About me
My name is Heather Flewelling, and I am an extra class operator (AH7RF), that splits my time between Oahu and Big Island. I became a ham relatively recently (2018). My spouse is also a ham (Sidik, WH6FUS). I am a physicist, (Physics PhD, University of Michigan, 2009). I have discovered a comet that was named after me (Comet Flewelling C/2019 D1), and an asteroid has been named after me (Asteroid Flewelling 34689). You can learn more about my work here, and I have a variety of projects on my github page here.
Various Ham Talks/Presentations/Articles
- Durham FM Association, Durham, NC, January 9, 2019
- Emergency Amateur Radio Club, Honolulu, HI, September 17, 2019
- University of Tennessee Amateur Radio Club, Knoxville, TN, November 20, 2019
- Talk at N5TW Winlink, Georgetown, TX, December 28, 2020
- Article, QST, May 2020
- Etowah Valley Amateur Radio Club, GA, August 24, 2020
- Emergency Amateur Radio Club, Honolulu, HI, March 16, 2021
- Emergency Amateur Radio Club, Honolulu, HI, August 16, 2022
- CW Ops Solid Copy, Jan 2023
- Red Summit RF Live Stream, Youtube, April 2, 2023
- Emergengy Amateur Radio Club, Honolulu, HI, May 2023
- Honolulu Amateur Radio Club, Honolulu, HI, November 18, 2023
- Article, On the Air, May 2024
Here are most of my presentations (most of my talks are very similar, lots of typos, enter at own risk)
- Most of my baofeng experiments
- Simplex in South Oahu
- How I do Winlink with a Baofeng
- A very last minute presentation on my christmas lights endfed antenna, but the youtube video is much more entertaining.
- My trip to Lānaʻi - astronomy outreach, helping with the telebridge ARISS contact, and the first SOTA activations on Lānaʻi
Talk to me on the air!
I participate in a number of nets each week, depending on my location. These are some of my favorites!- EARC nightly net (linked Oahu repeaters, M-S 7:30pm HST) - visit earchi.org for more info.
- South Kohala ARES Simplex Net (146.520, South Kohala, Big Island, Sundays 7:30pm)
- 40 meter net (7.088, 4pm) / When on Big Island and schedule permits - visit 40meter.net for more info.
- Saturday Hawaii DMR net (brandmeister, TG 311551, Saturdays 7:00pm HST) - visit kh7ms.net for more info.
Other
- QRZ page for AH7RF
- AH7RF Honolulu HI VHF SDR - centered on 146.980 (useful for listening to the EARC nightly nets, not much else)
- hawaiiares.net - I am the webmaster for Hawaii ARES