First licensed in Decatur, Illinois in 1973 as WN9NEQ, I started with a Ten-Tec PM2B cw rig with 2 watts on 80 meters. Six months later, I increased this to a whopping 12 watts with a homebrew 6JE6 amp - until the cardboard toilet paper tube / plate choke coil form caught fire, greatly worrying my father.
In early 1975, I became WB9NEQ, explored ssb and built other amps with 811As and 813s.
These days, W4NEQ is sometimes
heard on HF SSB, CW, and 2 meter FM. I'm a radio broadcast engineer,
and my specialty is rf and antennas.
Other amateur radio ramblings are also here.
Christopher Scott - Bowling Green, Kentucky. (Formerly WB9NEQ)
- Hamshack and other topics
- DX with airborne television.
- Improving HF single-sideband audio
- The Multiband dipole fed with open-wire line.
- Have old General Radio stuff for sale? I'm
a collector.
- Long List of Bowling Green Hams
- Broadcast audio
software for download.
- Measuring E-fields with
the dipole-detector. Do it like NIST.
- Exploring secrets of
the Smith chart An indispensable learning tool.
- How to CHEAT when converting dBs Lets lose the calculator...
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mail: chris.scott[AT]wku.edu
[Fax:] 270 781.1232
W4NEQ.com
Our lady cw operator in the top banner was the QST covergirl in May 1942, when wartime required operator recruitment. Unable to locate a graphically-required southpaw "hamette," the editors hired a professional model. See the original cover here.
The solar activity data presented below is current for High Frequency propagation. Note that the "Solar Flux" low part of the 11 year cycle is about 70 and the highs are about 200 - has the new cycle started yet?