Episode 135 - Bob Wilson - N6TV
Bob Wilson, N6TV, is a San Francisco Bay Area contester and CW operator. Having developed his CW craft on the National Traffic System as a teenage kid, he now enjoys the North American Sprint, a four hour contest and using the latest SDR receivers to see what’s up on the bands during a contest event. A professor at Contest University in Dayton and a three time competitor at the World Radiosport Team Championship, Bob shares what he knows about this and more on this QSO Today.
| Special Thanks to Bob Norberg, K6BZM, for cleaning up the audio on this episode. 3 tube regenerative receiver Army Signal Corp ARRL Ham Radio License Manual First License: 1972, Novice, WN6TLV First Rig: Elmers:
West Valley Amateur Radio Club, WA6LXN First Contest: Novice Roundup Education: UC Berkeley Computer Science, BA computer science Dan Levin, K6IF, worked for Replay TV, company similar to TiVo Northern California Contest Club Northern California DX Club Bob likes the adrenaline rush from contesting Rick Niswander, WA1PID, now K7GM Contest Editor 1975 Favorite Contests: North American Sprint 4 hours Favorite operating mode: CW Current Rig:
Alex VE3NEA software engineer - maker of CW Skimmer W7RN Contest Station Elecraft P3 Panadapter, Option: P3SVGA Amateur Radio Parity Act 2017 Favorite hamfest or convention: Visalia DX convention Dayton Hamvention, 2nd place To improve CW speed, join the National Traffic System DXCC Award Contest University - Usually the day before the Dayton Hamvention Contest Academy - at the International DX Convention Martti Laine, OH2BH interview with N6PSE Tim Duffy Dayton Hamvention Contest Track Most excited by: Auroral Oval Pixel Loop Antenna Advice to new or returning hams:
WRTC - World Radiosport Team Championship Goodwill Games, Seattle |  Heathkit HW-16 Novice Transceiver  Elecraft K3 HF Transceiver  Perseus SDR Receiver  |
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