Episode 204 - Kai Siwiak - KE4PT
 | One of the best kept secrets of amateur radio is the amazing QEX Magazine published by the ARRL and edited by my guest today, Kai Siwiak, KE4PT. If you are a home brewer and want a more indepth amateur radio technology understanding, then QEX should be on your desk every month. Kai provides a fascinating look at home-brewing, the digital modes, and modest antennas for the antenna challenged ham in this episode of QSO Today. |
| A partial list of KE4PT articles Hometown: Brooklyn, NY Elmer: Hank Koch, W2EW First License: WN2PGH, Age 15, 1964 First Rig: Hallicrafters SX-110 General Coverage Receiver Transmitter: Pair 1625 tube transmitter, 6AG7 First contact: Brooklyn to Illinois, Brooklyn Polytech, J Street, BSEE, MSEE PhD later in later life from Florida Atlantic University [Boca Raton, FL Raytheon Corp. , MA Missile Systems Division Motorola, Plantation Florida Motorola HT-220 Portable Applied Research TimeDerivative, Inc. - a wireless consulting company and Ultra-Wideband radio technology. Ultra-Wideband Technology - Non-channelized communications WIFI 802.11 Spread spectrum technology Time Domain Corporation Current Rig:
50db Link Margin between AM and JT65 Favorite operating mode: CW is the long term favorite; JT65 FT-8 digital mode OCEF dipole - off center end-fed dipole SAREX - Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment Astronaut Owen Garriott initiated Sarex ST9 Motorola MX300 Radio Doppler shift Kai edits technical articles for QST Magazine Kai is the editor of QEX magazine Arduino Computer Raspberry Pi controller Maker Movement Elecraft T1 - mini antenna tuner Signal Link USB audio card Dipole antenna Tripole antenna Ugly balun QSL Card eQSL - electronic QSL card Logbook of the World (LOTW) Excited by: Quality of even the lowest cost radios is so much greater than what it was before Proliferation of new digital modes. Availability of high precision technology Advice to new or returning hams: Embrace the changes and the new modes. 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. |  Hallicrafters SX-110 GC Receiver  Motorola HT220 UHF Transceiver  Yaesu FT-817 All band, all mode QRP Rig  Icom IC-756ProIII Transceiver |
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