Tomas David Hood - NW7US - that is me, the fellow that runs this website. I am a musician. The music that is now playing is my music. If you like my music, please vote for my songs. Click the 'Listen to All Tracks' button, in the following banner. If you would, please vote for each song. It helps me in my musical journey! (You can also leave me a comment on what you think about my music.) (To vote, you have to create a free account, but they do that so you only vote once for a song. This prevents inflated votes.)
Check it out: Portable High Frequency HAM Radio Operation
(yeah, even during this period of low sunspot activity)
in my backyard, here in Stevensville, Montana, in my travel trailer (for sale).
FOR SALE: 2008 Thor Adirondack travel trailer with Satellite TV semi-auto dome, 2 pull outs, 1 bedroom and living room, kitchen, shower and restroom, etc. Pictures: Trailer for sale.
Tomas David Hood is NW7US - and Tomas is:
+ Propagation Editor for CQ, CQ VHF, Popular Communications
The current footprint of my 60-watt PSK31 signal during 50 percent of October 2009 at 2000 UTC and 2300 on 20 Meters:
(created with ACE-HF Pro version 2.05 Propagation Modeling Software) (these illustrate why I like running digital modes during the Solar Cycle minimum - PSK31, and other digital modes, get much farther than an SSB signal, using the same amount of power)
My QSL Card:
My station while 'portable' - My Icom IC-7000, my two morse code (CW) keys, and my KK7UQ computer-to-radio interface:
I am not just an Amateur Radio Operator. I am also a singer / songwriter / guitarist. Please take a listen to my tune samples. If you enjoy this music, please leave me a comment... thank you for listening!
NW7US is the Amateur Radio call-sign issued by the Federal Communications Commission to my Ham Radio Station, conferring the right to operate this equipment under certain privileges. This call-sign is assigned to me as both an identification of my Amateur Radio station, as well as a reference to those privileges I have been granted after having passed both a series of written examinations which cover rules, procedures, technical theory, and related knowledge, and a series of morse code (cw) proficiency tests.
I'm Tomas Hood. I am an Amateur Radio Operator. I also own a computer service shop and store, called, 'Sapphire Website and Computers Services', in Stevensville, Montana. I have been in the computer industry since 1983. One of my computer 'hats' is 'programmer'. I can program in Perl, PHP, XML, WAP/WML, HTML, C/C++, VBA, SQL, and so forth. I design web sites and applications.
NW7US is the Amateur Radio call-sign issued by the Federal Communications Commission to my Ham Radio Station, conferring the right to operate this equipment under certain privileges. This call-sign is assigned to me as both an identification of my Amateur Radio station, as well as a reference to those privileges I have been granted after having passed both a series of written examinations which cover rules, procedures, technical theory, and related knowledge, and a series of morse code (cw) proficiency tests.
