QSO Today with Ralph Haller, N4RH

N4RH

11/21/2020

Episode 328 - Ralph Haller - N4RH

Ralph Haller, N4RH, started his ham radio journey as a nine year old with a knack for electronics leading to his first amateur license. Within a few years, Ralph earned broadcast engineering licenses, radio station jobs, education, and a career at the Federal Communications Commission. N4RH was the driving force behind many of the FCC initiatives that have had a lasting impact on radio amateurs in the USA and around the world. N4RH is my QSO Today.

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Hometown: Topeka, KS
Mentor: Oroville Stemples, W0UPU
First Club: Kaw Valley Amateur Radio Club
First License: 1959, Age 9, Novice, KN0YMA
Upgrade: 1960, Age 10, General
Age 14 Radio Station Engineer, KLWN

First Rig:
Hallicrafters S-85 Receiver
Novice 3 Tube CW Transmitter
Johnson Viking Valiant Transmitter

Terms
Third Class Radio Telephone
2nd Class Radio Telephone License
First Class Radiotelephone License, Age 14
University of Kansas, Law School
Radio Station KLWN, University of Kansas
Radio Station KEWI, Topeka, KS
ARRL Handbook, 1959
40 Meter CW Saturday Morning Net
Motorola 80D FM Transceiver
Dynamotor Power Supply
Locktel Tubes
RCA - Radio Corporation of America
Atchison, Topeka, and SantaFe Railroad
Sputnik Satellite
Top 40 Radio Station
University of Kansas, BSEE
FCC Field Office, Kansas City, KS
Reed Hundt, FCC Chairman
PCS - Personal Communications Service
FCC Monitoring Station
FCC Private Radio Bureau
Amateur Radio Official Observers
FCC Part 15
Certified Frequency Coordinator
First Responder Network Authority or FirstNet
AT&T - American Telephone and Telegraph
FirstNet Handset
National Public Safety Telecommunications Council
Barry Goldwater Amateur Radio Award
FCC Vanity Call Sign System
Amateur Radio Morse Code Requirement Removed
FCC Universal Licensing Point Radius Search

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