Episode 047 - Bob Sterner - KB0BS
 | Volunteering to ham radio organizations and interesting kids in amateur radio is the center of Bob Sterner’s, KB0BS, ham radio activity on the front range of Colorado. Bob shares his insight, with Eric, 4Z1UG, on QSO Today, gained from his hundreds of hours a year as a volunteer examiner, ham radio mentor, radio club organizer, and leader in the Colorado ham radio community. |
| First Licensed: in 2009, KD0EIV First Rigs:
Real ham radio mode: volunteer BARC - Boulder Amateur Radio Club Ellie VanWinkle, N0QCX - inspired lots of kids to come to amateur radio. Cherry Creek Young Amateur Radio Club - in 2011 they spoke to the International Space Station. ARRL Teachers Institute on Amateur Radio - trains classroom teachers to teach basic electronics and ham radio. Using Robots to teach amateur radio Parallax Boe-Bot - rolling robot using a Stamp microprocessor. Allstar Link - open source software that combines the Asterisk phone system with a radio control layer to create a repeater control system that links to other repeaters over the Allstar network. Contact the International Space Station (ISS) by amateur radio Raspberry Pi microcomputer board as a repeater controller and Allstar node- from the website of Doug, WA3DSP DMR MARC - digital mobile radio that includes MotoTURBO and other digital mobile technolgies M2 Antennas - Bob built a mobile satellite trailer using M2 antennas Colorado ARES Weather Spotting - part of the Skywarn system of the National Weather Service to warn of weather dangers. Awards: ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Ham of the Year, 2012 Links: Bob's Website Denver Radio Licensing Parker Radio Association, Parker Colorado Rocky Mountain Ham Radio Rocky Mountain Ham University- John Maxwell, W0VG - after amateur license education to boost skills in a classroom setting. MotoTRBO - Rocky Mountain TRBO/DMR Network Primer on Colorado MotoTURBO Aurora Repeater Association HamCon Colorado 2016 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. |  Yaesu FT-60 Dual Band Portable  Yaesu FT-897 HF Mobile/Base __   Allstar Node using Raspberry Pi2 Click Here |
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