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Episode 434 – Quin Schultze – K8QS

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Quin Schultze, K8QS, began his ham radio journey as a teenager with modest means and found his calling in college where he majored in communications, leading to a doctoral degree.  Through Quin’s looking glass we discuss the uniqueness of our ham radio hobby, the communities that form within it, and the real estate in the ether that we tend while on the air.  K8QS is my QSO Today.

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YouTube Channel: Ham Radio Perspectives
Ten Reason Why the 7300 Impacts the Hobby
Ham Radio Pranks on Ham Radio Perspectives

QTH: Grand Rapids, MI

Hometown: Chicago, IL

First License:
NOVICE 1967,  Age 15

First Rig:
 
Hallicrafters S85 General Coverage Receiver
Homebrew two-tube transmitter CQ Magazine – Peanut Whistle
Heathkit HX20 Transmitter
Vertical Antenna – Gotham Vertical
Hustler 4BTV Vertical Antenna

Favorite Operating Mode: SSB

Current Rig: 

Icom IC-7300 HF/6 meter Transceiver
Icom IC-7610 HF Transceiver
Anon SDR Transceiver
Hallicrafters SX-111 Receiver
Off-Center Fed Antenna

Terms
Blue Ridge Mountains
O’hare Airport AFB
AM Radio DX
Shortwave Radio Listening
75 Meters SSB
QST Magazine
ARRL License Manual
YMCA
Alcoholism 
Paranoid Schizophrenia
Amateur Radio Drip Net –  10 meters SSB
Ham Radio Perspectives – Ham Radio Pranks
6146 Tube
University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana, BSEE
Iliac SuperComputer
Inventor of the Transistor
Techne – Greek
Metaphor
The Ether
Telegraph
Communitas – to make common
Jean Shepherd K2ORS – A Christmas Story
Ground Up Communication
Middle Earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
CB Radio Growth 1970
Telegraph as Original Social Network
The Victorian Internet, By Tom Standage
Quick Response Books
E-Books
Kindle Books
Gutenberg EBook
The Bible Gateway
ARRL Life Member
WGN, Chicago
Radio Advertising
Television and Film Reviews
Siskel and Ebert Film Reviews
Human Biases: Conflict and Personal
Wayne Green, W2NSD
73 Magazine
DXing
Amateur Radio Digital Modes
Open Source Software
Hospitality
Torah
Psycholinguistics
Semantic Differential
Forbidden Planet, Film
Bird Watching Hobby
Tik-Tok

Advice to new or returning hams: connect with other hams in person and form a community, and be a good neighbor.  Do not become isolated. 


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K8QS Ham Shack
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Hallicrafters SX-111 General Coverage Receiver
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Icom IC-7610 HF Transceiver
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Apache Labs – ANAN 7000 SDR Transceiver

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