Ham Radio 2.0

Ham Radio Shopping Deals - weekly specials episodes that will be posted on Fridays, starting today. Comments are welcome about other sites that weren't mentioned in this episode.

Contest University FREE Virtual Stream for 2020 - Today I get to talk with Tim Duffy, K3LR about Contest University for 2020. This year, due to the cancellation of Hamvention 2020, Contest University will be streamed for free on Thursday, May 14th.See links below for more details - https://www.contestuniversity.com

Ham Radio Online Testing Questions and Response to Comments - With all of the videos I've posted about Remote and Online Testing for Ham Radio, I've noticed a small set of questions that are being asked by multiple people. This is my response to those more comment questions.

Ham Radio Remote Testing has been a reality since 2014 for the Anchorage, AK VEC Team. Today I get to sit down with KL5T and AL6I to talk about their process for using Proctored Testing for folks who want to get their Ham Radio license.https://kl7aa.org/vec/remote-testing

Let's See if 10M is still open! If so, we will try some FT8 while live. I will also be talking about Online Ham Radio Testing and some new information that I will be posting later this week.

Parks On The Air for Ham Radio, activating K-3029.Equipment used:IC-7300 - https://amzn.to/3b2LkcaWindows Tablet running N1MM - https://amzn.to/2QlbYW9Apache 3800 Hard Case - https://amzn.to/3aSEpT4POTA Gear List - https://kit.co/kc5hwb/sota-and-pota-gear

BTECH 6X2 Updates - easy to follow steps to update to 2.01 firmware on the BTECH 6X2 Dual Band DMR Radio. Firmware, Icon and Contacts updates.Purchase here: https://amzn.to/2UZE3DJOther BTECH Gear: https://amzn.to/2wbbhaR

During the current Pandemic, I want to do some Livestreams now that I am home - I want YOU, the viewer, to come onto the stream and tell me what types of videos you would like to see. This should be fun.

Today I get to sit down with Micahel, W8CI, from the Dayton Hamvention staff and he talks about the cancellation of Hamvention 2020 and plans for looking ahead to Hamvention 2021https://www.contestuniversity.com

What About Field Day? Today I welcome Steve Lott, KG5VK, the ARRL NTX Section Manager and we discuss the ARRL's current outlook on Field Day 2020 plans. What happens to it with the current Shelter In Place orders that are ongoing? Take a look at the discussion and comment below

What makes a good Hamfest? Best Hamfest Tips - find out today what the YouTubers Bunch has to say about what makes the best Hamfest, in both the USA and UK.

Ham Radio EME with a Portable, Small Dish - EME is Earth-Moon-Earth, basically bouncing a signal off of the moon for communications. In this video Rex, VK7MO, shows us his small and portable setup with a dish for Ham Radio communications.

Ham Radio Rainscatter - Signals on SHF and EHF. This presentation from the 2019 Microwave Update Conference is given by Tom Williams, WA1MBA. His presentation deals with Microwave Radio communications in the Super High Frequency (SHF) 3-30GHz and the Extremely High Frequency (EHF) 30-300GHz bands.

Ham Radio Adventures at 630-850 Nanometers - from the 2019 Microwave Update Conference, WF0T presents tools and methods for communicating over lightwaves in the 630-850 nanometer band, which is around 475,000GHz.

Ham Radio Online Testing updates from Richard, KD7BBC, at HamStudy.org - Check the link below for direct source to this video and subscribe to HamStudy's channel to keep up with updates about Online Testing and studying for your license or upgrade.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_6TW2iOfEQ