Private Blog

My brother is a HAM. His twin is a HAM. My 11 year old niece is a HAM. I guess it's about time I joined them.

My brother Mike, KB7QOP, has been encouraging me to get into HAM radio for years. I've been moving around a lot since High School. I have two masters degrees, and have worked for Microsoft, the public school system, a church, and currently a non-profit. I have ADHD. My life is always a juggling act with various elements crashing to the ground. I recently learned to play poker semi-effectively (also with KB7QOP) and for some reason now feels like the right time to get on the air.

The purpose of this blog is to let you, dear reader, follow the ups and downs of a middle aged woman tackling amateur radio. One of the things that draws me to the hobby is how few women seem to have taken an interest in it - plus I'm a born geek. If you look at pictures of HamFests or attend a local club meeting, you will see few women. And the women you do see often came to the hobby along with their husbands. Nothing wrong with that, but I'd like to help HAM radio expand to more women. Women who maybe don't have nerdy husbands but who are nerds themselves.

This blog is currently private because I'm working on my license as a surprise for KB7QOP. More on that in another post.