On this episode, we talk to the three 2018 Hamvention Special Achievement award winners in Dayton, Ohio in May 2018, at the Dayton Hamvention. We're joined by Doug, K1DG, and Gerry, W1VE, to talk with Herb, KK4DCX, Victor, WP4SD, and Emilio, WP4KEY, about their amazing work to pass thousands of messages out of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria struck the island in Fall, 2017.
About the hosts:
Sterling, N0SSC: A 26-year-old freshly graduated electrical engineer from St. Louis, Missouri who’s in the hobby for contesting, youth engagement, and just about everything else. He’s a former ARRL youth editor and a big advocate for collegiate amateur radio. http://n0ssc.com
Marty, KC1CWF: The infamous “Chicken With Fries,” is a 16-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.
Ham Radio and Neural Networking: https://hackaday.com/2017/12/16/neural-network-learns-sdr-ham-radio/
Alexa Ham Radio Skills: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dalexa-skills&field-keywords=ham+radio
LoRA: https://lora-alliance.org
Andreas Spiess- LoRA Experimenter on YouTube (Guy with a Swiss Accent): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu7_D0o48KbfhpEohoP7YSQ
LoRAHam (LoRA for Ham Radio): https://github.com/travisgoodspeed/loraham
N8RMA 2018 State of The Hobby Survey Results: https://sway.com/caKEAfl0sXg0Rwcz?ref=email
Hamvention May 18-20: http://hamvention.org/
Ham Radio 2.0 Row Info: http://www.arrl.org/news/look-for-ham-radio-2-0-innovation-and-discovery-at-hamvention
Forum List: http://hamvention.org/event-details/forums/
APRS Forum - Friday, 10:45 - 11:45am, Room 1. N0SSC will speak on APRS Apps
Youth Forum - Saturday 9am-12pm, Room 2
Youth Forum Preview on Ham Talk Live with Neil Rapp - https://www.spreaker.com/user/hamtalklive/episode-112-youth-forum-hamvention-previ
Collegiate Dinner: Friday, 6:30pm at Caddy’s Taphouse of Beavercreek, RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1651353878280525/
Contest Supersuite Activities at Crowne Plaza: https://www.contestsupersuite.com/contest-related-events/
HAM RADIO - Friedrichshafen: http://www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.de/ham-en/
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About the hosts:
Sterling, N0SSC: 26 year old freshly graduated electrical engineer from St. Louis, Missouri who’s in the hobby for contesting, youth engagement, and just about everything else. He’s a former ARRL youth editor and a big advocate for collegiate amateur radio. http://n0ssc.com
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.
You probably thought this was another one of those spin-up podcasts whose hosts got bored with, didn't you? Well, you're WRONG! Yay.
We debate, we get sad, we get happy, we criticize, we talk. It's ham radio like you've never heard it before!
HamRadioNow
N0SSC Blog and Youtube
HamRadio360 ends
Workbench Podcast
Field Radio Podcast and YouTube Channel
100 Watts and a Wire
Ham Nation
Amateur Logic
Ham College
Dave Casler (YouTube)
The RAIN report
Amateur Radio Newsline
ARRL Audio News
ARRL The Doctor is In
Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative
N6AA @ Yuma Hamfest
NY2BB’s Teleconference Recordings
Amateur Radio Parity Act
Bouvet is Off (3Y0Z)
Bouvet is On (3Y0I)
Dom 3Z9DX activates North Korea
Hello Internet Podcast
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About the hosts:
Sterling, N0SSC: 25 year old freshly graduated electrical engineer from St. Louis, Missouri who’s in the hobby for contesting, youth engagement, and just about everything else. He’s a former ARRL youth editor and a big advocate for collegiate amateur radio. http://n0ssc.com
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.
02:50 Where the Timestamps Begin
03:52 HamRadioNow Teaches Us Not To Stress over Editing
06:25 Gary Moving on from HamRadioNow, Enter David W0DHG
07:21 HamRadio360 also concludes...
08:12 PLP's friendly critique of other podcasts
16:30 Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative
18:14 Continued Beatings of the Dead ARRL Drama Horse
22:48 ARRL CEO's Retirement (heated debate!)
28:42 Don't leave the ARRL just because the board sucks at the moment...
31:35 Break
32:35 Sterling Talks about Homebrewing...Beer.
33:21 Bouvet Recap
41:35 Marty's Israel Trip
On this episode, Marty briefly sits down to chat about where he has been and the future of the show!
►HamRadioNow Website: HamRadioNow.tv
►Ray Novak's blog on digital voice modes: http://blog.icomamerica.com/2017/10/30/is-your-digital-repeater-ham-friendly/
►CQWW: cqww.com
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About the hosts:
Sterling, N0SSC: 25 year old freshly graduated electrical engineer from St. Louis, Missouri who’s in the hobby for contesting, youth engagement, and just about everything else. He’s a former ARRL youth editor and a big advocate for collegiate amateur radio. http://n0ssc.com
Marty, KC1CWF: The “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.
The 2017 Hurricane season devastated much of the Carribbean and Puerto Rico, and on this episode we call upon you to help those affected.
You can help the hams of Dominica by supporting them at https://www.gofundme.com/hurricane-maria-dominica-ham-radio
More notes:
A sick Sterling and a sleepy Marty talk about the latest happenings – Huntsville Hamfest to the Eclipse QSO party, and have a heated debate on the Big Three…or four…or five?
Marty and Sterling are on a roll with new episodes! On this one, YOTA is going on in the UK, 4O3A’s fire tragedy, W0EEE update, Marty’s visit to Worchester Polytechnical Institute Wireless Association (W1YK), how Marty’s handling being the YHOTY, Huntsville hamfest info, N0SSC does a YouTube, we discuss Icom, we speculate FT8 killed both PSK Reporter and the radio star, and don’t miss the solar eclipse...QSO party! A lot to talk about in 30 minutes, jeez.
►YOTA official website: ttps://www.ham-yota.com/
►RSGB YouTube including a daily YOTA vlog: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRSGB
►4O3A fire cancel’s YOTA’s Youth Contesting Program: https://www.ham-yota.com/ycp-contest-at-4o3a-cancelled/
►Worchester Poly Institute Wireless Association W1YK: https://qrz.com/db/W1YK
►ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Initative: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ARRLCARI/
►Huntsville Hamfest, Aug 18-19, 2017: http://www.hamfest.org/
►W5KUB LiveStream: http://w5kub.com/
►Amateur Radio Newsline: https://www.arnewsline.org/
►Shout out to Linux in the Hamshack: http://lhspodcast.info/
►Find Marty featured on Ham Nation and the QSO Radio Show very soon
►N0SSC’s youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/n0ssc (and the ATR2100 vs MXL990 mic check)
►PSKReporter: https://pskreporter.info/pskmap.html
►Solar Eclipse QSO Party: http://www.hamsci.org/seqp-rules
►Sam KC2LRC talks about SEQP on HamTalkLive: https://www.spreaker.com/user/hamtalklive/episode-74-solar-eclipse-qso-party
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About the hosts:
Sterling, N0SSC: 25 year old freshly graduated electrical engineer from St. Louis, Missouri who’s in the hobby for contesting, youth engagement, and just about everything else. He’s a former ARRL youth editor and a big advocate for collegiate amateur radio. http://n0ssc.com
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.
On this episode, Marty and Sterling sit down, and catch up. They talk about where the've been, YHOTY, FT8, WSPR, the Eclipse, and lots more! We hope you enjoy this new episode of the Phasing Line!
Please share the show with your friends and fellow hams, so we can get the word out!
Enjoy.
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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. In contesting, he has operated from big stations like K1TTT, HH2AA, K1LZ and W7RN. His wins include the 2016 CQ WW SSB Rookie world plaque, and many regional W1 and EMA wins in smaller contests.
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.
also, ZERO DAZE TIL THE 109TH BEST EVER ST PATS!
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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On this episode of the Phasing Line, Marty sits down with Jeff, NT1K, who is one of the moderators of the Amateur Radio Sub-Reddit, to talk about some recent controversy regarding Ham Radio Deluxe software. Take a listen on this episode to learn all about the recent events.
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The Register Article - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/19/ham_radio_app_bad_review/
About the hosts:
Sterling, N0SSC: 25 year old freshly graduated electrical engineer from St. Louis, Missouri who’s in the hobby for contesting, youth engagement, and just about everything else. He’s a former ARRL youth editor and a big advocate for collegiate amateur radio. http://n0ssc.com
Marty, KC1CWF: The infamous “Chicken With Fries,” is a 14 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.
In this episode, we rambled about receiving antennas like beverage and loops, what “Q” is, our opinions on gear, and a college amateur radio initiative update. It was a fun one! Enjoy!
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Beverage Antennas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage_antenna
K9AY Loop: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx/antenna/loop/k9ay/
Remote Stations to listen to yourself: http://websdr.org/
Magnetic Loops: http://www.aa5tb.com/loop.html
VK3YE on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/vk3ye
What is Q?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_factor
Collegiate Amateur Radio Initative: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ARRLCARI/
Collegiate Amateur Radio Groupme Chat: https://groupme.com/join_group/26113544/7DQnOj
QRZ Club Search: http://www.qrz.com/clubs
Sterling's directory of school radio clubs: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzWyCSXo96zwNno2M2puT2YzbUFtd2tVMm1JRkhCcDVYT1Bv/view?usp=sharing
FaradayRF: https://faradayrf.com/
About the hosts:
Sterling, N0SSC: 25 year old freshly graduated electrical engineer from St. Louis, Missouri who’s in the hobby for contesting, youth engagement, and just about everything else. He’s a former ARRL youth editor and a big advocate for collegiate amateur radio. http://n0ssc.com
Marty, KC1CWF: The infamous “Chicken With Fries,” is a 14 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. https://chickenwithfries.wordpress.com/author/kc1cwf/
On this episode of the Phasing Line, Marty and Sterling talked about... well, a lot. We covered YOTA, Contesting, Sweepstakes, College Radio Clubs, ARRL, and much more!
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About the hosts:
Sterling, N0SSC: 24 year old electrical engineer from St. Louis, Missouri who’s in the hobby for contesting, youth engagement, and just about everything else. He’s a former ARRL youth editor. http://n0ssc.com
Marty, KC1CWF: The infamous “Chicken With Fries,” is a 14 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. https://chickenwithfries.wordpress.com/author/kc1cwf/
Our hard work has come to fruition! We have published episode one of The Phasing Line Podcast. It was originally about an hour twenty, but cuts and removal of um’s and uh’s shaved it to just under 45 minutes.
Find it on iTunes, Stitcher, Pocketcasts, Overcast, and at http://phasinglinepodcast.com.
We attempt to talk about who we are, winning cookies in CQWW, packet spotting and pileups, contest operating and logging techniques, ARES and some of the bad things about ham radio, Youngsters on the Air, and cats.
We wanted to have a two-guys-and-a-mic style podcast about ham radio, without any script or topic – just winging it. It’s focus is on whatever comes to mind, as well as the progression of the hobby…aka youth in amateur radio. We plan on doing interviews, giveaways, and all that jazz. If you’re so inclined to donate, email Marty or I, and we’ll be happy to talk about buying me a Flex 6700 or Marty a couple dozen IC-7300’s since he’s in to that single-operator, twenty-radios sort of contesting. But really, making these things isn't free!
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About the hosts:
Sterling, N0SSC: 24 year old electrical engineer from St. Louis, Missouri who’s in the hobby for contesting, youth engagement, and just about everything else. He’s a former ARRL youth editor. http://n0ssc.com
Marty, KC1CWF: The infamous “chicken with fries,” is a 14 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. https://chickenwithfries.wordpress.com/author/kc1cwf/