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Episode 217 - Tom Wright - NN2X

Tom Wright, NN2X, grew up in the sixties in the foster care system.  Amateur radio provided a way out of the system and into the US Army and a career in satellite communications.  Tom loves his family, the digital modes, especially the new FT8Call, and helping kids escape poverty by training them for careers in information technology. This QSO is packed with little jewells as NN2X shares his ham radio story. ​

Show Notes

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QRP Labs QCX CW Transceiver
Hans Summer's, G0UPL,  Interview at YOTA 2018

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Tom Wright, NN2X sites:  
Company - IT Certificates and Licensing
QRZ Page
LinkedIn
Mena Telecom (In Bahrain)
YouTube videos:  
NN2X on Financial Channel in Australia, about NewSat.
SSB Contacts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hOVg_r5hsY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Ou6CnN2cg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Ou6CnN2cg

Foster Homes

First mentor: K2JFJ Jack Jannike, Bell Labs

CB Radio

First License: 1973, Novice
Upgrade 1980: Amateur Extra

Westar,  Western Union Teleports, systems engineer

Hughes International Teleport

Meena Telecom Earth Station, Bahrain

Current Rig:
Kenwood TS-590S
4CX1500A Tetrode Power Tube
FT8CALL
Olivia Digital Mode
K4KIO Hex Beam

Kenwood TS-830 HF Transceiver

NewSat, Australia Company

Morocco Amateur Radio

Turkmenistan Amateur Radio

Moscow Amateur Radio

Alcoa in Guinea Africa

GI Bill

US National Guard

VK3MO Australia amateur station

40 meter monopole vertical

Excited by: Digital Modes and now FT8CALL
Software Defined Radio, SDR

Advice to new or returning hams: Try the digital modes and use Google Translate to speak to foreign hams in their own language

JTX Alert

PSK Reporter

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