Jim R - N4BFR
@n4bfr.bsky.social
I’m a ham radio operator also known as “Professor Jim” from Ham Radio Prep (@hamradioprep.bsky.social). ARISS volunteer (@arissintl.bsky.social). Retired broadband executive.
If you were going to take a ham radio exam at the Atlanta Hamfest, there is still an opportunity to text this weekend.
Sunday come to PDK Airport for a FREE exam session. Everything else you need to know is in that graphic right down there VVV or at atlantave.team.
Sunday come to PDK Airport for a FREE exam session. Everything else you need to know is in that graphic right down there VVV or at atlantave.team.
June 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
If you were going to take a ham radio exam at the Atlanta Hamfest, there is still an opportunity to text this weekend.
Sunday come to PDK Airport for a FREE exam session. Everything else you need to know is in that graphic right down there VVV or at atlantave.team.
Sunday come to PDK Airport for a FREE exam session. Everything else you need to know is in that graphic right down there VVV or at atlantave.team.
Update - Thursday at 5 PM
The Atlanta Hamfest has been canceled and with that the Saturday VE session.
The Sunday session will go on as planned. See you at PDK.
The Atlanta Hamfest has been canceled and with that the Saturday VE session.
The Sunday session will go on as planned. See you at PDK.
Two VE session options this weekend for you to get or upgrade your ham radio license. Come test with us Saturday at the Atlanta Hamfest or Sunday at PDK.
June 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Update - Thursday at 5 PM
The Atlanta Hamfest has been canceled and with that the Saturday VE session.
The Sunday session will go on as planned. See you at PDK.
The Atlanta Hamfest has been canceled and with that the Saturday VE session.
The Sunday session will go on as planned. See you at PDK.
Two VE session options this weekend for you to get or upgrade your ham radio license. Come test with us Saturday at the Atlanta Hamfest or Sunday at PDK.
June 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Two VE session options this weekend for you to get or upgrade your ham radio license. Come test with us Saturday at the Atlanta Hamfest or Sunday at PDK.
Reposted by Jim R - N4BFR
Want your US educational group to have a ham radio contact with an astronaut on the ISS?
You have a little over 2 weeks to get your US Educational Contact proposals in to our team.
Visit our ARISSLive YouTube channel for a video to help with your proposal.
You have a little over 2 weeks to get your US Educational Contact proposals in to our team.
Visit our ARISSLive YouTube channel for a video to help with your proposal.
May 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Want your US educational group to have a ham radio contact with an astronaut on the ISS?
You have a little over 2 weeks to get your US Educational Contact proposals in to our team.
Visit our ARISSLive YouTube channel for a video to help with your proposal.
You have a little over 2 weeks to get your US Educational Contact proposals in to our team.
Visit our ARISSLive YouTube channel for a video to help with your proposal.
Mom would want you to pass a ham radio exam this weekend!
Join us at PDK for a free amateur radio testing session Sunday at Noon.
Bring ID and an FRN number or current license, we've got the rest.
Join us at PDK for a free amateur radio testing session Sunday at Noon.
Bring ID and an FRN number or current license, we've got the rest.
May 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Mom would want you to pass a ham radio exam this weekend!
Join us at PDK for a free amateur radio testing session Sunday at Noon.
Bring ID and an FRN number or current license, we've got the rest.
Join us at PDK for a free amateur radio testing session Sunday at Noon.
Bring ID and an FRN number or current license, we've got the rest.
For my ham friends in Metro Atlanta, expect the 146.820 repeater to be linked in to the Peachtree City NWS Skywarnn Net later tonight in anticipation of the severe storms.
Listen to what net control is asking for!
Listen to what net control is asking for!
March 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
For my ham friends in Metro Atlanta, expect the 146.820 repeater to be linked in to the Peachtree City NWS Skywarnn Net later tonight in anticipation of the severe storms.
Listen to what net control is asking for!
Listen to what net control is asking for!
Reposted by Jim R - N4BFR
Decatur Makers is a makerspace in downtown Decatur GA. Open to the public every Wednesday from 7-9pm for Open Build Night (except the first Wednesday of the month). Bring a project to work on or take a tour and meet some of the other makers. Hope to see you there next week! www.decaturmakers.org
Decatur Makers | All Ages Georgia Makerspace
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Decatur Makers is a community all-ages non-profit makerspace.
Whether you’re a tinkerer, artist, woodworker, engineer, sewer, welder, crafter, scientist, student, teac...
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January 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Decatur Makers is a makerspace in downtown Decatur GA. Open to the public every Wednesday from 7-9pm for Open Build Night (except the first Wednesday of the month). Bring a project to work on or take a tour and meet some of the other makers. Hope to see you there next week! www.decaturmakers.org
Interesting. I did not know the folks in Bristol CT had a radio club.
January 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Interesting. I did not know the folks in Bristol CT had a radio club.
Reposted by Jim R - N4BFR
As teams are forming for Rabea Rogge's FRAM2Ham event, they are starting to look at equipment needs.
The User Guide at FRAM2Ham.com has more detailed recommendations, but here's an overview of what teams should consider.
The User Guide at FRAM2Ham.com has more detailed recommendations, but here's an overview of what teams should consider.
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As teams are forming for Rabea Rogge's FRAM2Ham event, they are starting to look at equipment needs.
The User Guide at FRAM2Ham.com has more detailed recommendations, but here's an overview of what teams should consider.
The User Guide at FRAM2Ham.com has more detailed recommendations, but here's an overview of what teams should consider.
Hey that’s me! I expect I’ll do some WFD from home this weekend.
January 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Hey that’s me! I expect I’ll do some WFD from home this weekend.
I have a new 3D printer so I am doing some stands for my HT's. Here's one designed for the Icom ID-51 but the ID-52 fits just fine!
January 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I have a new 3D printer so I am doing some stands for my HT's. Here's one designed for the Icom ID-51 but the ID-52 fits just fine!
Here’s what it’s looking like in Chamblee (NE Atlanta Suburbs) at the moment.
Snow turned to rain and freezing rain mid-morning. We’ve had about 0.5” of rain. Lots of freezing already and we’re just below 32F.
Already had one power blip and hearing limbs fall nearby.
Snow turned to rain and freezing rain mid-morning. We’ve had about 0.5” of rain. Lots of freezing already and we’re just below 32F.
Already had one power blip and hearing limbs fall nearby.
January 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Here’s what it’s looking like in Chamblee (NE Atlanta Suburbs) at the moment.
Snow turned to rain and freezing rain mid-morning. We’ve had about 0.5” of rain. Lots of freezing already and we’re just below 32F.
Already had one power blip and hearing limbs fall nearby.
Snow turned to rain and freezing rain mid-morning. We’ve had about 0.5” of rain. Lots of freezing already and we’re just below 32F.
Already had one power blip and hearing limbs fall nearby.
Now 3+ inches of snow in the Metro Atlanta suburb of Chamblee.
January 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Now 3+ inches of snow in the Metro Atlanta suburb of Chamblee.
Just about sunrise. Here's the latest peek outside in Chamblee, Northeast Atlanta Metro.
Live on YouTube: youtube.com/live/76vBi1S...
Live on YouTube: youtube.com/live/76vBi1S...
January 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Just about sunrise. Here's the latest peek outside in Chamblee, Northeast Atlanta Metro.
Live on YouTube: youtube.com/live/76vBi1S...
Live on YouTube: youtube.com/live/76vBi1S...
Atlanta ARES is running a ham radio net on 146.820 MHz repeater taking storm reports. Use -0.600 MHz offset and CTCSS 146.2.
January 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Atlanta ARES is running a ham radio net on 146.820 MHz repeater taking storm reports. Use -0.600 MHz offset and CTCSS 146.2.
6:10 AM - Can confirm freezing rain in Chamblee.
January 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
6:10 AM - Can confirm freezing rain in Chamblee.
I'm watching Winter Storm Cora from my home in Chamblee, GA - 4 AM - Temps are just above freezing at 33F here. No reports of snow yet, including higher altitudes and more eastern parts of N. Georgia.
January 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I'm watching Winter Storm Cora from my home in Chamblee, GA - 4 AM - Temps are just above freezing at 33F here. No reports of snow yet, including higher altitudes and more eastern parts of N. Georgia.
Going to try and keep a live stream up on YouTube so friends and family can check in on the winter storm.
First snowfall is planned around 7 AM Friday, but here's a view now: youtube.com/live/JAJ1TR9...
First snowfall is planned around 7 AM Friday, but here's a view now: youtube.com/live/JAJ1TR9...
January 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Going to try and keep a live stream up on YouTube so friends and family can check in on the winter storm.
First snowfall is planned around 7 AM Friday, but here's a view now: youtube.com/live/JAJ1TR9...
First snowfall is planned around 7 AM Friday, but here's a view now: youtube.com/live/JAJ1TR9...
Ready to start off the year with a ham radio license or upgrade? There's free Metro-Atlanta Ham Radio Exam Testing on Sunday!
Join us at PDK at 12 Noon and go for your license or work on an upgrade. Visit AtlantaVE.org for more information.
Join us at PDK at 12 Noon and go for your license or work on an upgrade. Visit AtlantaVE.org for more information.
January 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Ready to start off the year with a ham radio license or upgrade? There's free Metro-Atlanta Ham Radio Exam Testing on Sunday!
Join us at PDK at 12 Noon and go for your license or work on an upgrade. Visit AtlantaVE.org for more information.
Join us at PDK at 12 Noon and go for your license or work on an upgrade. Visit AtlantaVE.org for more information.
Doing a little aviation radio monitoring this afternoon to see if I can hear anything related to SAM-39 departing MGE in a few minutes. Dialed in to 120.75 for Dobbins Tower.
January 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Doing a little aviation radio monitoring this afternoon to see if I can hear anything related to SAM-39 departing MGE in a few minutes. Dialed in to 120.75 for Dobbins Tower.
Since everyone has mentioned some kind of wintry weather this weekend for ATL, I thought it might be helpful to gather what everyone is saying in one place.
Consensus seems to be a wintry mix with temps below freezing. NWS says 16% likelihood of 1" or more of snow.
Consensus seems to be a wintry mix with temps below freezing. NWS says 16% likelihood of 1" or more of snow.
January 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Since everyone has mentioned some kind of wintry weather this weekend for ATL, I thought it might be helpful to gather what everyone is saying in one place.
Consensus seems to be a wintry mix with temps below freezing. NWS says 16% likelihood of 1" or more of snow.
Consensus seems to be a wintry mix with temps below freezing. NWS says 16% likelihood of 1" or more of snow.
Back to work on the NAS upgrade. Disk 1 was added last night and the data set restored itself. Now disk 2 is going in. Another 12 hours or so and then I'll have increased my storage by about 3x.
January 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Back to work on the NAS upgrade. Disk 1 was added last night and the data set restored itself. Now disk 2 is going in. Another 12 hours or so and then I'll have increased my storage by about 3x.
Today’s project it to upgrade the storage in my NAS. Felix has offered to assist.
January 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Today’s project it to upgrade the storage in my NAS. Felix has offered to assist.