[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":230},["ShallowReactive",2],{"content:\u002F":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":221,"extension":222,"meta":223,"navigation":225,"path":226,"seo":227,"stem":228,"__hash__":229},"content\u002Findex.md","Rich Clingman, Ozark, Missouri, USA",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":208},"minimark",[9,18,23,40,46,50,57,60,64,67,75,93,105,113,130,139,152,156,164,172,190,194,201],[10,11,13,14,17],"h1",{"id":12},"rich-clingman-ozark-missouri-usa","Rich Clingman (",[15,16],"callsign",{},"), Ozark, Missouri, USA",[19,20,22],"h2",{"id":21},"hi-its-me-who-else-would-it-be","Hi! It's me! (Who else would it be?)",[24,25,29,34],"div",{"className":26,"style":28},[27],"small-mobile","float: right; width: 250px",[30,31],"img",{"src":32,"alt":33},"\u002Fimg\u002FRich Navy Radio-small.jpg","Image of Rich operating a Navy MARS station, 1977",[35,36,39],"p",{"className":37},[38],"is-size-7","Rich operating a Navy MARS station, 1977",[35,41,42,43,45],{},"My name's Rich Clingman, ",[15,44],{}," in Ozark, Missouri, U.S.A.\nI have more than 15 years' experience as a Senior Software Engineer\n(full stack, back end, Golang, Nodejs, Vuejs, Nuxt, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ...).\nAnd, I'm a \"Ham Radio Operator\" with an Amateur Extra license.",[19,47,49],{"id":48},"the-history-of-a-ham","The History of a Ham",[35,51,52,53,56],{},"I was first licensed as Technician Class Amateur Radio Operator in 1976.\nI'm guessing that I got one of the first \"N\" calls: ",[15,54,55],{},"N7AEK",".\nI built a Heathkit QRP rig and got discouraged trying to do CW.\nLicense expired. Mostly unused.",[35,58,59],{},"Well, this photo is evidence that I wasn't totally without Hamming.\nI helped operated the\nNavy MARS (Military Affiliate Radio System) station\naboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CV63) on 1977-78 WestPac deployment.\nLong before the days of Internet and email, the way sailors contacted\nfamily and friends was by mail (four to six weeks), or by message\nor phone patch with the help of volunteers at the shipboard MARS station.\nThis photo was used in an article in the shipboard newspaper.",[19,61,63],{"id":62},"stupid-morse-code","Stupid Morse Code!",[35,65,66],{},"While moving in 2011, I came across my old CW key and thought,\n\"If only I didn't need to know Morse Code.\" (Insert sad face here.)\nAfter a little investigation, I found that code has not been required since 2007!\n(Happy face.)\nI studied for Technician and felt confident. (I'd been an Avionics Tech in the Navy.)\nI found out that I could take multiple tests and so I\ntook all three (Tech, General, Extra) in one sitting.",[19,68,70,74],{"id":69},"almost-extra-extra",[71,72,73],"em",{},"Almost Extra."," Extra!",[35,76,77,78,81,82,85,86,92],{},"I earned Tech and General.\nI missed Extra by one question--you know, that question where you say,\n\"I know it's ",[71,79,80],{},"that"," answer, but I'm going to choose ",[71,83,84],{},"this"," answer.\"\nSo, that week I studied more seriously and passed Extra. (Another happy face.)\nI used\n",[87,88,91],"a",{"href":89,"target":90},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.hamradiolicenseexam.com\u002F","_blank","Ham Test Online","\nto study.\nThey're still around, and the website looks the same.\nDon't let that put you off. They still have one of the best exam prep services available.",[35,94,95,96,100,101,104],{},"For several years, with\n",[87,97,99],{"href":98,"target":90},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.roars.net\u002F","\nmy local club in Ramona, California",",\nI was Network Control (",[15,102,103],{},"W6WXY",") for our weekly net.\nI also helped with some test prep and exams, but did little else.",[19,106,108,109,112],{"id":107},"ive-been-a-7-a-6-now-a-0","I've been a \"7\", a \"6\", now a \"",[15,110,111],{},"0","\"",[24,114,117,121],{"className":115,"style":116},[27],"float: right; width: 340px",[30,118],{"src":119,"alt":120},"\u002Fimg\u002FFinely-Farms_Ozark-Mill_CO-Ozark-Chamber-Of-Com.original.jpg","Ozark Mill. Photo by Ozark Chamber of Commerce.",[35,122,124,125,129],{"className":123},[38],"The Ozark Mill. Photo by \n",[87,126,128],{"href":127,"target":90},"https:\u002F\u002Fozarkchamber.com\u002F","Ozark Chamber of Commerce",".\n",[35,131,132,133,135,136,138],{},"When, in 2019, I moved to Ozark, Missouri, I decided to get a local \"",[15,134,111],{},"\" callsign\nand get more involved in Ham.\nI found that ",[15,137],{}," was available and got that.\nBut I still hadn't done anything with my license.",[35,140,141,142,146,147,151],{},"Now, in 2023, wanting to get back into using my Amateur Radio License a bit more,\nI joined the\n",[87,143,145],{"href":144,"target":90},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nixahams.net\u002F","Nixa Amateur Radio Club",". They have an amazing set of repeaters in the\n",[87,148,150],{"href":149,"target":90},"https:\u002F\u002Fsmlrs.info\u002F","Southwest Missouri Linked Repeater System",".",[19,153,155],{"id":154},"rattle-that-ribbit","Rattle that Ribbit",[35,157,158,159,163],{},"In August 2023, I learned about a cool emerging tech called\n",[87,160,162],{"href":161,"target":90},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ribbitradio.org\u002F","Ribbit Radio",".\nIt proposes to use our smartphones with our Amateur Radio HTs (Handheld Transceivers) to more\nreliably and quickly pass messages. The developers have created test\u002Fdemonstration applications\nfor Android and IOS. (The pre-release test of Ribbit is called Rattlegram.)",[35,165,166,167,171],{},"In my excitement, within a couple of days, I created a\n",[87,168,170],{"href":169,"target":90},"https:\u002F\u002Fribbit-pwa-test.k0ozk.com\u002F","Ribbit PWA Test","\nto test whether a single-application might support all mobile and desktop\u002Flaptop devices.",[24,173,176,184],{"className":174,"style":175},[27],"float: left; width: 225px",[87,177,179],{"href":178,"target":90},"https:\u002F\u002Fsovat.org\u002F",[30,180],{"src":181,"width":182,"alt":183},"\u002Fimg\u002Flive-sound.png",192,"Live Sound Engineer",[35,185,187],{"className":186},[38],[87,188,189],{"href":178,"target":90},"SOVAT.org",[19,191,193],{"id":192},"live-audio-engineer-sovatorg","Live Audio Engineer — SOVAT.org",[35,195,196,197,200],{},"\"Can you do sound for a memorial service ",[71,198,199],{},"this Saturday?","\"\nwas my introduction to \"running sound\" at church.\nThat was a decade ago. Since that time, I've been blessed with being able to run sound for several different\nchurches—a couple mid-size churches, a \"church plant\" where we \"set up church\" at a local high school\nevery Sunday morning, and most recently, at a youth venue that has several hundred teens every Sunday and Wednesday.",[35,202,203,204,207],{},"Being a volunteer audio technician often means that the only practice time we get is the rehearsal\non a Sunday or Wednesday. I created\n",[87,205,206],{"href":178,"target":90},"Society of Volunteer Audio Technicians","\nto support these techs with a browser-based multi-channel audio mixer they can use anytime, anywhere\nto practice their mixing skills.",{"title":209,"searchDepth":210,"depth":210,"links":211},"",2,[212,213,214,215,217,219,220],{"id":21,"depth":210,"text":22},{"id":48,"depth":210,"text":49},{"id":62,"depth":210,"text":63},{"id":69,"depth":210,"text":216},"Almost Extra. Extra!",{"id":107,"depth":210,"text":218},"I've been a \"7\", a \"6\", now a \"0\"",{"id":154,"depth":210,"text":155},{"id":192,"depth":210,"text":193},"Howdy from Ozark, MO","md",{"author":224},"Rich Clingman, K0OZK",true,"\u002F",{"title":5,"description":221},"index","Zp2Ix5sFu4w-V-8gBP33V3renQiHUyOPuMeQ3KnmsjA",1778359045448]