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Ham Radio Guy provides education and news to the ham radio community with recent updates to new radios, tools, legislation, and inspire new hams to get on the air.
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Jul 30, 2023
Jul 30, 2023
40 min
Jul 15, 2023
Jul 15, 2023
20 min
LINKS
http://www.arrl.org/hamfests-and-conventions-calendar
ARRL: Book Here to There: Radio Propagation
NEWS:
http://www.arrl.org/news/techs-now-is-the-time-to-upgrade-to-general
http://www.arrl.org/news/call-for-nominations-for-arrl-director-and-vice-director
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Jul 1, 2023
Jul 1, 2023
19 min
Welcome We are going to explores the fascinating world of radio propagation and its impact on communication and in today's brief yet informative episode, we'll be diving into the phenomenon of tropospheric ducting and its effect on VHF/UHF radio waves. So, let's tune in!
LINKS
NEWS:
http://www.arrl.org/news/update-fcc-uls-system-restored
Social Media
73, W0MET
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Jun 17, 2023
Jun 17, 2023
22 min
LINKS
ARRL Field Day Station locator
NEWS
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Jun 4, 2023
Jun 4, 2023
19 min
LINKS
There are three basic ways to evaluate your station. The easiest is to use an on-line RF safety calculator available at the following link:
Calculations
http://www.arrl.org/rf-exposure-calculator
Antenna Modeling
https://www.eznec.com/demoinfo.htm.
Measurements
https://www.narda-sts.com/en/
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/RFsafetyCommittee/rfex1_2edited.pdf
Q: Where can I learn more about this?
A: The following resources are available from ARRL or linked from ARRL’s information page about RF Exposure.
- http://arrl.org/rf-exposure - All ARRL information about RF exposure. Some of the information still points to the old rules.
- RF Exposure calculator: http://www.arrl.org/rf-exposure-calculator
- RF Exposure and You book free download. http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/RFsafetyCommittee/RF%20Exposure%20and %20You.pdf
https://transition.fcc.gov/oet/info/documents/bulletins/oet65/oet65.pdf start about Page 15 for amateur operation.
May 15, 2023
May 15, 2023
23 min
LINKS
Buymeacoffee.com/thehamradioguy
https://www.onallbands.com/ft8-vs-ft4-ham-radio-operating-in-digital-modes/
https://www.arnewsline.org
May 2, 2023
May 2, 2023
14 min
LINKS Armed forces Day Crossband Test https://www.dodmars.org/mars-comex-information-website/armed-forces-day Learn CW CWinnovations Humorous And Comic Intro by Free Music | https://soundcloud.com/fm_freemusic Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
Apr 18, 2023
Apr 18, 2023
1hr 19 min
In this episode we listen to Bob Heil explain why audio is important in ham radio. How he got into ham radio and built Heil Sound. This episode is a bit longer than our normal episode length but I think you will find it worth while. Bob also does something special for us at the end.
Final editorial monolog on Bouvet Island, News, Ham Radio Joke
LINKS:
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Mar 4, 2023
Mar 4, 2023
1hr 4 min
We speak with Matt Neere from Parks on the Air talking about the June POTA Plaque event Bouvet Island expedition and what went wrong with that. What is DQRM and the latest news. Sorry ran of time talking about Winter Field day.
News Sourced from:
ARRL News and Amateur Radio Weekly.
Feb 11, 2023
Feb 11, 2023
8 min
We meet with M17 and discuss the project summary of what M17 is as a digital voice mode, and David a first time hamcation goer talks about his experience coming to Hamcation.
No news this week.