Episode 524 - Charles “Pete” Corp - WA2JMG
Charles “Pete” Corp, WA2JMG, operates simple rigs into wire antennas, using low power. His primary operating mode is ragchewing on CW for meaningful and reliable communications. At the urging of his grandfather, Pete pursued the power system management side of electrical engineering side of his four year degree as a way to satisfy the market demand for power engineers in industry, when there is a scarcity of supply. WA2JMG tells us his ham radio story, beginning in 1960, in this QSO Today. |
First license: 1960, age 21, WA2JMG K5ZP -Texas Callsign First Rig: Homebrew 40 meter CW Hallicrafters S38 Receiver Current Rig: Yaesu FT-991A Transceiver 2 Meter 144.205 CW Net Icom IC-718 HF Transceiver Xiegu G106 Transceiver Xiegu X6100 Transceiver Terms Jersey Cows US Marine Reserves Ft. Devens, MA US Army Security Agency 058 Diddy Boppers US Army Specialist 4 Onetime Encryption Pads US Army MARS Teletype Signal Corp DXpeditions Papermill Electrician Warren County Amateur Radio Club W2WCR POTA - Parks on the Air SOTA - Summits on the Air Advice to new or returning hams: Stay with CW. Rag Chewing 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. | Operating WA2JMG WA2JMG Operating Position Yaesu FT-991A Transceiver Icom IC-718 HF Transceiver |