James McWhorter 
I’ve been interested in satellite communication since I first got into Amateur Radio in 1996. I talked to the MIR space station for about half a minute in 1998; when it was still in service. I also had some experience communicating with military satellites during my time in Marine Corp; using the PSC-5. [...]
I have been using my new FT-60R for the last couple of days now and find it to be a very solid HT (hand held transceiver). It may not have all the extras which are offered on many HT’s but this is still a serious contender. I do think that a battery charge indicator [...]
I used to be very involved in Amateur Radio but between the military and college I got “distracted”. Now that I have a stable job and more money for “toys” I decided to get back into my once favorite hobby. A series of bad weather a few weeks back also got me thinking [...]