Category: Fm And Repeaters

AB4WS

5/5/2025

Episode 525 - Jack Prindle - AB4WS

Jack Prindle AB4WS, had an early interest in AM broadcast radio, evolving to scanner listening to public safety in his native Florence, Kentucky, and a stint in Citizens Band before coming to amateur radio. Jack made a career in law enforcement, landing in computer forensics. Jack likes to contribute to his ham radio community by mentoring new hams, getting on the air, and finding success in operation and giving back. AB4WS is my QSO Today.

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WI6re

6/17/2023

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Episode 455 - Ed Tipler - WI6RE

Ed Tipler, WI6RE, began his ham radio journey on a rural farm in Washington State, and ultimately landed an engineering job at the China Lake Naval Weapons Test Range in California’s Mojave Desert. As an active amateur radio operator, Ed felt the need to connect his community of Ridgecrest, California, to the outside world on FM using IRLP and Allstar. WI6RE is my QSO Today.

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NO1PC

2/4/2023

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Episode 437 - Jim Aspinwall - NO1PC

Jim Aspinwall, NO1PC, was the fly on the wall, as a kid growing up in Madison, Wisconsin, listening to his dad and friends talk about electronics, radio, and television repair. This led to a “hands on” electronics education that kept him employed from junior high school to this day. As a public safety volunteer, Jim believes that giving back to the community is key to a happy life. Amateur radio, and all of its benefits, is the icing on Jim’s cake of life. N01PC is my QSO Today.

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WB4GBI

10/8/2022

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Episode 420 - Tim Berry - WB4GBI

On the final Sunday of the Dayton Hamvention, I was wandering around the Xenia fairground and needed to rest my feet. My guest this week was sitting at the table and was kind enough to let me join him. We struck up a conversation that ultimately led to this interview. Tim Berry WB4GBI has been a ham almost 50 years, in Knoxville, Tennessee, and has more than a passing interest in repeaters, emergency communications, and has been a broadcast engineer for most of his life. Tim shares his ham radio story in this QSO Today.

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AE4S

8/27/2022

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Episode 415 - Bill Jordan - AE4S

Bill Jordan’s, AE4S, love of electronics and radio paralleled his professional career as college professor. As a founding member of the Tallahassee Amateur Radio Society and the AE4S repeater, Bill is connected and communicates with the lifelong friends he has made through ham radio. AE4S tells his ham radio story in this QSO Today.

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WA6CDR

4/2/2022

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Episode 394 - Robin Critchell - WA6CDR

Robin Critchell, WA6CDR, had a profound influence on many young hams operating in the VHF and UHF bands in Southern California in the 70s’ and 80s. He and Alan Burgstahler, WA6AWD, at the time and now a silent key, created the Cactus Intertie, now the World’s largest full duplex radio linked amateur radio network. “Top band” or 160 Meters is Robin’s favorite band, and he has participated on DxExpeditions, had an incredible career in the communications industry, and can fix just about anything. WA6CDR, is my QSO Today.

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VE6LK

1/7/2022

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Episode 383 - Vince d'Eon - VE6LK

Vince d'Eon, VE6LK, has taken hold of the many amateur radio opportunities on HF SSB, VHF/UHF mobile operation, repeater building and maintenance, and supporting events with his Calgary based amateur radio club. Vince is a regular contributor to the bi-weekly Ham Radio Workbench Podcast and made a presentation at the last QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo on Disaster Communications and Leadership Imperatives for Radio Amateurs. VE6LK is my QSO Today.

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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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WA6JBD

1/16/2021

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Episode 336 - Mel Swanberg - WA6JBD

Mel Swanberg, WA6JBD, has a love of radio that goes back to his childhood. Growing up in Southern California, Mel found his Elmers and Mentors that led him into a career in the land mobile business and public safety radio. Mel is the former president of the Cactus Intertie, perhaps the largest point to point full duplex amateur radio network in the World. Other interests include microwave communications and he is a leader in the San Bernardino Microwave Society. WA6JBD is my QSO Today.

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KJ6VU

1/12/2019

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Episode 232 - George Zafiropoulos - KJ6VU

George Zafiropoulos, KJ6VU, is the the co-host of the Ham Radio Workbench Podcast, one of the more popular ham radio podcasts. George has a long and interesting ham radio history as well as he is an accomplished home-brewer, builder, operator, and high tech executive. We touch on a few of our favorite subjects that include repeaters and repeater controllers, the Cactus Intertie, DMR, and building with Arduino micro-controllers. KJ6VU is my QSO Today.

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W7VOA

9/15/2017

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Episode 163 - Steve Herman - W7VOA

Steve Herman, W7VOA’s, love of amateur radio and media led him into a career as a news correspondent for the Associate Press, independent foreign journalist, and ultimately with the Voice of America (VOA) as its White House correspondent, traveling and reporting on the President of the United States. Even with his busy schedule, W7VOA has time for amateur radio and this QSO Today with Eric, 4Z1UG.

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W8AJR

8/5/2017

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Episode 157 - Dave Prestel - W8AJR

Someone said some place, that if you want to get stuff done, give it to a busy person. My guest this week is Dave Prestel, W8AJR. Dave is a busy person who as a volunteer for many ham radio organizations in Howard County, Maryland, just gets stuff done to the benefit of the amateur radio community and his larger community. W8AJR is my QSO Today.

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K0NR

10/14/2016

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Episode 115 - Bob Witte - K0NR

Bob Witte, K0NR, is an amateur radio blogger with a long history of ham radio homebrewing, repeater building, and operation using many bands and modes. From his home in Monument, Colorado, Bob is also an excellent Elmer and is a partner in Ham Radio School dot com for teaching the amateur radio basics beyond the first license. K0NR is my QSO Today.

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AB4WS

Episode 525 - Jack Prindle - AB4WS

WI6re

Episode 455 - Ed Tipler - WI6RE

NO1PC

Episode 437 - Jim Aspinwall - NO1PC

WB4GBI

Episode 420 - Tim Berry - WB4GBI

AE4S

Episode 415 - Bill Jordan - AE4S

WA6CDR

Episode 394 - Robin Critchell - WA6CDR

VE6LK

Episode 383 - Vince d'Eon - VE6LK

N6CA

Episode 360 - Chip Angle - N6CA

WA6JBD

Episode 336 - Mel Swanberg - WA6JBD

KJ6VU

Episode 232 - George Zafiropoulos - KJ6VU

W7VOA

Episode 163 - Steve Herman - W7VOA

W8AJR

Episode 157 - Dave Prestel - W8AJR

K0NR

Episode 115 - Bob Witte - K0NR

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