David Allen

My /now page

Below is a short list of the things I’m currently up to.

With my extensive work travel, I am bringing a film camera along. The current tool of choice is a Leica M4 35mm film camera
I just acquired a Hasselblad 500C that I going to be tinkering with
Also, I am itching to get back to some large format 4x5 photography

My new-to-me 2010 Honda Odyssey minivan
Amateur Radio: I recently upgraded to a General class license, and am now studying for the Amateur Extra class license
Learning the International Morse Code
Setting up my dad’s old Kenwood TS-430S HF radio with a 40-meter end-fed half-wave antenna
Photography, mostly on film
Processing film at home
Portraiture
Fixing and selling vintage cameras
Brewing coffee in my Chemex
Brewing coffee in my AeroPress in the hotel room while traveling and living out of a suitcase
Listening to local FM radio stations

I’m an RF Implementation Manager for a large multinational corporation. My job is to manage the installation and upgrade of critical wireless communications links (mostly microwave) for the FAA. Our small team handles everything from receiving the request to bidding on the task order and acquiring a site survey to hiring the tower crews, testing and configuring the radios and equipment, all the way to the final implementation and installation in the field.
Where microwave communications links are not available or feasible, we will implement a satellite communications terminal to establish the needed connections.

Last updated 2026-01-05.