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AD4YM

Episode 366 – James Condon – AD4YM

Jim Condon, AD4YM, listens for the most rare DX, signals from outer space as a radio astronomer, and keeps his fingers in the gear by collecting and restoring the best ham radio boat anchors, including Collins, Drake, Hallicrafters, and Hammarlund.  AD4YM is my QSO Today.
Hometown: St Joseph, MI

Mentor: Ed Zick W8PYP
First License:  KN8LHP, Novice, 1957
First Rig:
Heathkit DX-40 Transmitter
Hallicrafter S38E Receiver
Hammarlund HQ-110 Receiver
Hallicrafters SX-101 Receiver
40 Meter Dipole Antenna 

A Few, Not All, AD4YM Boat Anchors:
Hammurland SuperPro
Collins 75S3 Receiver
Collins S Line
Collins R390 Receiver

Favorite Operating Mode:  CW

Terms
50 Khz Receiver IF
Sputnik Satellite
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI
Benton Harbor, MI
Heathkit Factory
Collins 75A4 Receiver
Electro Voice Microphone
ARRL Field Day
Cornell University, Physics, BS
Radio Astronomy Courses, Cornell University
Frank Drake, Famous Radio Astronomer
OSMA Green Bank
Wavelength squared /4X pi
Hydrogen Line Frequency
Carl Sagen, Cosmologist
Neutral Hydrogen Frequency
Phillip Morrison, Cornell Physics Department
Cold War
Arecibo Ionospheric Telescope, Puerto Rico
Pulsar Studies at Arecibo
Collins S Line
KP4 callsigns from Puerto Rico were rare call signs
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA
Point Source Fee for spherical reflector
Tuned Radio Frequency Receiver or TRF Receiver
National Science Foundation
Alma Radio Array, Chile
Messier M87 
Hubble Telescope
Interferometry
Amateur Radio “Boat Anchors” – old amateur radio tube gear
Henry Ford Museum
Contact, by Carl Sagen

Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: it does not provide a challenge.  

Advice to new or returning hams: Contact other hams and bring you up to the current state of the art.  

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AD4YM Ham Shack Pictures
Hammarlund HQ-140X receiver, Heathkit VF-1 VFO, DX-40 transmitter, Collins 30L-1 linear amplifier,  KWM2-A transceiver, Collins 75S-3B receiver, Collins 32S-3 transmitter, and Collins 312-B4 station control
Palstar DL2K dummy load and Millen Type 92200 transmatch, Yaesu G1000-SDX rotator control,  MFJ-986 antenna tuner, and  Collins 30S-1 amplifier
Drake RV-4C remote VFOs, Drake TR-4C and TR-4Cw transceivers
Hammarlund HQ-180AX receiver and Johnson Ranger II transmitter

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