Episode 255 - Rod Moag - W5NDS
 | Rod Moag, W5NDS, interests in radio and electronics paralleled an interest in American folk and country music leading to advanced degrees in linguistics and South Asian languages. Ham radio plays a solid role throughout this story as it weaves it way in and out of Rod’s professional career. Rod’s musical career and performances are one of the diamonds in this episode of QSO Today. |
| Rod Moag Sites: www.rodmoag.com Amazon Link W5NDS Skydiving Rod Moag, inducted Western Swing Hall of Fame, 2015 Austin Radio Station, KOOP, Thursday Country Swing and Rockabilly First License: 1951, General Class, W2KUV First contact: William Shaw, W2HYN on CW School Rig: School general coverage receiver: Hammarlund HQ120 School transmitter: surplus police Transmitter on 2 Mhz converted to 10 meters First Rigs: National NC-57 Receiver Stancor 10P transmitter Heathkit AT1 - 80, 40, 10 813 Homebrew Transmitter Heathkit HX-10 Marauder Transmitter Collins Receiver 75A1 Current Rig: Icom IC-9100 Icom IC-PW1 linear amplifier 3 Rohn 55 tower Favorite operating mode: CW and SSB People: First SWL contact: VE3HC (F. O. Hammond, Guelph, Canada) CQ CQ CQ Mentors: Childhood buddy: Charles Parker, “Chuck” - W2YQZ Anthony Pelone, W2YQW, typing teacher at the New York State School for the Blind William “Bill” Rudd, W2YSV Paul Lafever, W2UMW - small farmer who lived near Rod Country music favorites: Bill Monroe Hank Williams The New York State School for the Blind New York Radio Station WSM 650 Grand Ole Opry Modulation transformer Syracuse University, NY, Radio and Television program National Defense Fellowships University of Wisconsin, Foreign language department Hindi language Fulbright Student Fellowship University of Missouri Linear amplifier 813 pair Wheatstone Bridge Talking multimeter Talking SWR Meter - LDG TW1 Michigan Area Repeater Council Wind Up Victrola Hindi language Malayalam language CW Bug key Vibroplex bug keyer University of Texas, Austin Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: Involving young people in the hobby. Advice to new or returning hams: Get on CW 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. |  Natiional NC-57 GC receiver  Stancor 10P Transmitter  Heathkit AT-1 Transmitter  Icom IC-9100 HF Transceiver |
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