Leo Laporte, KJ6QGP (W6TWT)

Leo Laporte of TWiT and The Screen Savers fame is now KJ6QGP.

Leo's already embraced ham radio by partering with Bob Heil of Heil Sound who's doing a weekly podcast and starting up a ham radio social network.

So does this mean he'll be showing up at Dayton in the near future?

UPDATE: He has applied for and will be granted W6TWT

Leo Laporte to get his ham license?

According to some friends of mine on Twitter, Leo Laporte is shooting for his ham ticket. He told Bob Heil during the HamNation broadcast on Tuesday.

Leo has often reported on ham radio news and when TWIAR was active we featured Leo's TWiT segments on the podcast.

I've always liked Leo since the days of ZDTV and the Screen Savers. Back then, that was the place to go for real geek news.

Hopefully he'll be active on the radio and not just have it for a resume enhancement.