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VE6AFO

Posted: 12 Oct 2018 11:00 PM PDT
http://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/epi...n-oelke-ve6afo

Episode 219 - Ken Oelke - VE6AFO
Ken Oelke, VE6AFO, stepped up to the plate for his
local amateur radio club and ended up making leadership in local and
national Canadian amateur radio organizations the major focus of his ham
radio activity. Ken is now the president of the QCWA, the Quarter Century
Wireless Association, when not operating both CW and SSB, or fixing one of
his broken rigs. VE6AFO is my QSO Today.
Show Notes Listen to
Podcast QRP Labs 10
Watt Linear Power Amplifier Kit QRZ Page
QCWA Biography Page

First Mentor: Bill Nolan, VE6BT
Other mentor: Dick Cogman VE6MM
Fascinating gear in VE6BT's shack:
RF Current Meter
Heathkit DX-100 transmitter
Drake 2B Receiver
Penhold Air Force Base

Kens advice: Learn CW the right way - whole words at a time.

Hometown: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, 90 miles south of Edmonton, Canada
First License: Age 15, VE6AFO

First Rig:
Harvey Wells TBS 50 Transmitter
National HRO 5 Receiver, 1941

National NC 109 Receiver

Current Rig:
Kenwood TS530SP

Favorite operating mode: CW and SSB

Vibroplex paddles

Glass arm or telegraphers paralysis

K2 Ski Snow Ski Company

Canadian Radio Relay League a division of ARRL

Worth Gurley, W7WG - 100 years old, Tacoma
QCWA - Quarter Century Wireless Organization

QCWA Scholarship Program

Challenging repair: Hallicrafters HT 37 Transmitter

Kens Test Equipment:
BK 70 Mhz oscilloscope
Audio Generator
Frequency counter
Watt meter dummy load
Stark Electronics ESG-10A signal generator
General Radio 1021-A signal generator to 920 Mhz

Most excited by:
QCWA Scholarships
Hamcation in Orlando, Florida
Hamvention, Dayton, Ohio

Carol Perry WB2MGP - QSO Today guest in Episode 51

Advice to new or returning hams: Lots of hams have equipment to give away.
Look to them as a source for cheap or free rigs.

DMR - Digital Mobile Radio

Echolink

TYT MD-380

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the Harvey Wells, 1961 VE6AFO First Rig, 1961 Kenwood
TS-530S HF Transceiver RF Drake 2B Receiver