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Episode 043 - Paul Ewing - N6PSE

Paul Ewing, N6PSE, is the founder of the Intrepid DX Group, who has organized and participated in eight DXpeditions to very rare DX and exotic locations around the World, including Northern Iraq, South Sudan, and Yemen. This gives Paul authority and insight on creation, management, and execution of DXpeditions in ham radio. As a ham radio blogger, Paul shares his reflections on ham radio and is  Eric’s guest on QSO Today.

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First License: KB6FPR, Technician, 1983
Upgraded: Extra Class, N6PSE

Home City: San Jose, California

First Rig: Kenwood TS-450, KLM 10 Meter Beam 

Current Rig: 

• Elecraft K3, P3 and KPA500 500 watt power amp
  
• Elecraft K3 and an Alpha 9500 1 KW 
  
• Antennas: SteppIR DB36 at 75' for 40-6 meters and an inverted vee dipole for 80/160 meters.
  

Recommended Rig to beginners: Yaesu FT-1000MP

Favorite Operating Modes: SSB, RTTY, beginning to really enjoy CW. 

Paul's Clubs:

• Northern CA DX Foundation
  
• Intreped DX Group, Founder
  
• Palo Alto Amateur Radio Association 
  
• Utah DX Association
  
• Araucaria DX Group
  
• World-Wide DX Group
  

Traits needed to participate on a DXpedition:

• understand challenges and hardships
  
• aptitude and attitude
  
• expertise in: N1MM logging program, computers and computer networks, medical physician, helpful
  

P5 Project - the project to convince the North Korean government to allow a DXpedition 

 James McLaughlin, T6AF - DXpedition local contact in Afghanistan who was murdered before the scheduled DXpedition arrived. 

FlexRadio Maestro interface to FlexRadio's SDR radios. One of Dayton Hamvention's 2015 interresting innovations. 

Expert Amplifiers - makes a line of light weight HF power amplifiers

DXpeditions:

1. leader of the April 2010 YI9PSE DXpedition. 
   
2. co-Leader of the ST0R DXpedition to the new country of the Republic of South Sudan, July-August 2011. 
   
3. member of the 3D2R-Rotuma Island DXpedition in Sept-Oct, 2011. 
   
4. member of the ET3AA team from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December, 2011. 
   
5. member of the 7O6T Team from Socotra, Yemen, May 2012. 
   
6. co-Leader of the 3D2C Conway Reef Dxpedition in September, 2012. 
   
7. member of the XZ1J Myanmar DXpedition, November 15-26th, 2013. 
   
8. co-Leader of the March 2015 DXpedition to Eritrea, as E30FB. 
   
9. co-Leader of the January, 2016 Dxpedition to South Sandwich and South Georgia Islands.
   

Paul's Amateur Radio Blog

Paul's ham radio operator family: 

• Ryan-N6RYN
  
• Michelle-KJ6DOM

Kenwood TS-450 HF Transceiver

Yaesu FT-1000MP HF Transceiver

Steppir DB36 Yagi Antenna

STOR DXpedition in South Sudan, Hamshack

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