I’m Mark Warrick, from Santa Ana, California. 

I currently have a general class ham license

By day, I’m a business systems analyst / technical project manager. 

On the weekends, I provide mountain biking tours all around Southern California

Some of my recent experiments in the amateur ham world include ARDEN mesh nodes and connected devices, APRS, Digital Radio, WinLink email over radio and AREDN, NBEMS, SSTV, building antennas and transmitter building / hunting.

HF Radio

In October, 2021, I bought my first HF radio, a Yaesu FT-891, an LDG Z-11 Pro II tuner and a Chameleon EMCOMM II antenna.  Since that time, I’ve acquired and built several more antennas and one more HF Radio, the Yaesu FT-100D.  My favorite antennas are the Chameleon MPAS Lite and the Chameleon Tactical Delta Loop both of which are outstanding for portable use.  I’ve used HF in the car, in parks, on summits and even while traveling across the United States!  On the digital side of things, I’ve figured out how to use Winlink over VARA HF.  Something I would like to do in HF eventually is digital voice over HF.

More About Me

You can find out more about me at a couple of my websites:

https://warrick.net

https://socalbiketours.com

Phone: (949) 870-9493

Email: mark@km6zpo.com

Recent Posts
2019 Field Day locations within Orange County, California.
I did a field test of PinPoint APRS tracking software.
This morning on my drive to work I was listening to a conversation on the PAPA system via PAPA 22
A while back I purchased an Ed Fong dual band (2M/70CM) DBJ-2 antenna for field use. Roll up “slim jim”

 

 

 

 

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