Category: Antennas

K8OS

7/31/2021

Episode 362 - James Anderson - K8OS

James, “JB”, Anderson, K8OS, will be presenting in the next QSO Today Virtual ham Expo, on August 14th and 15th on the topic of Vertical Yagi-Uda Array using Wire Elements - Stealth HF Gain on a Budget. I thought that it would be good to introduce the QSO Today audience to the presenters themselves. While JB has been a ham for over 50 years, he is also an accomplished electronics engineer and a radio astronomer. K8OS tells his ham radio story in this QSO Today.

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First License: Age 14, WN8OST

Hometown: Toledo, OH

First Rig:
Heathkit DX-20 Transmitter
BC348 Receiver
Half Wave Dipole

Current Rig
Yaesu FT897D
Yaesu FT201
Yaesu FT101
Yaesu FT-7

Terms
Shortwave Listening
BBC
Boy Scouts of America
Popular Electronics Magazine
160 Meter Amateur Band
Vintage Philco 3 Tube Receiver Kit Superregenerative
Paper Route
Morse Code
Radio Astronomer
University of Toledo, Mathematics
University of Toledo, Physics
Pittington, Radio Astronomy
Variable Reactance Amplifier
Noise by Aldert Van Der Zeal
Cray SuperComputer
High Performance Computing
EF Johnson Radio Company
Telex Communications
Noran Instruments
Mathematical CoProcessors
FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array
Zylinc
Dimension, Inc.
FT8 Digital Mode
ARRL Get on Digital Modes
WSJT Software
DXCC 40 Meters
Sunspot Cycle 25
Ionospheric Propagation Physics
Gray-line Propagation
HamSCI
Full Wave Loop Antenna
Delta Loop Antenna
Vertical Yagi-Uda Array using Wire Elements - Stealth HF Gain on a Budget
Yagi-Uda Antenna Array
D-Layer
Craig’s List
TVRO Dealership
8 foot antenna umbrella dish
Software Defined Radio
SARA - Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers
Galactic Core
Dark Matter

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Heathkit DX-20 Novice Transmitter

BC348 Communicatons Receiver

Yaesu FT-897 Transceiver

Yaesu FT-201 HF Transceiver

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N6CA

7/17/2021

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Episode 360 - Chip Angle - N6CA

Chip Angle, N6CA, harnessed an early interest in the bands, VHF to microwave, as a passion that continues to this day. While he is active on every band, Chip pays special attention to low noise receiver performance on his radios that work well above 10 GHz. This attention to detail and training from the aerospace industry allowed Chip to start his own company building low noise preamps, filters, duplexers, and other hardware ultimately used by government including NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. N6CA shares his ham radio story in this QSO Today.

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K7REX

4/9/2021

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Episode 346 - Dan Marler - K7REX

Dan Marler, K7REX, owes much of his professional opportunities and success to his amateur radio background. A "people person", K7REX, likes to give back to the amateur radio community as an ARRL Section Manager and founder of the RATPAC, a group that does not include Sammy, Dean, and Frank. Dan tells his ham radio story in this QSO Today.

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W1JR

12/26/2020

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Episode 333 - Joe Reisert - W1JR

Joe Reisert, W1JR, continues to pay forward, the kindness of his early ham radio mentors, with his contributions to our amazing hobby. Amateur Radio paved the way to a successful career and amazing encounters, Worldwide, with people and technology. W1JR tells his amateur radio story in this QSO Today.

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W2JDB

4/11/2020

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Episode 297 - Sam Birnbaum - W2JDB

Sam Birnbaum, W2JDB, has a background in computer science and programming that led him to first develop a software logging program called Quick Log, or QLog for operating and logging the digital modes more easily while doing National parks on the air. Answering the call from Rich Zwirko, K1HTV, to adapt QLog for allowing blind hams to operate FT8. Sam tells the rest of the story in this QSO Today.

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VE2BWL

2/8/2020

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Episode 288 - Guy Lemieux - VE2BWL

Guy Lemieux, VE2BWL, built his dream contest station, including a one-hundred ten foot self supporting tower, from metal stock delivered to his barn, in a rural area of Southern Quebec, while attempting to relax in the evenings and weekends from a stressful career. Guy shares this project and the stories behind his seven tower contest station in this QSO Today.

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K9TRV

1/18/2020

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Episode 285 - George Byrkit - K9TRV

George Byrkit, K9TRV, was first licensed in 1966, in Madison, Wisconsin. He returned to amateur radio as a licensee many years after letting that Novice license expire. George has since jumped back into amateur radio with both feet that include a board position in TAPR, projects in TAPR, including software development, work with HamSCI, and his local radio club and emergency groups. We touch on George’s many special projects in this QSO Today.

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W8TN

11/23/2019

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Episode 277 - Clark Stewart - W8TN

Clark Stewart, W8TN, started in amateur radio over 55 years ago, has worked every country but North Korea. He began working EME or moon bounce on two and 70 cm years ago making CW contacts. Clark is the consummate amateur radio mentor and was awarded the outstanding West Virginia Amateur of the Year in 2015. W8TN is my QSO Today.

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VK5SFA

10/26/2019

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Episode 273 - Steve Adler - VK5SFA

Steve Adler, VK5SFA, is a lifelong lover of radio and electronics, worked in the broadcast industry, and has recently retired. Steve developed a skill set and relationships that helped him to create a 160 and 80 meter magnetic loop antenna that won him first prize in the 2018 QST Antenna Design Competition. The process of building this antenna and its documentation is representative of VK5SFA’s dedication and attention to all of his previous ham radio projects that he mentions in this QSO Today.

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K1HTV

6/15/2019

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Episode 254 - Rich Zwirko - K1HTV

Rich Zwirko, K1HTV, was quickly bitten by the DX bug in the late fifties and has gone on to log just about every DX entity on every band. Rich made a career of radio serving as a teenage broadcast engineer in his hometown of New Haven, Connecticut, and later ended his career at the Voice of America in Washington DC. Getting on the air is Rich’s mantra that he shares with us in this QSO Today.

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K8OS

Episode 362 - James Anderson - K8OS

N6CA

Episode 360 - Chip Angle - N6CA

K7REX

Episode 346 - Dan Marler - K7REX

W1JR

Episode 333 - Joe Reisert - W1JR

W2JDB

Episode 297 - Sam Birnbaum - W2JDB

VE2BWL

Episode 288 - Guy Lemieux - VE2BWL

K9TRV

Episode 285 - George Byrkit - K9TRV

W8TN

Episode 277 - Clark Stewart - W8TN

VK5SFA

Episode 273 - Steve Adler - VK5SFA

K1HTV

Episode 254 - Rich Zwirko - K1HTV

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