Episode 273 - Steve Adler - VK5SFA
 | Steve Adler, VK5SFA, is a lifelong lover of radio and electronics, worked in the broadcast industry, and has recently retired. Steve developed a skill set and relationships that helped him to create a 160 and 80 meter magnetic loop antenna that won him first prize in the 2018 QST Antenna Design Competition. The process of building this antenna and its documentation is representative of VK5SFA’s dedication and attention to all of his previous ham radio projects that he mentions in this QSO Today. |
| Steve Adler, VK5SFA Links: You-Tube Channel VK5SFA Home Page QTH: Adialde, South Australia, First License: 1976, Novice VK3VGK Extra Class upgrade 3 months later Favorite operating mode: everything along the way, but CW in the end. People: Mentors: Max Dalton, VK3DF Graham Scott, VK3ZR Leigh Turner, VK5KLT Paul Lawson, VK5SL Trevor, VK5YFR Neil Abrahams VK5KA, chief engineer of Codan Communications Grant Willis, VK5GR Andy Hall, VK5AKH Steve Ford, WB8IMY Leigh Turner, VK5KLT, magnetic loop Radios: First Rig: KW2000A English Transceiver Current Rig: FlexRadio Flex 6600 HF transceiver Acom 1000 amplifier 3 Element SteppIR antenna Terms: Crystal set Rotary dial telephone Science Fair 50 in 1 Electronics Lab CB 27Mhz Australia “On the Oval” Australian Expression Apprentice for electronic trade school. Australian Amateur Radio Licenses Codan Communications HF Radios Transformer ferrite cores FOXFM Melbourne DMG Radio British Radio Southern Cross Stereo, Australia Kingdom of Tonga, A35JT DXpedition Inverted L for 160/80, based on folded monopole. Binocular transformers Foursquare array antenna 30 meters HF Hex Beam LFA beam antenna for Six meters Carnet tax tariffs QST Antenna Design Competition for you “High Power 160/80 meter Transmitting Magnetic Loop antenna”, by Steve Adler, VK5SFA Magnetic loop HF antenna Solenoid NEC4 antenna modeling Cubic Spline Brady Bunch Australia Amateur Radio Foundation license Radio Foxhunting Greatest challenge: Pressure for our spectrum from competing interests. Use or lose it. Man Made noise and our declining numbers. Excited most by: Digital modes that work into low signal to noise. Digital techniques that do analog things in a digital way. Advice to new or returning hams: Join a radio club that is really progressive that are welcoming and inclusive. 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. |  VK5SFA 160 Meter Magnetic Loop Antenna  KW Electronics KW-2000A HF Transceiver  Flex Radio Flex-6600 HF Transceiver  Acom 1000HF Amplifier |
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