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Posted: 01 Mar 2019 11:00 PM PST
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Episode 239 - Jay Slough - K4ZLE
Jay Slough, K4ZLE, has over 60 years in the
amateur radio hobby and still enjoys CW as his primary operating mode. An
accomplished DXpeditioner, having operated in over 40 DX entities including
South Sandwich Island. Always ready to extend the hand of friendship,
either by knocking on the doors of houses with amateur antennas or sharing
his own station through RemoteHams. K4ZLE is my QSO Today.
Show Notes
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QRP Labs QCX Transceiver Kit
Y9C DXpedition members interviewed by Tim, K3LR
at DX Engineering
Crystal Radio cat whisker
Galena crystal detector
First License: 1958, Age 14, KN4ZLE, Novice
General upgrade to K4ZLE
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times", A Tale of Two
Cities, Charles Dickens, 1859.
Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee
Childhood friends: Ray Rider, K4RCZ and
Mentor: Bill Lagrone, K4BMO
DX Mentor: K4OSE Pensacola Florida
Novice rig:
BC455 Receiver
6AQ5 CW transmitter
Rig upgrade:
Hammarlund HQ-110 Receiver
Heathkit DX35 Transmitter
Folded Dipole
Remote Hams Rig:
Elecraft K3
Alpha 87 Amplifier
Hy-Gain TH-11DX Beam Antenna
Main Rig:
Icom IC-7300
SPE1.3K amp
2 element 40 meter beam
2 element 30 meter beam
QRP rigs
Yaesu FT-817
Elecraft KX3
Favorite operating mode: CW
First contact: KN4OXJ
Link Coupling
PI Network Coupling
USMC Aviation Electronics
US Naval Academy Engineering
Electronic countermeasures
RemoteHams.com
ORB Control Device for RemoteHams
Four Days In May - FDIM
US NAVY MARS
US Marine Corps
Berlin Wall
Vietnam War
DXpedition: South Sandwich, Island, South Georgia Island
Ernest Shackleton - South Pole explorer
Saba Island, near St. Martiin Island
Tuvalu, part of the Elise Islands
DX Magazine called "DXegesis"
Advice to new DX chasers: "Listen, Listen, Listen", do contests to learn
how to work pileups
Most interesting antenna: Cubical Quad
Most durable antenna in ice and snow: Yagi antenna and vertical antennas
Favorite 40 meter antenna: 40 meter phased vertical antenna
On workbench now: W8TEE AC8YG Microbitx board
Ashhar Farhan, VU2ESE - creator of the Bitx transceiver kits
Micro Bitx 40 Meter Rig
Workbench test equipment:50 mhz oscilloscopeRigol function generatorPower
supplySpectrum analyzer -QST WB9LVI sound card spectrum analyzerAIM4170 VNA
Manhattan electronic construction
QRP projects
NORCAL 38 Special HF Transceiver
Manhattan Style Electronic Construction
Dead Bug Construction
Ten-Tec 418 Amplifier
Four Days in May QRP Seminar
Visalia DX Convention
Appalachian Trail
Section Hiker - of the Appalachian Trail
Century Ride
Greatest challenge to ham radio: "It's a dying hobby".
Most excited by: Continued growth of the computer and communications field
FT8 Digital Mode
Advice to new or returning hams: Carpe diem, seize the moment The
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