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NM5M

9/12/2020

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Episode 318 - Eric Silverthorn - NM5M

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Eric Silverthorn, NM5M, has a great ham radio story, especially at the beginning with the support of his family for this ham radio interest. Eric likes contesting, SO2R operation and is a teacher of the Morse Code at CWOPS and spoke about it at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo.  NM5M advises new and returning hams to explore the hobby, pursue what interests you, and warm up the soldering iron. 
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KR6ZY

8/22/2020

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Episode 315 - mark Smith - KR6ZY

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Mark Smith, KR6ZY, has been a ham since the mid-nineties and finds problem solving and building amateur radio equipment his special interest  of our ham radio hobby.  A trained and graduated computer engineer, Mark resides near the Central California coast.  Mark is a frequent contributor to the Ham Radio Workbench Podcast, and has his own YouTube channel.  KR6ZY is my QSO Today. 

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WW9JD

5/9/2020

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Episode 301 - Rick Dubbs - WW9JD

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Rick Dubbs, WW9JD, spent four years at sea in US nuclear submarines, retired as a teacher of junior high school kids, flies drones professionally as a part of his small business, and now has time for his ham radio projects.  WW9JD shares his ham radio story and his project details in this QSO Today.
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VK3HN

4/18/2020

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Episode 298 - Paul Taylor - VK3HN

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Paul Taylor, VK3HN, loves to operate QRP, SOTA, or Summits on the Air, with his homebrew pocket-sized multi-band transceivers that he designs and builds in his home workshop.  Paul enjoys a weekly 160 meter AM net using his homebrew 200 watt solid-state AM transmitter. VK3HN is my QSO Today. 
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ZL2CTM

4/4/2020

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Episode 296 - Charlie Morris - ZL2CTM

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Charlie Morris, ZL2CTM, builds his QRP rigs, the old fashioned way, starting with a paper and pencil, combining basic components to make each stage of a receiver or transceiver.  Once the radio is made, he adds an Arduino micro-controller, touch screen, and other advanced components to bring his masterpiece into the 21st century. Charlie is a prolific creator of You-Tube videos to document and demonstrate his creations.  ZL2CTM is my QSO Today.
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AA1TJ

3/14/2020

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Episode 293 - Michael Rainey - AA1TJ

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Michael Rainey, AA1TJ, is a master of building simple HF transmitters from the materials that he has on hand, including the parts from a compact fluorescent light bulb.  AA1TJ was my guest in Episode 80, more than four years ago. We remastered the audio of this valuable episode to present Mike again in this QSO Today.
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W4OP

3/7/2020

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Episode 292 - Dale Parfitt - W4OP

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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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WU2D

1/11/2020

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Episode 284 - Michael Murphy - WU2D

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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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N0AX

1/4/2020

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Episode 283 - Ward Silver - N0AX

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Ward Silver, N0AX, author of the QST magazine column, “Hands-On Radio”, editor of ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications, and author of many books on ham radio, was my guest in Episode 29 from February, 2015.  As the new year begins, it seems a great opportunity to reach into the archive to bring back one of the great conversations that I with Ward about amateur radio.
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ZL2BMI

8/31/2019

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Episode 265 - Eric Sears - ZL2BMi

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Eric Sears, ZL2BMI, who joins me from New Zealand,  is famous for this 80 meter QRP double sideband rig that he designed and documented in the 1980s for his personal use when “tramping”  in the forests and mountains of New Zealand. Eric’s stated design philosophy and rigs proved to be robust and foundational for other QRP rig builders, especially in the southern hemisphere through the years.  ​
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