Hello world!

Hello Hive! I'll make the intro quick and let some pictures do the talking. I manage a team of IT systems engineers by day, but for this post I'll highlight a few of my outside interests.

I enjoy "chasing" satellites that downlink data in the amateur radio frequency spectrum as part of the SatNOGS project (I'll dedicate a post to this later). I also do some development on the software for this project when time allows, and always happy to talk about it..

I tinker with electronics, microcontrollers, single-board computers, and most of the whole 'maker' movement. (in this pic I'm prepping to re-solder a voltage regulator on a 2012 macbook motherboard, from a common fault with that specific design. Thankfully the fix worked!)

My boys and I love getting outside and are pretty active in a local scout troop. Camping, backpacking, and getting out on the lake to paddle a bit are all things I love.

I'll stop there for now - I'll likely post about these and related topics, and would love to engage with others who have similar interests - so follow for more!