QSO TODAY AMATEUR RADIO PODCAST
  • Podcasts
    • Eric's Favorite Podcasts
    • QSO Today Podcast Archive >
      • Sortable Podcast List
      • Downloadable Episodes CSV File
      • Complete List of Podcasts - Libsyn
      • iTunes List of QSO Today Episodes
      • Download Podcast List as PDF
  • Blog
  • Transcripts
  • Sponsors
    • icom
    • Sotabeams
  • About
    • Contact
    • Apple Reviews
    • Whitelist
  • Donate
  • Subscribe
  • Learn to Podcast

N5BF

11/6/2021

2 Comments

 

Episode 374 - Courtney Duncan - N5BF

Picture
Courtney Duncan, N5BF, has humble amateur radio beginnings in Texas where he earned a degree in musical piano performance.  Destiny intervened, allowing Courtney to get a degree as an  electronic engineer and a career at JPL, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, associated with NASA and CalTech in Pasadena, California  working on flight radio systems for spacecraft that go to Mars and beyond.  Now retired after 30 years, N5BF is active as the president of the San Bernardino Microwave Society,  amateur microwave operation and contesting,  and moonbounce.
Show Notes
Transcript
Listen to Podcast

Picture
Picture
Picture

Courtney’s Ham Radio Website
Courtney’s Biography
Courtney’s Tornado Story  from JPL Newsletter
Hometown:  Henreatta, Texas

First License: Age 16, WN5GRZ, 1972, upgrade to WB5GRZ
Mentor: Phil Woodard, W5KRZ

First Rig: 
6DQ6 Novice Transmitter
National HRO 50 Receiver without band coils, big knob 

People
Van Cliburn, Piano Performer
​
Rob Aanstoos WB5FID
Jan King W3GEY
Owen Garriot, Astronaut
Ralph Walio, W0RPK 
Larry Young, JPL
Bill Pickering, JPL
Jay Holiday, W6EJJ
Eric Archer, N6CV (SK)  - need reference
Bob Twigs (CubeSat)
Joe Taylor, K1JT
HG Wells, Author

Terms
Burlington Northern Railroad
Railroad Telegraph Operator
Railroad Signaling
Railroad Depot (Station) Master
American Morse Code
Taylor, TX
Protoscience
Hubbard, TX
200 to 400 Khz Filter
Transmitter Chirp
NVIS - Near Vertical Incidence Skywave
National Traffic System
Hubbard Texas Tornado, 1972
GE ProgLine
Baylor University, Waco, TX,  Music Major Piano Performance
Heathkit HW-2036A VHF Transceiver
Broadcast Engineer
FCC Office Dallas TX
Second Class RadioTelephone License
First Class RadioTelephone
GS9 - Federal Government Payscale
Oscar 6 Satellite
Phase 3A Satellite
AMSAT Washington, DC
University of Houston, BSEE
Timex Sinclair Computer
Keplerian Elements of Satellites
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
STS6 Space Shuttle Flight
STS9 Space Shuttle Flight
JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Goldstone Deep Space Network
GPS Receiver Design
What is FFRDC?  
CalTech, Pasadena
Jet Assisted Takeoff Rockets
Ranger Missions to the Moon, 1960s
Ranger 7
Surveyor Space Missions
Apollo 12 Mission
Voyager 1 Spacecraft
Voyager 2 Spacecraft
Heliopause
Mars Rovers
Galileo Spacecraft
JPL - Flight Radio Section
MARS Helicopter 1800 Grams or less
Zigby Radio
FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array 
Universal Space Transponder
CubeSat Version Iris Radio Package
Microstat: A New, Small Satellite Bus Concept, 1989, by Courtney Duncan
Oscar Satellite 16 
Oscar Satellite 19
TSFR - This space for rent
P-POD Satellite Dispenser
Mars copter
San Bernardino Microwave Society
Palos Verdes 10 GHz Beacon 
Mt. Ellison Listening Reverse Beacon
4X1AJ Moon Bounce
Shannon Limit 

Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now:  spectrum defense, and keeping other services from taking amateur frequencies

Excited most by: detection of signals far, far away

Advice to new or returning hams: Learn the “Big R Radio”, and how things work

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.
Subscribe
Picture
6DQ6 Novice Transmitter
Picture
National HRO-50 General Coverage Receiver
Picture
N5BF EME Antenna
Picture
N5BF 10 GHz Contest Station
​Truck Mounted
2 Comments
Viannah E. Duncan link
11/13/2021 09:53:36 am

Hello! I tried to sponsor the transcript for this post, but the page keeps saying that "your entry is wrong" when I put in Episode 374 to be transcribed. Please let me know if there's another way to do this or if I'm doing something wrong. Thank you! --kg6gkw

Reply
Eric 4Z1UG link
12/1/2021 02:24:05 am

Just put in the number "374", not any words.

Reply

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Sponsors

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    My Amazon Link
    Picture
    #commission earned

    Listen on: 

    RSS Feed

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture

    Podcast Archives

    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014

    Categories

    All
    10 GHz
    160 Meters
    3D Printing
    Allstar Link
    AM
    Amateur Radio Testing
    Amateur Television
    Amplifiers
    AMSAT
    Antennas
    Antique Telegraph Keys And Bugs
    Apps
    APRS
    Arduino
    AREDN
    ARES
    ARISS
    ARRL
    Art
    Audio Processing
    Australia
    Aviation
    Ballooning
    Balun
    Beacons
    BITX
    Blind
    Blog
    Boat Anchors
    Boy Scouts
    Broadcast Radio
    CERT
    Collins 74A4
    Collins KWM2
    Contesting
    CQ World Wide
    Crystal Set
    CW
    Dayton Hamvention
    DDS Direct Digital Synthesizer
    Dead Bug Construction Method
    Digital Television
    DMR
    DMR Hot Spot
    DMR Hot-spot
    DMR Marc
    Double Side Band
    Drake TR4
    D-Star
    DX
    DXCC Honor Roll
    DXpedition
    Echolink
    Elecraft
    Elecraft K3
    Elecraft KX3
    Electronic Building Techniques
    Electronic Noise And Interference
    Electronic Tools
    EME Moon Bounce
    Emergency Comm
    Emergency Power
    Enigma
    Ex Military Radio
    Ex-military Radio
    FCC
    Fflghtaware
    FlexRadio
    Flow State
    FM And Repeaters
    FreeDV HF Digital Voice
    FSQ
    FT 8
    FT-8
    G5RV
    Hall Of Fame
    Hamfest
    HamSCI
    Heathkit
    Heathkit Hw8
    Hexbeam Antenna
    HF Digital Modes
    HOA
    Home Brew
    IARU
    Icom
    International Hams
    International Space Station
    Ionosphere
    IOTA Islands On The Air
    IOTA - Islands On The Air
    IRLP
    JOTA
    JS8Call
    JT4
    Kenwood TS 2000
    Kenwood TS-2000
    Kenwood TS440
    Kit Building
    KX2
    Leadership
    LoRaWAN
    M17 Project
    Magnetic Loop Antenna
    Maker Faire
    Manhattan Construction
    Manpack Radio
    Maritime Mobile
    Mesh Networking
    Metal Fabrication
    Meteor Scatter
    MFSK
    Microwave
    Microwave Roving
    Military Cipher Machines
    MMDVM
    Morse Code
    Museum
    Music
    NASA
    Nets
    New Hams
    NTS - National Traffic System
    Operating Practice
    Packet Radio
    PACTOR
    Parks On The Air
    Portable Operation
    POTA
    Propagation
    Public Safety
    QCWA
    QRO
    QRP
    QRPP
    R-390
    Races
    Radar
    Radio Astronomy
    Raspberry Pi
    Remote Control
    Remote Hams
    Repeaters And Remote Base Stations
    RTTY
    Russ Farnsworth Morse Code Method
    Satellites
    SDR
    Short Wave Listening
    Single Operator Two Radio
    Single Side Band
    Slow Scan Television
    SO2R
    Software Defined Radio
    Solar Power
    SOTA
    Space Shuttle
    Special Event Station
    Spectrum Monitor
    Spy Radios
    SSB
    System Fusion
    TAPR Tucson Amateur Packet Radio
    TAPR - Tucson Amateur Packet Radio
    Technology Development
    Test Equipment
    Top Band
    UBITX
    Ugly Construction Method
    UHF
    Unique Contributions
    US Army MARS
    Vacuum Tube Radio
    VHF
    Video
    Vintage Gear
    WinLink
    WSPRnet
    WWFF
    Yaesu FT-840
    Youth
    YouTube
    You Tube

Proudly powered by Weebly