Episode 142 - George Fremin - K5TR
George Fremin, K5TR, is a seasoned SO2R contester and DXer. He has many years of experience building and maintaining multi operator contest stations in Texas. This experience with both operating the contest events as well as the practical maintenance of these stations led to an important conversation about tower safety. In addition to HF contests, George enjoys VHF and UHF contesting as well as DXpeditions. K5TR joins Eric, 4Z1UG, in this QSO Today.
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| George's website: http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr First License: Age 13, 1976, WB5VZL, Waco, Texas George’s Father is: George Fremin, Jr., WB5UKU First Rig:
Education: University of Texas, Austin. BS History University of Texas Amateur Radio Club ARRL Field Day, Contest Elmer: WB5KTD who coached making contacts N5AU super station, Gordon Fogg, N5AU, on 20 acres east of Dallas, 26 towers N5AU Operators: N5RZ, K5MM, N5CR, N5RT, CQ Worldwide DX Contest, 1982 Amateur Radio Station K5ZD W5KFT contest station, Lubbock, TX K5TR advice before tower climbing: Buy your own safety equipment like a Full body arrest harness, with two fall arrest lanyards US Tower Structure Fatalities Up the Tower - The Complete Guide to Tower Construction, by Steve Morris, K7LXC NG3K Amateur Radio Contesting Resources and Information K5TR Station:
VHF/UHF Transverter - allows a HF rig to operate in VHF and UHF ranges Icom IC-502 Alan Sias, WB0DRL (Now N0OY) - operates VHF, UHF, and microwave contests Roving activating grid squares Lauren Libby, W0LD - 10 Ghz radios “Troposcatter is about power and antenna gain, not affected by propagation” DXpedition: South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, 2002 - video The 9v1yc video collection is all on Vimeo now. K5TR’s pictures of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Island DXpedition Excited most by new technology including SDR and digital modes Advice to new and returning hams: Get on and operate. Try everything 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. |  Kenwood TS-520 HF Transceiver  Elecraft K3 Transceiver  Kenwood TS-850 HF Transceiver  Icom IC-502 6 Meter Transceiver |
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