Amateur Radio QSO Show

Jeff Murray K1NSS In the sixties Jeff became WN2EXW in Whitesboro, NY. Upgrading to General, he joined the Utica Amateur Radio Club and worked 20,40, CW, DX as WB2EXW until saying good-bye to all that in 1966. Forty-something years later he returned to the Empire State as K1NSS -- his sentimental vanity suffix references the Navy station that he says patiently taught him V, D, E, N and S, his first five letters of Morse, received on his first shortwave set, an Ocean Hopper. Amateur radio not quite aside, I also draw a web cartoon feature called Dash! The Dog-Faced Ham. In the 1980s, I drew comics for alternative media like the New York Press, Baltimore/DC City Papers and San Diego Reader, plus editorial cartoons for a chain of suburban Boston weeklies.

Mike Thompson WB8ERJ hails from Mansfield Ohio and is a radio broadcast engineer. Satellites are fun and easy to work. Mike says "Here I am on Lake Erie working the A0-27 satellite running just 2 watts with an HT. Hey the way I look at it, if those guys can run around the beach with a metal detector, why can't I sit there with an antenna and work AO-27?" Mike has had an interest in the MIR space station and it's transmisssion of Slow Scan TV pictures on the frequency of 145.985 Mhz. Mike talks about amateur radio on a bycycle and how it is done. Ted tells a hilarious story about an inept radio station manager that he encountered while working for a radio group. Ted tells a great story about Ronnie Milsap WB4KCG.

In the world of hobby radio Bill Pasternak is probably best known as the Producer Writer of the weekly Amateur Radio Newsline ARNewsline bulletin service. Now a 501C3 not-for-profit, public service corporation, Bill co-founded Amateur Radio Newsline, Inc. as the Westlink Radio Network in 1976 with Jim Hendershot Amateur Radio call letters WA6VQP. Bill currently serves on the Board of Directors of Amateur Radio Newsline, Inc. as well as producing its newscasts. In 1986, Bill Pasternak originated the "Young Ham of the Year" award program which is administered by the Amateur Radio Newsline, Inc. Bill created the award after realizing that -- other than scholarship programs -- there was no program anywhere to acknowledge the numerous accomplishments of the youth of Amateur Radio. It was then, and continues to be his belief that the real-life experience of being honored for their youthful accomplishments in Amateur Radio may lead the award winners -- and through their example - many also lead other young radio amateurs into technology based careers that will make them the scientific, telecommunications and educational leaders of the future. This award program which each year sponsors one young radio amateur to a week at the U.S. Space Camp is underwritten by Vertex-Standard Corporation Yaesu brand Amateur Radio products and CQ Publishing Company CQ Magazine.

Recorded at Heil Sound as several of Bill's friends pay him tribute and talk abut Bill's contribution to Amateur Radio. Amateur Radio has so many diversities. One of them is designing and building your own equipment to receive and transmit signals. Bill Decker N4VMY was one of those that not only built his equipment but loved to share parts and ideas. Several years ago, Bill started thinking about building a very special AM transmitter for one of his dearest ham radio friends K0VCD Bill Dennision who lived in Springfield, Mo. Decker started collecting parts and ideas while trying to keep this project news from Dennison. When finished, Bill put it on the air one night for all to hear and then loaded it in his little red pickup truck and drove to Springfield, Mo. whereupon he unloaded it at Bill Dennison's tobacco shop where at least a dozen or more hams would gather each Saturday morning. It was a very special occasion as Bill Decker presented his home brew transmitter to Bill Dennison. About a year later Bill Decker passed away and shortly after Bill Dennison suffered a severe stroke and the transmitter never got to produce a signal. When the tobacco shop was closed and some of Bill's equipment was stored, arrangements were made to find a proper home for this transmitter built with great expertise, care and love. It was decided by some of the many friends of both Bills that it should go back very near Leitchfield, Ky where Bill Decker lived. Some of Bill's friend decided it should go to Steve Williams, KB4DMF. Not only was Steve a close friend of Bill Deckers, he gave him his Novice license test back in the mid 1980's. Steve also helped Bill find some parts and helped in the building of this transmitter which Steve never thought he would see again. This very special transmitter now resides in Steve's radio shack and is - for the first time - on the air. Just the way Bill Decker would have wanted it. Several of the 3875 kHz group met at Heil Sound on November 17, 2009 to do the transfer over to Steve. Those friends of the Bills, were Bruce W9OTN, Bob K0VCD, Cliff K9JTS , and Bob Heil, K9EID.

Steve Mendelsohn W2ML has been a broadcast professional for 34 years. He began his career as an audio engineer at the Columbia Broadcasting System. During his 21 years with CBS, he provided pool audio distribution services for many historic events: The funeral of Vice President Humphrey in 1975; the Republican and Democrat conventions in 1976 and 1980; trips to South America and Africa by Presidents Ford and Carter; the first audio of the Americans held hostage in Iran in 1980 (From Algiers and Germany): trips by Pope John Paul to Ireland in 1981 and to 7 countries in Central America in 1983; trips in 1984 by President Reagan to the Eastern Caribbean Initiative conference in 1983 and to Central America and provided pool audio services during his 1984 trip through Central America. He also was the Audio Pool Engineer at the 1988 Republican Convention, and was the Audio Engineer in Charge of the 1989 Bush-Gorbachev summit in Malta Steve Mendelsohn joined ABC-TV as an Audio/Video Systems Engineer and was a key member of the team responsible for the design of the Monday Night Football technologies, and for designing two generations of Mobile Production Trucks. As a studio and systems designer, Steve was on the design team responsible for ABC's first all digital control room; the first all digital communications system, and the first remote intercom system allowing reporters from around the globe to access the plant intercom system. He helped design the first all digital, triple expanding wall, Mobile unit for ABC's Monday Night Football and golf coverage. He became Senior Systems Engineer in 1997. Mr. Mendelsohn was the winner of an Emmy for the ABC "Millennium Around the World" show on January 1, 2000, in recognition of his design of one of the most complicated communications systems ever designed for television, which brought together intercommunications, satellite and telephone technologies. He was communications engineer in charge of the 2003 Super Bowl for ABC Sports. In his thirty year Navy/Navy Reserve Career, he has advanced from recruit to Senior Chief Cryptologist with 2 Navy Achievement awards for creating an important national security database for personal computers. Mr. Mendelsohn, W2ML, has served on many ARRL committees and was the First-Vice-President from 1994 to 2000. He was President of the Tri-State Amateur Repeater Committee (TSARC) from 1978 to 1983. 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.

Tom Hammond N0SS was first licensed in 1958 as KN0RPH. Upgraded to the Conditional license Tom was 14 yrs old and couldn't drive to the FCC examining station in KCMO at the time within the year and held K0RPH until 1976. Tom upgraded through General, Advanced and Extra Class in 1976 and applied for and received N0SS the same year. His XYL, Jeri, has been licensed since about 1970 and has held WB0HWL, N0IJY, and currently his old call, K0RPH. Tom enjoys contesting when time permits and and operates 99% CW, though he will switch to SSB if someone really needs a SSB QSO he also enjoys designing and building ham related 'stuff' mostly small projects he reports nothing to shout home about and some actually work! Since the end of 1998, Tom has been a Field Tester for Elecraft, out in Aptos CA which makes the great KX1, K1, K2, and K3 HF transceiver kits, and other accessories as well. Tom continues to enjoy his relationship with Elecraft and he has enjoyed seeing them prosper in the Amateur Radio ranks. Tom hopes everyone has found as much enjoyment in the hobby of Amateur Radio as Tom has.

Jonathon Taylor K1RFD the creator and operator of Echolink. Jonathon talks about how the idea of Echolink came about as well as his beginnings in Amateur radio. Jonathon talks about what the future holds for Echolink and VOIP communications. EchoLink software allows licensed Amateur Radio stations to communicate with one another over the Internet, using voice-over-IP VoIP technology. The program allows worldwide connections to be made between stations, or from computer to station, greatly enhancing Amateur Radio's communications capabilities. There are more than 200,000 validated users worldwide in 162 of the world's 193 nations with about 4,000 online at any given time.

Charlotte Ertelt K5AVX of Joshua Tx Comes to us by way of FaceBook andTells stories about her amateur radio career along wiht her husband Milton k5PAW and some stories about ham radio dx from Kenya Africa. Some unusual stories about getting into ham radio and stories of being a missionary equiped with amateur radio. Bobby Raymer N2BR of Cookeville TN seems to work long haul DX even in the bottom of the sunspot cycle! Let Bobby tell you how he does it, as he tells the stories behind his DX contacts.

Jack Davis K6YC chief engineer for KTXL television Sacramento California and chairman of SBE Society of Broadcast Engineers Chapter 43 in Sacramento CA. Jack talks all about VHF, UHF and microwave. Dennis Marandos - K1LGQ with the New England QRP Club. Dennis talks all about QRP and tells about a complete working ham station for about $60.00. Find out all about the excitement in QRP.

Nancy Williams NR4RR does volunteer work with American Red Cross and other agencies. She retired from work with Tri-County Community College as an English/Creative Writing instructor in May, 2005. Since then, she has tackled a new career of sorts: writing professionally. She began a HAM RADIO mystery/sci-fi novel in 2000, which she finished in 2002. She spent the next three or four years revising the story, A Matter of Destiny, according to suggestions from several wonderful mentors. She brought out the second edition of Destiny on her own at the start of 2008. Destiny involves murder, mayhem, government coverup, and as already mentioned, ham radio and is based on a true event that occurred at Brookhaven, New York in 1992. For ordering information or a preview of my novel, please visit my website at www.nlwilliamswriter.com #xA Steve Williams KC4AZO was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and has lived in the Atlanta and North Georgia area for most of his life. Steve has always had a fascination with roads, roadmaps, roadsigns, and anything else road-related. In late 1997, I discovered that there were many folks like himself who had a fondness for roads and discovered that he, too, was a "roadgeek". His first road-related website was "The Unofficial Georgia Highways Web Page", which he supported from 1997 through 2002. In October, 2005, inspired by his brother-in-law Lib's blog, Steve decided to create his own road-related blog, thus "The Georgia Road Geek" was born. In July, 2006, He purchased additional webspace on GoDaddy.com and expanded his website to include a video series called "ROADGEEK-CAM!!!", special feature pages, and the occasional podcast.

Gary Hedden W8JFP Legendary Nashville mastering and recording engineer born in Columbus (OH, USA). At a age of 13 he started to work at the radio and met John Hull. One year later he started to work with John Hull at the radio and then building a recording studio. He was soon doing remote recordings and mastering. He studied Electrical Engineering at Ohio Northern University (Ohio, OH, USA) and Engineering Physics at Ohio State University (Ohio, OH, USA) which he didn't finish. He started to work as chief engineer at Mus-I-Col (Ohio, OH, USA). He is co-founder and designer of Hedden West Studios (Chicago, IL, USA) and Diskwerks (Chicago, IL, USA). He designed and built 2 remote recording trucks including his own GHL remote audio truck. He is a staff member of the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, responsible for all things audio. Currently Gary lives in Williamson County (Tennessee, USA).

Wayne Green W2NSD Ham Radio Legend and former publisher of 73 Magazine as well as CD review and Byte Magazines. Wayne has some interesting stories that he tells on this QSO. Wayne remains a publisher of various publicastions and tells us all about his story. Bob Grove current publisher of the communications magazine Monitoring Times and the president of Grove Enterprises.

Live from the Huntsville Hamfest Saturday August 15th 2009 from the Von Braun Center in Huntsville Alabama. Segment 1.

Live from the Huntsville Hamfest Saturday August 15th 2009 from the Von Braun Center in Huntsville Alabama. Segment 2.

Live from the Huntsville Hamfest Saturday August 15th 2009 from the Von Braun Center in Huntsville Alabama. Segment 3.