One goal I have set myself for this year is to get myself sufficiently qualified as a yachtsman to take the family on a cruising holiday. So I am investigating possible courses. I am also starting to think about what areas of Amateur Radio I would like to get into and whether there may be ways of combining these interests. Winlink, for example, facinates me. The fact that I can track and receive brief messages from a yacht in the Southern Ocean from my laptop at home in England is amazing.
The other vague area of interest I have is Software Defined Radio. It is already clear to me that this is an exciting area of development. I have come across Softrock, HDSDR, a kit by Elektor and a kit by Martin IW3AUT so far in my research but have not yet found any comparison of these projects. As far as I can tell HDSDR is the only SDR Tranceiver project which clearly adds to complexity. I must find out more.
But the first step on the Amateur Radio trail for me has to be to renew my UK Amateur Radio Licence. The online application is now free but since my licence expired so long ago, I will have to apply on paper for the last time.
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