NA7US

2/17/2018

Episode 185 - Mitch Gill - NA7US

Mitch Gill, NA7US is the New editor of QRP Quarterly Magazine, the official journal of the QRP Amateur Radio Club International and a former columnist for both Popular Communications and CQ VHF. Mitch has a love for all things amateur radio and is now retired from active military service where he operated at YI9TU in Iraq. Mitch tells this story and more in this QSO Today.

Show Notes

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Episode 185 Sponsors

QRP Labs Ultimate 3S

Realistic Radio Shack
First License: Age 14, WN4TUT

Home town: Miami Lakes, FL

First Rig:
Heathkit DX40 Transmitter
Heathkit HW16 Novice Transceiver

First contact: 15 meters JD1RPS, Rare DX, bogus contact from Mike WB4TTZ

Light Bulb dummy load

Glen Popiel, KW5GP, guest in Episode 49 of the QSO Today podcast,

Color Blindness

US Air Force Communications

John Kosmak - W3IK, Elmer in Germany

US Army MARS

ARMY National Guard 2004

Joint Operations Center, Camp Murray

Operating Base Speicher

Hescos - sand around the building

Inverted V Antenna

Camp Adder

Slinky Antenna

Icom IC-706 Transceiver

Yaesu FT817 Transceiver

Drake TR4C Transceiver

Heathkit HW8 QRP Transceiver

Yaesu FT-1000 Transceiver

Elecraft K1 QRP Transceiver

Elecraft K2 Transceiver

Amateur Radio GoBag

Operation Iraqi Freedom

K7LED Relay Newsletter

Mike and Key Amateur Radio Club in Seattle

JT65 Digital Mode

FT8 Digital Mode

VizKey vertical CW bug

QRP Frequency List

N200 QSL Manager

EQSL Card

Logbook of the World

North American QRP CW Club

QRP Quarterly Magazine

Popular Communications Magazine and

CQ VHF Magazine

World Radio Magazine

Elmer: Rich Arland, K7SZ

Amateur Radio National Traffic System

Elecraft K2 HF Transceiver

Super antenna vertical screwdriver

Excited by the fascinating technology

Advice to new or returning hams: Get on the air to make contacts, and get General license as soon as you can

Icom IC-718 transceiver

Icom IC-31A handheld with GPS

PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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