WB4GBI

On the final Sunday of the Dayton Hamvention, I was wandering around the Xenia fairground and needed to rest my feet. My guest this week was sitting at the table and was kind enough to let me join him.  We struck up a conversation that ultimately led to this interview.  Tim Berry WB4GBI has been a ham almost 50 years, in Knoxville, Tennessee, and has more than a passing interest in repeaters,  emergency communications, and has been a broadcast engineer for most of his life.  Tim shares his ham radio story in this QSO Today.

Tim’s Website: http://www.wb4gbi.com
GoFundMe for Repeater Tower

First Elmer: Haven Hood, W4RRS
Elmers: 
Alan Brazil W4FYQ
George Shaver, K4HXD

First License: Age 13, WN4GBI, Novice, 1973
Upgrade: General Class 1974

First Receiver: Heathkit GR-64 General Coverage

Current Rig: 
Kenwood TS2000 HF Transceiver
Drake TR-4C HF Transceiver
Motorola Syntor Mobile, 6 Meter and 10 Meters

Terms: 
Commercial Two Way Radio Vintage
Ambulance Service, East Tennessee
WLIO Radio,Frankfort Indiana
First Class Radiotelephone License
Tennessee Department of Transportation
146.94 Repeater. Bluff Mountain, TN
Meters – Middle Eastern Tennessee Emergency Radio Service
Smoky Mountain Amateur Radio Club
Covid19 Pandemic
Lunch Bunch Net
1964 Ford Mustang 
WB4GBI Repeater System
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
ATT Vision 2020 Plan
ISDN
T1 Line
Vol Radio Network, Tennessee
Comrex Access
Maxconnect LTE Modem
Sevier County Emergency Radio Service
WinLink Node
ICS Form
AREDN
P25 Digital Mode
GE MASTRII Repeater
Motorola MTR2000 Repeater
Motorola Quantar Repeater

Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: involve young people in ham radio.  

Excited most by: variety of things that we can do with our license

Advice to new or returning hams: be open to change and try something new.  Go out of your comfort zone. Get on HF.