Howdy. So my name’s Byron.
If that’s all you came to find out, don’t bother reading below…
Otherwise…Some random tidbits about me:
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- I’m a FCC-licensed Amateur Radio Operator, Technician class. (https://www.fccbulletin.com/callsign/?q=K4SIP)
- I’ve had my Tech amateur license and vanity call sign K4SIP for over 9 years now. I’ve been into Amateur radio since I was about 8 years old — just never got the ticket for it until much later in life.
- I’ve been a web developer, telephony guy, I’ve tried making voice-overs for a few people here and there, I’ve been a radio station production guy, a dial-up ISP support guy, a software tech support guy, a lowly Sysadmin, then a Windows admin, then a Linux admin, then I was an all-around Data Center guy, and I still dabble in RF but Network Engineering is where I ended up most recently in life, which has been almost the past 10 years of it.
- I also tinker and I build electronic things. That’s probably why I liked ham radio enough to finally get a license. But these things aren’t paying the bills anymore…
- For real work, I’m a Lead Network Engineer for a popular Fintech-based company that handles online A/R: credit, collections, payments, invoicing, order-to-cash transactions, etc.
- Surpassing *28* years in the “IT field” as of updating this. Since I’m a network guy, I build and maintain connectivity for both work and home. I don’t mind as long it’s something interesting.
- One day I will seek to get either a General or Extra class license upgrade, but I just haven’t been as motivated lately to do this.
- You won’t really hear me rag-chewing much on the local 2m and 440 repeaters, almost ever. I mention this because….I’m more into tinkering and the “technology side” of the amateur radio hobby, and not so much into the general conversation side of it. I might check into an occasional net but lately that’s about it.
- I use a Yaesu FT-8900R in the Jeep (yup – I’m a Jeeper!), an FT-7900 in the house as base. Also have several Motorola HT750/1250 portables and CDM750/1250 mobiles for 2m, 220 and 70cm stuff.
- One day I’ll be old and bored enough to build a “ham shack” but thankfully time, money and ….. more of that “time” thing aren’t as plentiful to allow for doing such things.
That’s it from me!
73 de Byron, K4SIP