{"id":2853,"date":"2012-02-26T17:38:38","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T21:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2853"},"modified":"2012-02-24T10:43:12","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T14:43:12","slug":"profiles-in-amateur-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/profiles-in-amateur-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Profiles in Amateur Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Reitz,\u00a0Features Editor for <a title=\"MT Home\" href=\"http:\/\/www.monitoringtimes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monitoring Times<\/a> magazine, has published a new eBook called, &#8220;<a title=\"Profiles in Amateur Radio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Profiles-in-Amateur-Radio-ebook\/dp\/B0071OT8CO\" target=\"_blank\">Profiles in Amateur Radio<\/a>.&#8221; It features stories and biographies from a lengthy list of radio personalities\/figures (including \u00a0yours truly!). A common theme in many of these personal radio histories is an interest in amateur radio that was built on a foundation of \u00a0shortwave radio listening.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Profiles-in-Amateur-Radio-ebook\/dp\/B0071OT8CO\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2854\" title=\"ProfilesInAmateurRadio\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ProfilesInAmateurRadio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ProfilesInAmateurRadio.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ProfilesInAmateurRadio-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/ProfilesInAmateurRadio-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>February 3, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Profiles in Amateur Radio<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Ken Reitz KS4ZR<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A new Kindle e-book now available at the link below<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Profiles-in-Amateur-Radio-ebook\/dp\/B0071OT8CO\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1327932175&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Profiles in Amateur Radio<\/a>\u201d is a collection of nineteen articles taken from the First Person Radio series that appeared over the last three years in Monitoring Times, a national monthly magazine about all things radio, now in its 32nd year. It\u2019s a three part look at the inspirational life stories as told in the words of those on whom shortwave and amateur radio has had a lifelong impact. The book is edited by Ken Reitz KS4ZR, a freelance writer since 1988, Features Editor for Monitoring Times, and author of the Communications and Beginner\u2019s Corner columns which appear monthly in the magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Profiles in Amateur Radio<\/strong> Table of Contents<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Uncommon Life of Charlie Gyenes W6HIQ &#8212; by Ken Reitz KS4ZR<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>In the Right Place at the Right Time &#8212; by Bob Heil K9EID<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Life\u2019s Been Good to WB6ACU &#8212; by Ken Reitz KS4ZR<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How I Survived Self-Electrocution, Fame, Congress and the Publishing Industry &#8212; by Bob Grove W8JHD<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Reading, \u2018Riting and Radio &#8212; by Carole Perry WB2MGP<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>CQ at 51,000 Feet and Mach .85 &#8212; by Rick Dougherty NQ4I<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>If You\u2019re Old Enough to Read, You\u2019re Old Enough to Get Your License &#8212; by Mattie Clauson AE7MC<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>A Life of Service in Amateur Radio by Harry Dannals W2HD<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>My Half-Century in Radio &#8212; by Ron Walsh VE3GO<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>A Love of Listening &#8212; by Thomas Witherspoon K4SWL<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>My Lifelong Fight for Free Speech Radio &#8212; by Allan Weiner<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Obsessed by Time and Shortwave Radio &#8212; by Myke Dodge Weiskopf<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Crystal Set Leads to Lifelong Hobby and Career &#8212; by Maury Midlo<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Shortwave from Both Sides of the Microphone &#8212; by Jeff White<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>A Most Unlikely Radio Career &#8212; Keith Perron<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Radio Dreams of a Lifetime &#8212; by Jack K. Neal W8AQ<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Amateur Radio and Education in America &#8212; by Ken Reitz KS4ZR<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The LBJ High School Experience &#8212; by Ronny Risinger KC5EES<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>CQ DX from KC7OEK &#8212; by Nick Casner K7CAS, Cole Smith KF7FXW and Rayann Brown KF7KEZ<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Reitz,\u00a0Features Editor for Monitoring Times magazine, has published a new eBook called, &#8220;Profiles in Amateur Radio.&#8221; It features stories and biographies from a lengthy list of radio personalities\/figures (including \u00a0yours truly!). A common theme in many of these personal radio histories is an interest in amateur radio that was built on a foundation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[251,288],"tags":[916,741,915,4082],"class_list":["post-2853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-radio-history","tag-amazon-kindle","tag-ken-reitz","tag-profiles-in-amateur-radio","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-K1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2313,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/new-kindle-ebook-how-listen-to-the-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":2853,"position":0},"title":"New Kindle eBook &#8211; &#8220;How to Listen To The World&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"December 24, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Ken Reitz (KS4ZR), features editor at Monitoring Times, has released a Kindle eBook called How To Listen To The World. It focuses on almost all aspects of listening to international broadcasts--see full table of contents in the press release below. This would make a nice, inexpensive last-minute Christmas or birthday\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/AmazonKindle-203x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7604,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/the-spectrum-monitor-a-new-radio-magazine-finds-a-home-in-the-digital-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":2853,"position":1},"title":"The Spectrum Monitor: a new radio magazine finds a home in the digital world","author":"Thomas","date":"October 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm happy to announce that there is a new radio magazine on the horizon: The Spectrum Monitor (TSM). 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The start of the fall term SCR is today. Challenge yourself to work as many school clubs as possible and see if you don't feel optimistic about the future of amateur radio. 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