Category: EME Moon Bounce

WD5AGO

1/21/2023

Episode 435 - Thomas Henderson - WD5AGO

Thomas, “Tommy” Henderson, WD5AGO, has always found EME or Moonbounce operation on the bands above 6 meters fascinating and worthwhile, making thousands of contacts by phone or CW. Building his own EME rigs has led to deep technical expertise and ham radio success. As a teacher and now department head of the Electronics Technology program at Tulsa Community College, he uses amateur radio to enhance his full curriculum while demonstrating its utility. WD5AGO is my QSO Today.

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K1KA

7/23/2022

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Episode 410 - Dave Mackey - K1KA

Dave Mackey, K1KA, like many amateurs of his generation, was influenced by broadcast radio, broadcast hosts like Jean Shephard, and the magic of radio in the late 50’s and 60’s. Dave went on to work with companies like Multitone, Microwave Associates, and Cushcraft before spending a generation in his own manufacturing company. Amateur radio played a serious role in Dave’s career choices and personal successes. K1KA tells his story 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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KA7OEI

1/9/2021

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Episode 335 - Clint Turner - KA7OEI

Clint Turner, KA7OEI, is an experimenter, builder, and operator on all bands and modes. He shares his background in microwave communications, EME or Moonbounce, and his involvement in the Northern Utah Web SDR Project, an amazing on-line resource hams who want to listen to all of the low bands with waterfall display, at the same time. KA7OEI is my 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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N9JIM

10/17/2020

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Episode 323 - Jim Moss - N9JIM

Jim Moss, N9JIM, portable 6, spends his ham radio life above 50 Mhz. He has made contacts on every band above 50 MHz and is now working in the 122 Ghz band. If you are considering a new and different frontier, N9JIM tells his amateur radio story and how to make the transition to VHF and Microwave in this QSO Today.

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W4OP

3/7/2020

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Episode 292 - Dale Parfitt - W4OP

Dale Parfitt, W4OP, developed a love for operating VHF and above, including moonbounce operation, from an early exposure to a 6 meter Gonset Communicator, or Gooney Box. His love for electronics grew into a career as an electronics engineer and the entrepreneur founder of Par Electronics where custom filters and antennas are Dale’s special forte. W4OP tells his story 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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W2HRO

9/21/2019

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Episode 268 - Paul Andrews - W2HRO

Paul Andrews, W2HRO, re-entered amateur radio, after a 35 year break, by working FM satellites with a Yaesu portable and a dual band antenna. Experimentation with a simple moon bounce array led to bigger and better antenna arrays, power amplifiers, low noise pre-amplifiers, higher frequencies, and more QSOs.

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ZS4TX

2/24/2018

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Episode 186 - Bernie van der Walt - ZS4TX

Bernie van der Walt, ZS4TX, from Bloemfontein, South Africa is an active ham radio operator. Bernie loves to contest on HF, and operates two remote control EME or Moon bounce stations on two and six meters away from the noise pollution of his residential neighborhood. We discuss these subjects and more on this episode of QSO Today.

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WD5AGO

Episode 435 - Thomas Henderson - WD5AGO

K1KA

Episode 410 - Dave Mackey - K1KA

VE7PS

Episode 348 - Peter Shilton - VE7PS

KA7OEI

Episode 335 - Clint Turner - KA7OEI

W1JR

Episode 333 - Joe Reisert - W1JR

N9JIM

Episode 323 - Jim Moss - N9JIM

W4OP

Episode 292 - Dale Parfitt - W4OP

W8TN

Episode 277 - Clark Stewart - W8TN

W2HRO

Episode 268 - Paul Andrews - W2HRO

ZS4TX

Episode 186 - Bernie van der Walt - ZS4TX

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