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AA8V_Rev1

11/3/2018

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Episode 222 - Greg Latta - AA8V

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In episode 33 of the QSO Today podcast, Dr. Greg Latta, AA8V, was described as a renaissance man, a master homebrewer who designs and builds the old tube rigs and fabricates the beautiful metal enclosures that encase them.  Greg is also a college physics professor who says that vacuum tubes are one of the best ways to provide to students a visual representation electrons in motion. We reprise and update this QSO with AA8V.
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QRP Labs 10 Watt Linear Power Amplifier Kit

Greg Latta Sites:  
  • Greg’s Website 
  • Greg Latta You-Tube Channel
  • Frostburg State University EE Department
  • Greg Latta Live at the Depot 2012  
  • Kent State Physics
  • The Frostburg New Day on Greg Latta   
  • Frostburg State University Physics Department  
Greg's Best Project:  6X2 Superhetrodyne Receiver

W8EXI Wingfoot VFO Exciter

Professor earns his third Maryland State Arts Council award

The Shortwave Mystery, Hardy Boys, By Franklin W. Dixon - book that inspired Greg’s ham radio journey

First Rig:  
  • Hallicrafters S120 Receiver,
  • Ameco AC 1 transmitter
  • Allied Knightkit T 60 transmitter\
  • Popular Electronics antenna tuner

Current Rigs:  
  • Ten-Tec Jupiter
  • Drake R4A Receiver
  • Drake T4X Transmitter
  • EF Johnson Viking Ranger transmitter


The Boys First Book of Radio and Electronics - By Alfred P. Morgan

Lionel Electronics Lab

First License: WN8ZVC, 1968
1968 -- First License.

First QSL Card - W9SNQ 17th May 1968  

Boy Scout Electronic and Amateur Radio merit badges.

Elmer - Tim Leonard  W9SNQ

Multi-Elmac AF-67 Trans-citer - ten tube, seven band transmitter or exciter.

Elmer: Len Krause,  high school buddy

First Amateur Radio Club:  Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club

Goodyear Amateur Radio Club - Akron, Ohio

Heathkit Company

Maryland State Arts Council

Jim Trutko, W8EXI (SK) was the ham’s ham

Negative Resistance - is the property where has the voltage is increased through a load, the current decreases.  

Experiment with a 6CL6 tube.  

A “Lattaism” - the latest is not always the best.

Electronic chassis design - Greg uses

Wingfoot transmitter uses this design side panels ¼
inch thick with sheet metal top and bottom.   

“Just Plain Folks”, Saturday Radio Show,  WFWM 91.9 FM National Public Radio

Learn Morse Code - Farnsworth Method  

Articles:
“A Modern Keyed VFO for Vintage Transmitters”, Page 46 Greg Latta, QST, Jan 2014.

Time Saving Tip - be organized and take a rest every day.  

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AA8V 6X2 Superheterodyne Receiver
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AA8V Twinplex Receiver
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