Michael has been a ham since his Junior year in high school, originally licensed in 1981. Later earning General and Extra class licenses. He has worked with MESAC (in Costa Mesa) and Red Cross. Now he focuses most of his time on The PAPA System. Michael has worked primarily in VHF and UHF (both analog and digital voice), but has experience with HF and many of the digital modes used on HF.
Michael’s professional background includes software development, tech support, quality control, project management, and some retail sales. More recently Michael has been working with the MMDVM Project to further their work.
More recently, Michael has become interested in projects like M17 and Meshtastic. You will frequently hear Michael on the PAPA System using analog, DMR, or P25.
Michael is available to speak on a number of different topics. Presentations for the following topics are available. Other topics are available on request.
- Overview of the PAPA System
- Intro to DMR
- MMDVM Software and Hardware
- Introduction to Meshtastic
Talks being developed
- Building a Hotspot with WPSD
- Configuring MMDVM software in WPSD
- Running a net on DMR
- Programming Motorola XPR radios
- Getting started with BrandMeister
- Managing Repeaters on BrandMeister
- Managing a Hotspot on BrandMeister