Episode 053 - Wayne Mills - N7NG
 | For some hams, amateur radio provides an opportunity to not only work DX, but to travel the world on DXpeditions of all kinds. Wayne Mills, N7NG has visited over 60 countries during his ham radio career, and he was inducted into the CQ DX Hall of Fame. Wayne is the founder of DX University. He is Eric, 4Z1UG’s guest, this week, on QSO Today. |
| First exposure to radio from Boy's Life magazine crystal set that used pencil lead and a razor blade First License: KN6ALH, March 1953 Upgrade to General: K6ALH, 1956 Home QTH: Redwood City, First Ham Clubs:
Hartley Oscillator - tuned circuit consists of a single capacitor in parallel with a single tapped inductor Colpitts Oscillator - feedback for the active device is taken from a voltage divider made of two capacitors in series across the inductor. First Rig: Station Upgrades:
Sputnik 20.002 Mhz. Education: UC Davis, BSEE, MSEE First Jobs: Motorola MSS New Horizons Spacecraft from Pluto. ARRL Field Day DXCC Award - Wayne confirmed 100 countries by 1959. DXpedition, Clipperton Island, 1985 Martti Laine, OH2BH, with the aid of Wayne to establish ham radio in Albania, 1991. Current Rig:
ARRL - American Amateur Radio League - Wayne was the manager of member services including the QSL bureau DX University, founded in 2011. Roger Western, G3SXW - Books Yasme Foundation - originally established to support the travels and exploration of Danny Wail in his boat of the same name, where he attempted to sail around the World. The Yasme Foundation now supports educational and scientific projects in amateur radio. Based in Northern California. Dick Spencer, KV4AA, saw an opportunity to activate rare Pacific islands using Wail’s travels. K1TN book Yasme story Remote control of amateur radio stations CQ DX Hall of Fame -- Induction in 1999 Organizations: Books: DXpeditioning Basics, Wayne Mills, 1994. Wayne Mills, publisher. 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. |  Crystal Set AM receiver   Drake 2B  Yaesu FTDX5000 Transceiver  N7NG ham shack |
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