QSO Today interview Jim Forkin WA3TFS

WA3TFS

8/3/2018

Episode 209 - Jim Forkin - WA3TFS

Jim Forkin, WA3TFS, started contributing to QST and Ham Radio Magazine as far back as 1983 with his series on A Modular Two Band Receiver. His QRZ page is loaded with pictures of his home brew rigs along with detailed descriptions. Jim shares his ham radio story and his incorporation of old and new technology, including Arduino micro controllers into his still evolving and complex projects, in this QSO Today.

Show Notes

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QRP Labs QCX Transceiver

WA3TFS QRZ Page

Philco desktop receiver with shortwave bands

Boy Scouts Merit Badge Signs, Signals, and Codes

Popular Electronics Magazine

Amateur Radio Handbook, ARRL

First Elmer: Army Chaplain,

First license: 1971, Novice

First Rig:
Heathkit HR-10 Receiver
Heathkit DX-60B Transmitter
14AVQ Vertical Antenna

Model 28 ASR Teletype

Slow Scan TV

Art Institute of Pittsburgh

Hubble Telescope

ARRL Periodicals Archive and Search - for members only

Ham Radio Magazine

Atlas 210 HF Transceiver

Extending the Modular Two Band Receiver, By Jim Forkin, WA3TFS, 1983, Ham Radio Magazine, Page 57.

All mode SDR Receiver, Jim Forkin, WA3TFS, QST Magazine, Jan 2016

Transfer Lettering

Ebay

Aliexpress

AD9850 DDS Module

Arduino Nano

Eagle CadSoft, Autocad product

Gerber Files

LT Spice Software

Electronics Workbench Software

1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe Street Rod

Most excited by: Major advances in receivers with SDR

Low Power Watt Meter

Band pass filter

Low pass filter

RF Analyst Antenna Analyzer

MFJ 266

Grid Dip Meter

Advice to new or returning hams: Try and learn more all of the time. Don’t limit yourself to the commercial equipment. Build something simple.

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