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'Radio Man' keeps history alive

'Radio Man' keeps history alive
Ham (amateur radio) operators seem surprised that they can contact someone anywhere around the world with 10 watts and less," Allen said. Like a clock collector, Allen knows that radios must be used to have them last. Caring for the radio collection …
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Amateur radio operator free training offered
Learn to be an amateur radio operator and earn a FCC Technician Class license during a series of classes starting Dec. 4 from 2 pm to 4 pm in the community room at Oregon Coast Community College, 400 SE College Way in South Beach. …
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THOSE WHO GIVE: Wilson Students Ready To Serve With Ham Radios
called Wilson High School junior Brandon Silvi over his handheld radio. Silvi, an active member of the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications (AREC) club at Wilson, works alongside 19 other members of the club, which meets once a week after school to …
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ARISS ham radio contact with JSC Education, Houston, Texas
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school contact has been planned with participants at JSC Education, Houston, Texas on 15 November. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:39 UTC. The duration of the contact is …
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Check out these Amateur Radio images:

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Audioasis on KEXP live from the Sunset, 4/4/2009.

amateur radio operator

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Audioasis on KEXP live from the Sunset, 4/4/2009.

Smithsonian Amateur Radio NN4SI

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Worked ’em, and now visited ’em

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Nice Amateur Radio photos

A few nice Amateur Radio images I found:

amateur radio operator

Image by Mordac
Audioasis on KEXP live from the Sunset, 4/4/2009.

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Radio Frequency Interference: How to Find It and Fix It (Radio Amateur’s Library, Publication No. 149.)

Radio Frequency Interference: How to Find It and Fix It (Radio Amateur’s Library, Publication No. 149.)

Great reference book for the amateur radio operator in your life.

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Amateur Radio Station KI7F Contacting Stations In The North American QSO Party Contest (1080p HD)

This is a video I recorded of me operating my amateur (ham) radio station here at my apartment in Englewood, Colorado near Denver during the North American QSO Party Contest (NAQP) on August 21, 2011 (UTC Date) and contacting stations in the contest and the contest exchange was the station call sign, name of operator and US State or Canadian province. I operated on 20 meter SSB voice and I only made 25 contacts in 11 different states or Canadian provinces. My total score was only 275. I could have had a much higher score if I would had spent more time operating on some of the other HF ham bands as well. I was transmitting at a power level of 90 watts and was using a 20 meter 1/4 wave end fed wire antenna hung above my top 3rd floor apartment balcony and was using a 20 meter 1/4 wave length wire for a counterpoise inside my apartment. I have had this Yaesu FT-950 HF rig now for just over a year and have been quite happy with it! It has all kinds of features built in! This is my first HF transceiver I have had since I sold my older Kenwood TS-520S back 1985. The camera I used was a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX1 used in 1080p HD video mode. This video is best viewed in 1080p HD mode here on Youtube if you have a high speed broadband internet connection. Thanks for watching my video and if you are a licensed amateur radio operator, I hope to contact you on the air sometime. 73, Bill, KI7f My home page is at www.ki7f.com Blogging page is at ki7f2.blogspot.com E-mail is: ki7f@yahoo.com

I was first and foremost influenced to make Comm vids by watching one of YankeePreppers video about his experience, which led me to help fill a void at the time and contribute to the prepper/survivalist community. The vid that led me to my YT hobby is: www.youtube.com (explains the Bruce Lee reference at the end.) Yankee talks about the the rabid dogs frothing at the mouth. Now some of them (Douchebags) are getting all upset over my vids without debating their point. Sure is easy to talk crap and run away. I welcome debate, not threats. The 95% of Hams are good people, and an asset to any community, no disrespect to those folks. But you have in every community the 5% of Douchebags that are just plain bad self absorbing assholes.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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