Transcripts - QSO Today Amateur Radio Podcast

KV4QB

1/29/2019

Episode 190 - DuWayne Schmidlkofer - KV4QB Transcript

Commissioned by: Newton White, N4EWT

Eric, 4Z1UG: QSO Today Episode 190, DuWayne Schmidlkofer KV4QB. This episode of QSO Today is sponsored by Sotabeams, makers of the WSPRlite antenna testing system and other fine accessories to make your next SOTA outing and by QRP Labs, makers of the QCX QRP Transceiver Kit. Please support the QSO Today Podcast by supporting these fine sponsors.

Eric, 4Z1UG: Welcome to the QSO Today Podcast. I'm Eric Guth, 4Z1UG, your host. I love to find builders of ham radio gear mostly because building for ham radio is an integration project between the analog and digital DC, AC and RF. DuWayne Schmidlkofer, KV4QB is one of the amazing creators of home-brew projects from conception to the finished package. He uses microcontrollers combined with RF circuitry to make some pretty cool and mostly inexpensive projects. His blog is a great read, where he documents each of his projects from beginning to end. KV4QB is my QSO Today. KV4QB, this is Eric 4Z1UG, are you there DuWayne?

DuWayne, KV4QB: 4Z1UG, this is KV4QB, hear you fine here.

AB2KT

9/24/2018

ePISODE 212 - fRANK bRICKLE - ab2kt tRANSCRIPT

Commissioned by: Elwood Downey, WB0OEW

Eric: QSO Today episode 212, Frank Brickle, AB2KT. This episode of QSO Today is sponsored by ICOM America, makers of the best rigs for HF, VHF, and UHF for every level of amateur radio operator. And by QRP Labs, my favorite kit company and makers of the QCXHF transceiver kit for under $50 US. Please support the QSO Today podcast by supporting these fine sponsors.

Welcome to the QSO Today podcast. I'm Eric Guth, 4Z1UG, your host. You may remember from Episode 208 with Dr. Ulrich Rode N1UL that the development of the SDR or software defined radio started years before it became popular in the amateur radio world at RCA or the Radio Corporation of America, close to Princeton University.

My guest today, Frank Brickle, AB2KT, took a professional path to music composition at Princeton and combined his computer skills and technical knowledge from amateur radio to both compose classical music and opera and develop the software used first by the government and later by the industry for software defined radio. I know that you'll enjoy this fascinating QSO Today with AB2KT.

AB2KT, this is Eric, 4Z1UG, are you there, Frank?

G0KSC

8/31/2018

EPISODE 211 - JUSTIN JOHNSON - G0KSC Transcript

Transcript Commissioned by: Elwood Downey, WB0OEW

Eric 4Z1UG: QSO Today episode 211, Justin Johnson, G0KSC.

This episode of QSO Today is sponsored by Icom America, makers of the finest HF, VHF and UHF transceivers for every level of amateur radio operator and by QRP labs, makers of the QCX single band transceiver kit, and so much more. Please support the QSO Today podcast by supporting these fine sponsors.

Welcome to the QSO Today podcast. I'm Eric Guth 4Z1UG your host.

My guest today changes the way that we think about yagi Antenna design by optimizing signal to noise ratio versus gain. Justin Johnson G0KSC tells his ham radio story and how it led to the founding of his company Innovantenna and his approach to antenna design that produces amazing results. If you're reconsidering your antenna system, then you'll enjoy this QSO Today with G0KSC. G0KSC, this is Eric 4Z1UG. Are you there, Justin?

Justin G0KSC: Sure. I'm Eric. How you doing?

4Z1UG

7/15/2018

Episode 200 - Eric Guth - 4Z1UG Transcript

Commissioned by: Gerry Jurrens, N2GJ in honor of the 200th Episode of QSO Today

Jim K5ND:            QSO Today, episode 200, Eric Guth, 4Z1UG.

Welcome to the QSO Today podcast, this is Jim Wilson K5ND, your guest host for episode 200. Episode 200 represents for QSO Today, uninterrupted, week-to-week interviews of amateur radios favorite Elmers, for almost four years. To celebrate this achievement, a number of listeners emailed Eric to request that he be the QSO Today guest on this bicentennial edition of QSO Today.

Before this QSO, Eric sent a message to his email list requesting some additional questions. There were so many replies that Eric will personally answer the rest of the questions at the end of the show, beyond the usual ending. So, without further introduction, let's get started, 4-Zed-1-U-G, this is Jim Kilo-5-November-Delta. Are you there, Eric?

Eric 4Z1UG:         I am, Jim. Thanks for being the guest host of QSO Today.

Jim K5ND:            Well, that's great. Eric, thanks for joining me on the QSO Today podcast. Let's start at the beginning of your ham radio story, when and how did it start for you?

ZS6BNE

3/25/2018

Episode 28 - Eddie Leighton - ZS6BNE Transcript

Commissioned by the USA RaDAR Group in honor of Eddie’s birthday, 2018

Eric, 4Z1UG:
QSO Today, episode 28. Eddie Layton ZS6BNE.
Welcome to the QSO Podcast. I am your host Eric Guth 4Z1UG.
My QSO today is with Eddie Layton, ZS6BNE from Lichtenburg, South Africa. Kudos to Greg N4KGL, a future guest on this podcast who recommended that I speak to Eddie about his love and contributions to amateur radio, as well as RaDAR, or rapid deployment amateur radio. We will dig deeper into RaDAR later in this podcast. ZS6BNE this is Eric, 4Z1UG. Are you there Eddie?

Eddie, ZS6BNE:
Oh 4Z1UG, this is Zulu Sierra 6 Bravo November Echo. Very good evening to you Eric, coming through yeah, and to South Africa pretty well. And looking forward to having a chat with you.

NW7US

3/5/2018

Episode 184 - Tomas Hood - NW7US - Transcript

Welcome to the QSO Today podcast, I'm Eric 4Z1UG, your host. Tomas Hood NW7US is the propagation editor for a number of shortwave and amateur radio magazines, and has a wide variety of websites that grew out of his love for listening on the bands too far off DX and commercial broadcast stations. Tomas shares his understanding of propagation and the lessons we can learn from listening, really listening, to the QSOs and exchanges during contest operation.

NW7US, this is Eric 4Z1UG. Are you there, Tomas?

Tomas NW7US:
Yes I am. This is NW7US, Tomas in Nebraska.

Eric 4Z1UG:
Tomas, thanks for joining me on the QSO Today podcast. Can we start at the beginning of your hand radio story? When and how did it start for you?

4Z4DX

11/14/2017

Episode 166 - Dov Gavish - 4Z4DX Transcript

Transcript commissioned by:
Rich Rockman, WB3EGD

Eric, 4Z1UG:
Welcome to the QSO Today podcast, I'm Eric Guth, 4Z1UG, your host.

Israel's most notable amateur radio operator, might just be Dov Gavish 4Z4DX, first licensed in Israel, with his Dad, over 50 years ago, Dov has made a career of operating, from wherever he happens to be in the world. Always ready to get on the air. While CW is his favorite operating mode, Dov just likes to get on the air with whatever mode he works, including DMR. 4Z4DX is my QSO Today. 4Z4DX, this is Eric, 4Z1UG, are you there, Dov?

Dov, 4Z4DX:
Yeah, hello, Eric. 4Z1UG, this is 4 Zulu 4 Delta X-ray, over.

Eric, 4Z1UG:
Dov, thanks for joining me on the QSO Today podcast. Can we start at the beginning of your ham radio story? When and how did it start for you?

w7EL

5/1/2017

Episode 143 - Roy Lewallen - W7EL Transcript

Transcription commissioned by: Elwood Downey, WB0OEW

Welcome to the QSO Today Podcast. I'm Eric Guth, 4Z1UG, your host. For my research online, my guest Roy Lewallen, W7EL, approaches ham radio from an engineering and even a scientific point of view. Roy is the creator of EZNEC, the popular antenna modeling software, and is the author of many articles on radio and transceiver design, baluns, antennas and inductors.

His contributions to the Amateur Radio hobby and advancing the state of the art put Roy at the head of the class in Amateur Radio. W7EL is my QSO Today.

W7EL, this is Eric, 4Z1UG. Are you there Roy?

Roy, W7EL:
I am Eric. Good evening.

K9EID

2/9/2017

Transcript - Episode 72 - Bob Heil - K9EID

Transcript commissioned by Brent Putnam, W1NCH

Eric 4Z1UG:
QSO Today Episode 72, Bob Heli K9EID.

Welcome to the QSO Today podcast, I'm Eric Guth 4Z1UG your host. Bob Heil K9EID is no stranger to Hams and Ham Radio as the cohost of TWiT Networks weekly podcast Ham Nation. Bob is the founder of Heil Sound, manufacturer of high-quality microphones, headsets and other audio accessories, not only for Ham Radio, but for the pro audio world as well. Bob is an audio pioneer and owes his education and expertise to his amateur radio background and his association with many of the pioneers of Ham Radio history.

This episode of QSO Today runs about 30 minutes longer than most of my interviews. It does contain, however, some pearls of Ham Radio wisdom that come from over 50 years in the hobby.

K9EID, this is Eric 4Z1UG, are you there Bob?

Bob Heil K9EID:
I am

WA2EUJ

2/8/2017

Transcript - Episode 123 - Jim Veatch - WA2EUJ

Transcript Commissioned by Brent Putnam, W1NCH

Eric 4Z1UG:
QSO Today episode 123, Jim Veatch WA2EUJ.

Welcome to the QSO Today Podcast. I'm Eric Guth 4Z1UG, your host. For many of us ham radio operators, homebrewing our own gizmos and gear is a key part of our enjoyment of the amateur radio hobby. My QSO today is with Jim Veatch WA2EUJ, three time winner of the ARRL Homebrew Challenge, and who has just finished a recent Kickstarter campaign to raise money to manufacture a multi-band SDR HF transceiver called the RS-HFIQ. We get into Jim's ham radio life in this episode of QSO Today.

WA2EUJ. This is Eric 4Z1UG. Are you there, Jim?