Jumping out of a fully working airplane from 13,000 feet is not exactly my cup of tea. When I stand to high on a ladder I get a little woozy. But this guy jumped from an airplane and using 70cm Amateur Radio Television, shared ti with other Hams. Mark, AF6IM, strapped on a parachute, and a 427 MHz ATV transmitter hooked to a helmet cam and jumped from an airplane to land safely while he transmitted, using a Drake mini-modulator with foldable dualband J-pole, that he released after his chute opened and he floated down to the ground.

As you can see from the video below and the info Mark gave about the jump, the Drake can act as a transmitter when an antenna is hooked to it, but the signal was weaker then expected and only worked when he got to about 2000 feet. He said he may try a linear or use a 5 watt Videolynx ATV transmitter next time he does it.

Mark was transmitting on 421.25MHz or cable tv channel 57, and the recieving station was using a 3-element 70cm UHF antenna connected to a Sansui TV set with built-in VHS deck set to catv channel 57. Improvements are being looked at from what was learned from this jump, and another may be in the future.

If you want to find out more, you can visit the Parachute Mobile website.

So this past weekend was Field Day. And after not having been to a Field Day for a while, was determined to go this year. The club in my area was going to be setup, and I had the time to go, so I went and had some fun. I didn’t get a chance to make some calls, but I did get to log for a bit and meet some of the hams in the club.

Photo Courtesy of Rich/KB2MOB

The YL and and my daughter came along. But as there really wasn’t much else going on, and no other YLs were there, they probably would have had more fun staying home. But I did have some fun and and it was great being active. I did take a few pics myself, and I also asked my daughter to take some too, but those pictures didn’t turn out very well. She’s only 9 and still learning how to work the camera, so no worries. But I also did get some video from the event, after the thunderstorms that rolled through the area shut us down for about an hour. After that, everything was back up and running. Now I can’t wait till the next event. 73.

Splatter Joe’s Super Freakin Awesome interview show is back for another episode with guests Sodbuster. Joe asks the questions, then the band answers. Sometimes you get a serious answer, but most of the time, you don’t know what you’ll get. Be sure to comment.

My first time interviewing a hip hop group. I recently went into Kampground Studios to talk to them about the New CD being released, From the Streets, to the Sheets.  Visit them on Facebook and Myspace.

A rare Acoustic performance from The MC in the Heavens.  A song called Summer Teeth

Finally the video footage from this interview is edited and ready for mass consumption, join me, Splatter Joe as we delve into what makes the MC tick.

Here’s the video footage shot at Goatfights practice for the first episode of the Splatter Joe Super Freakin Awesome Interview Show.