So, answering a challenge I gave myself earlier this week, I’ve gotten my Amateur Radio Technician’s license the same week I passed my written exam for my Private Pilot’s license. Here’s the awesome certificate I got from the Laurel Amateur Radio Club:

I’ve also been practicing Morse Code on Linux using various tools like aldo, and I’ve found that strangely a Windows program works the best for me using WINE. You can find it here, or if that goes away, download here.

Then, run it with wine:

wine morse.exe

It should look like this:

It uses the Koch method, which is a great way to learn. I’m currently training with the speed set all the way up.

I get my callsign Monday!