So Many Great Pictures, So Much Radio History

 

I make it a point to go back to Wes W7ZOI's web site every once in a while.  That is always a good idea. This time I found myself looking at the page that described Farhan's 2017 visit.  Wow, just look at the guys at that table. 

-- Wes W7ZOI.  The man who launched the solid state direct-conversion receiver revolution.  Author of SSDRA and EMRFD.  And so much more. 

-- Roger KA7EXM.  Son of Wes.  The guy who developed the receiver for the Ugly Weekender transmitter.  

-- Rick KK7B.   The guru of phasing type direct-conversion single signal receivers.  

-- Roy W7EL.  Father of EZNEC antenna modeling software. And the optimized QRP transceiver, with the diplexer that we are using (perhaps improperly) in our high school direct conversion receiver project. 

-- Jeff WA7MLH.  Builder of so many of the great projects in SSDRA.  Made me feel good about gear that looked a bit rough.  

-- Farhan VU2ESE.  Creator of the BITX20, the BITX 40 Module, the uBITX, the sBITX and so much more. 

Just scroll through the site.  You will see Rick there with his Classic 40 phasing receiver.  Roy with his  Optimized transceiver.  Roger with the Ugly Weekender transceiver. 

Finally, the morse key that Farhan gave to each of the participants.  Farhan gave me one of these too.  I will try to use it from the Dominican Republic on Straight Key Night. 

Check out the site: 

https://w7zoi.net/Farhan-visit.html