I've operated a ham radio station off and on since college in the late '60s. I've also written radio related programs and even published an early one in QST. post 
These pages describe my adventure with the totally awesome FT8 digital mode that has been a sensation for three or four years now. Older pages describe past operations. post
I've joined social media as my internationally recognized identification, k9ox, an id that predates c2.com by a couple of decades. mastodon
I'm thinking of mastodon as more like a new ham band and have shown up as my radio identity as I explore operating practices.