Danny Quist
Danny Quist has been a licensed amateur radio operator since he was 17, which is a really long time. Currently he is an extra class operator who gets to operate in his freetime working as CTO at Swarm Inc. He is a volunteer examiner with the ham radio village. His day job includes reverse engineering malware, forward engineering malware detonation systems, and management.
Session
You crammed, you passed, you got a callsign. And now your radio is sitting in a box while you wonder what you're actually supposed to do with it. This talk is a guided tour of the rabbit holes waiting for you on the other side of your license exam, organized by how deep you want to fall. Technician class? You can hit satellites with a handheld, track yourself on a map with APRS, or chase hidden transmitters through the woods with a directional antenna and questionable judgment. Upgrade to General and suddenly you've got the HF bands: a global playground where you can work 200 countries in a weekend via a mode a Nobel laureate invented, argue with the laws of physics via antenna wire, and wage legal warfare against your HOA.