One year, the YL asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I told her, anything Ham Radio related would be a great gift for me. After about 30 seconds of awkward staring at each other, she asked where she could find those kinds of things, as she isn’t a Ham Radio op. I promptly pointed her to the ARRL website, but... 

While doing my usual trolling of the internet, I found a quick little media hit from a Fresno, CA, Fox news station, on the number of licensed Hams in the US. I figured I would share this one.  Read More →

As Hams, we know the phrase “A little goes a long way” is very true in Ham Radio. Anyone working QRP can tell you that. There are people that have worked the other side of the planet with just a few watts. I worked Japan once with 5 watts with Grayline. But check out this video of 1200+ mile contact on... 

We’re another week closer to Christmas and I’m happy to report all Christmas shopping in the household is complete. But then again, Kim was done back in June! So it looks like we’re ready for Christmas. How about you? Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed  Read More →

‘Tis the season to be jolly and give of yourself to your fellow man. Though I think that should be all year long, but still, around this time of year, it’s nice to spend time with friends and family and enjoy the time. This year I am feeling especially festive, simply because I am with my family. I know,... 

It’s always good to review the basics now and again. I know I could use some brushing upon a few things from time to time. Tyler, N7TFP, has made a video on how to tune an antenna. If your building your first station or studying for your exam, then this video is something I suggest you watch.  Read More →

It’s the holiday season! That makes me very excited! If you couldn’t tell already by my Christmas nickname, I love the holiday season! It’s the snow shining on the trees, it’s the Christmas music, it’s the happiness on the children’s faces, and it’s the reason for the season.... 

Did you know that you’re running out of time if you’ve been planning on working ARISSat-1? Why do you ask? Well, it’s estimated to be re-entering in January or February 2012. So now is the time to use the on board repeater or get an SSTV pic.  Read More →

Yes, it’s finally here! We’ve talked about it for years, and now, it’s come to pass. Like a prophecy from a great seer, we now have what has been foretold for many moons. Well…. sort of… Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed  Read More →

She’s baaaaaack! After a year of hibernation and Zumba classes, Christmas Kim makes a triumphant return! Not to Lite 98.7, but here on our humble little podcast. And we couldn’t be more happy she decided to join us. Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed  Read More →

I saw this on Southgate this morning and figured I would simply repost the whole article as it’s got all the info and is to the point. If you work on 60 Meters at all, you may want to make sure you have this info handy.  Read More →

I’ve posted stuff from Randy before, and it’s usually him talking about Ham Radio related stuff, and not necessarily about himself. This video turns that around as he is interviewed during his visit to the TWiT Studios when they first opened.  Read More →

We’re back! After a couple weeks off due to Rich’s failed hard drive, we are back and better then ever. Well at least I think so! We have set up station on his other computer until we get a new hard drive so the weekly shows will be returning! We had recorded this show previously but his back up didn’t... 

Yeah I know, I was dying to throw out a Star Trek reference all last week and couldn’t. Now I got one. But it looks like there are a couple of intruding signals on 24 and 28 MHz as a video on YouTube from New Zealand shows. Aliens? Covert Government experiments designed to make us more docile to the idea of one... 

Last estimation of the number of Amateur Operators in the US was 700,000. Now we can add another 62 to that number, as those 96 freshmen, out of 114 who took the test, passed and are now licensed Ham Operators.  Read More →

An awesome story over on Southgate’s website shares that Ham Radio operators in Thailand, have helped to save almost 1,000 lives during the course of the floods that have been going on in this unusually heavy monsoon season. RAST, which is Thailand’s Amateur Radio society, held a gathering making this announcement.  Read More →

This looked kind of cool, so I thought it was post worthy. Of course, there is a lot that is post worthy, but I only have so many fingers to type. It’s a chart of Cubesat UHF downlink frequiences. This could be very useful up on the wall or bulletin board in the shack.  Read More →

I have to say that this is a pretty cool idea to help get some traction on getting an Amiga family OS adopted by a few more users. The name pretty much says it all. Nothing is more annoying then a paper cut. It hurts and you never see it coming, but when it does happen, it’s sure to make you swear and curse for... 

This video has been out for some time, and the word spread like wild fire on the Amiga community forums. This, is by far, one of the biggest things to happen in the Amiga Community since the release of Amiga OS4. And I personally, wanting to be an OS4 user but not being able to afford new hardware, am as pleased as... 

According t a post on Southgate’s website, Tomas, CE9VPM, will be active from the Chilean Gab Gonzales Videla base from November 2011 until March 2012 and wants to work stations mainly on 20 meters. No word on specific ranges of frequencies on 20 meters has been released. But if you look, on the bands, I don’t...