Hi! I am Phil Karn, KA9Q. Welcome to my personal home page!
Personal email: karn (at) ka9q.net
Work email: karn (at) qualcomm (dot) com
This entire website can be accessed with SSL/TLS encryption here.
Nothing on this site is secret; it is all open to the public. Nonetheless, I routinely encrypt as much of my own traffic,
even non-sensitive information, as I can to
protest illegal electronic surveillance
by the National Security Agency. I encourage everyone to do the same. If we encrypt everything,
then our truly sensitive and personal traffic is less likely to stand out.
We must make the NSA search an "encrypted haystack" that's as big as we can make it.
Note: your browser may pop up a warning that I am using an untrusted or self-signed certificate, which I am. I can't use this certificate
for anything but authenticating my own website, so it should be safe for you to accept it.
Contacting me
I can be contacted by email at the addresses above. I am also on all of the major
IM services:
Skype: philkarn
Yahoo Chat: philkarn
AIM: philkarn
Jabber: karn@jabber.org
ICQ: 429242134
Because of persistent spamming I've been forced to restrict incoming access on Skype and Yahoo Chat
to those already on my contact list. The other services are open to everyone. I'd be happy to
add you to Skype and/or Yahoo Chat on request.
I have moved to a separate page several items that used to be on my home page
so as to not interfere with https (encrypted) access.
If you're looking for a job at
Qualcomm, please do not send me
your resume, as I am not in the Human Resources department. Please point your
browser here
and follow the directions for submitting your resume. Thanks.
President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney
must be impeached and removed from office as soon as possible.
Terrorism in Perspective
Some timely quotes...
Some thoughts on the recent Miramar (San Diego) Airshow.
The preliminary estimated losses in the southern California wildfires in October 2007 are about $1 billion,
or about 0.2% of the cost of the Iraq war. Here are some personal comments
about how the fires affected us.
The ASCII Ribbon Campaign against HTML email and proprietary attachments
Qualcomm Stuff
Internet activities
Amateur Radio Digital Communications
Political Stuff
Miscellaneous
Last updated: 22 March 2008