Ham Radio/Expert Profile
Expertise
I have been an amateur radio operator for about 36 years.
Experience in the area
In real life I manage a small motion picture film lab in Hollywood. I've been a fireman, a teacher of English in Okinawa, a personal computer tutor.
I am an Advanced Class Ham radio operator using my originally issued callsign WB6EEQ. I have operated for extended periods of time from Okinawa (KR6FX & KR6OP), Texas (K5VXG), and Mississippi (K5TYP).
While in the Air Force, I was a Manual Morse Radio Intercept Operator.
BS Zoology, UC Davis
Member, Society of Motion Picture/Television Engineers http://www.smpte.org/ - Member, American Radio Relay League http://www.arrl.org/ - Member, Quarter Century Wireless Assn. http://www.lockport-ny.com/radio.htm - President, Zen Nippon Airinkai, So Cal Chapter http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Chris_Bushman/ - Member, Maltose Falcons Homebrewing Society http://www.westval.com/mfalcons/ - Alumni, American Brewers' Guild http://www.abgbrew.com/
Average Ratings
Recent Reviews from Users
K = Knowledgeability C = Clarity of Response T = Timeliness P = Politeness| User | Date | K | C | T | P | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim | 11/20/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Very prompt response....got direct answers to ..... |
| elizabeth | 11/17/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | I have confidence in his answer. I'm ..... |
| tony riddle | 09/17/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Your help is greatly appreciated! |
| dennis sullivan | 06/24/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank You.... |
| Peter | 04/30/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Recent Answers from Chris Bushman
2009-11-19 2 way radio:
If the charger was designed for NiMH cells, then the capacity of those cells is not a compatibility issue. As long as it is not a NiCad charger there should be no problem. The capacity of the cells makes
2009-11-17 SK / etiquette of radio practice:
Elizabeth, I think he would be honored. I know of no rules, practices, or traditions that would preclude the implementation of your idea. Callsigns of hams that have died can be re-issued a few years
2009-09-19 new radio:
You don't actually set the transmit freq, you set an offset from the receive freq. You tell the radio that you want to run duplex "dup" and you tell it what the offset is and you tell it whether that offset
2009-09-17 using a ham radio as a pger?:
Tony, I'm afraid that your Puxing is not capable of that. Your pager, which is probably a Minitor, has special electronics to recognize the double tone that is transmitted. Each tone is a different frequency
2009-09-17 using a ham radio as a pger?:
The first thing to do, Tony, is to find out what frequency is used by the paging system. The frequency range on the Puxing is 136-174Mhz. If the page system is in that range, there is a good possibility
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