Episode 019 - Dean Mertz - K0MKT
Join Eric, 4Z1UG in his QSO Today with Dean Mertz, K0MKT. Dean and Eric have been friends for almost 40 years after meeting at the local ham radio club, in Southern California. While their lives have taken them around the World, there is always an opportunity, a few times a year, to catch up on ham radio projects and personal lives. As a software engineer and hardware tinkerer, Dean always has an inspiring project to discuss. This time its a web based audio adjustment meter, using the Beaglebone Black, for the local DMR mobile radio system.
| First Licensed: WA6MKT, 1975 First Rig: Icom IC-22A Current Rig: Elecraft K3, assorted mobile radios on VHF and UHF, and DMR Elmers: Pete Juul, W6PJ Bill McNally, N6MN Joseph Moel, K0OV - expert in transmitter hunting Early Activities: Newport Amateur Radio Society, W6MRO - Founded in the 1950s and met in Newport Beach on the Balboa Peninsula. Closed in 1976 when the club lost is meeting room at the Parks and Recreation Center on Balboa Blvd. Orange County Transmitter Hunts every Saturday evening on two meters. Boundries were LA, Orange, and Riverside Counties in Southern California. Here is a Southern California resource for transmitter hunting. Current Club: Rocky Mountain Ham Radio
Current Project: Web based DMR level meter using the Beaglebone Black for signal processing. DMR Radio - here is a resource to the Digital Voice Amateur Radio Association for an introduction to digital voice. 10 ghz microwave - here is an introduction by Gordon West, WB6NOA The RSS Feed for all audio content from QSO today is available from here. Please join our QSO Today community by pressing the button below. It is the best way to suggest guests and topics, and provide feedback to Eric, 4Z1UG. |  Icom IC-22A  Motorola Turbo DMR Portable  Beaglebone Black single board computer |
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