Episode 098 - Randy Thompson - K5ZD
It's not often that we think of amateur radio contesting as a sport. It is according to my guest today a radio sport, one that has international competitors who have the experience and training of Olympic athletes in the sport of ham radio contesting. Randy Thompson, K5ZD, was bitten by the radio sport bug early in his ham radio career and is one of the top contesters in the World today. Randy is my guest on QSO Today.
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DX Brings Danger, by Walter A Tompkins Ameco Code Practice Record First License: 1973,WN5JWT, Novice, Houston, TX Later Licenses:
Elmer: Tom Morrison, K5TM Tom Taormina, K5RC Gordon Fogg, N5AU Tim Duffy, K3LR First Rig: Rig Upgrades:
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Education: University of Texas, BSEE Radiosport - formal competition between radio amateurs Summer 78 QSO Worked All Europe Phone, long path to New England Randy Thompson, Technology or Sport, 1988 for CQ magazine DX Cluster - online alert service CW Skimmer - multichannel CW decoder and spectrum analyzer program “Great operators were great hunters” World Radiosport Team Championships K7SS - founder NCJ - K1DG - organizaing Contact Sport, a novel by Jim George The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession, by Mark Obmascik, A book about bird watching. CQ Worldwide contest CQ Contest Hall of Fame, 2008, Randy Thompson K5ZD National Contest Journal A Sleep strategy for DX contesting, By Randy Thompson, K5ZD Amateur Radio Contest Calendar Best starting contest: Field Day Bencher Paddles - nice paddles for operating CW Internet of Things eham.net website Bill Fisher W4AM (SK), co-founder of eham.net Advice to new or returning hams: Try Stuff. 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. |  Heathkit HR-10B Receiver  Allied Knight Kit T-60 Novice Transmitter  Drake C Line - T4XC and R4C  |
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