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HRN 190: CQ 'Comes Clean' (a click-bait title!)
Posted: 22 Feb 2015 05:58 AM PST
http://HamRadioNow.tv
CQ editor Rich Moseson W2VU is fairly candid about the state of the
magazine in this in-depth interview with Gary KN4AQ. Pay attention to what
Rich says is the biggest problem. It's not the number of subscribers – it's
the lack of advertising. And that's also the biggest obstacle to the extra
digital-only content in CQ-Plus. Advertisers don't value digital media as
much as they do print.
This posting includes a media file:
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN0190_Audio_CQclean.mp3
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HRN 189: 3 Years Ago in Orlando
Posted: 22 Feb 2015 05:52 AM PST
http://HamRadioNow.tv
The HamRadioNow program began three years ago with a bunch of shows
recorded at the Orlando HamCation. We went back this year and did a few
more. In this episode, Gary takes an abbreviated tour, with a quick look at
the ELAD FDM-Duo, a full-featured and full-SDR QRP transceiver from Italy,
and the prototype "speaker-mic" coming for FreeDV (it puts the full FreeDV
HF digital voice 'computer' in a speaker-mic size enclosure). And he
assaults some YLs on being at a hamfest on Valentine's Day.
This posting includes a media file:
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN0189_Audio_3Orlando.mp3
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HRN 183: European HAMNET
Posted: 02 Jan 2015 09:05 AM PST
http://HamRadioNow.tv
Jann Traschewsk DG8NGN details the European HAMNET, a wide-coverage,
high-speed digital backbone network using (mostly) Amateur Radio, currently
covering Germany, and branching out into surrounding countries. From the
2014 ARRL/TAPR DCC
This posting includes a media file:
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN0183_Audio_HAMNET.mp3
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HamRadioNow Episode 182: World's Best Hobby
Posted: 22 Dec 2014 11:45 AM PST
http://HamRadioNow.tv
TV producer Dave Bell W6AQ talks to Gary KN4AQ about his new book, and his
life in and around Television (making it, not watching it). Until the
Internet age and YouTube, Dave was the most prolific source of television
programs about Ham Radio, most of them made for 'real' TV stations and
networks.
This posting includes a media file:
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN0182_Audio_W6AQ.mp3
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HamRadioNow Episode 181: SDR Using GNU Radio Companion
Posted: 17 Dec 2014 02:03 PM PST
http://HamRadioNow.tv
From the ARRL/TAPR DCC. GNU Radio Companion is sort of a toolkit for
designing Software Defined Radio "circuits." This talk from the DCC is an
introduction, using the design of a Digital Signal Processing module as a
teaching aid. It's pretty visual, with lots of Powerpoint slides, so if the
audio is interesting but incomplete, stop by www.HamRadioNow.tv for the
video.
This posting includes a media file:
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN0181_Audio_DSP-GNU.mp3
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HamRadioNow Episode 180: Bell 202 Modem in Amateur Radio
Posted: 17 Dec 2014 02:00 PM PST
http://HamRadioNow.tv
This won't be much of a "radio" show - it's a presentation at the ARRL/TAPR
DCC titled "Clarifying the Amateur Bell 202 Modem," and there are lots of
Powerpoint slides to see on the video (www.HamRadioNow.tv). So if the audio
leaves you interested but a little lost, come to the web site for the video.
This posting includes a media file:
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN0180_A...ll202Modem.mp3
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HamRadioNow Episode 179: A Christmas Truce
Posted: 04 Dec 2014 01:12 PM PST
http://HamRadioNow.tv
WW1USA is a special event station at a Kansas City museum commemorating
significant events throughout the 100th anniversary of World War I. Next up
is their operation on December 27-28 marking The Christmas Truce - an
unofficial but widespread cease-fire on the first Christmas of the war.
Randy Schulze KDØHKD and Herb Fiddick NZØF join Gary to talk about the
operation.
This posting includes a media file:
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN0179_Audio_Truce.mp3
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HamRadioNow Episode 178: Radio Games
Posted: 02 Dec 2014 07:20 PM PST
http://HamRadioNow.tv
If you like Jeff & Gary, you'll like this episode. Just kicking the can
around for an hour and forty minutes
This posting includes a media file:
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN0178_Audio_RadioGames.mp3
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HamRadioNow Episode: 177 Emcomm Vehicle
Posted: 01 Dec 2014 07:23 PM PST
http://HamRadioNow.tv
Hams in the Portland OR ARES group are scratching up a mobile comm unit. It
isn't as easy as it looks!
This posting includes a media file:
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN0177_Audio_MobileComm.mp3
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HamRadioNow Episode 174: Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH - "Pep Talk"
Posted: 25 Nov 2014 05:32 AM PST
http://HamRadioNow.tv
Retired FCC Special Council for Amateur Radio Enforcement Riley
Hollingsworth K4ZDH talks enforcement and (much) more at a meeting of the
radio club he joined while attending law school in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. The video is available via YouTube on the HamRadioNow.tv web site
or YouTube channel.
This posting includes a media file:
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN0174_A...iley_at_WS.mp3
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Episode 170: Off the Shelf SDR
Posted: 26 Oct 2014 01:15 AM PDT
http://HamRadioNow.tv
From the DCC: WA2DFI installs and launches three SDR receivers LIVE in one
45-minute talk. And they said it couldn't be done.
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HamRadioNow: DVB-T Digital TV for Amateur Radio
Posted: 21 Oct 2014 02:41 PM PDT
http://HamRadioNow.tv
Mel Whitten K0PFX shows how easy it was to get on digital ATV using the
European standard DVB-T and off-the-shelf components.
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Episode 167: AMBE Exposed - K6BP at the 2014 DCC
Posted: 09 Oct 2014 10:15 AM PDT
http://HamRadioNow.tv
Bruce Perens K6BP has learned a thing or two about the vocoder that
everybody uses. And he doesn't like it!
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Episode 166: TAPR and the Beach
Posted: 09 Oct 2014 10:14 AM PDT
http://HamRadioNow.tv
We wrap the DCC Introduction session into our beach vacation (hey! You got
sand in my SDR!)
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Episode 161: Yaesu System (con)Fusion
Posted: 20 Aug 2014 04:45 AM PDT
http://HamRadioNow.tv
Four (five if you count NXDN... six if you count FreeDV) digital voice
modes for VHF/UHF. Confused yet?
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HamRadioNow: Symbol Rate
Posted: 23 Mar 2014 07:46 PM PDT
http://HamRadioNow.tv
Gary talks with Open Source evangelist Bruce Perens K6BP about the ARRL's
Symbol Rate petition and request for digital band plan comments, FreeDV,
and the HT of the Future.
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HamRadioNow: MotoTRBOStar
Posted: 22 Mar 2014 01:53 PM PDT
http://HamRadioNow.tv
D-STAR, MOTOTRBO (DMR) and analog in one handheld? Connect System's Jerry
Wanger tells Gary what he's got in the works.
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HamRadioNow: K9W and FT5ZM DXpeditions
Posted: 15 Mar 2014 08:13 AM PDT
http://HamRadioNow.tv
These are hamfest talks with powerpoint slides, narrated by some famous
DXers who were on those DXpetions: Lou Dietrich N2TU at K9W Wake Atoll, and
Bob Allphin K4UEE at FT5ZM Amsterdam Island. Recorded at the 2014 Charlotte
Hamfest
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HamRadioNow: CQ Magazine - What the Heck?
Posted: 12 Mar 2014 11:25 AM PDT
http://HamRadioNow.tv
CQ's been MIA since the December issue (in print, anyway). Editor Rich
Moseson W2VU tells us what happened, and what happens next.
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HamRadioNow: WW8N Tower Case
Posted: 06 Mar 2014 08:21 PM PST
http://HamRadioNow.tv
We talk to Fred Hopengarten K1VR, antenna law expert and lead attorney in
the WW8N tower case in Ohio.
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HamRadioNow at the Movies
Posted: 23 Feb 2014 08:50 AM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
Jeff and Gary review the recent "ARRL at 100" Centennial video from the
league, and the first episode of the new British ham radio series "TX
Factor."
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HamRadioNow: My Stupid Idea for 60 Meters
Posted: 12 Feb 2014 04:20 PM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
In episode 131, we learn about how next year's WRC might create a real (if
small) 60 Meter BAND. In 132, Gary and Jeff talk about what we might do
with it. Gary's stupid idea, playing off of the current scheme for most of
the countries that have their own versio of 60 Meters: "channelize" it.
Hey, we said it was stupid.
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Episodes 129 (Android Programming); 130 (Time Nut)
Posted: 29 Jan 2014 12:42 PM PST
http://YouTube.com/HamRadioNow
New episodes of HamRadioNow are on-line!
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Ham Networks Wide and Narrow, and a KICK that didn't start
Posted: 20 Jan 2014 05:35 PM PST
http://blip.tv/HamRadioNow/episode-1...-radio-6719176
The new episodes are #126 (KICKSTARTER FAIL!), #127 (the narrow network
ideas) and #128 (the really WIDE network that's on the air).
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Episodes 112-125 from the DCC
Posted: 13 Jan 2014 01:35 PM PST
http://YouTube.com/HamRadioNow
These episodes cover improvements for PSK31; FreeDV-CODEC2 (and other Bruce
Perens K6BP rants); HackRF's Michael Ossmann; GNURadio for the Hermes and
Metis. Get details in the episodes on either our YouTube or Blip.tv
channels.
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5 more from the DCC on the HRN YouTube Channel
Posted: 08 Jan 2014 05:00 AM PST
http://YouTube.com/HamRadioNow
Episodes 117 thru 121 are on-line now from the DCC. I haven't listed them
on the HamRadioNow web site yet - I'm concentrating on editing and not PR!
Take a quick look at the YouTube channel and see if these are topics you
want to watch...
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Episode 116: "Do It Yourself" SDR
Posted: 29 Dec 2013 07:20 PM PST
http://YouTube.com/HamRadioNow
Want to try SDR, but not ready to tackle the big TAPR stuff, or the more
expensive Flex series? This talk will show you how to turn your existing HF
SSB rig into a software defined radio - at least most of one - using mostly
what you have already (the radio, a computer) and an inexpensive interface
kit.
We're pointing you to YouTube because the HamRadioNow web page hasn't been
updated yet... an RSS sneak-peek!
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Episode 114 and 115: An APRS mobile using Raspberry Pi; Flex 6000 Update
Posted: 23 Dec 2013 04:53 AM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
From the ARRL and TAPR DCC...
In Episode 114, John Hansen W2FS builds an APRS mobile using a Raspberry
Pi, programmed with Xastir - complete with mapping display.
In 115, FlexRadio's Stephen Hicks N5AC reviews the 6000 series.
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Episode 112 and 113: Web Sites and Apps (Make'em work, be secure)
Posted: 21 Dec 2013 08:38 AM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
From the 2013 DCC, a pair of talks on making apps and web sites do what you
need, and how to make sure users are who they say they are (so you can let
them key a transmitter)
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Episode 111: Christmas Card
Posted: 18 Dec 2013 04:29 PM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
This is just a half-hour Selfie by KN4AQ. Happy Holidays!
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Episode 110: Welcome to the 2013 DCC
Posted: 15 Dec 2013 05:53 PM PST
www.YouTube.com/hamradionow
So, I was reminded that I've been remiss in updating the RSS announcement
for... about 9 episodes. So I'm making an exclusive early announcement of
Episode 110 here on the RSS (and YouTube subscribers will learn about it,
too). This is the first of the videos from the ARRL and TAPR DCC in
Seattle. This one's just the welcoming talk from Friday morning. Nothing
technical yet, but that's coming very soon.
And if you haven't watched anything since the last RSS, stop by
www.HamRadioNow,tv and catch up on what you've missed. Sorry!
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Episode 101: A Tale of Two Emcomm... Vehicles
Posted: 12 Oct 2013 08:23 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Slog thru Jeff & Gary's banter for a half hour and you'll be rewarded with
details on two big emcomm vehicles (too big to call them vans - they're bit
RVs or maybe busses). One's from Brevard County, FL, and the other is from
the Dayton ARA (sponsor of the Hamvention).l
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Episode 100: Big Whoop!
Posted: 03 Oct 2013 07:00 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Episode 100 is supposed to be a milestone event in the life of a podcast.
So we celebrate, but not too hard.
Looks like we missed promoting Episode 99 (Yaesu announces it's new Digital
Repeater), and 98 (our drive to Seattle for the DCC... in three parts). Get
watching...
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Episode 97: Ward Silver N0AX... for Dummies?
Posted: 11 Sep 2013 06:49 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Ward just finished the 2nd edition of "Ham Radio for Dummies." He's a
prolific writer, and he can hold up his end of a conversation, too! Get to
know Ward a little better in this in-depth conversation.
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Episodes 92, 93, 94, 95, 96
Posted: 05 Sep 2013 06:17 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Really? No RSS since Episode 91? My bad. 92's an update on the DCC,
announcing a KICKSTARTER that is over and done (and WORKED!). 93 is all
QRP. 94 announces the KICKSTART success, and I ramble with a fan about a
bunch of stuff. 95 is a FlexRadio update (the 6's are here!), and 96
introduces the new Young Ham of the Year. Good thing the weekend is coming.
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Episode 91: AmateurLogicTV (The George & Tommy Show)
Posted: 22 Aug 2013 03:51 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
George and Tommy, founders of that long-running Amateur Radio podcast, join
Gary at the HamRadioNow booth at the (noisy) Huntsville Hamfest to talk
about their show.
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Episode 89: Goodbye, Monitoring Times
Posted: 05 Aug 2013 03:09 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Bob Grove W8JHD, founder-editor-publisher of Monitoring Times, has
announced his... and the magazine's... retirement. We find out why Bob's
retirement also means an end to the magazine (don't bother making an
offer!), and then we talk HF Shortwave Listening for a bit. The
VHF/UHF/Scanning conversation will have to wait for a future show.
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Episodes 87-88
Posted: 01 Aug 2013 06:50 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Two more interviews from the Dayton Hamvention. First, "Hamming in Guam" -
KH2JU tells us what it's like. Then "Hamvention's Michael Kalter W8CI" -
Michael is the former General Chairman, and is now the Official
Spokesperson. He peels back the curtain on the world's largest hamfest.
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HamRadioNow: (not a) Podcaster Randy Hall K7AGE
Posted: 20 Jul 2013 06:55 AM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
If you don't know Randy, you probably don't know us. He's one of the most
popular "new media" producers in ham radio, making a variety of programs
that he puts up on YouTube. So that's what we talk about.... all "inside
baseball" shop talk on ham radio and media.
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HamRadioNow: Dipole; Boy Scout Jamboree (... on the air)
Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:24 AM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Episode 82 is just called "Dipole." Jeff, Gary, Cyndi, and (introducing)
Bobbie spend an hour building and hanging a dipole. Yawn? Well, it's on the
way to being our most popular episode ever. Go figure.
Episode 83 is a conversation with Boy Scout Communications Director Jim
Wilson K5ND, about the upcoming Jamboree, the ICOM Station Loan equipment,
merit badges and patches, etc.
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HamRadioNow: Why The Heck Would Anyone Want To Operate Digital Voice?
Posted: 06 Jun 2013 02:51 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
The question has been debated to death. This moves the conversation forward
a square or two. Episode 81 is in two parts, each about an hour.
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HamRadioNow's Hamvention Coverage Begins
Posted: 27 May 2013 12:03 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Episode 78 finds Jeff & Gary out in the flea market, early Friday morning.
We yak, meet some fans, yak some more, and look at some unusual stuff. Jeff
looks at some keys and paddles that bookend Morse operation from the
olderst to the newest. Then we yak some more.
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HamRadioNow: hamShack Switch - Birth of a Product
Posted: 14 May 2013 09:16 AM PDT
www.HamRadioNow.tv
HamRadioNow – Episode 77: hamShack Switch–Birth of a Product
If your ham shack is a little more elaborate than ours, you probably have a
rat's nest of cables. Maybe you've graduated from unplugging and
re-plugging to manual switchboxes or maybe a patch panel to change
configuration of your audio, keying, antennas and other station
input/output. hamShack Switch (they drop the leading capital.... not a
typo) is a new product, frrom a new company, that aims to help you clean
that up. Your shack computer will control their switchbox and let you
easily reroute all those peripherals, either locally or remotely.
Jack Ritter WØUCE started the new company after a lifetime in the telcom
industry, and in addition to pitching the product, tells us about launching
a new product in the Amateur Radio market.
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HamRadioNow: Amateur Radio at the Boston Marathon
Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:14 AM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Episodes 74 and 75 cover Amateur Radio operation at this year's Boston
Marathon. We all know what happened at the finish line, and many of us know
that Ham Radio has had a huge operation in support of the event.
HamRadioNow talked to three hams involved. We learned how the hams
responded, and we go deeper to understand what it takes to participate in
this major public service operation.
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HamRadioNow: 10-10 International; Digital for Alabama ARES
Posted: 05 Apr 2013 04:59 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
HAMRADIONOW EPISODES 71 and 72: Online Now
71: Ten-Ten International Net
10 meters is supposed to be hopping these days, but instead, it's limping.
And when the sunspot cycle is near minimum, 10 stays dead for months on
end. 10-10 International was formed to encourage 10 meter use all the time,
initially to stave off a potential CB expansion back in the 60's. Now it's
just to have fun on this quirky band. Jeff and Gary talk to Gerry Gross
WA6POV, former 10-10 president, at the Orlando HamCation, to see what the
group is all about.
72: Digital Modes for Alabama ARES
Alabama hams were early D-STAR adopters, led by the ARRL Section and ARES
officials. And it's not just D-STAR. ARES hams are encouraged to experiment
and adopt a variety of digital modes, and they're in use routinely. Gary
talks to Section Manager Dave Drummond W4MD, and Assistant Section Manager
Tommy Howell KG4MPU about how it's working.
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HamRadioNow: West Palm Beach ARC's Science Museum Station
Posted: 29 Mar 2013 05:13 AM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
This Hamvention® Club of the Year launched a ham station at the South
Florida Science Museum. We talk to club president Tom AJ4XM at the Orlando
HamCation
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HamRadioNow Reviews "Last Man Standing's" 'Ham Radio' episode
Posted: 21 Mar 2013 12:01 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Last Friday, ABC's sitcom "Last Man Standing" took ham radio from a
background element to full-frontal, with multiple cast members talking on
the radio (if maybe not exactly the way we'd do it for real). Most hams
were thrilled, but some have objected. Gary reviews the episode, and then
talks to ARRL's Media guy Allen Pitts W1AGP about the impact of putting
this much ham radio before the public.
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HamRadioNow: EME gets 'easy', Ham Radio Deluxe Gets Out There
Posted: 17 Mar 2013 05:39 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Episode 67 is all about EME, and how WSJT software has lowered the bar for
making a contact off the moon.
Episode 68 is a talk with Ham Radio Deluxe partner Rick Ruhl W4PC on the
first weekend of the Version 6.0 release.
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HamRadioNow: Meet 5 Year Old Ham Ethan Kemp KK4ORG
Posted: 15 Mar 2013 08:30 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Bringing the average age of hams way down all by himself! Meet Ethan and
his folks, Kevin and Mitzi, and see how they nurtured his interest all the
way through getting his Tech (and now on to General!).
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HamRadioNow: QCWA Update
Posted: 07 Mar 2013 06:14 AM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
Episode 65 - QCWA, ham radio's group for those of us who were first
licensed at least 25 years ago, has made some big changes. Executive
Administrator Ken Simpson W8EK tells Jeff & Gary all about it. Gary tries
to Cap&Trade some of his excess years to get Jeff in early, but it doesn't
work.
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HamRadioNow: CQ's W2VU - Will the REAL Ham Radio Please Stand Up
Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:33 PM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
Episode 64 - All Talk.... not much tech. CQ's editor Rich Moseson W2VU,
HamRadioNow's Gary KN4AQ and Jeff AC4ZO bat around a bunch of current
stuff, from Internet-linked radio (not REAL) radio, to HF digital voice, to
the Chinese radio revolution.
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HamRadioNow: Too Much SDR; ARRL@100; On-line Repeater Directory
Posted: 24 Feb 2013 02:43 PM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
HAMRADIONOW EPISODES 59 thru 63: Online Now
59 covers RFinder, a new online repeater directory with apps for iOS and
Android, and integration to RP's programming software. My quick tests
worked well, but beware the outdated info that plagues all directories.
60 is a talk with ARRL COO Harold Kramer WJ1B on plans for the upcoming
Centennial, particularly the National Convention to be held in Hartford in
July, 2014.
61 starts the SDR Marathon. We talk to FlexRadio's Greg Jurrens K5GJ. Sure,
lots of Flex product info, but also a lot of basic info about what Software
Defined Radio is (and isn't).
62 and 63 are from the ARVN Archives, programs previously available only on
DVD. Each episode comes in 3 parts of about an hour each.
62 is Phil Harman VK6APH's talk about designing the HPSDR Mercury receiver,
the first direct-conversion SDR in Amateur Radio. It was the Sunday Seminar
at the 2008 ARRL & TAPR DCC in Chicago. The second one? The Flex 6000
series. They go from antenna to A/D converter with no active components in
between (maybe just a bandpass filter).
63 is the SDR Forum from the 2009 Dayton Hamvention®. Six SDR heavyweights
cover the future, contesting, Flex, Elecraft, HPSDR, and operating the
stuff.
We've got several more interviews to edit from the Orlando HamCation...
coming soon, so stay tuned!
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HamRadioNow: ICOM 7100 Hand's On... and more from Orlando
Posted: 16 Feb 2013 06:05 PM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
The '7100 Episode (#56) is the bait. Jeff & Gary poke and prod the
touch-screen of this new mobile to see how it feels.
If you have a few minutes to spare after that, Episode 55 is the INTRO to
all the Orlando stuff. In 57, we talk about how Yaesu and Kenwood don't
have anything new quite yet (but it's coming). N3ZN shows of some of his
fancy keys, and we talk CW, in #58. And finally in #59 we look at a new
on-line Repeater Directory complete with iOS and Android apps... AND an RT
Systems interface.
Pop some popcorn. You've got some Ham TV to watch.
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HamRadioNow: Bdale Garbee KB0G Banquet Talk at the DCC
Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:54 PM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
Bdale Garbee KB0G is one of those highly accomplished hams with a broad and
deep background - RF design, computers and digital, rocketry,
fabrication... and being a devoted dad. The kind of ham you tend to find in
a group like TAPR. You'll meet him 'up close and personal' as he gives the
talk at the Saturday night banquet at the 2012 ARRL/TAPR DCC. The banquet
talk is more personal and less technical than the rest of the TAPR
presentations, so if some of the technology is over your head, this one's
lots more accessible, though Bdale does manage to drop a technical phrase
or concept in now and then to keep you on your toes. Bdale's talk runs
about an hour.
Then KN4AQ adds some comments about the audience that's developed for the
TAPR conference videos and HamRadioNow in general... more naval gazing for
those of you interested in tracking the development of podcasting for
Amateur Radio.
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HamRadioNow: Ski Break
Posted: 02 Feb 2013 05:04 AM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
HamRadioNow Episode 53: Ski Break
Or "Ski & Scan" might be a more radio-oriented title. Gary and XYL Cyndi
KD4ACW took a week off to go skiing. It wasn't a big ham radio event, but
Gary did scan the resort's communications as he slid down the mountain, and
he and Cyndi used FRS to talk to each other. Cyndi plopped a Go-Pro-ish
camera on her helmet, and Gary took advantage of that to do an impromptu
HamRadioNow episode.
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HamRadioNow: GNU Radio Intro (from the DCC); Tale of Two Hamfests
Posted: 19 Jan 2013 08:55 AM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
Episode 51: Introduction to GNU Radio
The four-hour "deep dive" from the DCC
The GNU Radio Project is a development and experimentation platform for the
software behind Software Defined Radio.Tom Rondeau KB3UKZ is the project
leader, and he presents this four-hour talk as the Sunday Seminar from the
2012 ARRL & TAPR Digital Communications Conference, held last September in
Atlanta.
Episode 52: A Tale of Two... Three Hamfests
Sunday Is Dead. Long Live Friday! As more hamfests abandon Sunday in favor
of Friday, Gary talks to the chairmen of two of them – the newly reborn
Miami Hamfest (aka Tropical Hamboree), and Charlotte. Then he dissects the
Shelby NC hamfests's move back to the county fairgrounds they abandoned
five years ago. Let the Hamfest Season begin!
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HamRadioNow - Gary and the Giz on the Fizz
Posted: 14 Jan 2013 02:02 PM PST
www.HamRadioNow.tv
Fair warning: this is for TWiT Fans, Gary fans, or both. Our KN4AQ wangled
himself a guest appearance as the "Chatroom Celebrity of the Week" on the
Giz Fizz. That's the 'show' hosted by Dick DeBartolo, the Giz Wiz, a
program that follows "The Tech Guy" on Saturday on TWiT. It almost didn't
happen! See all the nail-biting drama, and get some background on Gary's
so-called career in show-biz.
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HamRadioNow - Double Dose of D-STAR from the DCC
Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:34 PM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
Episode 48: Moe Wheatley AE4JY reveals how he designed the hardware side of
the D-STAR DV Access Point Dongle (aka DVAP).
Episode 49: do you operate D-STAR? Yes? Have you ever used the low-speed
data that's part of your signal every time you transmit? No? In this talk
from the DCC, John Davis WB4QDX shows you how easy it is.
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HamRadioNow - A Social Mesh?; HF Digital Voice update
Posted: 05 Jan 2013 07:37 PM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
Episode 46 - A Social Mesh - ideas on how to deploy the mobile Internet
without the current cell phone infrastructure
Episode 47 - HF Digital Voice - an update on CODEC2 and a program that will
use it, FDMDV2. HF Digital Voice is back (almost).
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HamRadioNow - FCC Year in Review for Amateur Radio
Posted: 23 Dec 2012 06:24 AM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
Gary takes a not-so-nostalgic look back at the FCC actions that affected
ham radio this past year. On the plus side, we get some ham bands you'll
probably never use; we get primary status on 160 meters that won't really
change anything; we got off that one bad channel on 60 meters and we get to
use CW and data there... inefficiently. And MotoTRBO is about to become
legal. On the down side of the ledger, the FCC "studied" us and concluded
that we're really good guys who don't have a problem with CC&R's, and the
comments (not) left by hams in that proceeding don't give us much
ammunition to dispute the statement. Gary's got a cold, so maybe that's why
he's coming off more like Scrooge the weekend before Christmas.
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HamRadioNow - High Speed Data on 420MHz; Dynamic Modulation Switching
Posted: 17 Dec 2012 07:18 PM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
Yep, more from the DCC.
Episode 41 is all about DIY low power, off-the-shelf data radios for
high-speed transmission on UHF. David Bern W2LNX experimented with how far
he could push these little radios, in data and distance.
Episode 42 looks at experiments in automatically switching modulation
schemes to adapt to changing conditions. Shashank Gaur, a grad student from
Paris, and his Masters team used USRP and GNU Radio to make this work.
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HamRadioNow - Lots more APRS from the DCC
Posted: 13 Dec 2012 08:22 AM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
Episode 37 covered the ideas for a Packet Radio Hailing Channel, and some
new possibilities for using "Net44," our own Ham Radio Internet domain.
Episode 38 is "aprsc - High Performance Open Source APRS-IS Server." Hessu
Hannikainen OH7LZB, developer of the web site APRS.FI, describes
development of an open-source server for the APRS-IS network that
distributes APRS data worldwide. And he has one running on a Raspberry Pi.
Episode 39 is "Yet Another APRS Client" by Andrew Pavlin KA2DDO. Yeah, but
this is a GOOD one. It even makes Bob Bruninga smile! Bob's in the
audience, and has a "guest shot" at the end of the talk.
Episode 40 brings Hessu back to give us a peek at "APRS.FI Behind the
Curtains." If you use APRS, you use APRS.fi. Bet you don't use ALL of it!
Hessu gives us a lot of both user and technical information about the site.
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HamRadioNow - TAPR DCC Videos, and a Christmas Poem
Posted: 10 Dec 2012 07:32 PM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
We're beginning to release videos from the 2012 ARRL & TAPR Digital
Communications Conference, held in September in Atlanta. We're editing them
in the order they were presented, and we'll post them as they come off the
editing system.
So far:
"What's TAPR" - an interview with TAPR President Steve Bible N7HPR,
reviewing TAPR history and it's current status, and the mechanics of the DCC
ARISStat - Steve reviews a survey of how hams, educators and students used
the ARISSat sattelite
HPSDR Update - What's happened in the past year of the HPSDR project.
FlexRadio - SDR Architecture. Flex's Stephen Hicks gets deep into SDR and
the reason for moving the processing for the 6000 system out of your PC and
into the radio.
A Packet Hailing Channel / Network44. What's old is new again in packet
radio.
Open Source APRS-IS Server. Hessu OH7LZB, the guy behind APRS.FI, details
the server system (including one running on a RasberryPi).
And don't miss "A Ham's Night Before Christmas" - KN4AQ's holiday classic,
now in HD Video
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HamRadioNow - California Dreamin'
Posted: 19 Nov 2012 05:01 AM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
Episode 32 is so full of stuff it comes in two parts!
Part One: This is the episode to show non-hams what you like about
HamRadioNow. It's mostly not about ham radio. Gary and XYL Cyndi KD4ACW
spent a weekend in Atlanta, visiting the Coke Museum, Aquarium, CNN, and
taking a Segway tour. The California part is a little history lesson on
PCs, a stop at Pacificon, and a tour of the Stanford University ham club
(so there's at least SOME ham radio to it).
Part Two: A tour of the TWiT "Network". TWiT - This Week in Tech - is Leo
Laporte's little TV station in Petaluma, CA. It's the home of Ham Nation
and a bunch of other tech-related shows. Last year, Leo and crew built a
new facility that's a compact version of awesome. Studio manager John
Slanina (JammerB) gave HamRadioNow an extensive tour of the technology
behind (and below) the studios.
Then Gary gets to interview Leo W6TWT himself. And they talk mostly about
ham radio!
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Hurricane Sandy Follow-up
Posted: 07 Nov 2012 03:15 PM PST
http://hamradionow.tv
With Sandy gone, we talk again to Southern New Jersey SEC John Zaruda K2ZA
to see how it went. Joining John is ARRL's Emergency Preparedness Manager
Mike Corey KI1U for a broader perspective. It's a 90 minute discussion of
what worked, what didn't, and where we need to go in Ham Radio Emcomm.
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NJ ARES Preps for Sandy
Posted: 02 Nov 2012 11:36 AM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
HamRadioNow Episode 30 - As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the state, Gary
talks to SNJ Section SEC John Zaruba K2ZA about ARES Prep. In this "calm
before the storm," the conversation turns to how important digital is
becoming. Gary presses, and John agrees that not all that many hams have
embraced digital for emcomm, and maybe we need to pick a few modes from the
many we have to choose from. John has his favorites.
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HamRadioNow - The Transformer Guy; The Huntsville Hamfest Guy
Posted: 19 Oct 2012 09:45 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
The Transformer Guy is Peter Eggiman, and if you're building a big amp, you
might want to get to know him. The Huntsville Hamfest guy is Charlie
Emmerson N4OKL, and he talks about how they do this 'fest.
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HamRadioNow - PopComm; Publicity; Balloon Man & Rocket Man; Steve
Mendelsohn W2ML (SK)
Posted: 16 Oct 2012 09:48 PM PDT
www.HamRadioNow.tv
Looks like we've gotten behind the RSS. If you missed them:
Episode 25: Popular Communications turns 30, and we talk to editor Richard
Fisher KI6SN
Episode 26: Taking Ham Radio Public, with Alabama Public Info Coordinator
Ed Tyler N4EDT
Episode 27: Balloon Man Bill Brown WB8ELK, and Rocket Man David Stephenson
KJ4OKJ
Special Edition: Newsline's Bill Pasternack WA6ITF produced this 'oral
history' of the life of Steve Mendelsohn W2ML
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OMIK; WB2JKJ - HamRadioNow Episodes 23 and 24
Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:07 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
OMIK is the biggest association of African
American hams. WB2JKJ is that Junior High School in New York that's been
collecting radios for a few decades. Just more people doing interesting
things in Amateur Radio.
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Meet DVDongle Inventor Robin Cutshaw AA4RC
Posted: 12 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
HamRadioNow Episode 20: Robin invented the DVDongle and DVAP, and the
software that lets D-STAR repeaters link to each other and to reflectors.
Get to know Robin in this in-depth interview with HamRadioNow's KN4AQ
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AMSAT Mission to MARS?
Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT
www.HamRadioNow.tv
Episode 19: AMSAT Mission to MARS? Well, that's the eye-grabber, but it was
a small part of our conversation with AMSAT President Barry Baines WD4ASW
at the Shelby NC Hamfest last weekend. There are a few more pressing items
on their agenda.
Oh, and we didn't plug Episode 18.... at Huntsville, we talked to ARRL's
Bob Inderbitzen NQ1R about the National Convention at Pacificon. And CQ
Editor Rich Moseson speculated on why hams aren't in a party mood over our
100th anniversary of "licensing" (the Radio Act of 1912). He also revealed
that some hams cheat on CQ Contests (the horror!), so they're going to
speed up contest entry and publication deadlines.
It's all at www.HamRadioNow.tv
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Meet Erin King AK4JG, Young Ham of the Year
Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:40 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
HamRadioNow Episode 17: Erin King AK4JG is Newsline's Young Ham of the
Year. She talked to HamRadioNow's KN4AQ about how she got there, and where
she's headed next (it's MIT!) in this in-depth interview.
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Grounding for Lignthing Protection; Happy Birthday Ham Radio
Posted: 14 Aug 2012 04:10 AM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
We've been AWOL for a month, so now two episodes back-to-back:
Episode 15 - Grounding for Lightning Protection. Tom Lewis N4TL's station
suffered damage one too many times (that would be two times), so he set out
to learn what he was doing wrong. Then he told us!
Episode 16 - Happy Birthday, Ham Radio. This month we turn 100, at least
officially. Congress enacted the Radio Act of 1912, the first comprehensive
law covering radio, in August, 1912. One little provision in that act
provided for what became Amateur Radio.
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HamRadioNow: Simple Station / Field Day Antenna Launcher Contest
Posted: 01 Jul 2012 03:05 AM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Viewers ask to see a simple station they can build. Ham television shows
keep featuring the monster-mega-stations most of us can only dream about.
So this time out, Jeff and Gary show a simple station for Field Day that
can be a template for your home station.
We also document a cool contest for antenna launching devices at our local
Field Day operation.
This episode runs 62 minutes.
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HamRadioNow: Field Day - Get Up and GOTA
Posted: 16 Jun 2012 07:27 AM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
This is Episode 13 - Field Day: Get Up and GOTA. Gary and Jeff spend 90
minutes in the studio talking about lots of stuff, but mostly about the
unique GOTA (Get On The Air) station they ran last year, along with Dick
Ornander KD4ISC. Lots of video of GOTA operation.... mostly cute kids.
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Episode 12C, Part 3 - Hamvention TOUR SUNDAY
Posted: 08 Jun 2012 09:06 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Finally, we release the SUNDAY Hamvention® TOUR program. The shortest day,
the longest video. Go figure. You'll get the details on the web site.
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Episode 12C, Part 2 - Hamvention TOUR SATURDAY
Posted: 02 Jun 2012 08:56 AM PDT
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN_Episode_0012C.html
Our video for Saturday of the 2012 Dayton Hamvention is on-line. In this
episode: the Intro loses focus; Jeff checks out the new Yaesu FTdx3000, and
mingles with the HFPack guys for their big net; Gary learns about the new
NWDigitalRadio's UHF data radio, and talks to a MotoTRBO fan. Finally, we
ambush Tom Medlin W5KUB out in the Flea Market.
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Episode 12C, Part 1 - Hamvention TOUR FRIDAY
Posted: 28 May 2012 06:38 PM PDT
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN_Episode_0012C.html
Jeff AC4ZO and Gary KN4AQ take on the Dayton Hamvention! This is what we
saw (and who we talked to) in the short time we had on Friday after
shooting the D-STAR training class in the morning.
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Episode 12B - D-STAR Training Class at Dayton 2012
Posted: 27 May 2012 02:47 PM PDT
http://arvideonews.com/hrn/HRN_Episode_0012B.html
We didn't get to the D-STAR Seminar or Friday Night activity, but we did
record the three-hour D-STAR Training Class at the Drury Inn, presented by
John Davis WB4QDX and Georgia D-STAR on Friday morning.
This class gets you up to speed on D-STAR radio programming and operation.
On the web site are three videos, each about 45 minutes long, covering the
three segments of the class.
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Episode 12A - FCC Forum at Dayton 2012
Posted: 24 May 2012 03:43 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv/HRN_Episode_0012.html
We're back up, and here's the first of 5 videos from the 2012 Hamvention.
This is the FCC Forum, with Bill Cross W3TN and Curt Bartholomew N3GQ (and
no, Laura Smith was not there. Bill explains why). We're editing the
remaining episodes now, and they'll be up one at a time as we complete them
over the next few days.
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Episode 12: Delayed
Posted: 23 May 2012 06:17 AM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv
Episode 12 will be all from the Dayton Hamvention. But it's going to be a
little later. Gary tried updating Premiere Pro (the video editing software)
before starting this big project, and it crashed bad. Still picking up the
pieces.
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Episode 11: FCC Forum at the 2011 Dayton Hamvetion
Posted: 13 May 2012 04:03 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv/HRN_Episode_0011.html
Yes, this is LAST YEAR's FCC Forum, but unless you were there, you haven't
seen it yet. It'll be cool to see if they did that they said they'd do.
It's Bill Cross W3TN and Curt Bartholomew N3GQ, talking ham radio and
EmComm, regulations and stuff. And answering questions from the hams in the
room.
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Episode 9A: Hamfest Fun
Posted: 07 May 2012 05:48 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv/HRN_Episode_0009.html
KN4AQ's local hamfest has some activities he thinks you'll enjoy, and maybe
even want to include in YOUR local hamfest.
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Episode 10: Locating Power Line Noise
Posted: 07 May 2012 05:38 PM PDT
http://hamradionow.tv/HRN_Episode_0010.html
ARRL's Ed Hare W1RFI in a Dayton Hamvention seminar helps you identify
Power Line Noise and deal with the power company to solve problems that
they really are responsible for