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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| QRZ Page QCWA Biography Page First Mentor: Bill Nolan, VE6BT Other mentor: Dick Krogman VE6MM Fascinating gear in VE6BT's shack: RF Current Meter Heathkit DX-100 transmitter Drake 2B Receiver Penhold Air Force Base Ken’s advice: Learn CW the right way - whole words at a time. Hometown: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, 90 miles south of Edmonton, Canada First License: Age 15, VE6AFO First Rig: Harvey Wells TBS 50 Transmitter National HRO 5 Receiver, 1941 National NC 109 Receiver Current Rig: Kenwood TS530SP Favorite operating mode: CW and SSB Vibroplex paddles Glass arm or telegrapher’s paralysis K2 Ski Snow Ski Company Canadian Radio Relay League a division of ARRL J Worth Hurley, W7WG - 100 years old, Tacoma QCWA - Quarter Century Wireless Organization QCWA Scholarship Program Challenging repair: Hallicrafters HT 37 Transmitter Ken’s Test Equipment: BK Precision 1570A oscilloscope Function Generator, GW Instek - GFG-8215A Frequency counter, Yaesu YC-500J Wattmeter dummy load, Yaesu YP-150 Starkit RFG-2 signal generator General Radio 1021-A signal generator to 920 Mhz Most excited by: QCWA Scholarships Hamcation in Orlando, Florida Hamvention, Dayton, Ohio Carol Perry WB2MGP - QSO Today guest in Episode 51 Advice to new or returning hams: Lots of hams have equipment to give away. Look to them as a source for cheap or free rigs. DMR - Digital Mobile Radio Echolink TYT MD-380 IRLP - Internet Radio Linking Project. Also see Allstar Net The RSS Feed for all audio content from QSO today is available from here. Please join our QSO Today community by pressing the button below. It is the best way to suggest guests and topics, and provide feedback to Eric, 4Z1UG. |  VE6AFO working the Harvey Wells, 1961  VE6AFO First Rig, 1961  Kenwood TS-530S HF Transceiver  RF Drake 2B Receiver |
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