Category: Boat Anchors

W6AWO

2/9/2019

Episode 236 - Richard Dillman - W6AWO

Richard Dillman, W6AWO, is the founding member of the Maritime Radio Historical Society, where they preserve the skills, traditions, and folklore of maritime telegraph operators, from the California Bay Area coastal station, KSM. The “Summer of Love” brought Richard to California, in the Sixties, to pursue broadcast engineering and a 30 year career with Greenpeace. W6AWO is my QSO Today.

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KD6RM

11/17/2018

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Episode 224 - Phil Sittner - KD6RM

Phil Sittner, KD6RM, has a ham radio story that goes back over 50 years, from childhood. Still living in Northern California, Phil builds his own radios and test equipment, operates CW on 80 and 40 meters, using his fence mounted 80 meter end-fed Zepp and a pair of phased 40 meter verticals in an HOA neighborhood where antennas are forbidden. We harness Phil’s extensive technical expertise and hear his ham radio story in this QSO Today.

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WB9MSM

11/10/2018

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Episode 223 - Denny Berg - WB9MSM

Denny Berg, WB9MSM, has a fascination for old rigs, including the Swan 500 HF transceiver, ham shack software that enhances his on the air user experience, and a love for just getting on HF and operating. One of the first to get DXCC operating FT8, Denny has a positive, “can-do”, attitude that brings success to his personal, professional, and amateur radio life.

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AA8V_Rev1

11/3/2018

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Episode 222 - Greg Latta - AA8V

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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4X1KS

10/20/2018

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Episode 220 - Mark Rosenberg - 4X1KS

While exposed to amateur radio at an early age, it was not until Mark Rosenberg, 4X1KS, got his first license and upgraded quickly within a few short months, in Memphis, Tennessee. In Memphis, Robert Barbee, W4AMI, became Mark’s ham radio mentor driving Mark to satellite excellence. Now in Israel, Mark is active in just about every on-air activity, as well as being the consummate fixer and homebrewer. 4X1KS is my QSO today.

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VE6AFO

10/13/2018

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Episode 219 - Ken Oelke - VE6AFO

Ken Oelke, VE6AFO, stepped up to the plate for his local amateur radio club and ended up making leadership in local and national Canadian amateur radio organizations the major focus of his ham radio activity. Ken is now the president of the QCWA, the Quarter Century Wireless Association, when not operating both CW and SSB, or fixing one of his broken rigs. VE6AFO is my 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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AI8Z

7/21/2018

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Episode 207 - Mike Mussler - AI8Z

Mike Mussler, AI8Z, is one of the early pioneers in the 630 Meter band experimental trials in 2007 that resulted in the band being opened for amateur radio exploration much later. AI8Z rebuilds old rigs, especially military surplus WW2 vintage radios that adorn his Cortez, Colorado ham shack. We start with Mike’s ham radio history in this QSO Today.

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VA7OJ

5/26/2018

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Episode 199 - Adam Farson - VA7OJ / AB4OJ

Adam Farson, VA7OJ and AB4OJ, began his ham radio journey over 60 years ago as a youngster inspired by electronics and eventually ham radio in his native South Africa. Pursuing a career in the broad science that surrounds telephony World wide, Adam has adapted telephony methods and test equipment to evaluate amateur radio transceiver performance. Adam shares his ham radio and professional journey in this QSO Today.

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N8NM

1/6/2018

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Episode 179 - Steve Murphy - N8NM

Steve Murphy, N8NM, builds most of his modern equipment using the Manhattan and “ugly” construction method, or he refurbishes old tube transmitters, receivers, and transceivers. Steve is not afraid to try a new design or component to further his love of home brewing. We follow the ham radio career of N8NM in this episode of QSO Today.

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W6AWO

Episode 236 - Richard Dillman - W6AWO

KD6RM

Episode 224 - Phil Sittner - KD6RM

WB9MSM

Episode 223 - Denny Berg - WB9MSM

AA8V_Rev1

Episode 222 - Greg Latta - AA8V

4X1KS

Episode 220 - Mark Rosenberg - 4X1KS

VE6AFO

Episode 219 - Ken Oelke - VE6AFO

WB8VGE

Episode 215 - Mike Bryce - WB8VGE

AI8Z

Episode 207 - Mike Mussler - AI8Z

VA7OJ

Episode 199 - Adam Farson - VA7OJ / AB4OJ

N8NM

Episode 179 - Steve Murphy - N8NM

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