Episode 366 - James Condon - AD4YM
 | Jim Condon, AD4YM, listens for the most rare DX, signals from outer space as a radio astronomer, and keeps his fingers in the gear by collecting and restoring the best ham radio boat anchors, including Collins, Drake, Hallicrafters, and Hammarlund. AD4YM is my QSO Today. |
| Hometown: St Joseph, MI Mentor: Ed Zick W8PYP First License: KN8LHP, Novice, 1957 First Rig: Heathkit DX-40 Transmitter Hallicrafter S38E Receiver Hammarlund HQ-110 Receiver Hallicrafters SX-101 Receiver 40 Meter Dipole Antenna A Few, Not All, AD4YM Boat Anchors: Hammurland SuperPro Collins 75S3 Receiver Collins S Line Collins R390 Receiver Favorite Operating Mode: CW Terms 50 Khz Receiver IF Sputnik Satellite Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI Benton Harbor, MI Heathkit Factory Collins 75A4 Receiver Electro Voice Microphone ARRL Field Day Cornell University, Physics, BS Radio Astronomy Courses, Cornell University Frank Drake, Famous Radio Astronomer OSMA Green Bank Wavelength squared /4X pi Hydrogen Line Frequency Carl Sagen, Cosmologist Neutral Hydrogen Frequency Phillip Morrison, Cornell Physics Department Cold War Arecibo Ionospheric Telescope, Puerto Rico Pulsar Studies at Arecibo Collins S Line KP4 callsigns from Puerto Rico were rare call signs National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA Point Source Fee for spherical reflector Tuned Radio Frequency Receiver or TRF Receiver National Science Foundation Alma Radio Array, Chile Messier M87 Hubble Telescope Interferometry Amateur Radio “Boat Anchors” - old amateur radio tube gear Henry Ford Museum Contact, by Carl Sagen Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: it does not provide a challenge. Advice to new or returning hams: Contact other hams and bring you up to the current state of the art. 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. | AD4YM Ham Shack Pictures  Hammarlund HQ-140X receiver, Heathkit VF-1 VFO, DX-40 transmitter, Collins 30L-1 linear amplifier, KWM2-A transceiver, Collins 75S-3B receiver, Collins 32S-3 transmitter, and Collins 312-B4 station control  Palstar DL2K dummy load and Millen Type 92200 transmatch, Yaesu G1000-SDX rotator control, MFJ-986 antenna tuner, and Collins 30S-1 amplifier  Drake RV-4C remote VFOs, Drake TR-4C and TR-4Cw transceivers  Hammarlund HQ-180AX receiver and Johnson Ranger II transmitter |
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