History of Amateur Radio in The Kingdom of Bhutan (Written and Compiled by Yeshey Dorji, A51AA) ‘Hello Hello….. Able Charlie Baker Calling’ Going by available records, this call was the first ever radio call sent out over the Bhutanese airwaves. The year was 1955 – QTH was Rida in Wangduephodrang, Western Bhutan. The call was [...]

Here’s the official trailer for the movie ‘Making Waves’ by the late Nicolas Van Pallandt. Reviewed in Radcom Dec 07, this movie is not so bad (at least it’s based on Ham Radio!). If you can deal with the colourful language and bad operating practices then this film is well worth watching!

ARRL video about Ham Radio narrated by Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD (SK) www.arrl.org

The Simpsons on Ham Radio

Narrated by former CBS news anchorman Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD, Amateur Radio Today showcases the public service contributions made by hams throughout the country. Highlights include: ham radio’s response on September 11, 2001 ham radio’s part in helping various agencies respond to wildfires in the Western US during 2002 ham radio-in-space educational initiatives

KC9RUB is my new call. In 1965 I was WN9TOF. This video shows the progress I have been making on my new ham radio nook and electronics work bench. To be sure, I did not do all this work alone. I hired a contractor to fill in the garage door opening and a good friend [...]

Frasier Ham Radio part 3

80m CW Roundtable featuring K9LW/9, KA9S, K9KEU, WA9WJB, NG9D & Dr. Andy W9NJY

Decent conditions opened up on 10 & 11 meter this morning. I snapped a video of both bands using my Yaesu FT-857d. Channer 6 “The Superbowl” on 11 meter and a typical QSO on the 20 meter HAM band. Can you hear the difference in operating technique? “One python two python! Bye, bye bye bye…”

I have a Icom 718, a MFJ Versa tuner, and a Astron 35A power supply. I will try not to use the tuner when I am set up for real. I got the power supply for 89 bucks on Ebay so I’ve been testing it out for the past few days. Been a rock steady [...]