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K1LI
Posted: 13 Jan 2018 09:13 AM PST
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Episode 180 - Brian Machesney - K1LI Natural disasters, especially the
most recent hurricanes, present us with opportunities to make a real
difference if we step up to the plate. As part of this amateur radio
story, Brian Machesney, K1LI, was presented his opportunity to make a
difference on the Caribbean Island of Dominica after it was wiped out by
Hurricane Maria in October 2017. Brian, his wife, and other hams stepped
up to the plate and provided relief with the Dominica Airlift as it was
called by the press. This story and so much more in this QSO Today with
K1LI. Show Notes
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Father: Ward Machesney, K1DXB
Code practice oscillator
Hometown: Avon, Connecticut
Elmer: Shelly Glick, WA1IUO, mentor ham radio program at the Talcott
Mountain Science Center, CT
First license: WN1LIR, May 1969, Age 10
First Rig:
Hallicrafters HT 40 transmitter
Hammarlund HQ-110 receiver
Mosley TA 33 triband beam
Upgrade: Swan 350C Transceiver
Dads rig: Collins S Line
Hatrey Electronics, Hartford, CT
Radio Row, Canal Street, NY
Harrison Radio, Canal Street
Light Bulb dummy load
AMSAT
Oscar 5 Satellite
K1ZZ Dave Sumner, QSO Today Episode 172
Dominica Amateur Radio Club
Current Rig:
Elecraft K3 with second receiver
Alpha 91 B amplifier with 4CX800 Tubes
KT36XA Antenna from M-Squared
Vertical gama fed tower
SO2R - single operator two radio
WRTC 2014 Beam Team Captain responsible for installing antennas on WRTC
sites
Friendship Games, Seattle
N6RK, Falling Derrick System for raising towers
Dayton Hamvention Contest Suite
Quantum Mechanics
RPI - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear"
IBM Top 5 Patents 2000 include Brian Machesney
The Polar Explorer - also called "Polex"
Class AB amplifier
Class C amplifier - nonlinear, not good for SSB.
Leonard Kahn SSB transmitter - envelope
elimination and restoration
David Cripe, NMOS - QSO Today Episode 77
Tony Brock-Fisher, K1KP, QSO Today Episode 108
Fritz Raab, W1FR - high efficiency amplifiers
Microsemi
Class E amplifier design software
Jim Tonne, Tonne Software
Zolotarev Topology
ELSI - LC Filter Design
K1LI Tri-Mox antenna
ARRL DX Phone Contest
Les Moxon, G6XN Antennas
Hexbeam Antenna
2015 ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications
Dominica Airlift
NPR Coverage of the Dominica Airlift
Dominica Volcanoes
Hurricane Maria 2017
St. Lucia 2 Meter Repeater
Dominica Amateur Radio Club Facebook Page
GoFundme
Yasme Foundation
Youngsters on the Air Movement (YOTA)
Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN - airlift to Dominica
Icom ALE Transceivers
"The time to be ready is to be ready before a hurricane", Brian, K1LI
Hamsphere - ham radio simulator on the Internet
Most excited by: Maker movement
K5BCQ Website
Analog Devices Sigma DSP Processors
Hilbert Filter
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