Welcome to the WD4HIM.com website.
This site is dedicated to a few of my hobbies like Amateur Radio (aka Ham Radio), CB Radio, Shortwave listening, Radio Control (planes,helicopters,etc.), Ram Trucks and Motorcycling. Sounds like a lot but it keeps me out of trouble!
You can click here to view my
Ham Shack located at my parents house and the same location of
my Dad - WR4B and don't forget the
RamShack.
The LATEST NEWS is to the
W4AES Repeater here in Orlando Florida on 444.125 Mhz, which now has more Internet linking capability with the addition of an EchoIRLP node, IRLP node
4904 (WD4HIM) and Echolink, node
38985 (WD4HIM-L). Also HT coverage has been improved with the addition of a new antenna, dual bandpass filter and pre-amp.
D-STAR news 5-1-08: The AES Orlando Florida Employee's Amateur Radio Club - W4AES has added a new
D-Star repeater on 442.025 Mhz, 145.290 Mhz with Internet Gateway and 1.2Ghz will soon be added to the stack.
D-STAR news 6-13-09: The W4AES 440 DSTAR module has been separated from the 2 meter and 1.2 G stack and moved to a new home downtown Orlando. Now the 2 meter antenna can be moved to the top of the tower in place of the uhf so they don't have to be so close to each other. The 2 meter module is now tied to the 1.2GHz module and back on the air minus the gateway. It is waiting on a router and re-configuration of the software. The callsign is now KJ4MMC (Mickey Mouse Club) due to being on a different IP address than W4AES UHF.
Coverage should be better on both bands. The Port B UHF frequency will soon be moved to 443.625 MHz.
As of 6-26-09 W4AES and KJ4MMC are on the air with active gateways to the internet.
Follow W4AES and KJ4MMC on
Twitter for recent updates and changes.
DSTAR activity is picking up in Orlando Click here for
CURRENT STATUS. Accept the security certificate error, it is a secure web site (https) with a generic certificate.
Go to the
W4AES D-STAR Page for more info.
Feel free to use the W4AES D-STAR digital repeater and analog repeaters, IRLP or Echolink during your visit to Orlando Florida.
Both are open for general use and linking is allowed on all of them. The VHF port of the D-STAR repeater is usually connected 24 hours to REF001C, the UHF port B is normally available for linking. The analog repeater is usually connected to IRLP Reflector 9050. Feel free to drop the links if needed. Visit the
W4AES Repeaters page for more info and pictures of the W4AES repeater installation.
My main radio operating is done from my truck. You can view my most recent location while I'm mobiling around by clicking on the tower with the flashing lightning bolts on the left. I have some new pictures in the
Ram Ham Shack Gallery, includes some old too so please check it out, just follow the menu above or at the bottom of the page. I have some new pictures to add of my crumbling Ram tough dashboard which was reluctlantly replaced by Dodge, I'll post them asap. Check back later.
My latest project has been getting back into the Radio Control hobby. I thought I would try RC Helicopters and am working on a
RC web page for that. It is partially up but still under construction so keep checking back. I bought a RC-Tek Diablo which is a 450 size elctric. I still have 1 plane a Diablo 150 from about 20 years ago and need to get it back in the air. It's hard to find a place to fly anymore, houses and shopping centers have gobbled up all the real estate which is one reason I haven't done much with RC lately. Helicopters are a bit easier to find a place like the local school yard.
Some of the links in the
Ham Radio section may be dated since I seem to get more hits on the
CB pages so I tend to keep those updated more. The "Internet & Misc" links are empty but I have some ideas for that area and should be working on that section soon. I also added some pictures I had taken of the destruction Hurricane Charley caused in August of 2004 here in Orlando click here for
Page 1 and
Page 2.
I have made some layout changes using strictly CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for web design and for making columns for content. I used an excellent example from
Layout Reservoir. I try and test as many browsers as possible. If you want some good web design ideas for laying out your own website check them out.
The latest addition has been the Google ad's. Hopefully they will provide some additional resources along with helping fund this site so please feel free to check them out. If you see something click the link and bookmark it before it gets away!
There's a lot of interesting stuff I have collected, you just have to find it! Take your pick and feel free to browse, hopefully you will find something interesting. Here is something I know you will like, it is a website listing
CELEBRITY HAMS, check it out, you will be surprised who is on the list. Anyhow I hope you enjoy the changes I have made so far....73 Bruce WD4HIM.
