Ham Radio and Software Defined Radio – An Overview, Some History, and a Demonstration
Charles Miller KC1JUO
May 19, 2021 at 7:30 PM
Location: ZOOM — Members: login to the Minuteman Repeater Association webpage for the link; Non-members: send an email to contact@mmra.org
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Charles will share a bit about how he sees Ham Radio and Software Defined Radio as not only being connected but also fundamentally similar and complementary. He will present an overview which is essentially his journey and perspectives of the topic. The hope is to share why he finally got licensed, why he thinks the hobby is so fantastic, talk about a few radio frequency bands and describe how they are being used. Charles will wrap up the talk with a demonstration of using software and hardware to compose and view frequency bands discussed.
Charles has been licensed since 2017 with the call sign KC1JUO. During his many decades of tinkering, he has built and broken much. He is a Gordon Engineering Fellow with a Computer Science degree from Boston University and a Master of Information Systems from Northeastern University. His current career focus is on Cyber Systems Engineering, receiving his CISSP certification in 2019. Having spent most of his career as a Technical Consultant prior to 2005, he joined Raytheon in 2005. Raytheon has a long history of Ham Radio relevant technology: Percy L. Spencer (W1GBE) was a critical part of Raytheon’s history and has been an inspiration for Charles for both Ham Radio and the exploration of Software Defined Radio.