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Biography |
Areas of Interest |
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Bob Witte, KØNR
Monument, CO
719/ 488-0859
Technical Coordinator for the ARRL
Colorado Section.
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Bob enjoys a wide variety of amateur radio
activities, HF through UHF. He is a regular participant in VHF contests,
often operating from some mountaintop or roving around Colorado. Bob has
written articles for QST, QRP Quarterly and CQ VHF
and is the author of two books on electronic test instruments. |
Technical Areas: Test and measurement
equipment, VHF/UHF, FM and repeaters, Radio Frequency Interference Presentations:
Test Equipment, Broadband Over Power Line, Weak Signal VHF,
Mountaintop Portable Operation |
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Mike Anderson, WV7T
Colorado Springs, CO
719/ 229-8610
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Mike is active in a wide variety of amateur
radio activities: HF, VHF, UHF, CW, SSB, FM, digital, DXing, contesting,
chasing awards and public service. One of Mike's passions is teaching radio
licensing classes and "elmering" new hams. Mike served 22 years as a Navy
Chief Petty Officer (Engineering). |
Technical Areas: QRP, antennas,
propagation, digital operating, HF, VHF, UHF, CW, SSB, FM, digital.
Presentations:
QRP operating, antennas, special events, QSLs, awards and certificates,
digital |
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Bruce Clark, KØYW
Ignacio, CO
970/ 563-4060
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Bruce is involved with tower construction,
repeater maintenance, VHF/UHF operating and is a member of the Durango Radio
Club. |
Technical Areas: VHF/UHF, repeaters,
general topics. |
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Art Charette, K6XT
Allison, CO
970/ 883-5436
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Art is an avid DXer and contester and a member
of the Durango Radio Club. |
Technical Areas: HF stations, using
ham radio software, investigating RFI problems, general technical advice. |
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Rick Donaldson, NØNJY
Colorado Springs, CO
719/ 596-2713
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Rick has extensive communications training and
experience, including working at the White House for 8 years as a senior
radio technician. Rick is active in Skywarn and enjoys chatting with friends
on VHF and UHF. |
Technical Areas: Helping out hams
with technical problems, general technical advice ("Elmering"). |
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Kit Haskins, KAØWUC
Woodland Park, CO
719/687-7699
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Kit is active mostly on
VHF/UHF but does some HF mobile. Kit is the Technical Coordinator for ARES
District 14 and he recently completed a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Computer Engineering. |
Technical Areas: Test &
Measurement, RFI, Repeater
Systems, Television (aka ATV, Fast Scan), Directional Finding, Commercial
two-way radio, Broadcast (TV & FM), BPL, digital communications,
microwave and UNIX.
Presentations: Broadband Over Power Line |
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Ron Hranac, NØIVN
Littleton, CO
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Ron's amateur radio interests include ATV (fastscan),
microwave and general radio operating. He has been known to frequent the
summits of the Colorado mountains during the ARRL 10 GHz contest.
Ron has worked in the cable television industry for many years and
serves on the ARRL EMC Committee.
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Technical Areas: Cable TV
interference and RFI investigations in general, BPL, Microwave and ATV,
general technical advice Presentations: Near Vertical Incident
Skywave (NVIS) propagation |
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Dick Kiefer, KØDK
Boulder, CO
303/ 449-4700
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Dick enjoys working DX on 160 through 10 meters
(with homebrew yagis on a 100 foot rotating tower). He also operates a 2M
repeater (connected to Echolink) and a 70 cm repeater in Boulder.
Dick is an engineer and consultant with over 35 years of analog, RF and
software design experience. |
Technical Areas: RFI problem
solving, antenna modeling and construction at HF through UHF, repeater
design and construction, circuit construction projects, VOIP linking |
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Len Koppl, KDØRC
Broomfield, CO
303/460-0932
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Len operates HF through UHF, including CW,
phone, Pactor, PSK31 and packet modes. Len is a QRP enthusiast and
enjoys construction projects and using QRP while camping. He is actively
involved in emergency communications and has served in the past as the
Boulder County Emergency Coordinator (EC). Len is the author of RCWinPacket,
a software program for using packet radio in public service/emergency
communications. |
Technical Areas: Radio Frequency
Interference, antennas, equipment setup and configuration (computers,
computer interfaces, TNCs, software, etc.) |
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Virgil Leenerts, WØINK
Loveland, CO
970/667-5649
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Virgil is a retired design engineer now doing
consulting work in the area of power supplies. Virgil has been very
involved in the development of VHF/UHF repeater systems. |
Technical Areas: FM communication
standards, SWR measurement, antennas, switching power supplies
Presentations: Linear and switching
power supplies, Frequency and phase modulation
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Dan Magro, W7RF
Fort Collins, CO
970/295-4200
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Dan's ham radio interests and experimentation
covers many aspects of the hobby including DXing, contesting, building QRP
projects homebrew and kits, amplifier building and repairing, station
accessories, antenna design and construction.
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Technical Areas: Two-way Radio, Radio Frequency
Interference, antenna systems and equipment setup.
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Steve Moore, WØSM
Aurora, CO
303/353-9710
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Steve mainly likes to work RTTY contests, along
with some operating on PSK31 and the other audio/digital modes. Steve spent 20
years in the Air Force, including 9 years at Lowry AFB teaching test
equipment, calibration and microwave. Was with HP for 21 years and taught
many classes on computer software, repair and installation. Steve is an
ARRL Volunteer Examiner and holds an ASEE Degree. |
Technical Areas: Radio Frequency
Interference, antenna systems and equipment setup.
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Dave Novotny, WA6IFI
Colorado Springs, CO
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Dave is actively involved in the development of
VHF and UHF repeater systems in southern Colorado. |
Technical Areas: VHF/UHF repeater
systems
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Randy Reynard, WØRDR
Castle Rock, CO
720/937-7263
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Randy is active in ARES (Assistant Emergency
Coordinator for District 24) and is equipped for all modes on
70cm thru 160M. He enjoys some contesting,
emergency communications, HF Mobile, and casual operating from home.
Randy has served in the Civil Air Patrol for over 20 years and has
broad experience in the radio and TV field.
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Technical Areas: General amateur
radio topics
Presentations: Emergency Communications, Field Operations
(portable setup and operating), Cable TV Interference
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Bill Rinker, W6OAV
Englewood, CO
303/741-2537
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Bill is heavily involved in the digital modes,
including HF/VHF packet, AMTOR, PSK31, APRS, EchoLink, TCP/IP and Ethernet. He
operates an HF packet node on 14.105 MHz and is the Chairman of the
Digital Technical Committee for the Denver Radio Club. Bill's technical
background is 37 years in commercial data communications with various
telephone/telecom companies. |
Technical Areas: Digital
communications: HF/VHF packet, EchoLink, AMTOR, PSK31, APRS; Antenna systems
Presentations: Antennas and Antenna systems
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George Salzmann, ABØSF
Fort Collins, CO
303/ 961-0841
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George enjoys a variety of amateur radio
activities, including HF, VHF, UHF and microwave.
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Technical Areas: Station
construction, grounding, mobile operation (all bands), basic antenna and
propagation theory, Radio Frequency Interference, radio direction-finding,
VHF/UHF repeaters and digital communications. |
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Doug Sharp, K2AD
Longmont, CO
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Doug works in the communications industry and
is the Frequency Coordinator for the state of Colorado, under the
governance of the Colorado Council of
Amateur Radio Clubs (CCARC). |
Technical Areas: VHF/UHF
repeater systems
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Paul Swanson, AAØK
Monument, CO
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Paul has a Masters Degree in Electrical
Engineering and has many years of experience as a design engineer. Paul
likes to operate HF phone and digital modes and "a little bit of CW
here and there." He is also active on VHF and UHF.
Paul is a private pilot and enjoys canoeing, sailing, camping and
hiking. |
Technical Areas: Antenna design,
homebrewing equipment, QRP and the use of embedded processors/DSPs in
radio communications. |
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Frank Watervoort, ABØWV
Castle Rock, CO
303 /246-8800
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Frank is active within ARES District 24
(Douglas & Elbert County) and enjoys digital modes such as APRS and Packet.
Frank is the author of PinPoint, which is an APRS implementation that can be
downloaded from the District 24 website (http://www.aresd24.org/pinpoint.shtml).
Frank further enjoys teaching topics in the Emergency Communications arena,
is an ARRL Volunteer (VE) Examiner an an Assistant Emergency Coordinator for
District 24. |
Technical Areas: APRS and Packet.
Emergency Communications, Go-Kits, Emergency power (batteries, chargers and
generators) |
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Steve Wisniewski, ACØBE
Fruita, CO
970 / 858-1373
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Steve likes to work DX on the HF bands and 6
Meters. He also participates in local ragchewing on VHF and is a member of
the Mesa Verde Area Amateur Radio club. |
Technical Areas: Helping out
hams with technical problems, especially antenna/feedline issues, general
technical advice ("Elmering"). |
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