Michael Ritz, W7VO

W7VO

2/15/2020

Episode 289 - Michael Ritz - W7VO

Michael, "Mike", Ritz, W7VO, left the big city for rural Oregon to build his dream contest station, and uses his station to help new and local hams to learn and build necessary skills to become lifelong contestors and HF operators. Mike is a leader in the Oregon amateur radio community, serves as the ARRL Northwest Division Director, and is a new board member of the ARRL Foundation. W7VO shares his ham radio story in this QSO Today.

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W7VO Resources:
Website
How to Set up N1MM Contest Logging Software
First License: 1974, Novice WN6HKP
Hometown: Long Beach, California
People:
Mike Goldberg, WB6DPG
Mike Powell, WB6DSC
David Sidall, K3ZJ, council for ARRL

Rigs and Radios:
First Rig:
Hammarlund HQ-170 Receiver
Hallicrafters HT37 Transmitter
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1937 Zenith Shortwave Radio
Hallicrafters HT-37 Transmitter
Hallicrafters SX-101 Receiver
Hammarlund HQ170 Receiver
5 Tube Superheterodyne Receiver
Yaesu FT-101B HF Transceiver
Drake C Line
Harvey Wells Transmitter

Terms:
ShortWave Listening
Signal Hill, Long Beach
Transmitter Hunt
Loop Antenna
The Pepper Grinder Restaurant, Long Beach, CA
SBE - Sideband Engineers, Inc.
2nd Class RadioTelephone License
KH6LC Contest Station
2012 ARRL International DX Phone Contest
Novice Rig Roundup
Straight Key Night
ARRL RTTY Roundup
N1MM Contest Logging Software
FT4 Digital Mode
ARRL - American Radio Relay League
Amateur Radio Contest Digital Derby FT4/FT8 Contest
Willamette Valley DX Club
Pacific Northwest DX Convention
DXCC Certificate
ARRL Field Day
ARRL Northwestern Division Director
ARRL Foundation
N6AA Censure ARRL
W6YX Stanford University
W1AW ARRL Station
On the Air Magazine, ARRL
1966 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S
The History of the Ham Radio Callsign, by Michael Ritz, W7VO
RM11828 Technician Enhancement Proposal
Columbia County ARES Group

Most excited by: New technologies, JT digital modes,

Advice to new or returning hams: Keep going and get on the air

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