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N3BB

Posted: 16 Apr 2016 12:01 PM PDT
http://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/n3bb

Episode 089 - Jim George - N3BB
Jim George, N3BB is an active contester, DXer, and
rag chewer. Jim has many contest awards and was a team member in the 2000
World Radiosport Team Championship, or WRTC, in Slovenia. Now retired,
Jim divides his time between ham radio, his wife, Diana, grandchildren, and
authoring books. His most recent book, Contact Sport, about the 2014 World
Radiosport Team Championship, brings the excitement and suspense of this
uniquely ham radio experience to the non-amateur radio audience. N3BB is
Erics QSO Today. Show
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Eagle Scout - Boy Scouts of
America

First Elmer: Emory Reaser, W8GCZ

First License: KN8JPV, Novice, Age 16, 1958
Later upgrade: K8JPV

First Rig:Heathkit DX20Hallicrafters S-38DHomebrew 30 watt 40 meter CW
Later rig upgrades:Heathkit DX35Heathkit DX100Current Rig:2 Yaesu
FT-2000MP running SO2RAlpha 87A amplifierAlpha 76PA amplifierMonoband
towersStacked Yagi Antennas
SO2R Box - for switching audio and PTT between rigs

Virginia Tech, BSEE

K4KDJ Club Station

Collins S Line in the club station

Motorola Semiconductor, Phoenix, Arizona

Picture from 1959 National Contest Journal

Amateur Radio Contesting - Search and Pounce

Contesting Elmer: Steve Sussman, W3BGN -

Frankford Radio Club

Top Ten Devices - W2VGN - used for station automation while running SO2R

Favorite operating mode: CW contesting and rag chewing

Boy Scout Radio Merit Badge

Favorite Contest: North American Sprint - perfect for SO2R.

IARU Contest - annually in July

Doug Grant, K1DG - QSO Today Guest in Episode 52

The Big Year, by Mark Obmascik

Greenleaf Book Group, Austin

Stephen, DL1IAO - member of the 2014 WRTC team

Jim George as Author:
Reunion, By Jim George, a novel about relationships
Contact Sport, by Jim George N3BB
Review of Contact Sport by Scientific American

Jims Blog Post, The Rise and Fall of Motorola.

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