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Tuxwheels: The Personal Site for J. Benjamin Roe, Jr., D.Min.

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  1. Technical Career and Interests

Skills of a more technical nature.

Technology: A Significant Theme

Technology has been a fascination of mine from early on. Steam engines as a young child, junked radios and astronomy in grade school, graduating to ham radio and a telescope in high school. Math and science were favorite subjects.

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Computers

computer

Computers: Don't you love'em?

I first learned about computers on a borrowed TRS 80 computer from Radio Shack, then an NEC PC8801A hybrid CPM/MSDOS machine. These two provided learning about spreadsheets and bookkeeping, word processing and brochures, mail-merge letters, and databases.

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Amateur Radio Experience

K0YDS: Ham RadioF2 map of North America

Boulder foF2 | HAP Chart

Ham Station

Ham Radio for me has provided learning opportunities for the technical side of radio and electronics. Putting a station together, especially in the early days, required knowledge of antennas, feedlines, switching, transmitters, receivers, and maintaining it all. The F2 links provide the highest frequency for NVIS operation (used with emergency communication).

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  1. Shortwave Listening

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