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AE4S

Episode 415 – Bill Jordan – AE4S

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Bill Jordan’s, AE4S, love of electronics and radio paralleled his professional career as college professor. As a founding member of the Tallahassee Amateur Radio Society and the AE4S repeater, Bill is connected and communicates with the lifelong friends he has made through ham radio.  AE4S tells his ham radio story in this QSO Today.
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Our Listener Sponsors

This list is the total amounts contributed as sponsorships and/or donations since Episode 1 in July 2014.  Only those who agreed to be publicly recognized are on the list below.  This list does not include “Buy Me A Coffee” donations.
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SwapMyRigs – Bill’s Company that builds mobile control head interfaces using VGA cables.

Hometown: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

First license: 1975, Advanced, WB4NAY
1978, Extra Upgrade

Current Rig: 
3 X Icom IC-7100 HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
Kenwood TM-D710A Dual Band Mobile Transceiver
Remote Rig
Triband Mosley DA33 JR 
M2 Antennas 6 Meter Yagi
Rohn 25 Tower

Favorite Operating Mode: FT8 Digital Mode

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Bethlehem Steel Company
XRay Engineer
Vacuum Tube Diode Battery Charger
Boy Scouts of America
Field Radio
Surplus Sound Powered Field Phones
Crystal Radio Set
Gallium Crystal Cats Whisker
Mechanical Engineer
Cornell University, Economics
US Navy Aviation
Avionics Officer, US Navy
Marantz Receiver
Popular Electronics Magazine
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Merral Lynch 
National Radio Institute Correspondence Course
1st Class Radiotelephone License
Morse Code
SEC – Securities and Exchange Commission
Industrial Psychology
Georgia State University, Atlanta
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Exam
Tallahassee, Florida
⅞” Hardline Coax
Sinclair Antenna Combiner VHF
WTNT Broadcasting
Tallahassee Amateur Radio Society
501(c)3 Non Profit Corporation
ARRL Field Day
APRS
IBM VGA Cable Specification
Kenwood TS-2000 HF Radio
5 Band DXCC
PSK31 Digital Mode

Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: bring new people into the field. 

Excited most by: the people, friendships, and fellowships

Advice to new or returning hams: Get to know the other hams, and they will equip you, help you, Join a club, get on the air. 

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Bill Jordan, AE4S, 1978
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Icom IC-7100 HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver
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Kenwood TM-D710GA Dual Band Mobile
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Kenwood TS-2000 HF Transceiver

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