K1WHS

Dave Olean K1WHS, and his brother, started with modest and simple surplus and homebrew VHF rigs, modified and upgraded over a long period of time to operate EME or moon-bounce, meteor scatter, and bouncing signals off of the Aurora Borealis that appears in the Northern skies.  Dave demonstrates that one can make a ham radio career out of very modest equipment to solve complex problems leading to real expertise.  K1WHS is my QSO Today.

Hometown: Westport CT

First License: 1962, Age 16, Technician Class

Elmers or Mentors:
Nicolas Georgis, K1MAR, High School Physics Teacher

First Rig:
Harvey Wells BandmasterTBS50D
Techcraft 10 AM Transmitter
Bendix Aircraft Receiver

Terms
Popular Science Magazine
Modulator
Walkie Talkie Kit Vintage
Boys Life Magazine
Super Reregen Receiver
Gonset Communicators
QST Magazine 
QST VHF Column, Sam Harris W1FZJ
So You Want to Be a Ham,  Robert Hertzberg
Geology
Vietnam War
US Army Signal Corps
US Army Signal Maintenance Shop
Cushcraft Corporation Antenna Lab
EME – Earth Moon Earth
Bob Sutherland W6PO VHF Radio Club
EME- Moonbounce
Libration Fading
Moon Wobbles
4CX250B Amplifier
Collins 75A3 Receiver
24 Element 220 MHz Yagi 
Digital Modes for EME
Cross Polarized Yagi Antennas
Downeast Microwave Product
Peter KA6U 
Elecraft Transceivers
Transverter Jacks on Transceiver
Doppler Shift
Aurora Borealis RF Curtain
Magnetometer for Detecting Aurora
WWV K-Index
Legrange Points Satellite
Meteor Scatter
AN AURORA DETECTOR: HOW TO MONITOR THE EARTH’S MAGNETIC FIELD

Excited most by: 160 Meters and Beverage Antennas. Ham radio is  50 hobbies rolled into one.  

Advice to new or returning hams:  Find your place in the hobby, by being Open minded, be inquisitive.  Focus.