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Posted: 27 Feb 2017 11:31 AM PST
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Episode 135 - Bob Wilson - N6TV Bob Wilson, N6TV, is a bay area contester
and CW operator. Having developed his CW craft on the National Traffic
System as a teenage kid, he now enjoys the North American Sprint, a four
hour contest and using the latest SDR receivers to see whats up on the
bands during a contest event. A professor at Contest University in Dayton
and a member of the World Radiosport Team Championship, Bob shares what he
knows about this and more on this QSO Today.
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3 tube regenerative
receiver

Army Signal Corp

ARRL Ham Radio License Manual

First License: 1972, Novice, WN6TLV

First Rig: Heathkit HW-16Hy-Gain 18AVQ vertical Elmers: Michael Seedman,
was WB6FUE, now AA6DYLarry Tyree, N6TRLeigh Jones, KR6X, was WB6OLD
West Valley Amateur Radio Club, WA6LXM

First Contest: Novice Roundup

Education: UC Berkeley Computer Science, BA computer science

Dan Levin, K6IF, worked for Replay TV, company similar to TiVo

Replay TV similar to TiVO

Northern California Contest Club

Northern California DX Club

Bob likes the adrenaline rush from contesting

Rick Niswander, WA1PID, now K7GM Contest Editor 1975

Favorite Contests: North American Sprint 4 hours

Favorite operating mode: CW

Current Rig: SO2R Box2 X Elecraft K3 TransceiversPerseus SDR with
http://www.dxatlas.com/OmniRig/Omnirig softwareQS1SDR SDR by N8VB89 foot
crank up towerForce12 AntennaShunt feed the tower on 160VE3DL Receiving
Loop Top Ten Devices Band Decoder for contest radio switchingMicro Six
antenna switchMicroham MK2R plusWin-Test softwareAlpha 86 amplifier
Alex VE3NEA software engineer - maker of CW Skimmer

W7RN Contest Station

Elecraft P3 Panadapter, Option: P3SVGA

Amateur Radio Parity Act 2017

Favorite hamfest or convention: Visalia DX convention
Dayton Hamvention, 2nd place

To improve CW speed, join the National Traffic System

DXCC Award

Contest University - Usually the day before the Dayton Hamvention

Contest Academy - at the International DX Convention

Martti Laine, OH2BH interview with N6PSE

Tim Duffy Dayton Hamvention Contest Track

Most excited by: SDRs getting better and betterWSPRnetJT65
Aurora Oval

Pixel Loop Antenna

Advice to new or returning hams: Find and Elmer, join a club, ask
questionsPut up an antennaSet a goal for yourself
WRTC - World Radiosport Team Championship

Goodwill Games, Seattle Heathkit
HW-16 Novice Transceiver Elecraft K3 HF Transceiver Perseus
SDR Receiver Software Radio Laboratories
QS1R SDR receiverwww.srl-llc.com/?product=qs1r-revd-receiver