Episode 178 - Brian Short - KC0BS
 | Brain Short, KC0BS, is a busy amateur radio operator in Kansas City, Missouri. He is actively involved in teaching ham radio and getting new hams involved in the many amateur radio activities that Kansas City hams enjoy. In this episode, we discuss tower climbing and safety, APRS, emergency services, building up code speed, and Brian’s participation in the emergency efforts around the Joplin Missouri tornado that destroyed much of the city in May 2011. |
| Father was: Apple Warham Short K0CEY (sk) First License: 1987, Age 18, Technician Class University of Kansas, Lawrence, Journalism, Brian is the owner of: TV25.tv - 12 subchannels on a single frequency Civil Air Patrol, Beacon Tower 100 feet First rig: Drake TR7 all mode HF transceiver K0KU University of Kansas Amateur Radio Club Station Icom 02AT Brian’s tower climbing safety advice: “Don’t be in a hurry”. Free climbing 1700 foot tower - not recommended How to become a certified tower climber Elk River Climbing Harness DBI-SALA tower climbing harness Favorite operating mode: APRS and contesting and chasing DX on SSB Youth DX Adventure to Costa Rica, 2010 RufzXP Morse code program, sends call signs at increasing speeds. Brian’s advice to improve CW speed for contesting: do it every day for 10 to 15 minutes Brian has gotten 16 nephews and nieces into ham radio Repeaters: GE Progress Line GE Mastr 2 Motorola Micor repeater Motorola MSF5000 repeater S-Com 7000 repeater controller D-Star repeater Yaesu System Fusion Factoid: 5000 hams in Kansas City Metro area Broadband Hamnet Mesh Network Linksys WRT54G - popular home WIFI router adapted for amateur radio mesh networking Kansas City Amateur Radio Hospital Emergency Network APRS - Automatic Packet Reporting Service APRS.FI - APRS website with maps. Hospitals on the map in Kansas, Color and Status Larry’s List NEKSUN K0ham.com Awards: Herb Brier Instructor of the Year Award ARRL Outstanding Instructor, 2009 2014 Philip J. McGann Silver Antenna Award for efforts to promote ham radio to the non-ham public Hamclass.org Ham Nation - on TWIT Network April Moell, WA6OPS, in Episode 22, of the QSO Today Podcast Tornado Spotter - sent to a location to watch storm conditions for threats Tornado Tour Companies Johnson County Amateur Radio Club High Altitude Balloon Launch - Bill Brown, WB8ELK Pico transmitters APRS Great Planes Super Launch Joplin Missouri EF5 Tornado Salvation Army Emergency Radio Team MS150 Bike Ride Big Red Bee Tracker Excited most by: Amateur radio can hold two things in its mind simultaneously - new technology and values the very old like CW and AM transmission Ensor Park and Museum 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. |  Drake TR7 HF Transceiver  Icom IC02AT VHF Portable Transceiver  GE Progline Repeater  |
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