Let the fun begin

Well, I'll take a shot at blogging for TWIAR (if George will allow it) and see how this goes.

Some things I want to accomplish with this:

• Discuss topics covered in the current week's version
• Discuss topics TWIAR may have missed
• Discuss issues and activities I'm involved with (ballooning, contesting, SKYWARN, etc.)
• Discuss my ham radio life, what there is of it
• Occasionally discuss off-radio subjects as I see fit

I'll get started later in the week as I get the blog page tweaked the way I want it.

A little bit about me:

• Living in Knoxville, Tennessee
  
• Extra class amateur operator, callsign K4HSM (Hot Spicy Mustard)
• Current webmaster to This Week in Amateur Radio's web site
• Webmaster to my area's SKYWARN page
• Involved with UTARC's attempts to send a balloon across the Atlantic this past winter
  
• Married with two daughters, one who might get her ham license
• Employed as a technician for an outsourcer in Oak Ridge, TN (no government work, though)
• Other activities I like include watching NASA stuff and "bird watching" or satellite spotting
• Proud to be Republican
• Big hockey fan, new season ticket holder for the SPHL champion Knoxville Ice Bears
• Addicted to FARK
• Although I haven't been active lately, I enjoy playing poker.

That's all for now. I also have a twitter page (though I don't actively use it except once/week) in case you're interested.

Thanks for stopping by.