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9/28/2018

Episode 217 - Tom Wright - NN2X

Tom Wright, NN2X, grew up in the sixties in the foster care system. Amateur radio provided a way out of the system and into the US Army and a career in satellite communications. Tom loves his family, the digital modes, especially the new FT8Call, and helping kids escape poverty by training them for careers in information technology. This QSO is packed with little jewells as NN2X shares his ham radio story.

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VK2GRP

9/22/2018

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Episode 216 - Ray Poularas - VK2GRP

In addition to his many hobbies and interests, Ray Poularas, VK2GRP, restores vintage military surplus radios back to new condition by carefully tearing down the chassis to the bare metal and rebuilding, sometimes re-manufacturing the parts by casting, milling, or 3-D printing. Ray goes into great detail on his processes and also shares his time management tips that bring him success in all of his pursuits in this QSO Today.

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WB8VGE

9/15/2018

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Episode 215 - Mike Bryce - WB8VGE

Mike Bryce, WB8VGE, collects and restores the old Heathkit and Drake rigs that we remember from the 60s and 70s, works QRP on his favorite Ten-Tec transceivers, and has enough solar electric power to run power his whole house and his rigs. WB8VGE shares the background of all of these things and his current view of the state of ham radio in this QSO Today.

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W3UR

9/4/2018

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Episode 214 - Bernie McClenny - W3UR

As an eleven year old, watching his dad put pins in a World map while working DX, Bernie McClenny, W3UR, became hooked on ham radio and working his own DX. Bernie has made working DX, not only his hobby, but his profession as well. Bernie is the publisher of The Daily DX, and author of the monthly QST Magazine column, "How’s DX". We will get into W3UR’s ham radio story and his unusual collaboration with his neighbor in this QSO Today.

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KG5Q

9/1/2018

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Episode 213 - Kevin Parmenter - KG5Q

Kevin Parmenter, KG5Q, caught my attention from an article that he published in QST Magazine, August 2017 about the Flightaware system. I was intrigued with the article that leverages our technical ability against a services that uses crowd sourced receivers, in private hands, Worldwide, to track commercial and military aircraft to display their location, speed, and altitude on Flightawares website. KG5Q joins be to discuss his ham radio story and the Flightaware system in this QSO Today.

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NN2X

Episode 217 - Tom Wright - NN2X

VK2GRP

Episode 216 - Ray Poularas - VK2GRP

WB8VGE

Episode 215 - Mike Bryce - WB8VGE

W3UR

Episode 214 - Bernie McClenny - W3UR

KG5Q

Episode 213 - Kevin Parmenter - KG5Q

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