Episode 346 - Dan Marler - K7REX
 | Dan Marler, K7REX, owes much of his professional opportunities and success to his amateur radio background. A "people person", K7REX, likes to give back to the amateur radio community as an ARRL Section Manager and founder of the RATPAC, a group that does not include Sammy, Dean, and Frank. Dan tells his ham radio story in this QSO Today. |
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| First License: 1961, Novice, K7REX, Age 11 Hometown: Boise, ID First Elmer: Roland W7KXJ First Rig: BC342 HF Receiver, WW2 Vintage Heathkit DX-60 Transmitter External Heathkit VF-1 Current Rigs are: Home Station YAESU FT-950, Rohn 50' Tower, TA-33JR WARC Yagi, M2 6M3 6 Meter Yagi, 80m-10m Off-Center-Fed WIndom YAESU FTM-100DR (VHF/UHF FM & Fusion) Icom ID-5100A (VHF/UHF FM & D-STAR) DVMEGA Cast Multimode IP Radio (D-Star/Fusion/DMR) Mobiles are: YAESU FTM-400XDR (VHF/UHF FM & Fusion) Icom IC-2820H (VHF/UHF FM & D-STAR) Hand-helds: Icom ID-51A Plus and ID-51A Plus2 (VHF/UHF FM & D-STAR) Yaesu FT-2DR ((VHF/UHF FM & Fusion) Anytone AT-D878UV (FM & DMR) First contact: Joe Pierce, K7SWW Terms: Japanese transistor radio vintage Shortwave Listening Gem State Amateur Radio Club RTTY Boatswain’s Mate E5 US Navy Baudot Teletype B School US Navy, Long Beach, CA VARA high speed Winlink The Nine Dots - “thinkging out of the box” Radioman US Navy USS Talladega Eastman Kodak Field Service, Rochester NY FCC Commercial Radio Telephone License ARRL Section Manager, Idaho ARRL Field Day RATPAC - Radio Amateur Training Planning and Activities Committee QSO Today Ham Expo - Lessons Learned to RATPAC, Eric Guth 4Z1UG Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: We are our own worst enemies. Advice to new or returning hams: doors are wide open 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. |  Signal Corps BC342 HF Receiver  Heathkit DX-60 Novice Transmitter  Yaesu FT-950 HF Transceiver  Icom ID-51 A Dual Band Portable |
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