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Dave Cassler Youtube

Radials or Not? (#561)

Radials or Not? (#561)

Joe, NE1JT, has a vertical dipole antenna and has a very simple question about it, and antennas in general. "Should ground radials be added?"

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Edited by Callum Jakeman

To learn more about me, visit: http://www.dcasler.com/about/
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Theme music is "Sour Tennessee Red," by John Deley and the 41 Players, courtesy YouTube Music Library.
I use drawings from OpenClipArt.org, including the "walking man"
Technician training videos, see http://www.ke0og.net/training/
General training videos, see http://www.ke0og.net/general/
Amateur Extra training videos, see http://www.ke0og.net/extra/
List of the Ask Dave videos, see http://dcasler.com/ask-dave/#askdavelist
Thanks to my sweet wife, Loretta, KBØVWW, for both audio and video assistance! (Her website is www.aldea-art.com.)

My primary website: http://www.dcasler.com
The ham radio part of my website (direct link): http://www.ke0og.net
My publishing website: http://www.mtsneffelspress.com, where you can find my fantasy and science fiction books, as well as some local history books I publish for the Ridgway Railroad Museum and the Ouray County Historical Society
My Amazon author page, which lists my print and Kindle books: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00471I0Q4.

I’m often asked what equipment I use to create the videos. The devices include the Panasonic DMC-G7 camera, Panasonic HDC-TM90 video camera, GoPro Hero2 HD camera, Tascam DR-05 audio recorder, Audio-Technica ATR-3350 lapel microphone, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W560 digital camera, the Kodak Zi-8 video camera, my iPhone 5S. Software used: CyberLink PowerDirector 17 on an HP Gaming Pavilion, also using Smoothdraw 4.0.5.0, FastStone Image Viewer 5.3, FastStone Capture 8.0, Audacity 2.1.1, LibreOffice 5.0.4.2, and Ink2Go 1.7.2. You can see how my studio is set up by viewing https://youtu.be/wFSQ8vtNA5A.

Twitter: @dcasler

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Ham Radio 2.0 Youtube

Costa Rica Ham Radio DXpedition #shorts

Costa Rica Ham Radio DXpedition #shorts

A quick tour around Las Villas Del Guayabo in Costa Rica for our 2021 Ham Radio DXpedition

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Temporarily Offline Youtube

Is this the Final Build? AA-30.Zero 3D Build – Arduino Based Antenna Analyzer

Is this the Final Build? AA-30.Zero 3D Build - Arduino Based Antenna Analyzer

Let’s put it together – 3d Printing, Antenna Analyzer, Arduino.

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Dude’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t717p3Utgi4

Here’s how my pins worked out:

byte rowPins[ROWS] = {11, 10, 9, 8};

byte colPins[COLS] = {6, 5, 3, 2};

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Ham Radio DX Youtube

A Million Times Higher than UHF! Microwave Ham Radio

A Million Times Higher than UHF! Microwave Ham Radio

This is a presentation that I did for the North East Radio Group on Getting Started in Microwaves on Ultra High Frequency (UHF), Super High Frequency even all the way up to Optical Radio (THF band)! I cover my experiences, the stuff we do with our local club experiments, equipment and achievements as well as the fun that can be had with microwaves.

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⏱️Chapters⏱️
0:00 Introduction
2:26 The Frequency Spectrum
4:20 Common Ham Radio Microwave Bands
6:04 Why Microwaves?
8:08 Beard Gain
8:41 Earth Moon Earth – Moonbounce
10:59 Local Experiments and Bands
14:31 Modulating Light – Optical
16:09 What is required to start?
20:02 Equipment suppliers
23:35 My 1296 MHz station
25:01 My 2.4 GHz station
29:53 Mt 3.4 GHz station
32:11 Achievements
34:08 Some Operating Photos
35:09 Additional Resources
36:42 Give it a Go!!

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Red Summit RF Youtube

Master Morse Code With the CW Operators’ Club

Master Morse Code With the CW Operators' Club

Do you want to use Morse code when operating your ham radio but find it difficult to learn? Joe Fischer AA8TA joins us tonight to talk about how to break through the struggles of learning Morse code. He is the current CWops CW Academy Manager. We will be talking to him about how the CW Academy works, how to best learn CW, and what tools you might use on your path to proficiency. We’ll also talk about what other CWops activities and programs are available to assist you in finally reaching your goals.

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Join us we talk about how YOU can learn Morse code in this episode of the All Portable Discussion Zone “AP/DZ”. Every aspect of Portable Ops is explored in this biweekly live stream as we discuss news, gear, achievements, the workbench, contests, awards and more – find all Portable Ops related topics here.

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Dave Cassler Youtube

Unboxing and Building the Chameleon Receive only Antenna : CHA RXL (#560)

Unboxing and Building the Chameleon Receive only Antenna : CHA RXL (#560)

Today I will be unboxing and building the Chameleon : CHA RXL, Receive only Antenna.

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Edited by Callum Jakeman

To learn more about me, visit: http://www.dcasler.com/about/
Tip jar (on my website): http://www.dcasler.com/tip-jar/ (provides a method to use your credit card via PayPal, Also describes Patreon)
To pose an Ask Dave question: http://www.dcasler.com/ask-dave/ or http://www.ke0og.net/ask-dave/
To order the most recent and up-to-date Amateur Extra videos on a thumb drive: http://dcasler.com/aevids-on-stick/

Theme music is "Sour Tennessee Red," by John Deley and the 41 Players, courtesy YouTube Music Library.
I use drawings from OpenClipArt.org, including the "walking man"
Technician training videos, see http://www.ke0og.net/training/
General training videos, see http://www.ke0og.net/general/
Amateur Extra training videos, see http://www.ke0og.net/extra/
List of the Ask Dave videos, see http://dcasler.com/ask-dave/#askdavelist
Thanks to my sweet wife, Loretta, KBØVWW, for both audio and video assistance! (Her website is www.aldea-art.com.)

My primary website: http://www.dcasler.com
The ham radio part of my website (direct link): http://www.ke0og.net
My publishing website: http://www.mtsneffelspress.com, where you can find my fantasy and science fiction books, as well as some local history books I publish for the Ridgway Railroad Museum and the Ouray County Historical Society
My Amazon author page, which lists my print and Kindle books: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00471I0Q4.

I’m often asked what equipment I use to create the videos. The devices include the Panasonic DMC-G7 camera, Panasonic HDC-TM90 video camera, GoPro Hero2 HD camera, Tascam DR-05 audio recorder, Audio-Technica ATR-3350 lapel microphone, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W560 digital camera, the Kodak Zi-8 video camera, my iPhone 5S. Software used: CyberLink PowerDirector 17 on an HP Gaming Pavilion, also using Smoothdraw 4.0.5.0, FastStone Image Viewer 5.3, FastStone Capture 8.0, Audacity 2.1.1, LibreOffice 5.0.4.2, and Ink2Go 1.7.2. You can see how my studio is set up by viewing https://youtu.be/wFSQ8vtNA5A.

Twitter: @dcasler

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Red Summit RF Youtube

Chasing the Backstory of Mountaintop Portable

Chasing the Backstory of Mountaintop Portable

Steve WG0AT is a well-known Summits on the Air activator. His excursions to the top of SOTA summits to operate mountaintop portable with his to goats, Peanut and Rooster is legendary. But there is so much more to his story. Steve has been operating from the top of mountaintops long before the existence of SOTA. So what was that like? What was the motivation? How have things changed? Join us as we talk with Steve about those early days.

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SevenFourtyOne Youtube

► Ham Radio: Connecticut POTA Activator Meetup Highlights – Antennas, Gear, Tips, Tricks, and More

► Ham Radio: Connecticut POTA Activator Meetup Highlights - Antennas, Gear, Tips, Tricks, and More

►► Here are Highlights from the Connecticut POTA meetup at Hamonasset State park in Madison, CT. Experienced activators share tips, tricks, and show off their radios and antennas.
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01:14 Intro to POTA in CT
05:32 Radios, Antennas, and Go Boxes
24:45 Miscellaneous/advanced info about activating
42:01 POTA Contacts through satellite!

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Ham Radio DX Youtube

The Most Hated Radio of All Time

The Most Hated Radio of All Time

It’s amazing! They are probably the best and most popular amateur radio that you can get right now, but Baofeng’s get an amazing amount of hate! Do you own one, let me know what you think in the comments below. The Baofeng models I own are the UV-5R and UV-S9 Plus.

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⏱️Chapters⏱️
0:00 The most popular and also hated radio of all
0:58 The best entry level handheld
1:49 Chinese junk?
2:38 Popular radio brands in times past
3:38 Get a better antenna for your Baofeng
4:43 Avoid dodgy adverts
5:51 Disposable radios?
6:34 How the Baofeng has changed Amateur Radio

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Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/

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Digital Analogue Ham Youtube

Moonraker Md-7400 HF Aerial ,Uk to Australia mobile!

Moonraker Md-7400 HF Aerial ,Uk to Australia mobile!