[Piit’s Shack]

I haven’t written much about my amateur radio activities yet (actually, I haven’t written much at all yet… ;) Well, it’s about time to change it!

In case you haven’t heard about it yet - amateur radio, often called ham radio, is a hobby enjoyed by about six million people throughout the world. An amateur radio operator, also known as a ham or radio amateur, uses advanced radio equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for recreation and self-training or public service (emergency or disaster communication). To become a ham and be able to communicate on the designated frequencies (familiarly called bands), you have to pass an exam at your local authority (CTU in Czech Republic, Ofcom in the UK, FCC in the US). Then you would be issued a call sign which you would use to identify yourself during communication. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever wanted to learn at least a few useful Chinese phrases? Well, here’s the opportunity :-) Read the rest of this entry »

Yep, after nearly five months, we’re going home for a few days again. We’re arriving on Wednesday 26 April about 20:00 CEST and leaving on Tuesday 2 May at 20:25. Main reason (beside seeing family and friends, of course) is wedding of my old friend Misa Kotkova.

I decided to start a new category for all that funny stuff one can find on the internet (and is constantly being spammed with by friends :-)

So, here’s the first one:

So, I finally got myself a blog, too :-) It’s based on WordPress, an open source personal publishing platform. Actually, I was always laughing at all those exhibitionists blogging every possible thought that may have crossed their mind. But when I came across WordPress, I just felt like giving it a go :-)

So, let’s see how I get on - if it’ll either be overflowing with posts, or will just silently fade away. (Taking bets at 13:7) Stay tuned! ;)