Topband: VE6WZ loud as local today

[VE6WZ_Steve]

Thanks Jim!

I appreciate your compliment.  I have a long way to go to catch up to you!
Indeed I find building things to be a very big part of the hobby.  Perhaps equal to, or even greater than operating.
There are still many things we can home brew and experiment with in this hobby.

Writing technical papers, giving power-point presentations and making proposals was a big part of my “prior life” as an Oil and Gas Exploration Geologist (actually I’m a scientist, not an Engineer) and I really dont want to do that anymore!
For myself, picking up my iPhone and yakking about something is pretty easy, and much easier than writing a paper.  I hope others find some of my ideas and methods on YouTube helpful.

Steve, ve6wz


> On Sep 15, 2021, at 2:50 AM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
> On 9/14/2021 9:14 PM, Andree DL8LAS via Topband wrote:
>> Nice signal from Steve VE6WZ today....but not much activity from NA
> 
> Steve has built himself a magnificent super-station on property that he carefully selected on a knoll north of Calgary, where he lives. He's done a lot to document it, with links on his qrz.com page. It's a great example of classic engineering -- design to solve specific problems/needs. He's in the middle of nowhere with excellent RX antennas and custom-built TX antennas. It's a whole lot of classic stuff done right.
> 
> Start with this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upyHWBUAdk4
> Then this paper.
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eVklkZtlJW93JIJ9oDqbCyl-Jkik6YEX/view
> And this, about his 160M TX antenna.
> https://youtu.be/VXDTEj0xDJU
> 
> Bottom line -- Steve is loud because he's a great engineer and has built a great station in the middle of nowhere where he can hear! My hat is off to him!
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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