OH7LZB interviewed in the Japanese CQ ham radio magazine

Oba, JA7UDE interviewed me for the Japanese CQ ham radio magazine. The interview was published in the 2008/9 edition, which came out last week (list of contents, PDF). They've previously interviewed other software authors and APRS people, including Byon Garrabrant, N6BG (Byonics/TinyTrak) and Simon Brown, HB9DRV (Ham Radio Deluxe).

He mailed me a couple of the older magazines, and they seem really nice - there is so much technical content in there, and so few ads in comparison. Lots of long "how-does-this-stuff-work" articles with friendly and funny illustrations, and plenty of "how-do-I-build-this" articles. They're thick (around 150 pages), and unlike some other ham magazines, they're not half full of advertisements. Too bad I can't read Japanese. The schematics and pictures are almost enough to complete some of the projects, though.

Kenwood using aprs.fi @ Ham Fair 2008, Tokyo

The JARL Ham Fair 2008 was held in Tokyo last weekend. Oba, JA7UDE took these nice photos of Kenwood showing off aprs.fi on their big screen, together with their new APRS-capable TM-D710A mobile rig.

Oba reports that they displayed aprs.fi in both Japanese and English modes, and they seem to have run Google Earth with the aprs.fi overlay, too. Very cool indeed, thank you Kenwood for the nice little extra publicity!

Thanks to SQ6NTI for the link.