RAIN Report Podcast

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #88, posted 04-22-23. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 16M32S. Short pauses for EchoLink and AllStar timer resets occur every 3 minutes beginning at 2 minutes 50 seconds.] Editing a magazine of any kind can be most demanding and nerve racking—just ask Rich Moseson, W2VU, the mind behind CQ, a ham radio magazine that ha...

We apologize for the lengthy break in the production time of this podcast. Hap’s and Stephanie’s vacation time to Hap’s stomping grounds in northern San Diego county, along with some PC problems combined to a six-week gap. Well, what do you want for nothing but a smile!!! You know what they say, to err is human, but to REALLY foul things up takes a computer! I’m Will Rogers, K5WLR. ---------------...

The RAIN Hamcast Podcast is on vacation. Look for the next episode on April 15! (During this time we are not on email or other communications).

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #86, posted 02-18-23. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 20M34S with timer resets approximately every 3 minutes.] One of the notables that Hap Holly, KC9RP featured on the RAIN Report during its 29-year run was Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, Special Enforcement Counsel to the Federal Communications Commission. Riley was gra...

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #85, posted February 4th, 2023. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 12M23S with timer resets approximately every 3 minutes.] The 1990s had its share of controversy in Amateur Radio. Even RAIN Report columnist Mark Thompson, WB9QZB jumped into the fray periodically in those years. In this edition of RAIN Hamcast Podcast #8...

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #84, posted 01-21-23. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 17M10S with timer resets approximately every 3 minutes.] How many ham radio video podcasts do you watch now? Did you watch any ten years ago? Ham Nation perhaps? Another may have been HamRadioNow. The man behind Ham Radio Now in the beginning was Gary Pierce, KN4AQ...

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #83, posted 01-07-23. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 12M03S with timer resets approximately every 3 minutes.] HAPPY NEW YEAR! “Technology has not only overtaken us, it has left us far behind; and we're having our bitter fights over the deck chairs on the Titanic." The words of Wayne Green, W2NSD.  Does the name...

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #82, posted 12-24-22. Introduced by Will Rogers, K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 10M with Echolink and AllStar timer resets every 3M55S] Many voices have come and gone over the past 30-plus years that Hap Holly, KC9RP has cranked out ham radio programming. Few of those voices connected with broadcasting stand out like that of outdoors spor...

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #81, posted 12-10-22. Introduced by Kent Peterson, KC0DGY. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 13M22S with Echolink and AllStar timer resets every 3 minutes, starting at 3M] "When the Archive had this new project they were working on this Digital Library of Amateur Radio, this sounded perfect for me because I know how to use the tools, and I'm very i...

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #80, posted 11-26-22. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 10M3S with timer resets at 3, 6, and 9M] Will Rogers, K5WLR continues the thread we followed the last two RAIN Hamcast Podcasts about the upcoming January, 2023 DXpedition to Bouvet Island. It seemed logical to take a look at hamcationing closer to home in the Cari...

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #79, posted 11-12-22. Voiced by Eric Guth, 4Z1UG and Will Rogers, K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 19M52S with an ID break at 09M52S and timer resets at approximately every 2M50S] "They’ve been working on this for two or three years; we can't wait to get to the ship." The words of Otis Vicens, NP4G, a Puerto Rican dentist who is scheduled t...

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #78, posted 10-29-22. Voiced by Eric Guth, 4Z1UG and Will Rogers, K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 18M37S with timer resets at approximately every 3M] Otis Vicens, NP4G grew up in Puerto Rico with an appreciation for radio, a love of learning, and a career in orthodontics. In January, 2023 Otis will be one of the crew members headed for Bou...

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #77, posted 10-15-22. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 20M32S with an ID break at 10M01S and timer resets about every three minutes.]  There are any number of HF antennas you could erect as a new ham with a general license under your proverbial belt. Alabama ham Don Keith, N4KC is a prolific writer with 25 books t...

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #76, posted 10-02-2022. Introduced by Will Rogers, K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 19M32S with an ID break at 9M42S and timer resets about every three minutes.]  Did you put up an outdoor HF antenna soon after you received your first ham callsign? A surprising number of hams still haven't. Don Keith, N4KC, author of more than 25 books...

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #75, posted 09-03-2022. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 17M7S with a station ID break at 8M15S. There are 10-second breaks to reset Echo Link and All Star timers at 2-45, 5-28, 8-15, 11-30, and 14-40.] Are you familiar with the name Wayne Green? Wayne was the outspoken publisher of '73' magazine from 1960 to 2003. He...

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #74, posted 08-20-2022. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 18M17S with a station ID break at 9M12S. There are 10-second breaks to reset Echo Link and All Star timers at 2-51, 5-57, 9-12, 12-19, and 15-29.] Just who is Eric Guth/4Z1UG? Eric grew up in Southern California. Today he resides in Israel. Eric recently released...

[The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 21M36S with an ID breaks at 09M59S and 19-24 with timer resets at 2-43, 5-42, 8-44, 13-07 and 21-36] While propagation on the Amateur Radio HF bands (those below 30 mHz) is subject to the rise and fall of solar activity, the VHF/UHF bands (those 50 mHz and up) are influenced by the weather here on terra firma. Amateur Radio writer and instructor,...

This is the RAIN hamcast #72, posted 07-23-22 and voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR.  [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 27M7S with ID breaks at 09M01S and 17M10S. 10-second Echo Link and All Star timer resets at 2-50, 5-50, 09-01 (ID), 11-40, 14-30, 20-24 and 23-03.] “People feel closer to their neighbors in their community; they get to know them better than they ever did before th...

This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #71, posted 07-09-22. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 17M11S with an ID break at 09M03S and timer resets at 2-58, 6-06, 11-41 and 14-41] "Is our hobby relevant to most people in our communities?"  That's a question posed by Alan Thompson/W6WN. Alan is Public Information Officer for the El Dorado County Amateur Ra...

[The running times for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 19M39S with 10-second timer resets at 02M50S, 05M47S; a station ID at 08M51S; and additional timer resets at 11M46S; 14M46S; and 17M52S.]      Do you live under the inflexible umbrella of a homeowner association? Jeff Mendenhall/W8GNM does. In spite of that, Jeff has found a way around his HOA constructing what he calls a "com...

This is the RAIN hamcast #69, posted 06-11-22. Introduced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running times for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 17M04S with a 10-second ID break at 08M02S; ten-second pause for Echolink and Allstar timer resets at 2-39, 5-27, 8-11, 11-02, 13-57 and 16-01.] In 1964, the Voice of America (VOA) commissioned Collins Radio to build three of its largest transmitters. The 821-A1 was c...

This is the RAIN hamcast #68, posted 05-28-22. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running times for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 14M50S with 10-second timer resets at 2M45S, 5M40S and 12M27S; and ID break at 09M37S.] "In 1964, Voice of America decided to go to Collins and have them manufacture these 821-A1s, a 250KW AM broadcast shortwave transmitter..." Thus began a virtual presentation by Dennis...

This is the RAIN Hamcast podcast #67, posted 05-16-22. Introduced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running times for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 11M55S with 10-second timer resets at 02M52S and 05M47S; and ID break at 08M52S.] The script for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast was read for the 05-18-12 RAIN Report by former RAIN reader Larry Miglore/KB9DIP. It read as follows: "From the darkened studios of the R...

This is RAIN Hamcast podcast #66: The Man Behind RAIN (Hap Holly, KC9RP) - Part 2 posted 04-30-22, voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The total running times for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 18M17S; ID break: 08M43S; All Star/Echolink timer resets: 02M54S, 05M49S, 11M35S, 14M29S, 17M17S Podcasts abound by the thousands!—Well, to be accurate 2.8 million! Everything from Aardvark Agenda(spelled with two...

This is RAIN Hamcast podcast #65: The Man Behind RAIN (Hap Holly, KC9RP) posted 04-16-22, voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The total running times for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 17M25S/08M42S. EchoLink and AllStar nodes are at: 02M52S, 05M58S, 11M:41S, and 14M49S] Do you remember the first time you recorded an interviewed with an important person, only to learn later your carefully crafted intervie...