Radio gets us outside.
POTA activations create the timeline: parks, road trips, antennas, contacts, field power, failures, fixes, and lessons learned in the real world.
The origin
A kid, an Elmer, and a shack that felt like mission control.
KB2KHL started in the 1980s with an old-school ham named Norman, KA2WZW. His shack was a separate room outside the house, packed with radios, tools, antennas, and the kind of wonder a kid never forgets.
Back then, long-distance calls cost money, letters still mattered, and talking across the world from a room full of radio gear felt almost impossible. That little shack planted a seed.
I studied, learned 5 WPM Morse code, built a RadioShack code oscillator, listened to practice tapes, and walked out of the test site with a paper ticket. KB2KHL was born before I was old enough to drive.
Featured Interview
Before I Had a Driver’s License, I Had a Ham Radio License
Read the deeper KB2KHL story — the shack, the Elmer, Morse code, service years, faith, POTA, and the beginning of Life 2.0.
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