Episode 529 – Jake Groenhof – N0LX
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Jake Groenhof, N0LX, discovered amateur radio in the 1960s thanks to his uncle’s impressive home station and his father’s interest in CB radio.. Over the years, Jake turned his curiosity into a lifetime of experiments — from pedestrian-mobile DX with just 5 watts and an endfed antenna tethered to a balloon, to building saltwater antennas in PVC pipes, to flying pico balloons that circled the Earth six times. Along the way, he’s set records, designed clever portable gear, and inspired others to push the limits of what amateur radio can do. N0LX is my QSO Today.
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Hometown: Desplains, Ill
First License: 1987, KV0APA, Technician Class Uncle Hank, W9IUP Terms 
Here is a shot of the top and bottom of my typical payload showing the solar panels on top, and the Raspberry Pi and RF boards on the bottom. Overall dimensions are 7” x 2.5”. The main support is a hamburger meat tray from the grocery store. The 36-ga enamel antenna wires are temporarily wound on paper tube rolls for transport.
The tracker/WSPR software is called Traquito and was written by Doug Malnati, KD2KKD, and the RF boards are built from files by a company that assembles them for us. The final construction and assembly of the solar panels, both boards, wiring and testing of the payload is done by N0LX. https://traquito.github.io/tracker/ The RSS Feed for all audio content from QSO today is available from here.
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N0LX Maritime Mobile at 13,800 feet
Large Ionic Liquid “Salt Water” Antenna
https://n0lx.com/ila_large1.html 
Working Japan from Colorado Summit
N0LX “Tall Pack”
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