N1OF Amateur Radio

Making an old hobby young again

Believe it or not, I won't be able to use that headline for much longer.

I currently reside in Northwest Ohio. Licensed since 2018, I have made my way to an Extra Class license, and I enjoy exploring the unconventional sides of the hobby. I enjoy building antennas from items that were never meant to be radiated, working with underutilized bands (UHF+ specifically, even into GHz and THz), and helping to run NOVARS, a club founded by myself and a few good friends in late 2022.

I have an interest in Emergency Communications, volunteering my time as an ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator, a SKYWARN Net Control Station, and I help create and implement plans and training for both organizations. I am very fond of commercial radio gear (looking at you Motorola, and the sweet, sweet screech of MDC1200), and activating entities for Parks on the Air. When not playing radio, I work full time in IT, and hae become the resident networking guru for my friends, helping to install their homelab servers and network systems.

To see some of the projects I have been involved in, click the link above to visit my blog. Full warning, it isn't exactly PG-13. However, sometimes the language choices help to push the point across. Please also check out the organizations and programs that I am a part of by clicking the links above.

Thanks for stopping by, and 73's

-Scott, N1OF