Ham Radio Now
Summary: Ham Radio Now podcasts are the audio from our television programs (on YouTube.com/HamRadioNow). The shows are all about the hobby/service of Amateur Radio, but there are several types of shows all mixed up among the episodes. Some are talk shows, some are seminars and forums, and there's a mini-documentary now and then. The talk shows make the best audio listening, but you'll get something from almost all of them. We'll rate the "radio" quality in the show descriptions.
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- Artist: Gary Pearce KN4AQ, Amateur Radio//Video News
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Podcasts:
Midwestern rivers have a serious problem with an invasive species of carp that the USGS was trying to track using radio tags (yep, on the fish). But they needed some radio expertise to advance the project to receive the signals using drones rather than people with yagi's on boats. Dave Witten KDOEAG got involved through a request for help at his local radio club. This talk follows the progress of the project, which rapidly grew to include multiple agencies (including NASA) and experts... and Dave.
Although Morse code is no longer required to get a ham license, it's still quite popular, and can be a draw for some potential hams before they get licensed. Learning it is one thing, but being able to use it while still learning is a challenge before you're licensed and have a station set up. Scotty Cowling WA2DFI used his TAPR skills to develop an improved, inexpensive and easy-to-build CPO (Code Practice Oscillator). That led to an online system that also needed some improvement.
Whatever ham radio rut you're stuck in — ragchewing on 75, DX on 20, the daily commute on a repeater — it's good to listen to Ward Silver N0AX to break out for a while and look... in this case, forward across the horizon and think about what ham radio - and hams - will look like in a decade or three. This is the least technical talk of the conference. It led off the Saturday morning sessions, and provided a good foundation for the purpose behind the more technical talks to follow.
Two hams, Jeremy NS0S and Michael N5TGL, tell their stories of being deployed to Puerto Rico as part of the ARRL's 'Force of Fifty' to provide communications following the devastation of hurricanes Irma and Maria. They relate the good, the bad, and the frustrating, with emphasis on a lack of planning and leadership. Jeremy in particular has a bitter story (at about an hour fifty in, if you need to skip ahead). This is their story - HamRadioNow is open to telling other perspectives.
Skip the intro: zoom forward 5:14 Tim Shepard KD1KY will give you a different perspective on why the radio spectrum needs regulation... or doesn't. Tim rounded out the Friday sessions at the 2017 ARRL/TAPR DCC in St. Louis. Radio Rating: B+. Tim's slides have a few charts, but mostly text, and he does a good job reviewing them.
HRN 357, EmComm Extra 17: Shake & Bake
HRN 356: Bruce Perens K6BP "State of Digital Voice" 2017 DCC
HRN 355: All Your Modems Are Belong To Us - 2017 DCC
'What do you do when a DCC presenter can't make it to the conference? Invite the audience to jump in!
HRN 353, EmComm Extra #16: Orbiting SATERN
HRN 352: Noise in a Digital World - 2017 DCC
HRN 351: Fusion from the Inside - 2017 DCC
HRN 350: Education, Testing, Training - 2017 DCC
HRN 349: Radio Amateur's Digital Notebook - 2017 DCC
HRN 348: Welcome to the 2017 DCC
