I’ve seen a couple of stories about this video already, so I figured I would post it too, and get Randy a little more traffic to the YouTube video. Randy headed to Petaluma, CA, and hung out at the TWiT Brickhouse with Bob Heil, K9EID and Leo Laporte, W6TWT, for the first day of the new Ham shack in the Brickhouse Studio.  Read More →

So I have decided to get off my butt and buckle down and study for my Extra Class license. I’ve been a General Class for most of my time as a ham. I was a Novice for maybe 1 and a half years, then went to Tech for maybe a year. Now it’s time to finish this off. So I’m looking for some study tips.  Read More →

I haven’t really bought anything from Radio Shack for many years now. The simple reason being, they stopped selling Amateur Radios and books and the like.  And finding even some of the most basic of parts for antenna building or the like was pretty futile. After Radio Shack’s blog asking for input from the DIY community, a lot of people have replied.  Read More →

If the chat room for TWiT Live is a good sampling of people who watched last night’s debut of Bob Heil’s Ham Nation, then the show is off to a good start. I jumped into the chat about half way through the show. The first 10 mins of the show for me was trying to get it setup to show on the TV in the living room off of my Macbook Pro. After I got it setup, it was Ham Radio TV from there.  Read More →