Episode 492 - Linas Balsys - LY2H
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Linas Balsys, LY2H, now hosts a YouTube channel on amateur radio, field operations, QRP, and operating CW. Growing up in Lithuania, becoming one of the country’s best known news correspondents, a member of the Lithuanian Parliament, now enjoys CW and digital modes from his ham radio van or electric bicycle in nature operating parks, hill forts, and castles on the air. LY2H tells his ham radio story in this QSO Today.
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Hometown: Vilnius, Lithuania First License: 1979, Class 3, 10 watts output, 80,40, 10 Favorite Operating Mode: CW First Rig: Direct conversion 3 Transistor Receiver 80, 40, 20 meters Soviet Tank Receiver 2 transistor and 1 Tube CW Transmitter, 10 watts QSO Today Interview Summary: We discuss Linas Balsys, LY2H's involvement in amateur radio, his background in ham radio from a young age, and his career progression. Linas shared his journey into ham radio at age 17 and his experience in journalism, serving as a news correspondent during Soviet times and Lithuania's first correspondent in Brussels. The transcript then shifted to Linas Balsys’s' YouTube channel, focusing on amateur radio field operations, QRP operating techniques, Morse code, digital modes, park activations, awards programs, and satellite operations. He discussed his mobile station in a Renault Trafic campervan and modern ham radio equipment's innovation and affordability. Linas expressed enthusiasm for technologies like IC-705 and NanoVNA for antenna analysis. Linas discussed recent experiences with SDRs, QRP-Labs QMX, QDX, and repairing his wife's tablet computer, and highlighting how ham radio skills can be useful in everyday life. The conversation then delved into the challenges faced by hams in Lithuania to attract new operators, addressing the aging demographic and efforts to involve younger generations through classes and family participation. The focus was on attracting younger operators interested in contests, digital operations, satellite communication, and meteorological tracking. Lastly, Linas shared two exciting aspects of ham radio: technological advancements like SDRs enabling global signal processing, and the social impact during emergencies where hams provide crucial communication support. He reflected on the historical significance of hams in times of crisis. Conversation Outline:
Terms: Crystal Radio Music of Colors (Build a “color organ”) Center for Young Technicians, Lithuania R250M military receivers UK2BBB Club Station Multi-single contest operation Voice of America Radio Free Europe BBC Shortwave Listener License, Soviet 8 pole crystal filter Dynamic Range Receiver Properties Perestroika - end of the Soviet Union Vilnius University of , Journalism Vilnius University Amateur Radio Club Station Technical University of Decaulnis, Lithuania RTTY - Radio Teletype EME - Earth Moon Earth (Moon bounce) Meteor Scatter National Radio Vilnius Foreign Service European Union European Union Defense Policy QRP iPhone MAXPro 11 USA GoPro 9 Camera Renualt Trafic Van Deep Discharge Lead Acid Battery World Wide Flora Fauna Program WWFF Castles On the Air Hill Fort On The Air Lithuanian Hill Forts FT-8 Digital Modes RTTY QRP-Labs QMX Digital Mode Transceiver Hans Summers, G0UPL QSO Today Interview Icom IC-705 All Band and Mode Transceiver Yaesu FT-817 All Band Transceiver NanoVNA TinySA Smith Chart TrueSDR Transceiver QRP Labs QDX Transceiver Fox Hunting - T-Hunting Lithuanian Revolution, 1991 Ham radio station in Lithuanian Parliament Building during revolution Excited most by: technical progress and innovation in amateur radio like SDR, and the social side of ham radio. Advice to new or returning hams: go ahead, don’t be shy. Nothing is lost. Get back to Morse Code
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