QSO Today Interview with Randy Hall, K7AGE

K7AGE

3/17/2017

Episode 137 - Randy Hall - K7AGE

Randy Hall, K7AGE, has been a ham for almost 50 years and is well known for his You-Tube channel with his hundreds of ham radio videos. Randy is also a regular contributor to Ham Nation on the TWIT network where he works with George, W5JDX, on the Smoke and Solder segment videos. He works just about all bands and modes. Randy is a ham’s ham and elmer, and a popular guest on a number of the ham radio podcasts. K7AGE is my QSO Today.

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K7AGE Resources:

Most Popular Video: Tour of WLW 500K Transmitter

Current Home: Gold Beach, Oregon

First Elmer: James Hall W2ELX, Randy’s father was a ham,

Hometown: Rochester NY

First License: Age 16, Novice, WN2BXU

Elmer: Lincoln Cundle, W2QY founder of Antique
Wireless Association

W1AW code practice

Heathkit Color TV Kit

Went to school at: Rochester Institute of Technology, Electronics

73 Magazine - archive of the popular ham radio magazine

First mobile radio: RCA Carphone Mobile Transceiver

Crystal Oven, mobile transceiver - used in tube type mobile radios to keep the frequency from drifting.

Vibrator power supply - used to create high voltage power supplys for tube type mobile radios running on 6 and 12VDC.

TTL 7400 Chip - NAND gate

555 timer chip - popular multistable vibrator or one-shot chip. Hams used in repeater controllers for carrier delay timers and time-out timers.

GLB synthesizer - popular in the late 70s to turn crystal controlled two-meter radios into synthesized radios.

Phase Lock Loop - used in early synthesizers like the GLB.

First Rig:

Current Rig: