Episode 140 - Richard Gillette - W9PE
Richard’s Website - w9pe.us
Richard’s professional website The Lone Ranger, WXYZ Detroit University of Chicago Introduced to amateur radio by: Ed Wockenfuss, W9FUN, 10 meter contacts Hallicrafters SX43 bought on time payments for $1.00 per week. High School: St. Rita Prep School, Chicago First Elmer: Father John Galloway, W9RMS, urged Novice license for seniors in radio shop. First License: 1951, Novice, WN9RSU, Age 18 License Upgrade: Technician W9RSU, 1953 - Six Meters AM Chicago “L” train - Chicago’s elevated light rail train First Rig:
Current Rig: Kenwood TS-2000 First real Elmer: Milt Davis, W9ING IIT - Illinois Institute of Technology - Summer algebra course and a used truck changed Richard’s live. Beltone Hearing Aids Heathkit QM-1 Q Meter Microphonic nuvistor, artificial mastoid Knight Kit History Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago Hallicrafters, Military Division in Illinois Excel based Virtual Demonstration Lab, includes signal generator, product detector, phase modulator, oscilloscope, and spectrum analyzer to demonstrate radio principles QST, Oct 1998, on a fox hunting antenna called the DF twin tenna. The antenna had two elements, a three element Yagi antenna and an interferometer Interferometer Richard’s QST Articles: MAY 2012 - QST (PG. 61) Portable Yagi Update (Hints and Kinks) FEB 2011 - QST (PG. 34) A Portable 2 Meter Yagi (Feature) FEB 2011 - QST (PG. 35) Calculation of Element Dimensions (sidebar to A Portable 2 Meter Yagi) (Feature) DEC 1999 - QST (PG. 55) Latitude and Longitude the Easy Way OCT 1998 - QST (PG. 41) A Fox-Hunting DF Twin 'Tenna OCT 1998 - QST (PG. 41) Antenna Alternative (sidebar to A Fox-Hunting DF Twin 'Tenna) Old Crows National Technology Award from the Society for Electronic Countermeasures The Flight of the Old Dog, Dale Brown
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