Category: Boat Anchors

AD4YM

9/4/2021

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.

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WA1JXR

6/26/2021

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Episode 357 - Greg Algieri - WA1JXR

Greg Algieri, WA1JXR, began his ham radio journey by asking his dad for a Gillette Blue Razor Blade to make this first receiver, leading to amateur radio licenses, higher electronics education, and an entire career with Raytheon, where he worked in radio and antenna design. WA1JXR is active in his amateur radio community as a teacher of new and existing hams, restoring boat anchor vintage radios, and getting on the air. He is my guest in this QSO Today.

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VE7PS

4/24/2021

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Episode 348 - Peter Shilton - VE7PS

Peter Shilton, VE7PS, became a lifelong chaser of meteor scatter and EME contacts because of a very early acquisition of a Drake receiver and a transverter, at the beginning of his ham radio career. Since the very beginning, Peter has collected and restored just about every radio made by the RL Drake company. VE7PS tells this story in our QSO Today.

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W0IH

1/25/2020

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Episode 286 - Michael Foerster - W0IH

Michael, Mike, Foerster, W0IH, loves to ragchew with his friends on 80 meters in the evening. Mike is a frequent contributor to QST magazine including articles on finding and solving electronic noise problems and remote control of your HF station while on the road. We also discuss his broadband adjustable 80 meter dipole in this episode of QSO Today.

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WU2D

1/11/2020

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Episode 284 - Michael Murphy - WU2D

Michael, Mike, Murphy, WU2D, separates his professional and his personal radio and electronics life by building, using, and working with vintage radios made no later than the early 1960s. As a collector and builder of old time and military surplus radios, Mike is convinced that the magic of radio is at the fingertips of any operator who has a love and fascination with early equipment. Mike is a prolific writer and contributor to Electric Radio magazine, QST, and may vintage radio forums.

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W6DQ

9/28/2019

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Episode 269 - dennis Kidder - W6DQ

Dennis Kidder, W6DQ, is an amateur radio renaissance man, a collector of the game changing radios from pre-World War 2 to the present. He enjoys 80 meter AM on his Collins broadcast transmitter and working 10 Ghz SSB with the San Bernardino Microwave Society. Dennis is the co-author of Arduino Projects for Amateur Radio and a sought after speaker at ham radio events.

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KL0S

7/13/2019

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Episode 258 - Dino Papas - KL0S

Dino Papas, KL0S, leads the Williamsburg Area Amateur Radio Club in Williamsburg, Virginia, using the leadership skills that he acquired after 26 years in the US Army. Dino is a frequent contributor to amateur radio magazines, including QST, offering his unique and needed perspective on our ham radio hobby. Along with his wife Toby, KL0SS, Dino provides a ham radio maker space in his garage to share his knowledge and resources with his fellow hams.

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G4NSJ

7/6/2019

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Episode 257 - Ray Heffer - G4NSJ

Ray Heffer, G4NSJ, commandeered the family shortwave radio, as a kid, to further his interest in shortwave listening and ultimately amateur radio. Ray made his career as a television, radio, and audio visual equipment repairman, and now specializes in the repair and restoration of 1940’s vintage AM radio sets. I found this endeavor to be fascinating and Ray has created some clever and novel solutions to keep these radios entertaining their owners in the QSO Today.

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KE8RN

4/27/2019

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Episode 247 - George Misic - KE8RN

George Misic, KE8RN, is an RF and analog engineer by training, a collector of vintage American amateur radio equipment, and an early pioneer in the development of MRI or magnetic resonance imaging machines and whose name is on 38 patents around this technology. George is a frequent author of articles for QST and Electric Radio Magazines, and is my QSO Today.

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WB2UZE

4/6/2019

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Episode 244 - Howard Bernstein - WB2UZE

Howard Bernstein is the co-founder of the Long Island CW Club along with Rich Collins K2UPS, where they train amateurs of every age to be CW operators over Zoom video conferencing. Howard has a long history in ham radio extending back over 50 years. WB2UZE still has his first Drakeline and is a collector of vintage things including old radios and automobiles. Howard is my QSO Today.

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AD4YM

Episode 366 - James Condon - AD4YM

WA1JXR

Episode 357 - Greg Algieri - WA1JXR

VE7PS

Episode 348 - Peter Shilton - VE7PS

W0IH

Episode 286 - Michael Foerster - W0IH

WU2D

Episode 284 - Michael Murphy - WU2D

W6DQ

Episode 269 - dennis Kidder - W6DQ

KL0S

Episode 258 - Dino Papas - KL0S

G4NSJ

Episode 257 - Ray Heffer - G4NSJ

KE8RN

Episode 247 - George Misic - KE8RN

WB2UZE

Episode 244 - Howard Bernstein - WB2UZE

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