I am approaching retirement, or at least partly. I cant sit still. It is pretty rare that i sit and watch a movie at home. It seems I have to always be doing something with my hands. For the past 20 some years I have not had a garage that could hold more than a ford fusion. it sucked. So when we built our forever home, I was blessed to be able to add a garage that I could use as an all purpose workshop. The garage was pretty much done until our eldest granddaughter convinced me that I need […]

Hello! My name is Chad. This blog is a journal of me playing with my two hobbies. I am an avid ham radio operator and have been for almost 40 years. My passion is with amateur radio satellites and EME. I believe in promoting the hobby to help people young and old learn new things that they thought were not possible. Hence the name for this blog… “Amateur Radio Above The Horizon”. My nerd cave is always changing. This is the most recent image of it. My other interest? Volkswagens! Specifically old air cooled VW’s. Over my lifetime I have […]