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, at 15, I became WB9NEQ, and explored ssb and built other amps
with 811As and later, 813s. During this period I developed
a love for transmitters, antennas, and all things RF...
These days, W4NEQ is sometimes
heard on hf ssb, CW, and 2 meter FM. I'm a radio broadcast engineer,
and an all-around RF wonk.
Other amateur radio ramblings are also here.
Christopher Scott - (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? I'm
a collector.
- Long List of Bowling Green Hams
- CW
and Paraset spy radio pages.
- 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.
- Download
my Golden Age Radio shows in .mp3
- Adventures solving power line noise.
W4NEQ.com
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The data presented below is current for High Frequency propagation. Note that the low part of the 11 year cycle represents about 70 SF and the highs are about 200. This indicator roughly coincides with sunspot numbers. The A and K numbers represent geomagnetic disturbances that hinder HF communications. Has the new cycle started yet?