QSO Today with Jim Andrews KH6HTV

KH6HTV

5/16/2020

Episode 302 - Jim Andrews - KH6HTV

Jim Andrews, KH6HTV, has spent a life in amateur radio and technology, and is known for his contributions to amateur radio television and now amateur digital television. Jim and the Boulder Amateur Radio Club use this technology to support emergency communications in and around Boulder, Colorado. KH6HTV shares his ham radio story in this QSO Today.

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Jim’s Website
Hometown: Kansas City, KS
Mentor: Norris Namen, W6ETK
Role Model: Bill McKay, K0RZ
First License: 1965, WN0NHD, Novice
Favorite HF Modes: PSK31

Crystal Set
5 Tube Shortwave Radio
University Of Kansas, BSEE
ARC 5 Transmitter
Bell Laboratories
National Bureau Of Standards
Collins S Line
Radio Moon Bounce or EME
Oscar Satellite
Los Alamos National Lab
Yaesu FT-301 HF Transceiver
Pulse Generator
100 Ghz Bandwidth Oscilloscope
Pulse And Pattern Generator At 40 Gbs
Picosecond Pulse Labs
Icom IC-7300 HF Transceiver
Slow Scan Television
Rocky Mountain VHF Society
Motorola Vintage Taxi Radios
2C39 Vacuum Tube
NTSC - AM modulation with FM audio subcarrier
US Amateur Radio 70 CM Band Plan
TV Repeater: 439.250 input, 421.250 Ouput
UHF TV Channel 57 and Channel 60
Repeater Directory for Amateur Television
Boulder Amateur Radio Club Digital TV Nets
ATSC - US Digital television mode
DVB-T - European standard and the standard used by amateurs
Hi-DES Technologies, Taiwan - primary supplier of DVB-T equipment
Hi-DES Modulator, HDMI input
USB DVB-T dongles also used for SDR radio
DVB Set Top Receiver Box
HDMI Video Standard
ATN - Amateur Television Network
AREDN - mesh network
Mike Collis, WA6SVT
British Amateur Radio Club
Digital ATV Repeaters, Jim Andrews, KH6HTV, QST magazine
Boulder County Amateur Radio Emergency Service
Department of Homeland Security

Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: our community is old and gray, no younger people

Excited most by: the use of amateur television by public safety for public service

Advice to new or returning hams: Buy an Icom IC-7300 HF Transceiver

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