RAIN Report Podcast

This is RAIN Hamcast Podcast #63: Blind Software Engineer Makes Waves Worldwide - Part 2 posted 03-19-22, voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 16M31S with an ID break after 08M51S. There is an 8-second pause for timer resets at 2.50, 5.52, 11.46 and 14.40.]  Joe Stephen/VK7JS is a blind software engineer who resides on the island of Tasmania, located...

Note: We’re conducting an experiment that may affect you whether you’re narrow-casting this audio service on simplex or on a network that requires frequent pauses to reset shorter timers. Which of the following would you find most useful: (1) the ‘customary’ 10-second ID break at the halfway point; or (2) both the 10-second ID break at the halfway point AND a shorter pause every three minutes for...

For the next several RAIN Hamcast podcasts we’re conducting an experiment that may affect you whether you’re narrow-casting this audio service on simplex or a network that requires frequent pauses to reset shorter timers. Your preference will determine whether we continue with just the “customary” 10-second ID break before the ten-minute mark; or the six-second “timer reset” pause every three minu...

For the next several RAIN Hamcast podcasts we’re conducting an experiment that may affect you whether you’re narrow-casting this audio service on simplex or a network that requires frequent pauses to reset shorter timers. Your preference will determine whether we continue with just the “customary” 10-second ID break before the ten-minute mark; or the six-second “timer reset” pause every three minu...

This is the RAIN hamcast #60, posted 02-05-22. Running Time: 18M10S with a break after 09M26S. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. For over three decades Hap Holly/KC9RP produced the RAIN Report for the Amateur Radio Service. In the summer of 2019, Hap shelved his RAIN Report citing ‘burn out’ as a result of producing a weekly audio hamcast since 1990. Two months later, however, Hap was bitten once again...

This is the RAIN hamcast #59, posted 01-22-22. Running Time: 19M12S with a break after 09M52S. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. Until recently, holding a technician class ham license could be a frustrating experience. Then along came Anthony Luscre/K8ZT, whose instructional videos target the new ham on ZTLearn.com. After Anthony retired from teaching computer instruction for teachers and students alik...

This is the RAIN hamcast #58, posted 01-08-22. [2022  Part 1  19M47S/09M52S]. Part 2 is scheduled to post 01-22-22 in the RAIN hamcast #59. Holding a technician class ham license can be a frustrating experience locating accurate resources for learning what you can and can't do. Anthony Luscre/K8ZT is one midwestern ham who has endeavored to provide instructional materials targeting the n...

This is the RAIN hamcast #57, posted 12-25-2021 on therainreport.com and on RAIN Hamcast on YouTube. voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. (audio insert) That's the voice of Tomas Hood/NW7US, the author of many writings about space weather and effects of solar activity the past 20-plus years. Tomas has been a short wave enthusiast since 1973, a ham operator since 1990, and is a United States Army Signal Co...

This is the RAIN hamcast #56, posted 12-11-2021 on therainreport.com and on the YouTube RAIN Report channel (see link on therainreport.com’s main menu); voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. When you were knee high to a grasshopper, did you undergo a game-changing experience that shaped your future career? Tomas Hood/NW7US did. Tomas has been a short wave enthusiast since 1973. He was first licensed as a h...