KD9GEK
Campbell Reed · Muncie, Indiana · licensed since 2016.
Most of my time in the hobby goes to the digital side of things — DMR and P25, APRS, packet radio, and lately Meshtastic — plus the programming and tooling that keeps that gear usable. If I'm not on the air, I'm usually building something adjacent to it.
The Station
| Location | Muncie, Indiana |
|---|---|
| Grid square | To be added. |
| Radios | Not listed yet. |
| Antennas | Not listed yet. |
| Digital modes | Not listed yet. |
| Software | Mostly things I've written. Most recently, fitting the Broadband-Hamnet VPN tunnel onto a 4 MB WRT54G — hardware the official docs say is too small for it — and proving it still talks to stock nodes. See Projects. |
What I'm into
The hobby is wide enough that everyone ends up in their own corner of it. Here's mine.
DMR and P25
Digital voice is where I spend most of my operating time. Both modes reward the kind of tinkering I like — codeplugs, talkgroups, and getting a radio to behave the way you meant it to.
Meshtastic and LoRa
LoRa mesh networking sits right at the intersection of radio and software, which is the part of both hobbies I like best. I run nodes and write tooling around them.
APRS
Position and telemetry over the air, with a long-lived network behind it. It's a good reminder that amateur radio was doing packet data decades before anyone called it IoT.
Packet radio and BBSs
Packet and the BBS systems that run over it are one of the older corners of the hobby and still one of the more interesting ones. Store-and-forward messaging that needs no infrastructure beyond the radios has aged well.
Transmitter hunts
Foxhunting is the part of the hobby that gets you outdoors with a directional antenna and a bad attitude toward multipath. It's also the best practical training there is in direction finding.
MAARC
I'm president of the Muncie Area Amateur Radio Club, which holds the callsign WB9HXG. Club activity is a good share of my radio life — it's where a lot of the operating, the projects, and the talks come from.
Licensing
I've held an FCC amateur license since 2016, under the callsign KD9GEK. I also hold an FCC Marine Radio Operator Permit.
Elsewhere
I built and maintain indianahamradio.com, a resource for amateur radio across Indiana.
Contact
The station listing on QRZ is the most reliable way to find me.
Email address to be added.