QSO Today Podcast - Interviews with the leaders in amateur radio
Jun 26, 2026 · 1 hr · 15 segments
Jim Hall, AD4EB, discovered radio as a young shortwave listener and builder, then turned a lifetime of engineering, CW, RTTY, and contesting into one of amateur radio's most demanding operating…
Eric BoothHost
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I'm Eric Booth, amateur call sign 4Z1UG, where I demonstrate the diversity and relevance of the amateur radio hobby and its impact on society by interviewing ham radio operators, many of whom played vital roles in shaping our technology through the amateur radio hobby.
And while many people might say, "Ham radio? Do people still do that?" This podcast demonstrates through in-depth interviews just how amazing, diverse, and dynamic the amateur radio hobby continues to be.
I am sorry that it has taken me so long to put up additional episodes of QSO Today.
My schedule around my other responsibilities and the medications that I'm still taking for my illnesses often leaves me exhausted in the middle of the day.
Fortunately, my nimble CRM system allows me to create a fair amount of automation to pursue new guests to the podcast from my huge list of prospects.
If I can get the conversations into the proverbial can, then much of the rest of the work to publish new episodes gets easier, even if I'm all ready to sleep.
I have a lot of resources to share and just need the physical bandwidth to get it out to you.
Stay tuned as I now have guests in the pipeline and hope to make a milestone of 600 episodes.
Imagine your wife driving 28,000 miles while y- while your strategy to win weekend QSO parties is to cross as many county and state lines as possible.
My guest this week is Jim Hall, AD4EB, whose wife Melody drives while he operates, making him a leader in this form of contesting.
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