Episode 166 - Dov Gavish - 4Z4DX
Israel’s most notable amateur radio operator might just be Dov Gavish, 4Z4DX. First licensed in Israel with his father over fifty years ago, Dov makes a career of operating from wherever he happens to be in the World, always ready to get on the air. While CW is is favorite operating mode, Dov just likes to get on the air with whatever mode works, now including DMR. 4Z4DX is Eric’s guest on this QSO Today.
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| First Licensed: 1968, Kibbutz Ramat David near Nazareth Father was Israel Gavish, 4X4VB, also licensed at the same time Son is Matan Gavish, 4Z5DX First Rig:
Drake TR4 Transceiver SSTV Robot 400 - Dov’s father operated slow scan television Chaverim International, Jewish Amateur Radio Net on 14.320 MHz. “Chavarim without mem sofit”. Hebrew has two letters for the M sound. The mem sofit is used at the end of a word. In the case of the word Chaverim (Friends), the used the regular mem to denote that there is no end to the friendship. Dov's former QTH: Ramat HaSharon Tel Aviv Volvo dealership owner, also a ham, was the importer of Kenwood amateur radio gear Dov’s current rigs:
Dov’s remote rig: Friedrichshafen Amateur Radio Convention HB0WR in Liechtenstein My boss is the “Packet Cluster” Contest Achievement: 1987 CQWW 1 in the World from Cyprus Holyland DX Contest WRTC Contest - World Radio Sport Team Championship N2KW Contest Station - Allen Singer’s contest station K1TTT Contest Station - David Robbins super contest station British Amateur Radio Club ZC4 Cypress 1995 - King Hussein Mt Nebo DXpedition JY8WW - Dov’s Jordanian amateur radio license JY74X Jordanian Club Station license IARU 1999 Convention in Tel Aviv 9N7DX Nepal DXpedition Satish Krishna Kharel, 9N1AA, Nepal’s first ham MDXC - Mediterraneo DX Club Achziv Island DXpedition: 4X0AI team sitting in the water with the table in the water operating CW IOTA - Islands on the Air Dead Sea DXpedition 4X4129 WFF World Flora and Fauna 14.044 or 14.244 MHz Diploma 2500 parks PSK31 Mode PSK63 Mode WSJTX Mode - used for WSPRnet and direct QSOs. Great for EME or moon bounce Herodian Spiderbeam vertical The RSS Feed for all audio content from QSO today is available from here. Please join our QSO Today community by pressing the button below. It is the best way to suggest guests and topics, and provide feedback to Eric, 4Z1UG. |  Drake TR4-C HF Transceiver  Robot 400 Slow Scan Television   Elecraft "K Line" K3 Transceiver, P3 Panadapter, KPA500 amplifier |
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