Nathan A. Smith
@nathanasmith.bsky.social
Husband. Father. CyberSec Pro. Instructional Associate at Georgia Tech. Amateur radio guy (NF4L). American. Georgian. Opinions my own.
Submitted my results for Field Day 2025. Only 75 this year compared to 108 for Field Day 2024, but over double the score thanks to solar/battery operations and other bonuses.
June 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Submitted my results for Field Day 2025. Only 75 this year compared to 108 for Field Day 2024, but over double the score thanks to solar/battery operations and other bonuses.
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More exciting ham radio news—a couple of new QRZ awards: DX 100 (confirmed radio contacts from 100 countries) and Master of South America. #hamradio
May 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
More exciting ham radio news—a couple of new QRZ awards: DX 100 (confirmed radio contacts from 100 countries) and Master of South America. #hamradio
I accomplished something today: I made my first CW contact today on the air with a guy in Pennsylvania. It’s taken me a while to (re)learn code…then get past the “key shyness” and try not worrying about messing up. A big step to hopefully more CW QSOs in the future. #hamradio
May 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I accomplished something today: I made my first CW contact today on the air with a guy in Pennsylvania. It’s taken me a while to (re)learn code…then get past the “key shyness” and try not worrying about messing up. A big step to hopefully more CW QSOs in the future. #hamradio
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*buys a ham radio*
*puts it on the entertainment center next to the eggs TV and the pancakes VCR*
*puts it on the entertainment center next to the eggs TV and the pancakes VCR*
April 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
*buys a ham radio*
*puts it on the entertainment center next to the eggs TV and the pancakes VCR*
*puts it on the entertainment center next to the eggs TV and the pancakes VCR*
My condolences and deepest sympathies to my Catholic brothers and sisters on the passing of Pope Francis. May Jesus’ love and comfort wrap around you during this time.
April 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My condolences and deepest sympathies to my Catholic brothers and sisters on the passing of Pope Francis. May Jesus’ love and comfort wrap around you during this time.
If only we had known about the horrible policies that Trump II would bring. Oh, wait….Haley did at least speak the truth before the MAGA mind worm took up residence again.
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/op...
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/op...
Op-Ed by Nikki Haley: Trump's Proposed Tariff Would Hurt American Workers. And Reignite Inflation. | The American Presidency Project
www.presidency.ucsb.edu
April 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If only we had known about the horrible policies that Trump II would bring. Oh, wait….Haley did at least speak the truth before the MAGA mind worm took up residence again.
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/op...
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/op...
I commend this week’s The Dispatch Podcast Roundtable discussion on this week’s national security blunder by the administration.
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/dispatch-podcast/national-security-used-to-be-a-thing/
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/dispatch-podcast/national-security-used-to-be-a-thing/
National Security Used To Be a Thing - The Dispatch
‘I reserve the right to be Jeff Goldberg.’
thedispatch.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I commend this week’s The Dispatch Podcast Roundtable discussion on this week’s national security blunder by the administration.
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/dispatch-podcast/national-security-used-to-be-a-thing/
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/dispatch-podcast/national-security-used-to-be-a-thing/
I didn’t (and still don’t) support President Trump in 2024 he is unfit for office due to his handling of sensitive national security information. Seems the incompetence runs deep.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans - The Atlantic
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I didn’t (and still don’t) support President Trump in 2024 he is unfit for office due to his handling of sensitive national security information. Seems the incompetence runs deep.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/
The Forbidden Portrait.
March 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Forbidden Portrait.
Finally got Master of North America and Master of Europe on QRZ!
March 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Finally got Master of North America and Master of Europe on QRZ!
The new emblem of the MAGA GOP isn’t the Elephant—I t’s the Sychophant: a spineless Representative or Senator who licks the boots of the great Orange Cheato.
March 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The new emblem of the MAGA GOP isn’t the Elephant—I t’s the Sychophant: a spineless Representative or Senator who licks the boots of the great Orange Cheato.
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Another strong woman speaks
the TRUTH…
the TRUTH…
March 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Another strong woman speaks
the TRUTH…
the TRUTH…
MAGA’s want of withdrawing from NATO and abandoning the most successful mutual defense pact in the last millennium as a way to avoid “forever wars” is asinine. It signals that we won’t stand behind commitments to our allies and that we’re weak to our adversaries.
March 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
MAGA’s want of withdrawing from NATO and abandoning the most successful mutual defense pact in the last millennium as a way to avoid “forever wars” is asinine. It signals that we won’t stand behind commitments to our allies and that we’re weak to our adversaries.
Putin will not rest with his conquest of Ukraine. The far right’s obsession of leaving NATO to, I guess Own the Libs?, will weaken the US when we get drawn into an armed conflict.
March 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Putin will not rest with his conquest of Ukraine. The far right’s obsession of leaving NATO to, I guess Own the Libs?, will weaken the US when we get drawn into an armed conflict.
I’m no longer a member of the party apparatus, but I certainly won’t let MAGA brown shirts to dictate what I believe. Why not be a thorn in their side and at least mess up their data. 😉 /fin
March 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I’m no longer a member of the party apparatus, but I certainly won’t let MAGA brown shirts to dictate what I believe. Why not be a thorn in their side and at least mess up their data. 😉 /fin
I’m old enough to remember when Republicans proclaimed to be the “party of a big tent”. That hasn’t been the case in the last 10 years. However, I can be stubborn—there has to be a remnant of principled conservative thought. /2
March 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I’m old enough to remember when Republicans proclaimed to be the “party of a big tent”. That hasn’t been the case in the last 10 years. However, I can be stubborn—there has to be a remnant of principled conservative thought. /2
I still consider myself a Republican—just not one that has a MAGA brain slug attached to my head. Populism isn’t conservatism no matter how the TEA Party faux-libertarian MAGA brown shirts try to convince you it is. I had someone tell me yesterday “there is no room for you in the GOP any more.” /1
March 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I still consider myself a Republican—just not one that has a MAGA brain slug attached to my head. Populism isn’t conservatism no matter how the TEA Party faux-libertarian MAGA brown shirts try to convince you it is. I had someone tell me yesterday “there is no room for you in the GOP any more.” /1
The President and Vice President of the United States are a couple of assholes. I am ashamed of them and their performative politics.
February 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The President and Vice President of the United States are a couple of assholes. I am ashamed of them and their performative politics.
I finally got confirmed contacts in all 50 states on QRZ! Now I just need to get confirmation in Logbook of the World for Alaska to get Worked All States from the ARRL.
February 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I finally got confirmed contacts in all 50 states on QRZ! Now I just need to get confirmation in Logbook of the World for Alaska to get Worked All States from the ARRL.