A special thanks to Mike and Rick, and all the folks from the Greater Houston Hamfest for putting on another great show this year. In this video I get to interview Mike about the Hamfest details, and Rick, N5KJN, and Houston Area DMR, which is growing rapidly. Follow me on: YouTube Facebook Page! Ham…
A special thanks to the guys out in Rayne, LA with the AARA club, who administer the Hamfest in Rayne, LA. This was my first time to attend this show, and it was a good one to add to the books. I enjoyed seeing lots of the big names there, and I was able to…
The Orlando Hamcation of 2018 was a fantastic show. I was happy to get out of Texas for a few days, where it was in the 30s and 40s for winter, and experience the 70-80 degree weather in Orlando. Florida weather is sometimes unpredictable, but there was no rain during the show this year, which…
From the Cowtown Hamfest, KD5RXT shows us how to connect DMR hotspots together over a MESH network, using either AREDN or BBHN. AREDN is one of my show sponsors, and I am happy to support them. This is a cool idea on how to setup an inter-op network to use DMR if you have to…
Cowtown Hamfest 2018 Once again it is time for the Cowtown Hamfest, hosted by the Cowtown Amateur Radio Club, K5COW. In this episode I interview some Hamfest folks, and 2 of the vendors at the show. This show was SOLD OUT! Interviews from: East Texas Towers ACE HF Pro If you are interested in having…
Main Trading Company Homecoming 2017 I’ll be posting this video in 3 parts – Part 1: These Road-Trip videos have been very well received, so far – I’ve gather lots of good feedback about the last few vids I’ve done On The Road. I decided to break-up this video into 3 parts, due to length. This…
Digital Voice Modes Forum from Green Country Hamfest Recorded at the Green Country Hamfest in Claremore, OK, in 2017 – Matt, KC5DBH, gives his presentation on Digital Voice modes. Unlike several earlier episodes in this series, Matt includes P25 and NXDN in his discussion that compares the modes. He also talks about some of the…
Elecraft Forum at Hamcom 2017 David, KG6IRW, from Elecraft at the 2017 ARRL West Gulf Division Convention, known as Hamcom. In this presentation, he talks about the new KPA1500 amp, the history of the K-line and KX-line radios, and what the company has learned from the many DXpeditions on which Elecraft has been represented. …
Hamcom 2017 Hamcom is the ARRL West Gulf Division Convention, and it is located right here in the Dallas / Ft Worth area of North Texas. It is about a 20-minute drive from Grapevine. This year was my first year to setup a booth specifically to promote my video series. The commercial booths are expensive,…
AREDN MESH Networking Forum from Dayton Hamvention AREDN is a new sponsor of this YouTube series! Go visit their website at www.AREDN.org. This forum was given by Andre, K6AH, at the 2017 Dayton Hamvention. It details the new updates in AREDN networking, and gives details on different types of nodes setups. MESH networking is one…
