Episode 419 - Lauren Libby - W0LD
Lauren Libby, W0LD, was my guest on the QSO Today podcast, five years ago this month, and because of a confluence of events including the ham expo and the holidays of the Jewish new year, I decided this week to go back into the QSO Today catalog and remaster an amazing interview I had with Lauren. What’s more, I got to meet Lauen in person at the Dayton Hamvention last May helping me to better choose the now remastered episode of Episode 161. Lauren’s love of radio broadcasting brought him to amateur radio, his interest in DXing by meteor scatter and EME moon bounce. Lauren made his career in radio broadcasting and is the CEO of the World’s largest International shortwave broadcasting network. W0LD is my QSO Today.
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First Broadcast: Age 10, AM Broadcast transmitter with 1000 watt longwire on National Farm Frequency
Elmer: WA0HOZ, Ameco Morse Code Course First License: Mid-Sixties, Age 12, Novice, WN0LSH, Technician WA0LSH Lauren’s other call signs: WN0LSH, WA0LSH, KX0O, V31JO, CO2/KX0O Favorite operating mode: Moon Bounce EME on VHF, UHF First Rig: Ameco kit transmitter Hallicrafters S53A receiver Motorola power amp using a pair of 100TH tubes on 6 meters BC348 Receiver Current Rig: Elecraft K3 HF Transceiver Yaesu FT-991A to take travel internationally Icom IC-271H single band radio VHF UHF Current interests: Moonbounce, EME High Power VHF Tropo Experiments Terms Growing Popcorn for money Norton Warner Broadcast Company Kansas State College, Economics Moon bounce “EME” Meteor Scatter 1500 Watt Amp using 8877 amp for two meters Don Hilliard W0PW, W0EYE invented antennas for microwave for the National Bureau of Aircraft Scatter Tropospheric Scatter Joe Taylor, JT65, WSJT Icom IC-475H - VHF single band transceiver ARRL Worked all States on VHF and UHF, and ARRL Worked all Continents Central States VHF Society Amateur Radio Roving Station Radio Club of America TWR International - Lauren is CEO Yellow Teak. High power medium wave band Medium wave curtain antenna DXpedition V31JO Beliese 6 meters Sporadic E Propagation Lance Collister, W7GJ - 6 meter moon bounce DXpeditionier W5UN DXCC 2 meters Grid squares VHF contest King Hussein, JY1 Excited by: relationships that blossom from ham radio Advice to new or returning hams: Enjoy the relationships that come from amateur radio.
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Ameco AC1 Novice Transmitter
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Elecraft K3 HF Transceiver
Yaesu FT-991A Allmode Transceiver
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