Mike's Ham Page

Mike's Ham Page

mike.ab3ap@gmail.com

Welcome to my ham page. I use and enjoy all modes but am primarily a CW operator and happy to have earned awards DXCC CW #12,029, WAS CW #52,955, and WAC CW, all earned with 100 W and dipole. The irony, a CW op named Mike!

Ham and CW op? Join an NTS net! Sure, you've been at cw for decades and hear the washing machine seemingly squeak and groan in CW after a contest, but traffic nets need a different kind of focus and slightly different skill set.

Not a ham? If you happened across this page by chance and are not a ham, you can learn more by surfing on over to the American Radio Relay League, of which I am a Life Member and whose link is below. Ham radio is a fun hobby with many enjoyable aspects to it. There truly is something for everyone.

Cartoons and Advertisements

I enjoy old cartoons and advertisements for ham radio, especially from about the 40s through 70s and Phil Gildersleeve, who drew the cartoons above, in particular. On the left, below, I isolate a Heathkit drawing from the manual cover, next a digitally cleaned up Heathkit ad, and rightmost is a QST June 1957 ad.

Historical CW and Radio Training

Bell Labs

Some US military Morse code, training, and historical radio films on YouTube:

Historical radio films:

AT&T Archives

Bob W3NE Reminiscences of Philadelphia Area Radio

Here are a more or less random assortment of links related to my hamming activities. Always feel free to email me.

Ham Things


RF Coverage

My Elecraft Software,

My Rockmite,

a neat little QRP rig.

My QSL Card
        


Mobile APRS set up


Lionel Bug Revival

Ca. WW-II

Cake Pan Transmitter


CW Key Switch Project


1972 ARRL CW Operating Manual

        

Ft. Monmouth MARS/ARS shack


Contemplating ARRL Life Membership?


Random Wire Calculations

        

Bayou Jumper QRP Rig

        

Ameco AC-1T Clone

Ham Organizations


International Amateur
Radio Union

American Radio
Relay League

Maryland Slow Net
NTS Traffic Net

Straight Key Century Club

Dayton 2011 Photo

North American
QRP CW Club

Music

The German band Kraftwerk sang for Expo 2000, "Mensch Natur Technik" ("Man Nature Technology"), which I translate into ham-speak as "Operator Atmosphere Radio," though it's not as musical. :-) Fun music for any ham. Check out the CW in their "Radioactivity" tune.