AI4VE

Will Ravenel, AI4VE, like many of us,  returned to amateur radio after raising a family.  Will is active in the QRP-ARCI, as its treasurer, and takes leadership positions in his ham clubs.     Will loves to operate ham radio’s first digital mode, CW, using either hand, at low power.  AI4VE shares his operating expertise, running low power, in the field and on the beach, in this QSO Today.

Hometown: Charleston, SC

First License: 1979,  Age 25, Novice
General Upgrade, 1984, 

Novice Rig:
Heathkit HW-101 Novice Transceiver

Current Rigs: 
Elecraft K2 HF Transceiver
Elecraft K1 HF Transceiver
Elecraft K3 – 10 watt rig

Terms
Vintage Reel to Reel Tape Recorder
Boy Scouts Radio Merit Badge
International Morse Code
Semaphore
Florida State, MA Oceanography
Panama City Offshore Oceanography Research Platform
Ship to Shore Communications Commercial SSB
Sunfish Sailboat
Duke University, Engineering
College of Charleston, Charleston SC Sailing Team,  Marine Biology
Sail Mail 
Western Electric Defense Contractor, North Carolina
Kenwood TS-120S HF Transceiver
QRP-ARCI FDIM
Greensboro Amateur Radio Association
Dayton University Dorm Rentals
Teletype Unit
Charlotte Hamfest, Greensboro  
QRZ.com Ham Radio Tests
Ten-Tec Argonaut 5 HF QRP Rig
CW Straight Key
Brainstem Stroke
Electric Beach Wagon
Paint by Numbers
CQWE – CW Western Electric Contest
Wayne Burdick, N6KR – CTO Elecraft
PSK-16 Digital Mode
PSK-31 Digital Mode
Elecraft K4 HF Transceiver
US Airline Pilot Shortage
Best Club: North Fulton Amateur Radio Club
Jim Stafford, W4QO

Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: We are an aging population, non-diverse population. 

Excited most by: Just getting out. 

Advice to new or returning hams: Read a lot, find out what’s going on in the hobby, join a club.