QSO TODAY AMATEUR RADIO PODCAST
  • Podcasts
    • Eric's Favorite Podcasts
    • QSO Today Podcast Archive >
      • Complete List of Podcasts - Libsyn
      • iTunes List of QSO Today Episodes
      • Download Podcast List as PDF
  • Blog
  • Transcripts
  • Sponsors
    • icom
    • Sotabeams
  • About
    • Contact
    • Apple Reviews
    • Whitelist
  • Donate
  • Expo
  • Subscribe

WB2D

5/29/2021

3 Comments

 

Episode 353 - Peter ODell - WB2D

Picture
For Peter ODell, WB2D, amateur radio morphed into a professional life at the ARRL during the time of Spaceshuttle STS-9 and the introduction of the first amateur radio broadcast from the Shuttle.  Peter describes his amateur radio journey and the challenges of being a ham radio journalist in this QSO Today.
Show Notes
Sponsor Transcription
Listen to Podcast

Picture
Picture
Picture

Ham Radio Horizons, By Peter ODell
CW Mental Block Buster Learning Course, by Peter ODell

Hometown: 
Ravenswood, WV
First License: Novice WN8NVG
General Class: WB8NAS

Terms

International Morse Code
Popular Science Magazine
Boy’s Life magazine,  Bob and Jerry on Ham Radio
Popular Electronics Magazine
Kaiser Aluminum Plant, Ravenswood, WV
Clark Stuart, W8TN
Knight Kit Ocean Hopper Receiver
Marshall University, Political Science and Sociology
Heathkit DX60 Transmitter
NYC, West Village, Bank Street
Federalist Buildings, New York City
Instructograph
University of Michigan, Phd Sociology
George Barker, NA1L
Walter Cronkite
Steve Mendelosohn  WA2DHF/W2ML
Walter Cronkite Video Promoting Amateur Radio
Dave Sumner, K1ZZ
Roy Neal, K6DUE 
V.C Clark, W4KFC, ARRL Past President
Owen Garret, W5LFL  Astronaut
SpaceLab 
ARRL STS9 Press Kit
AMSAT
Motorola Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club
Wayne Yoshida, KH6WZ
Kennedy Space Center
Johnson Space Flight Center
NASA Huntsville
1983 Oct Nov QST
Larry Price, W4RA
CQ Magazine Buyer’s Guide - need reference
Radio Shack TRS80 Computer
Signmond Freud
Psycho Cybernetics, by Maxwell Maltz
Hypnosis
Hy-Gain TH7 Antenna
Kenwood TS-940 HF Transceiver
Richard Garriet, Computer Game Maker who paid Russians to go to ISS

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.
Subscribe
Picture
Knight Kit Ocean Hopper Receiver
Picture
Heathkit DX-60 Novice Transmitter
Picture
Instructograph CW Sender
Picture
Kenwood TS-940S HF Transceiver
3 Comments
Wayne Yoshida link
5/30/2021 03:00:48 pm

Thank you Eric for interviewing Peter O'Dell WB2D. It was great to hear Peter's history and stories.

KB1N was a great mentor and boss during my job at ARRL Hq. a long time ago.

BTW, the Popular Electronics teenage ham characters were "Carl and Jerry" --

https://www.rfcafe.com/references/popular-electronics/carl-and-jerry-wired-wireless-jan-1962-popular-electronics.htm#:~:text=%22From%201954%20through%201964%2C%20Popular,ups%20built%20in%20Jerry's%20basement.

Thank you for sharing the great memories.

Hopefully WB2D will get back on the air some day.

73 de Wayne KH6WZ

Reply
Wayne Yoshida link
6/3/2021 04:12:21 pm

Correction --

George Barker is now NA1F. (Ex-WB8PBC), ex-NBC cameraman, now freelance news cameraman in Huntington Beach, CA

Dale Clift is NA1L, ex- WA3NLO - another ARRL Hq staffer (legal), now an attorney in CT - Steeg & Clift, LLP

Reply
Wayne Yoshida
6/3/2021 04:42:12 pm

Reference to CQ Buyer's guides --

https://www.universal-radio.com/used/usedb.html

Reply

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Sponsors

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    My Amazon Link
    Picture
    #commission earned

    Listen on: 

    RSS Feed

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture

    Podcast Archives

    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014

    Categories

    All
    10 GHz
    160 Meters
    3D Printing
    Allstar Link
    AM
    Amateur Television
    Amplifiers
    AMSAT
    Antennas
    Antique Telegraph Keys And Bugs
    Apps
    APRS
    Arduino
    AREDN
    ARES
    ARISS
    ARRL
    Art
    Audio Processing
    Aviation
    Ballooning
    Balun
    Beacons
    BITX
    Blind
    Blog
    Boat Anchors
    Boy Scouts
    Broadcast Radio
    CERT
    Collins 74A4
    Collins KWM2
    Contesting
    CQ World Wide
    Crystal Set
    CW
    DDS Direct Digital Synthesizer
    Dead Bug Construction Method
    Digital Television
    DMR Hot Spot
    DMR Hot-spot
    DMR Marc
    Double Side Band
    Drake TR4
    D-Star
    DX
    DXCC Honor Roll
    DXpedition
    Echolink
    Elecraft
    Elecraft K3
    Elecraft KX3
    Electronic Building Techniques
    Electronic Noise And Interference
    Electronic Tools
    EME Moon Bounce
    Emergency Comm
    Emergency Power
    Enigma
    Ex Military Radio
    Ex-military Radio
    FCC
    Fflghtaware
    FlexRadio
    Flow State
    FM And Repeaters
    FSQ
    FT 8
    FT-8
    G5RV
    Hall Of Fame
    HamSCI
    Heathkit
    Heathkit Hw8
    Hexbeam Antenna
    HF Digital Modes
    HOA
    Home Brew
    IARU
    Icom
    International Hams
    International Space Station
    Ionosphere
    IOTA Islands On The Air
    IOTA - Islands On The Air
    IRLP
    JOTA
    JS8Call
    JT4
    Kenwood TS 2000
    Kenwood TS-2000
    Kenwood TS440
    Kit Building
    KX2
    Leadership
    LoRaWAN
    M17 Project
    Magnetic Loop Antenna
    Maker Faire
    Manhattan Construction
    Manpack Radio
    Maritime Mobile
    Mesh Networking
    Metal Fabrication
    Meteor Scatter
    MFSK
    Microwave
    Microwave Roving
    Military Cipher Machines
    MMDVM
    Museum
    Music
    NASA
    Nets
    New Hams
    NTS - National Traffic System
    Operating Practice
    Packet Radio
    PACTOR
    Parks On The Air
    Portable Operation
    POTA
    Propagation
    Public Safety
    QCWA
    QRP
    QRPP
    Races
    Radar
    Radio Astronomy
    Raspberry Pi
    Remote Control
    Remote Hams
    Repeaters And Remote Base Stations
    RTTY
    Russ Farnsworth Morse Code Method
    Satellites
    SDR
    Short Wave Listening
    Single Operator Two Radio
    Single Side Band
    Slow Scan Television
    SO2R
    Software Defined Radio
    Solar Power
    SOTA
    Space Shuttle
    Special Event Station
    Spectrum Monitor
    SSB
    System Fusion
    TAPR Tucson Amateur Packet Radio
    TAPR - Tucson Amateur Packet Radio
    Technology Development
    Test Equipment
    Top Band
    UBITX
    Ugly Construction Method
    UHF
    Unique Contributions
    US Army MARS
    Vacuum Tube Radio
    VHF
    Video
    Vintage Gear
    Winlink
    WSPRnet
    Yaesu FT-840
    YouTube
    You Tube

Proudly powered by Weebly