Ham Radio
Licensed since August 1950. Original call W3QYG with class B privileges.
Upgraded to Extra Class W3KH in 1956. Held First Class Radiotelephone
and Second Class Radiotelegraph Commercial Licenses.
Holder of the following awards:
DXCC #1 Honor Roll, DXCC Satellite, WAS satellite, Code Proficiency award
35 Wpm, W6OWP hi-speed 40 Wpm, Island awards for IOTA honor roll,
Antarctic WABA honor roll, DIE Spanish islands, IIA Italian islands,
DIP Portugese islands, CIS Canadian islands #1 for Pennsylvania., DUF3,
Cover Plaque award ARRL for best magazine article for August 1996.
Jane N3ERM is also an Extra Class licensee, and DXCC IOTA honor
roll.
Some electronic related magazine articles I've had
published
January 1974 Scientific American Vol 230 no1.
"A weather Satellite Station for the Home"
A drum driven recorder and tube detector system for receiving satellite
images.
December 1980 73 magazine.
"The Microwave Midget"
A microwave downconverter for receiving Weather Satellite pictures.
January 1978 73 magazine.
"A weather Satellite Pix Printer"
A solid state update for drum drivers and signal processing circuits
for weather sat receivers.
June 1981 73 magazine.
"Design a Dish"
Computer program for the TRS-80 to design parabolic dish antennas.
May 1986 QST magazine
"A Mode L Parabolic Antenna and Feedhorn for OSCAR-10"
An antenna for uplinking to Oscar-10 with a cylindrical feedhorn.
August 1996 QST magazine
"The W3KH Quadrifilar Helix Antenna"
An omnidirectional circularly polarized antenna for receiving polar
orbiting weather
satellites without fades.
August 1997 QST magazine
"An Easy Way To Copy The Weather Satellites."
A simplification to receiving weather satellite data by using a computer
and sound card.
Spring Issue 1998 Communications Quarterly magazine
"GOES Satellite Reception, An inexpensive approach"
A low cost converter for 1691 MHz.
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