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W7SCY

11/7/2020

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Episode 326 - Bob Weed - W7SCY

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Bob Weed, W7SCY, was born and raised in the Oregon Cascade Mountains over eighty years ago.  In this retirement, Bob has returned home to an area that has always been subject to fire, mudslides, earthquakes, and active volcanoes.  W7SCY shares his seventy plus years as a radio amateur that includes his interest in traffic nets and emergency operations in his area,  in this QSO Today. ​
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Coming March 13-14 2021
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First Mentor: Kay Cutler, W7DKJ, Radio Repair, Myrtle Point, OR
First License:  1951, Age 14, Novice Class License, WN7SCY
Upgrade to Conditional Class (General) as W7SCY, 1952  

Family members who are amateurs: 
  • Father was WN7TLQ, W7TLQ
  • Grandfather - was the oldest Novice in the USA, WN7ZKJ and upgraded to General class as W7ZKJ
  • Brother: Roger Weed, calls were (in order) K7AEF, KL7HOT, KV4I.
  • WIfe: Nora, calls were (in order) KA7IZH, N7CQC, NW7CQ, her current call

Hometown: Myrtle Point, Oregon

Favorite Operating Mode:  SSB HF

Current Rig: 
Icom IC-746 Pro HF Transceiver 
Antenna Tuner MFJ 926B remote tuner for the 42 Foot Vertical Antenna -  Insulated Wire Up A Tree
Remote Antenna Tuner Under A Fake Rock
Antenna tuner LDG-IT100 for the  G5RV antenna
20 Meter Dipole Antenna
High Sierra Motorized Antenna
Two- Meter ⅝ Wave Antenna


Rigs: 
 6AG7 Transmitter
ARC5   80 meters
Eimac Modulator Kit
Elmac A54
Gonset Commander
Gonset VFO Outboard
Heathkit Apache Transmitter
Heathkit SB10 Sideband Adapter
Sideband Engineers SBE34 Transceiver
Yaesu FT-101E HF Transceiver

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Short Wave Band
Instructograph - morse code sender
General Class Amateur Radio License
6AG7 Transmitter
Fanstock Clip
Hallicrafters S-40B Receiver
Riverton Oregon, Farmer Ham, Cranberry Farm
Oregon State College
Heathkit HT1 Handy Tester
1955 Oregon Landslide
Oregon Emergency Net
W7SHA Mounted Rescue Effort
Grantham School of Electronics, Hollywood California
Radio Station KCRE, Crescent City, CA
Radio Station KGAL, Lebanon, Oregon
Johnson Viking 2 Transmitter as Broadcast Link
Gonset Commander
Governor's Mansion, Salem, Oregon
Don Wellman, KGAL
Yaesu FT101 HF Transceiver
Dentron Clipperton Amplifier
Radio Station KCKC, San Bernardino, CA
High Desert Amateur Radio Group
Vibroplex Morse Code Bug
WinLink
FT-8 Digital Mode
Oregon Emergency Net
Alaska Pacific Net
JCARES Hospital and Healthcare Net, St. Charles Hospital
Oregon ARES
Incident Command System Protocol
Deschutes County Sheriff's Department
Central Oregon Community College
Mt. St. Helens Volcano
Central Oregon DX Club
ARRL Field Day
QSO Party - 7QP
AMSAT Amateur Radio on the ISS
Owen Garriat, Astronaut
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Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: HOA is the biggest challenge

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3 Comments
Bob Weed, W7SCY
11/10/2020 02:50:25 pm

I mistakenly put my brother Roger, KV4I in Arizona during the podcast. He is actually in Florida! I regret the error..

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Roger
11/11/2020 05:51:54 am

I would like to underscore the value of participating in nets. In the interview, discussion revolved around knowing what time and frequency on which a net occurs. In actuality, net time is inconsequential because if an event happens people will immediately go to the associated frequencies. For example, we have 2 meter nets Monday, Wednesday and Friday. However, during hurricanes or tornadoes, established net times are irrelevant as we turn on the radios to the appropriate frequency. The leadership or net controls will active the net at any appropriate time. Knowledge of frequencies, names/calls of leaders and net controls, as well as protocol is invaluable.

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Robert Weed
9/13/2021 11:44:53 am

I agree with Roger's comments that if a net is activated for an emergency, net members may expect the net to be on the established frequency regardless of the normal check in time.

I also neglected to specify that not all nets are for emergency use; some nets are social nets for hams who have a shared interest such as YL nets for female hams.

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