KC8MTQ
My amateur radio identity and the anchor for radio notes, station interests, and experiments.
KC8MTQ / West Michigan / Smith-Manley station
Nathan Smith-Manley
I am Nathan, KC8MTQ: a West Michigan ham radio operator, builder of web and AI projects, cyclist, writer, and one half of the Smith-Manley household with Mark, KE8HAS.
Amateur Radio
Radio gives the site its signal.
Ham radio is where electronics, weather, maps, public service, software, and curiosity all meet. My call sign is KC8MTQ, and the shared Smith-Manley radio story includes Mark, KE8HAS.
With Mark KE8HAS
Mark brings his own radio curiosity, including SDR, HF listening, and digital-mode interests.
Signals and Software
Radio overlaps naturally with web tools, automation, weather, local information, and technical learning.
Mark & Me
The main site is about both of us.
This subdomain is my personal page, but it points back to the bigger thing: Nathan and Mark Smith-Manley, our ham radio interests, our household, our projects, our archives, and our life together in Michigan.
Projects
Web, AI, education, local data, and writing.
My project work lives across a few public sites. Some are polished products, some are experiments, and some are personal archives that still have useful sparks in them.
N8Soft
Professional websites, AI assistants, data tools, and custom web applications.
RoboTeach
A free AI teaching assistant for narrated lessons, quizzes, public links, and classroom materials.
Muskegon Almanac
Weather, local conditions, sun and moon data, and outdoor timing for Muskegon.
Riding Strong
My cycling book about structure, endurance, and lasting fitness through steady work.
Bluesky
Updates, reflections, links, and the occasional thread from daily life and projects.
Smith-Manley.com
The shared family, radio, and project archive for Nathan and Mark Smith-Manley.
Contact
Reach me through Kate.
For ham radio, Smith-Manley, project, book, cycling, or website questions, Kate can take the first message and route it where it needs to go.