Amateur Radio QSO Show

Allen Phillips WA0YAS In the amateur radio world he is known as "Hawk" ,which he prefers, although the name on his license is Allen. Allen has been a licensed amateur operator since 2003 he is a certified A.R.R.L. volunteer examiner. Allen is of Tsalagi Cherokee Blood. other than ham radio, he likes to dance at various American Indian Gatherings aka pow-wows, ghost hunting which he has been doing since 1974. Please free to visit his websites at www.ghosthuntersinc.net his YouTube page at www.youtube.com/ghosthuntersinc. Allens station consists of the following equipment so far; his laptop is an Acer Aspire 5538 with Windows 7, Icom IC-706 M2G rig with MFJ-1278 multi-mode data controller computer interface connected to an Hustler 5-BTV 80 - 10m antenna attached to tv pole driven 1.22 meters(4 ft.) into the ground. about 0.30 meter 1 ft. off the ground) with a MFJ-969 Versa Tuner II for 2m a Diamond F23A 5/8 wave ground plane about 6 meters above the ground 20 ft which he is currently using, waiting to be erected a Cushcraft 3 element Tri-Bander 10,15, 20 meter beam, other rigs are as follows Yaesu FT-101EE, Ranger RCI-2970DX 10 12m 100 watt mobile ,Yaesu FT-1500M 2m rig connected a 1/4 wave mag mount used for digital communications fldigi at this point, 1 Alinco 2m HT 5 watt, 2 Radio Shack HTX-202 2m HT's, a Wouxon KG-UV3D 2m/70cm dual-band HT. As with all Hams Allen is always looking for more equipment for his shack. If you hear Allen on the bands,please feel free to contact him. One hf net he enjoys is the SouthCARS Net on 7.251 Mhz the 7272 RagChew Net (www.ragchewers.com) on 7.272 mhz. You can also find Allen on 40m at 7.218 12:00-14:00Z winter 11:00-13:00Z summer, on 10 meters on 28.375 mhz. Allens XYL is also into amateur radio, her call is KC0PRO. QSL direct,or log contact in his logbook above or eqsl.cc. Member of SouthCars , Ten-Ten International , Berks Amateur Radio Club Berks County ARES/RACES, Skywarn Spotter NIM-008, Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network S.A.T.E.R.N.

N6EY Jason Boyer with M-Squared Antennas talks about the many facits of amateur radio including a detailed QSO on EME and satellite communications. M2 Antenna Systems, Inc. is a blend of technical expertise and common sense approach to accommodating your needs. They have over 32 years of experience designing and building antennas and systems to satisfy the ever expending communications needs. They we don't just build antennas, they understand radio propagation and Mother Nature's effects on it. We also understand how to beat Mother Nature mechanically. We take time to learn our customers' needs. We know the pitfalls, and we are dedicated to do everything they can to help you achieve the best, most reliable communication systems possible.

Mike Erickson W1WHN - This is all about audio processing from a real pro in the business. Mike grew up listening to radio on Long Island and has been working in the field since 1991, first at WNYG Babylon and then WLNG Sag Harbor where he was weekend/fill in jock. After a stint as Music Director at WLIM in 1994-1995, he went from behind the mic to behind the transmitter at WFAN in 1996 and stayed with CBS Radio for 14 years before moving to New Bern NC in 2010 to work with the Wheatstone/Vorsis processing team.

It is not very often that you can hear a new HF shortwave radio station sign on the air. WTWW a new International Shortwave Radio facility just outside of Nashville, TN is launched a  new transmitter Saturday Feb 11, 2012 with a broadcast we named “This Is Only A Test”. The broadcast started at 4 pm Central Standard Time.  The new transmitter launched is a 100,000 watt transmitter running into a full size rhombic antenna. This was a global radio event with radios being tuned in all over the world. The QSO radio show requested that we could  conduct this broadcast as an amateur radio event to promote amateur radio along with shortwave listening. Why? The shortwave listening audience is huge. The typical shortwave radio listener is a great potential candidate for amateur radio. There are more than 1.5 billion shortwave receivers in use worldwide, in addition to that the BBC estimates that at any given moment, over 200 million sets are tuned to shortwave broadcasts. This is the second time WTWW has allowed The QSO Radio Show to conduct this kind of broadcast and be first on a powerful recently installed 100,000 watt transmitter. The purpose of this broadcast was to demonstrate HF communications and to put radio amateurs on the air to a worldwide audience to tell their story.

It is not very often that you can hear a new HF shortwave radio station sign on the air. WTWW a new International Shortwave Radio facility just outside of Nashville, TN is launched a  new transmitter Saturday Feb 11, 2012 with a broadcast we named “This Is Only A Test”. The broadcast started at 4 pm Central Standard Time.  The new transmitter launched is a 100,000 watt transmitter running into a full size rhombic antenna. This was a global radio event with radios being tuned in all over the world. The QSO radio show requested that we could  conduct this broadcast as an amateur radio event to promote amateur radio along with shortwave listening. Why? The shortwave listening audience is huge. The typical shortwave radio listener is a great potential candidate for amateur radio. There are more than 1.5 billion shortwave receivers in use worldwide, in addition to that the BBC estimates that at any given moment, over 200 million sets are tuned to shortwave broadcasts. This is the second time WTWW has allowed The QSO Radio Show to conduct this kind of broadcast and be first on a powerful recently installed 100,000 watt transmitter. The purpose of this broadcast was to demonstrate HF communications and to put radio amateurs on the air to a worldwide audience to tell their story.

It is not very often that you can hear a new HF shortwave radio station sign on the air. WTWW a new International Shortwave Radio facility just outside of Nashville, TN is launched a  new transmitter Saturday Feb 11, 2012 with a broadcast we named “This Is Only A Test”. The broadcast started at 4 pm Central Standard Time.  The new transmitter launched is a 100,000 watt transmitter running into a full size rhombic antenna. This was a global radio event with radios being tuned in all over the world. The QSO radio show requested that we could  conduct this broadcast as an amateur radio event to promote amateur radio along with shortwave listening. Why? The shortwave listening audience is huge. The typical shortwave radio listener is a great potential candidate for amateur radio. There are more than 1.5 billion shortwave receivers in use worldwide, in addition to that the BBC estimates that at any given moment, over 200 million sets are tuned to shortwave broadcasts. This is the second time WTWW has allowed The QSO Radio Show to conduct this kind of broadcast and be first on a powerful recently installed 100,000 watt transmitter. The purpose of this broadcast was to demonstrate HF communications and to put radio amateurs on the air to a worldwide audience to tell their story.

John Cunningham W1AI. Johns interest in Amateur Radio began around 1970, back when he was in High School (and as he says still had hair). His first call sign was a Novice call, WN4EKG. He started on his Worked All States (WAS) Award on HF CW! When he upgraded to Advanced a little while later, his call sign changed to WA4EKG. Since his call sign had changed, he had to start over again, this time using a mixture of CW and SSB. A couple of years later he was doing well over 20 words per minute and got his Extra. He couldn't resist applying for a shorter call. He got KC4J (Kiss Chickens 4 Jollies) and stared over again on his WAS. Then life's priorities interrupted — college, jobs, marriage, babies. He did the unthinkable. He let my 2x1 ticket expire! In June of 2002, He was out jogging in the park and ran across a local ham club doing Field Day. (John says he always loved Field Day — and the amazing taste of grits and eggs cooked in bacon grease after operating all night!) They let him operate their GOTA (Get On The Air) station for a couple of hours, and he was hooked — again! Three weeks later he passed all 4 exams in one session! He kept his fourth call sign, AB1BK, for only a few weeks before getting his fifth and final call sign — W1AI. He says - I won't let this one expire! John is the publisher and author of Ham Test OnLine.

Have you seen the motion picture pirate radio? If you have you will love our guest Alan Wiener who has done it all. His beginnings began with bootleg broadcasting on the AM and FM broadcast band in all places but New York City. Born with radio broadcasting in his blood Alan has traveled an incredible road to where he is now. Pirate ships on the high Atlantic seas equipped with high power transmitter that were located out of the US territorial waters. The goal was to produce a broadcast facility that was free from all forms of control for the radio listener. Even though one of his ships was clearly outside of the US legal jurisdicion the ship was wrongfully raided by the United States Government and all of the staff arrested and all of their equipment along with the ship confiscated. Today Alan runs powerful International Shortwave Radio Station WBCQ in Monticello Maine. WBCQ provides the most variety in creative programming of any Shortwave facility to date. You will sit spell bound as you hear this true radio legend tell his life story.

The QSO radio show broadcasts live from the Dayton Hamvention 2011. From the QSO Radio Show broadcst booth at the Dayton Hamvention floor QSO talks to radio amateurs from all over the world including amateur radio manufacturers. This was a live broadcast airing over International Shortwave on WBCQ Monticello Maine and streamed live from the QSO radio show website.

The QSO radio show broadcasts live from the Dayton Hamvention 2011. From the QSO Radio Show broadcst booth at the Dayton Hamvention floor QSO talks to radio amateurs from all over the world including amateur radio manufacturers. This was a live broadcast airing over International Shortwave on WBCQ Monticello Maine and streamed live from the QSO radio show website.

The QSO radio show broadcasts live from the Dayton Hamvention 2011. From the QSO Radio Show broadcst booth at the Dayton Hamvention floor QSO talks to radio amateurs from all over the world including amateur radio manufacturers. This was a live broadcast airing over International Shortwave on WBCQ Monticello Maine and streamed live from the QSO radio show website.

Bob Inderbitzen NQ1R is Sales and Marketing Manager of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the national association for Amateur Radio. He is responsible for ARRL membership and publication marketing. Inderbitzen regularly attends ARRL’s national conventions and Dayton Hamvention as part of the team that organizes and operates ARRL exhibits. He enjoys speaking with volunteers about ARRL membership recruitment, benefits and services. Bob earned his first ham radio license in 1981 as KA2PZD. He was in the sixth grade. He became NQ1R when he upgraded to Amateur Extra in 1989. His interests in ham radio include casual HF operating, portable operating and contesting. He is an ARRL Life Member. Bob joined the ARRL staff in 1991, serving the Volunteer Examiner Coordinator Department as Assistant to the Manager. In 1993, he became Assistant to the Manager in the Educational Activities Department. There, he helped maintain the large array of services offered to Amateur Radio newcomers, instructors, schoolteachers and recruiters. He is a member of ARRL’s “10-Year Club” for employees with at least 10 years of service. He attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, and holds a B.S. degree in Management and Organization from Central Connecticut State University. Bob lives in Rocky Hill, Connecticut with his husband Michael Bower and daughter Victoria. He and his family are active in church affairs and enjoy vacations to Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Scott Myers AC8DE is the exhibit chair person for the Dayton Hamvention 2010. Scott talks about the Hamventions coming up and Hamventions of the past. Scott was first Licensed in 2004, Upgraded to Extra in 2009 Built first HF shack just recently at end of 2009. Scott enjoyw AM, SSB and most digital modes Scott says he is a Christian and is married to a wonderful wife, he works in the hydraulics industry, he has 2 young children and has 3 older grown children. If you are headed to Dayton this year be sure and look up Scott and say hello!

George McClintock K4BTY world leading expert in shortwave radio broadcasting and the creator of radio station WWCR and now the new WTWW located near Nashville, TN. George is a lifetime member of the A.R.R.L. and has held the amateur extra class license for a number of years along with the highest level of commercial communications license. George has worked as a broadcast engineer for a number of years and has been responsible for global frequency co-ordination for a number of shortwave facilities. George talks about shortwave radio from past to present and what he feels is the future of shortwave radio broadcasting here in the US and around the world.

John Hayes K7VE helped start the Oquirrh Lake Radio Club www.k7olr.org. He was also a founder of the New England Packet Radio Association, Northwest Amateur Packet Radio Association, and Utah Packet Radio Association. He has served as an officer of several amateur societies, including: Amateur Television of North America, Utah Amateur Radio Club, Sky Valley Amateur Radio Club, Kootenai Amateur Radio Club, and others. Currently, John spends most of his amateur radio time in pursuits related to D-STAR and you will find many of my thoughts on the subject in various Internet forums as well as my personal blog at www.k7ve.org John is also interested in VOIP Telephony among other hobbies and interests. John was first licensed in 1973 as WN7WHV alt. WN7AJD, later as WB7VJK and KD7UW before receiving the K7VE callsign (he is an ARRL VE) after having obtained his Extra class. (Also was a VK3 for a bit -- having been there on business). John formerly was the operator of AF MARS station AFB1GP and even earlier was in Navy MARS. Mrs John Hays is KC7PAA. John's sons are KC7GPT, KC7OSO, KD7PRM, and KD7PRNJohns daughter in law is KE6MPP!