KR6ZY

Mark Smith, KR6ZY, has been a ham since the mid-nineties and finds problem solving and building amateur radio equipment his special interest  of our ham radio hobby.  A trained and graduated computer engineer, Mark resides near the Central California coast.  Mark is a frequent contributor to the Ham Radio Workbench Podcast, and has his own YouTube channel.  KR6ZY is my QSO Today. 

Mark’s channels: 
https://twitter.com/SmittyHalibut
https://www.youtube.com/user/SmittyHalibut

First License: KD6JTS, Technician

Hometown:  San Franciscio, California

Links:
Ampex Corporation
Radio Shack TRS-80 Computer
DOS Operating System
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club, W6BHZ
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Motto: Learn By Doing
Unix Operating System
Linux Operating System
Diablo Nuclear Power Station
ARRL Field Day
Cal Poly, SLO Amateur Radio DXpedition 1993 – need reference
2 Meter Transmitter Hunt
ComDev Corporation Cellular Phone Base Stations
Josh Lober, W6CUB
CDMA Cellular Phone Service 
Yaesu VX-5R Portable
Muscle Shoals Amateur Radio Club K6CDV
Cushcraft Antenna
Yaesu FT-920 HF Transceiver
APRS – Automatic Packet Reporting Service
iGate APRS Gateway
APRS.fi website
Wildflower Triathlon
Google Hangouts
Hangouts Live
Smitty’s Fan Dipole Antenna Video
iMovie
Who is Smitty Halibut?  – Mark Smith, KR6ZY
BBS- Bulletin Board System
“Just for the Halibut”
Halibut.com – Halibut Systems
Audio Building Blocks – KR6ZY
FM Amateur Satellite Operation
Jeremy, KF7IJZ – “ham radio is a hobby of a thousand hobbies”
CQ805 Club
John Portune, W6NBC, VHF Slot Antenna 

Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: ourselves.  

Advice to new or returning hams: Don’t be afraid to experiment.

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Yaesu VX-5R Dual Band Portable Radio

Yaesu FT-920 HF Transceiver