been involved in satellites since 1993 and was President of BVARC once
> upon a time. Now, I live way up north in Montgomery County.
>
> 73...bruce
>
> --
>
> Bruce Paige, KK5DO
>
> AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
> AMSAT Board Member 2016-2022
>
> ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
>
> Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT*
> Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com
> Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes
>
> Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News
> http://www.arrl.org
>
> AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat
>
>
> 
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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Bruce via BVARC]

Nice to have you join BVARC and the ham community. There are a lot of 
things to do in ham radio and if you do not like one, try another. If 
you have any questions on operating satellites, drop me an email. I have 
been involved in satellites since 1993 and was President of BVARC once 
upon a time. Now, I live way up north in Montgomery County.


73...bruce

--

Bruce Paige, KK5DO
 
AMSAT Director Contests and Awards

AMSAT Board Member 2016-2022
  
ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
  
Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT*

Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com
Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes
  
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http://www.arrl.org

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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Kori Rahman via BVARC]

KJ, JP, Mark, Jeff, Ravi thanks for the welcome.

Yep Mark I got my call sign some time yesterday morning, I had been
constantly refreshing the ULS page ever since the exam. I checked in with
the Alaska Morning Net yesterday and the BVARC net at noon on the 146.940
repeater today. I'm pretty much line of sight with the Missouri City
antenna farm so the signal is great even indoors.

Jeff, that HF setup sounds like a nice little project. I will definitely
look into that Hermes Lite project as well. As far as the exams study, I'm
definitely going to have to memorize those band plans and privileges, but I
do like the theory stuff and hope to study a bit more about antenna design.
The flip flops, op-amps, and logic gates and so on are pretty familiar to
me already. I studied impedance, inductance, capacitance, phase diagrams
and so on in college but I think there's a bit of nomenclature and charts
etc that are different. Hopefully the explanations in Gordon West's book
will help round out my knowledge enough to reason my way through the exam
questions.

Thanks again! 73!

-KORI


On Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 5:38 PM KJ Anderson via BVARC  wrote:

> Welcome!!!
>
>
>
> 73 de KJ5EMP
>
>
>
> *-*
>
> *KJ Anderson*
>
> 253-380-2636
>
> www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd
>
>
>
> *From:* BVARC  *On Behalf Of *JP Pritchard via
> BVARC
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2020 5:20 PM
> *To:* 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' 
> *Cc:* jppn...@comcast.net
> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori
>
>
>
> Welcome Kori.
>
>
>
> JP, 73, K5JPP
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* BVARC  *On Behalf Of *mark janzer via
> BVARC
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:07 PM
> *To:* bvarc@bvarc.org
> *Cc:* mark janzer ; Kori Rahman 
> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori
>
>
>
> Welcome aboard Kori!
>
> It's good to see that the turn around, from Saturday's testing, to having
> your new call sign was 4 days.
>
>
>
> 73
>
> Mark
>
> K5MGJ
>
>
>
> On Thursday, December 10, 2020, 03:50:05 PM CST, Kori Rahman via BVARC <
> bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday
> when I took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to
> everyone. I am an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA
> Tech 2011), with some experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently
> living in Sugar Land, TX. I have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for
> a long time but never took the steps to apply until last month. Having been
> unemployed for a good while now, I have taken up a lot of self-study in
> this time. While studying tensor analysis I realized just how similar the
> equations of fluid dynamics were to Maxwell's equations, and so I started
> learning more about electromagnetic waves. One thing led to another and
> "The Algorithm" suggested HAM radio, so I went ahead and took the leap. I
> contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about testing, studied on YouTube and HamStudy.org
> for a month and passed my Tech and General. I will be studying Gordon
> West's (WB6NOA) book for the Extra class exam and plan to take it next
> month.
>
>
>
> Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to
> learn a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my
> main interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency
> communications. I have been programming and building circuits projects
> since I was about 12 and I like making random programs for fun. The more I
> learn about HAM the more I realize I should have done this a long time ago!
> So I really want to learn about the digital modes and maybe at some point
> contribute to the software that exists or create more. I'm no stranger to
> RaspberryPi, Arduino and other microcontrollers, which in my preliminary
> overview of HAM appear to be used a lot. For now I've just got my cheap
> little BaoFeng UV-5R which I have programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade
> to maybe a mobile UHF/VHF unit soon. I would like to try HF at some point
> down the road as well, because the idea of off-grid long range
> communication sounds really cool to me.
>
>
>
> I have a long list of hobbies so I'll spare you unless anyone is
> interested. However, if there are any Korean speakers please contact me.
> Anyway, that's my spiel, feel free to contact me by responding to this
> email or directly. I will be attending the ZOOM meeting tonight as well.
> Thanks! 73s everyone!
>
> *S. Kori Rahman **(KI5MKU)*
>
> Cell: (770) 298 8516
> kori...@gmail.com

Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Ravi Ratnala via BVARC]

Welcome, Kori!  I echo just about everything Jeff said, including the fact that 
this, my second foray into ham radio, started with a Baofeng HT.

73!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 10, 2020, at 4:04 PM, Jeff Greer via BVARC  wrote:
> 
> 
> Nice to meet you, Kori, and welcome to the club!  It's a friendly bunch, so 
> don't be afraid to ask questions here.  You'll find somebody here is bound to 
> know something about almost everything, and most of us will pretend to even 
> if we don't.  
> 
> When you're ready to cram for Extra, check out hamexam.org.  (If you're a 
> question memorizer - no judgment - beware that there a 3-4 pairs of lookalike 
> questions with different answers, if I recall correctly...)
> 
> If you want to start listening on HF, I think you can do so with a Raspberry 
> Pi, an SDR USB dongle, and a piece of wire for an antenna.  You'll need a 
> speaker or earbuds or something to hear the audio...  Sounds like you're 
> technical, so you might also check out Hermes Lite project; it's a lower-cost 
> software-defined HF rig built on off-the-shelf parts, which I'm told has a 
> receive sensitivity that is equal (or superior) to an Icom 7300's...
> 
> I, too, started with a UV5R, and I once heard an astronaut aboard the ISS 
> talking to an earthbound ham (a scheduled QSO and the earth station worked 
> for NASA) with my UV5R and what I think was a fake Nagoya antenna...
> 
> -j
> 
> From: BVARC  on behalf of Kori Rahman via BVARC 
> 
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:49 PM
> To: bvarc@bvarc.org 
> Cc: Kori Rahman 
> Subject: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori
>  
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday when 
> I took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to everyone. I 
> am an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA Tech 2011), with 
> some experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently living in Sugar Land, 
> TX. I have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for a long time but never 
> took the steps to apply until last month. Having been unemployed for a good 
> while now, I have taken up a lot of self-study in this time. While studying 
> tensor analysis I realized just how similar the equations of fluid dynamics 
> were to Maxwell's equations, and so I started learning more about 
> electromagnetic waves. One thing led to another and "The Algorithm" suggested 
> HAM radio, so I went ahead and took the leap. I contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about 
> testing, studied on YouTube and HamStudy.org for a month and passed my Tech 
> and General. I will be studying Gordon West's (WB6NOA) book for the Extra 
> class exam and plan to take it next month.
> 
> Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to 
> learn a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my 
> main interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency 
> communications. I have been programming and building circuits projects since 
> I was about 12 and I like making random programs for fun. The more I learn 
> about HAM the more I realize I should have done this a long time ago! So I 
> really want to learn about the digital modes and maybe at some point 
> contribute to the software that exists or create more. I'm no stranger to 
> RaspberryPi, Arduino and other microcontrollers, which in my preliminary 
> overview of HAM appear to be used a lot. For now I've just got my cheap 
> little BaoFeng UV-5R which I have programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade to 
> maybe a mobile UHF/VHF unit soon. I would like to try HF at some point down 
> the road as well, because the idea of off-grid long range communication 
> sounds really cool to me.
> 
> I have a long list of hobbies so I'll spare you unless anyone is interested. 
> However, if there are any Korean speakers please contact me. Anyway, that's 
> my spiel, feel free to contact me by responding to this email or directly. I 
> will be attending the ZOOM meeting tonight as well. Thanks! 73s everyone!
> S. Kori Rahman (KI5MKU)
> Cell: (770) 298 8516
> kori...@gmail.com
> 
> 
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> 
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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[KJ Anderson via BVARC]

Welcome!!!

73 de KJ5EMP

-
KJ Anderson
253-380-2636
www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd<http://www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd>

From: BVARC  On Behalf Of JP Pritchard via BVARC
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 5:20 PM
To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' 
Cc: jppn...@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

Welcome Kori.

JP, 73, K5JPP


From: BVARC mailto:bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org>> On Behalf 
Of mark janzer via BVARC
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:07 PM
To: bvarc@bvarc.org<mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org>
Cc: mark janzer mailto:k5...@yahoo.com>>; Kori Rahman 
mailto:kori...@gmail.com>>
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

Welcome aboard Kori!
It's good to see that the turn around, from Saturday's testing, to having your 
new call sign was 4 days.

73
Mark
K5MGJ

On Thursday, December 10, 2020, 03:50:05 PM CST, Kori Rahman via BVARC 
mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org>> wrote:


Hello all,

I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday when I 
took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to everyone. I am 
an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA Tech 2011), with some 
experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently living in Sugar Land, TX. I 
have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for a long time but never took the 
steps to apply until last month. Having been unemployed for a good while now, I 
have taken up a lot of self-study in this time. While studying tensor analysis 
I realized just how similar the equations of fluid dynamics were to Maxwell's 
equations, and so I started learning more about electromagnetic waves. One 
thing led to another and "The Algorithm" suggested HAM radio, so I went ahead 
and took the leap. I contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about testing, studied on YouTube 
and HamStudy.org for a month and passed my Tech and General. I will be studying 
Gordon West's (WB6NOA) book for the Extra class exam and plan to take it next 
month.

Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to learn 
a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my main 
interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency communications. 
I have been programming and building circuits projects since I was about 12 and 
I like making random programs for fun. The more I learn about HAM the more I 
realize I should have done this a long time ago! So I really want to learn 
about the digital modes and maybe at some point contribute to the software that 
exists or create more. I'm no stranger to RaspberryPi, Arduino and other 
microcontrollers, which in my preliminary overview of HAM appear to be used a 
lot. For now I've just got my cheap little BaoFeng UV-5R which I have 
programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade to maybe a mobile UHF/VHF unit soon. I 
would like to try HF at some point down the road as well, because the idea of 
off-grid long range communication sounds really cool to me.

I have a long list of hobbies so I'll spare you unless anyone is interested. 
However, if there are any Korean speakers please contact me. Anyway, that's my 
spiel, feel free to contact me by responding to this email or directly. I will 
be attending the ZOOM meeting tonight as well. Thanks! 73s everyone!

S. Kori Rahman (KI5MKU)

Cell: (770) 298 8516
kori...@gmail.com
<mailto:kori...@gmail.com>


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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[JP Pritchard via BVARC]

Welcome Kori.

 

JP, 73, K5JPP

 

 

From: BVARC  On Behalf Of mark janzer via BVARC
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 4:07 PM
To: bvarc@bvarc.org
Cc: mark janzer ; Kori Rahman 
Subject: Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

 

Welcome aboard Kori!

It's good to see that the turn around, from Saturday's testing, to having your 
new call sign was 4 days.

 

73

Mark

K5MGJ

 

On Thursday, December 10, 2020, 03:50:05 PM CST, Kori Rahman via BVARC 
mailto:bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: 

 

 

Hello all,

 

I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday when I 
took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to everyone. I am 
an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA Tech 2011), with some 
experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently living in Sugar Land, TX. I 
have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for a long time but never took the 
steps to apply until last month. Having been unemployed for a good while now, I 
have taken up a lot of self-study in this time. While studying tensor analysis 
I realized just how similar the equations of fluid dynamics were to Maxwell's 
equations, and so I started learning more about electromagnetic waves. One 
thing led to another and "The Algorithm" suggested HAM radio, so I went ahead 
and took the leap. I contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about testing, studied on YouTube 
and HamStudy.org for a month and passed my Tech and General. I will be studying 
Gordon West's (WB6NOA) book for the Extra class exam and plan to take it next 
month.

 

Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to learn 
a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my main 
interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency communications. 
I have been programming and building circuits projects since I was about 12 and 
I like making random programs for fun. The more I learn about HAM the more I 
realize I should have done this a long time ago! So I really want to learn 
about the digital modes and maybe at some point contribute to the software that 
exists or create more. I'm no stranger to RaspberryPi, Arduino and other 
microcontrollers, which in my preliminary overview of HAM appear to be used a 
lot. For now I've just got my cheap little BaoFeng UV-5R which I have 
programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade to maybe a mobile UHF/VHF unit soon. I 
would like to try HF at some point down the road as well, because the idea of 
off-grid long range communication sounds really cool to me.

 

I have a long list of hobbies so I'll spare you unless anyone is interested. 
However, if there are any Korean speakers please contact me. Anyway, that's my 
spiel, feel free to contact me by responding to this email or directly. I will 
be attending the ZOOM meeting tonight as well. Thanks! 73s everyone!

S. Kori Rahman (KI5MKU)

Cell: (770) 298 8516
 <mailto:kori...@gmail.com> kori...@gmail.com


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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[mark janzer via BVARC]

 Welcome aboard Kori!It's good to see that the turn around, from Saturday's 
testing, to having your new call sign was 4 days.
73MarkK5MGJ
On Thursday, December 10, 2020, 03:50:05 PM CST, Kori Rahman via BVARC 
 wrote:  
 
 Hello all,
I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday when I 
took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to everyone. I am 
an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA Tech 2011), with some 
experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently living in Sugar Land, TX. I 
have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for a long time but never took the 
steps to apply until last month. Having been unemployed for a good while now, I 
have taken up a lot of self-study in this time. While studying tensor analysis 
I realized just how similar the equations of fluid dynamics were to Maxwell's 
equations, and so I started learning more about electromagnetic waves. One 
thing led to another and "The Algorithm" suggested HAM radio, so I went ahead 
and took the leap. I contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about testing, studied on YouTube 
and HamStudy.org for a month and passed my Tech and General. I will be studying 
Gordon West's (WB6NOA) book for the Extra class exam and plan to take it next 
month.
Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to learn 
a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my main 
interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency communications. 
I have been programming and building circuits projects since I was about 12 and 
I like making random programs for fun. The more I learn about HAM the more I 
realize I should have done this a long time ago! So I really want to learn 
about the digital modes and maybe at some point contribute to the software that 
exists or create more. I'm no stranger to RaspberryPi, Arduino and other 
microcontrollers, which in my preliminary overview of HAM appear to be used a 
lot. For now I've just got my cheap little BaoFeng UV-5R which I have 
programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade to maybe a mobile UHF/VHF unit soon. I 
would like to try HF at some point down the road as well, because the idea of 
off-grid long range communication sounds really cool to me.
I have a long list of hobbies so I'll spare you unless anyone is interested. 
However, if there are any Korean speakers please contact me. Anyway, that's my 
spiel, feel free to contact me by responding to this email or directly. I will 
be attending the ZOOM meeting tonight as well. Thanks! 73s everyone!


S. Kori Rahman (KI5MKU)


Cell: (770) 298 8516
kori...@gmail.com





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Re: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

[Jeff Greer via BVARC]

Nice to meet you, Kori, and welcome to the club!  It's a friendly bunch, so 
don't be afraid to ask questions here.  You'll find somebody here is bound to 
know something about almost everything, and most of us will pretend to even if 
we don't.  

When you're ready to cram for Extra, check out hamexam.org.  (If you're a 
question memorizer - no judgment - beware that there a 3-4 pairs of lookalike 
questions with different answers, if I recall correctly...)

If you want to start listening on HF, I think you can do so with a Raspberry 
Pi, an SDR USB dongle, and a piece of wire for an antenna.  You'll need a 
speaker or earbuds or something to hear the audio...  Sounds like you're 
technical, so you might also check out Hermes Lite project; it's a lower-cost 
software-defined HF rig built on off-the-shelf parts, which I'm told has a 
receive sensitivity that is equal (or superior) to an Icom 7300's...

I, too, started with a UV5R, and I once heard an astronaut aboard the ISS 
talking to an earthbound ham (a scheduled QSO and the earth station worked for 
NASA) with my UV5R and what I think was a fake Nagoya antenna...

-j


From: BVARC  on behalf of Kori Rahman via BVARC 

Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 3:49 PM
To: bvarc@bvarc.org 
Cc: Kori Rahman 
Subject: [BVARC] Self Introduction: Kori

Hello all,

I'm Sheikh "Kori" Rahman (KI5MKU), I just joined the BVARC last Saturday when I 
took my exams and I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself to everyone. I am 
an Aerospace Engineer by education (Masters in AE from GA Tech 2011), with some 
experience in the Oil and Gas industry. Currently living in Sugar Land, TX. I 
have been aware of the amateur radio hobby for a long time but never took the 
steps to apply until last month. Having been unemployed for a good while now, I 
have taken up a lot of self-study in this time. While studying tensor analysis 
I realized just how similar the equations of fluid dynamics were to Maxwell's 
equations, and so I started learning more about electromagnetic waves. One 
thing led to another and "The Algorithm" suggested HAM radio, so I went ahead 
and took the leap. I contacted Mark (K5MGJ) about testing, studied on YouTube 
and HamStudy.org for a month and passed my Tech and General. I will be studying 
Gordon West's (WB6NOA) book for the Extra class exam and plan to take it next 
month.

Looks like there are a lot of very smart folks in this club and I hope to learn 
a lot from and hopefully contribute to the club as well. Right now my main 
interests are exploring digital modes, and RACES/ARES emergency communications. 
I have been programming and building circuits projects since I was about 12 and 
I like making random programs for fun. The more I learn about HAM the more I 
realize I should have done this a long time ago! So I really want to learn 
about the digital modes and maybe at some point contribute to the software that 
exists or create more. I'm no stranger to RaspberryPi, Arduino and other 
microcontrollers, which in my preliminary overview of HAM appear to be used a 
lot. For now I've just got my cheap little BaoFeng UV-5R which I have 
programmed using CHIRP. Hope to upgrade to maybe a mobile UHF/VHF unit soon. I 
would like to try HF at some point down the road as well, because the idea of 
off-grid long range communication sounds really cool to me.

I have a long list of hobbies so I'll spare you unless anyone is interested. 
However, if there are any Korean speakers please contact me. Anyway, that's my 
spiel, feel free to contact me by responding to this email or directly. I will 
be attending the ZOOM meeting tonight as well. Thanks! 73s everyone!

S. Kori Rahman (KI5MKU)

Cell: (770) 298 8516
kori...@gmail.com





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