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WI6R

3/19/2022

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Episode 392 - Dave Bottom - WI6R

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Dave Bottom, WI6R, a second generation amateur radio operator, credits this early exposure to radio and spending his teenage years in Palo Alto, to a stint in the famous Hewlett Packard labs and a lifetime electronics career.  WI6R is a builder of his own rigs, kit rigs, and a restorer of popular vintage rigs.  Dave likes DX, QRP, and operating and is my QSO Today.
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Dave’s QRZ page:  qrz.com/db/wi6r
Arlan Communications

Father: Austin Bottom, W6LEH, since 1936
First License: Age 13, 1962,  Novice, WB6BDA
First Rig: 
Heathkit AT-1 Transmitter
World Radio Labs Globe Chief Deluxe Transmitter
ARC-5 BC453 on 40 Meters
Current QTH:  Kingman, AZ

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Army Aircorps, WW2, Radar School
KPIX, Channel 5, San Francisco
Television Antenna Installation Boom Years
Sputnik, 1957
Palo Alto, California
QST Magazine
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Crystal Radio Set
Raytheon Electronics, Palo Alto, California
Early Semiconductor History
CK722 Germanium Transistor
AM Radio CK722
1 Tube Receiver using 1S4 Tube
45VDC “B” Battery Vintage
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Collins S Line
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Jean A “Doc” Gmelin W6ZRJ
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2 Meter AM Repeater
Bipolar Transistor
Radio Frequency Harmonics
FET, Field Effect Transistor
Motorola MPF102
Varactor Diode
Microwave Cavity
Charlie Trimble
Trimble Navigation
CAD - Computer Aided Circuit Board Design 
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Voltage Probe
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Vietnam War Student Deferment
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Owen Garriet, W5LFL
Space Shuttle
Yuma Hamfest
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Weaver’s SSB Design

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WI6R as Novice Operator, 1963
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Tony Fishpool link
3/29/2022 02:15:05 am

A really interesting and engaging interview. Thank you.

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