Commissioned by: Peter Halliday, VR2VPH
 
Eric, 4Z1UG:        QSO Today, Episode 100, Ned Stearns AA7A. 
 
               My QSO Today is with NED Stearns, AA7A who was recommended to me by one of the listeners.  Ned has a great story, and is a ham who likes to try every band and every mode or hobby offers.  Now he is into EME or moon bounce, and communicates and operates three of these stations.  In addition Ned publishes antenna articles.  Be sure that you check out the show notes for the links.  AA7A, this is Eric 4Z1UG, are you there?
 
Ned, AA7A:        4Z1UG, this is AA7A, hi Eric, this is Ned.
 
Eric, 4Z1UG:        Yeah thanks Ned, thanks for joining me on the QSO Today Podcast.  Can we start at the very beginning of your ham radio story, when and how did it start for you? ​

Commissioned by: Ken Watson, K1KLW
 
Eric, 4Z1UG:        QSO Today, episode 50. Bill Meara, N2CQR.

​Welcome to the QSO Today podcast, I am Eric Guth 4Z1UG, your host. This QSO Today is being recorded on the one year anniversary of the QSO Today podcast. I appreciate all of the support that I have received from my very excellent guests and you the listeners. I appreciate your emails and suggestions. I look forward to another year of outstanding guests and discussions that I hope will ignite the possibilities that exist for us in this amazing hobby. Before we jump into the interview, please take the time to stop by the QSO Today iTunes page and leave a review of the Podcast. This will put the Podcast on the iTunes radar and help people interested in ham radio to find it.
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My QSO Today is with Bill Meara, N2CQR from the Soldersmoke Podcast. Bill has a long history in ham radio and the American Foreign Service where he was stationed abroad for most of his professional life. He was oversees that he revised his interest in building homebrew equipment, especially sideband transceivers using the Manhattan method. We will get into the details later in the podcast.