{"id":8820,"date":"2017-01-15T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T03:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2017\/01\/15\/wonderful-qso-today-interview-with-ian-keyser-g3roo\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T01:25:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:25:28","slug":"wonderful-qso-today-interview-with-ian-keyser-g3roo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2017\/01\/15\/wonderful-qso-today-interview-with-ian-keyser-g3roo\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderful &#8220;QSO Today&#8221; Interview with Ian Keyser G3ROO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/G3ROOandme.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/G3ROOandme.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <b>N2CQR and G3ROO<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <b>I knew it was going to be a good Sunday morning in the shack when I saw that Eric 4Z1UG had posted<a href=\"http:\/\/www.qsotoday.com\/podcasts\/g3roo\"> an interview with Ian Keyser G3ROO<\/a>. This wonderful interview brought back memories of my visit to G3ROO&#8217;s amazing facility in Dover. (Thanks to Tony Fishpool who brought me out there.) <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <b>In this interview, you will hear Ian state &#8212; in a very nonchalant English way &#8212; that he built his first receiver at age 8. And I really loved the story of how Ian got his call sign. FB Ian. <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <b>Ian is a very prominent member of the G-QRP club. I was oddly relieved to learn that he is working on a LEGAL LIMIT LINEAR AMPLIFIER. I hope he has special dispensation from Rev. George Dobbs. I intend to cite this project if we ever have to defend Pete Juliano from charges of QROism. <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <b>Listen to the interview here: <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qsotoday.com\/podcasts\/g3roo\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">http:\/\/www.qsotoday.com\/podcasts\/g3roo<\/span><\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/G3ROOandmewithhydrogenballoonkey.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/G3ROOandmewithhydrogenballoonkey.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <b>That is a key designed for use aboard a hydrogen balloon. This is the kind of thing that Ian has in his shack.<\/b><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/G3ROOhomebrewvariometer.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/G3ROOhomebrewvariometer.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <b>This is Ian&#8217;s variometer &#8212; mentioned in the interview.<\/b> <\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/G3ROOspysetmeatkey.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/G3ROOspysetmeatkey.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <b>That&#8217;s me using one of Ian&#8217;s spy sets.<\/b> <\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <b>Ian&#8217;s antenna book:<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/ian-keyser\/practical-and-tested-aerial-systems\/paperback\/product-10904725.html\"><b>http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/ian-keyser\/practical-and-tested-aerial-systems\/paperback\/product-10904725.html<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <b>Here are the SolderSmoke Daily News posts about Ian and the Dover Construction Club: <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/search?q=Dover\"><b>http:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/search?q=Dover<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N2CQR and G3ROO I knew it was going to be a good Sunday morning in the shack when I saw that Eric 4Z1UG had posted an interview with Ian Keyser G3ROO. This wonderful interview brought back memories of my visit to G3ROO&#8217;s amazing facility in Dover. (Thanks to Tony Fishpool who brought me out there.) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2017\/01\/15\/wonderful-qso-today-interview-with-ian-keyser-g3roo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wonderful &#8220;QSO Today&#8221; Interview with Ian Keyser G3ROO&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,69,50,99,102,415,100,31,101,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aircraft","category-antennas","category-books","category-guth-eric","category-israel","category-keyser-ian","category-old-radio","category-radio-history","category-tubes","category-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8824,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8820\/revisions\/8824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}