We continue the ramblings, recapping the license survey, crappy conditions during ARRL SSB, W0EEE update, and how to design tower arrays and antennas.
Rolla Regional Amateur Radio Society Biggest Test Session Ever! 21 new and upgraded hams! http://www.rollanet.org/~rrars/testreports/030417/
Don Daso K4ZA will climb your towers: http://k4za.com/contact/
HFTA (comes with Antenna Book): http://k6tu.net/?q=TerrainProfiles
EZNEC ($99): https://www.eznec.com/
4nec2 (free): http://www.qsl.net/4nec2/
HFSS ($5000+): http://www.ansys.com/products/electronics/ansys-hfss
$25 ARRL Prize Certificate Giveaway instructions:
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Marty, KC1CWF: The infamous “Chicken With Fries,” is a 15 year old ham from the Boston, MA area, who loves contesting, DXing, building stations and mentoring others. He is very involved in ham radio related media production and web content.
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We interviewed Emma KC9YGJ after Sterling found her article in the December 2016 issue of QST, pages 63-64, discovering she's only 14 years old!
We chat about ham radio as it relates to aviation and the Oshkosh airshow (aka EAA AirVenture), and a W0EEE update at the end.
Shownotes:
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh: https://www.eaa.org/en/airventure
W9EVT's "Ham Radio Museum" Station: https://www.qrz.com/db/W9EVT
W0EEE's Current Status: Empty.
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Marty, KC1CWF: The infamous “Chicken With Fries,” is a 15 year old ham from the Boston, MA area, who loves contesting, DXing, building stations and mentoring others. He is very involved in ham radio related media production and web content.
We continue our ramblings with this latest episode of Phasing Line. Marty worked NAQP, Sterling goes on about livestreaming and youth, and we did it all while Marty had a migraine!
Sterling's Hamfest talk on Amateur Radio's Next Generation (N0SSC.com)
115th Congress H.R. 555 - Amateur Radio Parity Act
Amateur Radio Parity Act on ARRL.org
Missouri Amateur Radio Parity Act (MARPA.us)
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Audio only version of N0SSC's presentation on youth in ham radio - how to get kids interested, what works, what doesn't, game theory, and more. This was his first speech at a hamfest on this topic, and the livestream broke a lot, but luckily I had an audio backup at 30:34 (hence the change in how it sounded). It was recorded 28 January 2017 at the St. Louis Suburban Radio Club (SLSRC) Winterfest hamfest.
Slides available at http://phasinglinepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Amateur-Radios-Next-Generation.pdf and the video also available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV2kpbq58dA
Chapters:
0:49 About N0SSC
4:02 The Real Issue(s)
5:25 How to Fix It
7:28 Emotional Connection
10:58 Gamifying Ham Radio Contesting
14:27 What Works
16:20 What Doesn't Work
17:34 Pre-High School
19:03 Scouting
19:43 High School
21:26 College
26:39 Post College
28:42 Youngsters on the Air
30:52 YOTA in the US
34:31 Conclusion
On this episode of the Phasing Line, Marty and Sterling join forces with the whole team at HamRadioNow. We talked about Youth, Contesting, Remotes, Cars, Emcomm, and everything in between! Take a listen here, or at HamRadioNow.TV.
Special mention to QSO Today's episode with Brooke Allen, N2BA, which was much of the discussion of this show.
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