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    Joe in Amateur Radio

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    Amateur Radi@ COMMUNICATIONS -& Ly LL ' Q Noucivicin 2002 s yi Neceaetert nn) Te tee este ry * CQ Interviews: Rock Star Joe Walsh, WBGACU, p. 11 ¢« The DXLab Software Suite, p. 20 \The W1ZY 4-3-2 Array, p. 28 Lado * CQ Reviews: E Cones “ Kenwood TH-F6A Handheld, p. 34 i a Elecraft K 2/100 Transceiver, p44 at home with his Prete Eve . a iad . Posen : 3 dio City, Cea eats U.S. $4.99 / Canada $3.99 rece ts | || } i F a: lM | SEW eee Ge One of the great things about ham radio, we always tell non-hams, is that you never know who might answer when you call CQ. It might be o teacher in New York, a farmer in Russia, or a rock star in California ... such as Joe Walsh of The Eagles, also known as WB6ACU. CQ Interviews: Ti fe stations in his California home. This ane features a Johnson 500 transmitter (partally ‘i obscured) anda Hallicratters | ‘SX-88 purchased on eBay that sparked internet rurors of “a tock star chiving up radio prices." (All photos by the author) i Joe Walsh, WB6ACU Ordinary, Average Ham (and Rock Legend) lash back to 1977: Jimmy Carter ‘was President, Close Encounters ofthe Third Kind wes topping the box office, and transcsivers trom Ker Wood and Yaesu had finally begun to cast a shadovr upon aging giants Drake, Collins, and Heathkit in the world of amateur radio. Hobby computers wore, becoming commonplace) CMOS key- ‘ers were all the rage, and the then-tiny ‘software company Microsoft wason the verge of earning its first milion dollars in a single yoar. Bythe summer of natyear, the mus|- calinfluence of guitarist Joe Walsh had helped propel the album Hote! Cait ‘omnia, by rock music super-band The Eagles, iothetopof the Billboard charts, and into the history books as one of the "3728 70th Ave. Cl. West, University Place, WA 98466 ‘e-mail: BY DAVID E. ELLISON,* WB7AWK ‘most successful rocord albums of all time. Walsh, alreacy a guitar legend from his own solo carser and from his days fronting another iniluential rock band, The James Gang, roplaced Eagles guitarist Berrie Leadonin 1976, in @ move the band hoped would bring ‘more of a rock edge toits scund. By the end of 1977 there was litle doubt the ‘change was for the good, Few, however, are aware of Walsh's fong-time interestin amateurradio. First licensed as a Novice in 1980 with the calisign WV2KAC, Joe now holds an Exira class ticket as WB8ACU and is active, when his busy schedule permits, ‘on al bands from 160 to 2 motors, run hing al modes from AMM, CW, and SSB to FM and cigital. His prelerence is for the great old tube rigs of the past. For the las! two years rumors have Circulated on the internet that “some Tock star” was amassing a large collec tion of Collins, Hallicrafters, and other vintage tube-era rigs through the auc- tion site oBay. A few months back sold ‘saveral pieces of old gear to the famed guitar player in Stucio City, Caliiornia, and decided io put the rumor together with the facts. It was through these deals, and over the course of many e- mails, that | was able to persuade Joe to consen’ to an interview for CO mag: azine about his music, his collection, and his interests in amateur radio. Wo also spoke with a couple of Joe’s ham radio friends and his “Elmer.” CQ: How did you get started in ama- teur radio? Joe Walsh: In 1960 my family moved from Columbus, Ohio fo Flushing, Now York (Queens, New York City). | was 12.lwent from a verysmalltownin Ohio to all of a sudden being in New York Gity, from a big house with a yard to 2 USI nrrnreenmemeenennnee SSS \ww.eq-amatour-radio.com November 2002 + o@ + 11 third-floor apariment. We maved in the suinmer, so there was no school, and there Iwas, 12, all along in.a huge city with no friends and nathing to de. That was a very long summer. We lived in Fresh Meadows; it's an apariment- based community In a rather nice part ‘of Now York. Thora was a Mosley TA- 331. on the roof of our building. Some- times t would tum. In the course of the summer I got on the roof and...traced the wires down to a first-floor window, {got up enough courage to wait for the antenna to turn, and then knocked on the door, My Elmer, Jim Walden, W2IEY, now WEESJ, answered. He in- Vited me in anditook me under his wing, He gave me my Novice exam that fall. ‘The lirstracio | aver sawwas nis Colins KWM-1. My Novice call was WV2KAC. CQ: Tel usabit about vim. Whatwas ho like at that time? JW: He was the coolest guy an the bleck; the coolast guy | had mat sinca leaving Ohio andl stil think that, He was a hell of a quy to put up with me. I don't know where he got his patience to put upwmith all of my questions. | was vary insistent about ham radio. CQ: How did you master the code for, your Novice exam? ‘JW: taught io myself, [guess from, being musical. | didn't know | was mus cal at the time, though, My mom actu- ally helped with ‘lasheards. but I really wanied tolearnitso | taught itto myse. CQ: After you got your [i ticket, what was your fst station line-up? Ws Thad @ Heathkit DX- 20 and a {military surplus] BC-2480 receiver. | had a paper route and saved up the money tobuy it Butthe DX-20 didn't work the fist time | plugged tin Thad to g0 back and rewire the seilator section. That toars the laddor out from underneath you—when you spend houre and hours, ‘on akt and itdoesnt wor Iwantedto trowitoutinthe ‘snow, butinsiead Ijust bar rolad into it. | guess that's how you learn, €Q: When did you up- ‘grade your license?

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