I’m interested in things we can’t see that markedly affect our lives. I sail because the invisible wind is a living force that fascinates me. I watch weather, where clouds are symptoms of deeper causes. And I am enjoying radio, with unseen radio waves passing over, around, and through me.

There was nothing really spectacular in my past that stimulated my interested in amateur radio. But when I think back, I remember listening in fascination to the radio exchanges between ground control and the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions. Maybe it started as an adjunct to the magic of those years. Read More…