Amateur Radio Roundtable

Tonight we talk about random lengths for antennas and what lengths to avoid, we discuss our new web broadcast system, and Alan talks about RF monitors. CQ magazine also gave and update of what is coming up in next months magazine.

Tonight Tom talks about the East TN hamfest where he is keynote speaker in 2 weeks. He shows a video of our high altiude launch and recovery. Alan shows us how to tune a hybird radio.

With us tonight Katie, Dwayne, Glen, Bill, Tom. We talk about the new chat room for the show, lighting tips for your work bench, review Shack in a Box, the Geochron Clock, and much more.

We review the Huntsville AL hamfest, talk about ham radio for people of special needs, 

Tonight MayDAy on 14.300 khz. Hear the story of Alex W7HU who after 2 attempts by homemade boat he made it to the U.S. from Cuba. He had ham radio on board and had to put out distress signal.

Tonight the Young Ham of the Year presentationh, Novice shack pictures, and much more

Tonight Huntsville hamfest, tektips, review of a pen meter, and shack pictures.

Tonight, we show the 5 part qrp transmitter, talk about the Cuban jamming of 40 meters,  Show how to do signal direction finding using the TDoA function or kiwiSDR. 

tonight Glen, Tom, Katie, Dwayne, and Bill hold open discussions about different things.  Viewers are invited to call in . 

Tonight Alan talks about rf switches in tektips, Tom talks about building a qrp dummyload and wattmeter. We have special guest in the studio tonigh, Dwayne Allen WY7FD

Tonight Katie talks about her clubs field day.  Tom talks about our recent high altitue balloon which hit 108,725 ft. 

Tonight Bob Heil, K9EID joins us. 

Tonight Steve Frazier KK4VPT , the President of the Delta Amateur Radio Club joins us and talks about the upcoming field day.  Steve also is a volunteer that will be in the air chasing our near space balloon launch.  Alan talks about filters, and Tom gives details of the planned near space launch for July 3

.tonight we visit with Jay Miller KK5IM and his out of this world ham shack. We also had a number of technical difficulties tonight.

Tonight, Joe shows us some new kits.  Alan talks about his find of a simpson 260 meter at a local hamfest and the refurbishing and calibration, Tom gives us the scoop if a tree will work as an antenna,. The last half of the show is the Gathering or show after the show where we invite viewers to zoom in and join. 

Tonight Dave Paul KC9VVT joins us and shares a video and discussion of a near space balloon. Alan in TekTips talks about different ways to get an antenna in a tree for portable operations. The second half of the show was open to viewers to join on zoom.

Tonight next months CQ magazine, Young ham of the Year, update of our balloon experiments, and open meeting with various viewers connecting with zoom.

Tonight an update about Huntsville AL hamfest, Jason talks about the upcoming youtubers virtual hamfest, Tom gives and update about our around the world ham radio balloon plus much more

Tonight we talk about the Barry Goldwater ham radio museum event, Tom gives us an update on the progress of testing the new high altitude ham radio balloon, and we discuss famous people in ham radio 

Tonight we talk about using a tree as an antenna, and give an update on our next experimental high altitude ham radio balloon. 

Tonight we go live with Paul Daniels VK0PD down in Casey Station, Antarctica.

Tonight Alan talks about the new guidelines regarding RF exposure. We have the two search and rescue teams that recovered w5kub-11, Martin F. Jue is with us tonight. LMS certificates, use a tree as an antenna and more.

Tonight Katie does shack pictures, She also gives away a prize.  Tom talks about the new balloon launch of w5kub-27 a zero pressure balloon. 

Tonight tektips talks about split operation,  we look into next months cq magazine, and Tom discusses the new super balloon we will be launching in a few days. 

We were unable to have a live show tonight so this is a replay from Jan 26, 2021