====== KD5UDY ======
Hello! My name is Robert, and I am from Pasadena, TX ((GPS 29°38N 095°10W)).

Welcome to my humble site where I keep track of everything I encounter that is related to Amateur Radio!

I was granted a Technician class license October 23, 2002, am a member of the [[http://www.arrl.org|American Radio Relay League (ARRL)]], and the [[http://k5stv.ham-radio-op.net/|Clear Lake Area Radio Club (CLARC)]] and I am currently semi-active on several 2-meter repeaters in the South East Houston/Pasadena/Clear Lake areas.

"Amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic!" -- unknown

===== Emergency/Public Service =====
==== Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) ====
  * [[http://home.houston.rr.com/sehcares/|South East Harris County ARES]]
==== SKYWARN ====
  * [[http://www.skywarn.org|National]]
  * [[http://www.skywarn-texas.org/|Texas]]
  * [[http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/severe/skywarn.htm|Houston/Galveston Area]]
  * [[http://home.houston.rr.com/kd5aom/|Clear Lake Area]]

===== Events =====
==== Field Day 2006 ====
==== Swap Meets ====
==== VE Sessions ====
==== Local Nets ====
[[http://www.ka5cvh.com/nets.html|Amateur Radio Nets and Repeaters]] -- courtesy of Mike "KA5CVH" Urich
==== Fox Hunts ====
==== Club Meetings ====

===== The Amateur Community =====
==== Clubs ====
[[http://www.clarc.org|Clear Lake Amateur Radio Club]]
==== Family and Friends ====
  * Bill, K5KTE - my grandfather who got me interested in radio in the first place
  * Chris, KD5PTF - a friend, from all the way back to high-school, who helped me get serious about getting a license
==== Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ====
==== American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ====
  * [[http://www.arrl.org|National]]
  * South Texas
  * West Gulf
==== Mailing Lists ====
  * [[http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/houstonham|HoustonHam]]
==== Websites ====
[[http://www.qsl.org]]

===== Technical =====
==== Repeaters ====
[[http://www.ka5cvh.com/nets.html|Amateur Radio Nets and Repeaters]] -- courtesy of Mike "KA5CVH" Urich
==== Antennas ====
==== Transceivers ====
==== Research ====
==== Builds ====
  * In Progress: [[http://www.amqrp.org/kits/tin_ear/|AmQRP TinEar 40M Receiver]] 
  * In Progress: a 30-foot antenna mast
  * Completed: 2-meter base antenna
==== Homebrew ====
==== Space Exploration ====
  * [[http://www.amsat.org/|Amateur Satellite (AMSAT)]]
  * [[http://www.rac.ca/ariss/|Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)]]
  * [[Tracking Map]]
==== Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ====
The F.C.C., U.S. Congress, and Texas State Congress are all pushing heavily to deploy Broadband (Internet services) over Power Lines (BPL), which causes serious interference with licensed radio services, including Amateur Radio public-service and emergency communications, military and scientific communications and potentially much more.

Encourage legislators to withdraw their support for BPL and protect licensed radio services from such drastic interference!

Learn more about this immediate threat to public-service and emergency radio servces at the [[http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/|ARRL Technical Information Service]]!