K0DMF

Dave Furman        North Branch, Minnesota    EN35

(My Wife & Myself in September 2006)

I have been interested in radio's and scanners since I was 15. My cousin Charles KG6PH got me interested in CB back in the 70's, and I made a lot of friends that way. I grew up in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx in New York City and the CB airwaves were booming back then. I always wanted to get my Amateur Radio license but never had the urge to learn the code. I was married in 1984 and my wife Terry and I used the CB to communicate around New York. In 1988 we moved to St. Paul, Minnesota and after the FCC created the No Code Tech I took and passed the tests and got my ticket back in 1991. I have been having fun ever since. My Original Call was N0OOX, but in February of 1998 I obtained my present vanity call.
 
 After moving to North Branch, MN in 1995 I put up the K0DMF Repeater here at my QTH. It went on the air in October of 1997 and in 2002 with the addition of DSL in the area I linked the Repeater to EchoLink. EchoLink uses Voice over IP technology to make it possible to link Amateur stations together thru the internet. I mainly used it to talk to my Brother in Law and friend Tony KC2FZG who resides in New Jersey. I now have IRLP node 8193 established on the K0DMF Repeater. EchoLink Node 23958 is now linked to the 145.330 Rush City Repeater.

I am still working on getting my wife Terry to get her license, but with Cell Phones and shared plans (Yes we are IN!) it's getting to be a hard sell.

Since the dropping of the Morse Code requirement 2/23/07, on 4/21/2007 I took the test and became a General Class Operator. I am now looking forward to having a little fun on HF.

In March 2008 I became the Trustee of the 145.330 PL 146.2 (Formerly N0ABR, now K0ECM) Repeater in Rush City, MN. Gary N0ABR became a Silent Key on January 15th, 2008. It is sponsored by the East Central Minnesota Amateur Radio Club (ECMARC). After lots of time, work, and donations from other local Hams, I have the Repeater back to full operation. I also started somewhat taking care of the ECMARC Website. Just some more stuff to keep me busy and out of trouble.

I currently work in Security at a High School in St. Paul, MN. I previously was working in a Junior High. I have worked for St. Paul Schools since 1996. There can be many challenges in working in a Public School, but I enjoy it most of the time. I definitely have had some favorite students over the years.

I am just a big kid at heart. Over the past summer when I was off from work, I really enjoyed watching the Disney Channel to relax and get a good laugh. They have some great family shows.

Check out the links to the left to find out more info on the K0DMF Repeater, ECMARC Club Repeater & My Weather Station.

You can also View some of my Net Cams, Photo Album and other stuff.

Thanks for stopping by.
 

73 to all de K0DMF

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