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ZS6AKV
Posted: 25 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PDT
https://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/zs6akv
Episode 393 - Hans van de Groenendaal - ZS6AKVHans van de Groenendaal,
ZS6AKV, has been a mover and shaker in South Africa amateur radio for as
long as he has been licensed, almost 65 years. In that time he has taken leadership positions in the South African Radio League, represented his
country at the International Amateur Radio Union, involved himself in high altitude balloon launches, AMSAT South Africa, and a host of projects going back to his early beginning. Hans is an alumni speaker at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo and is my QSO Today.Show NotesSponsor TranscriptionListen
to PodcastOur Listener SponsorsThis list is the total amounts contributed
as sponsorships and/or donations since Episode 1 in July 2014. Only those
who agreed to be publicly recognized are on the list below.Hometown: Johannesburg
First License: Age 18, ZS6AKV, 1957
First Rig:
Heathkit DX40 Transmitter
Hammarlund HQ-150 Receiver
Johnson Viking Ranger Transmitter
Current Rig:
Kenwood TS-590 HF Transceiver
Alinco DX70 QRP Transceiver
Kenwood TS-811E Transceiver
Kenwood TS-711E Transceiver
Kenwood TS-811E Transceiver
Favorite Operating Mode: SSB
Next Project: monitor next generation beacons, and Raspberry Pi
Terms
EngineerIT www.engineerit.co.za
SARL www.sarl.org.za
AMSAT SA www.amsatsa.org.za
SA Amateur Radio Development Trust www.amateurradio.org.za
High Impedance Earphones on a wire
Foxhole Radio (crystal set)
Shortwave Listening
YMCA, South Africa
Afrikaans
South African Amateur Radio License
Morse Code
Monkey Puzzle
Postmaster General, South Africa
Boomslang
South Africa Novice License, Age 12 to 25, ZR license
ZU Exam, South Africa
INCASA South Africa
South Africa Amateur Radio League
Telecom Technician, South Africa
International Telegraph and Telecom Corporation (ITT)
Standard Telephones and Cables Company, South Africa
Technical Writer Job Description
Engineer IT Magazine, South Africa
Broadband Power Line Carrier BPL
Beacon Program SARL Next Generation
AM Modulation
SSB Modulation
Digipeater
AMSAT SA Cubesat
APRS - Automatic Packet Reporting System
ZS6TJ Bulletin
Amateur Radio Today, South Africa
Sentec SA
Radio RSA
Gerald Klatzko, ZS6BTD, partner
HamNet Emergency Communications Network
SARL Presidents Award
Ultra-Low Frequency Amateur Radio Band
Sunset Satellite Amateur Transponder
University of Stellenbosch, SA
Sunspace, Ltd, SA
Russian Space Center
South African Cubesat
SDR Transponder
CubeSat Space Frame
AMSAT North America
IARU -International Amateur Radio Union
International Radio Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordinator
6146 Vacuum Tube
Inverted V Antenna
Multiband Amateur Radio Vertical Antenna
HamSci Space Weather Station
Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: bring amateur radio operators
to accept new technologies and to experiment with them.
Excited most by: all of the new technologies around beacons and propagation
Advice to new or returning hams: engage yourself in the new things in
amateur radio.The RSS Feed for all audio content from QSO today is
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