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what is up everybody

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welcome to the hammerhead crash course

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welcome to saturday thanks for coming

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out

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on your busy weekends and see what's

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going on in ham radio hopefully we got

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some new people some people who haven't

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taken that plunge yet into the world of

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amateur radio and hopefully today helps

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you out a bit

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we'll get started soon please enjoy the

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all right everybody how's it going

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thanks for clicking on the channel

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clicking on the hammer new crash course

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i appreciate it again today we're going

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to be looking at ham radio from

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a new person's perspective somebody

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joining for the first time or interested

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in finding out more so we're going to

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try and keep it as low technical as

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possible we obviously have to talk about

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some technical issues but hopefully i do

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it in a way that makes a lot of sense

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thanks everybody in the chat there this

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is a live stream so there are people

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watching live and

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i expect you all to keep me honest when

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i start getting to the slides and

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getting to some work here now this is an

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hour-long show and there is no way that

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i can get you anyone completely up and

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running in amateur radio in an hour that

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difficult to do

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but there are videos and many other

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things on my channel that will show you

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more of those details if you want to

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just search you know when you go to the

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channel there's a little magnifying

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glass just search on it for anything

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you're looking for or click on the

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playlist uh are you new to amateur radio

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you know and it's got a ton of videos in

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there to help you out so

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what i'm gonna do is i normally give a

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couple of little blurbs of stuff uh in

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because you know these are these are

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kind of time based anyway field day is

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next weekend it's always the fourth

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weekend of the month of june and so

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it'll be the 25th and 26th

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next week

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i will be at the hb races radio amateur

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civil emergency service

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camp out set up that they have in

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huntington beach california the north

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right by dog park is where they will be

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set up so i will be out there so make

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sure if you're interested come on by

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field day particularly if you're looking

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to start out in amateur radio field day

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is where you want to be you definitely

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want to come out and watch and attend

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and participate in field day it is where

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space

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usually something off grid and have kind

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do field day so it's always a lot of fun

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make sure you come out there and we run

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what people do it's kind of like a

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contest but we don't take it too

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seriously anyway all right

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link in the description where did it go

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there it is link in the description to a

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giveaway i'm doing which i will pick a

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winner would i say winner will be

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announced july 2nd so july 2nd we'll

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uh giveaway that i'm doing which is for

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actually a lot more stuff too countycom

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sent me a bunch of boxes of some loot

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and a lot of it i already own and some

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of it i just would rather send to you

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all so that's what we're going to be

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doing we're going to do a giveaway

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stream on the

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second which is a saturday okay

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if you are new in amateur radio i highly

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recommend here's a spoiler alert if you

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want to really fast track your way to

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ham radio understanding consider joining

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our discord server uh it's pretty much

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24 7. we have thousands of people that

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are online every day on the discord

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server and they answer a lot of

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questions they help a ton of people out

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but you know i'm i actually have a job

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and i have kids and a family and all

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that stuff so it makes it difficult but

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that's where the discord comes in it

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really does help a lot of people so if

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make sure to check that out

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all right so if you just got your

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license congratulations there's the

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first thing so cheers to you all for

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getting your license

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if you have no license what is all this

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appreciate you watching and uh sticking

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all right so what is radio first we're

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abstraction today abstraction is

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something that that i use in software

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development it is a term that we use

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black box for instance and that

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abstraction just allows us to focus on

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what the box does right we're not

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worried about what's in the box we're

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not worried about how the box functions

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black box it a bit we're going to

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abstract away what a radio is what a

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it is transmitting energy out of the

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another box can receive that energy

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flashy lights it could be whatever right

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that energy and do something with it so

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key down and start talking the

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the complexities in radio it makes it a

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a coil i appreciate that but if you were

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to look at it kind of as a wave right

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this oscillating up and down up and down

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up and down well if i take you know if i

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back together that's a very fast

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radio waves is that's that's pretty much

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it so when we start talking about lower

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frequency and it's going to get a little

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confusing stick with me when we start

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talking about the lower frequency

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all right i got a super chat from

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frank great topic just got my call sign

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yesterday after waiting to receive my

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permanent residency which is a must-have

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to get a license here zl4 fr thank you

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frank and we got one from bill grant

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thank you both appreciate the super chat

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hello from hall beach

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none of it none of it canada on 20 meter

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fta but i don't think i will reach you

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so i'm not on ft8 yet i'll save that for

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the after chat where we'll be hanging

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out with everybody um so yeah make sure

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you uh you hop on over to the after chat

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on the discord go ahead and join now it

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makes things easier so we impart

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information onto that that oscillating

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we're black boxing this we're going to

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our radios can take information like

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voice like i already said i'm talking

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into a radio yes i am and it's

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transmitting out via rf or data and it

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modulates that onto the wave and the

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antenna and the the energy is pushed out

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of the antenna that's basically what's

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happening if another radio picks up that

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energy and is using the same

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mode of operation then it will be able

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reassemble that information if you will

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and play it out to you or play it to

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your computer appropriately that's

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pretty much all that's happening from an

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abstracted sense now we're not talking

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about how it's done we're just saying

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what is done and focusing on the what is

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josh insert call sign here says

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just pass my tech just waiting on

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callsign well congratulations josh good

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job from one josh to another

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congratulations

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so what is amateur radio then right so

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pushing out energy that energy is

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that can be received by another box that

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shoots that information at you either as

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sound waves or as data or as whatever so

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what's amateur radio what does that have

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it's really just the access space the

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megahertz where we can transmit and

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receive that rf energy

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there are

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um we have allocations at the very wide

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stretched out sink slinky low megahertz

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spaces

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all the way up to the really tightly

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packed slinky high megahertz spaces and

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we use different radios on those

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different frequency spaces

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the basic rule of thumb to keep in mind

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is that amateur radio ham radios it's

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called is a worldwide hobby and service

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and generally our frequency spaces are

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protected we have allocated frequencies

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some are not all the same not all

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countries have the same frequency

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allocations but we generally have spaces

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that we can all kind of meet on the air

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together and talk worldwide or send data

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or do whatever we want to do

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there are more rules that are going to

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be country by country based in case

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you're in the united states the fcc

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or your country's governing body but the

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core idea is that amateur radio is

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sectioned off frequency spaces for radio

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amateurs to transmit and no one else

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that's the idea

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and we are going to uh we're going to

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talk a little bit more about that right

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now so what is amateur radio we're

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extending this out now from going from

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the rf spectrum the radio spectrum which

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includes the electromagnetic spectrum

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which is that top left image contains

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everything from very low frequencies

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the radio spectrum that we use today

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infrared so now you are talking about

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energy in the form of infrared energy

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visible light energy ultraviolet x-ray

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gamma-ray and cosmic rays those are all

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part of the same electromagnetic

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spectrum rf radio frequencies again that

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energy that we're radiating out of or

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receiving on our radio belongs to the

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electromagnetic spectrum

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if you tell it to that lower image it

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now breaks it out a little bit we

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identify different megahertz spaces

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again that

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that oscillating wave spaces we break

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that down into different names we call

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them different names

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the very lowest side so

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really stretched out

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really stretched out slinky we call very

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low frequency and where does that take

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you um you can see

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10 it tops out at 10 just above 10

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kilohertz so not even one

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megahertz oscillation 10 kilohertz super

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super wide okay

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um then we get to low frequency which

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takes you up about 100 kilohertz and

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then you get into medium frequency and

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hf which is high frequency now though

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it's the that's the bread and butter of

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amateur radio and and we'll break this

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down even further

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hf radio high frequency radios where

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shortwave radio stations exist as well

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as all of the frequency allocations for

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amateur radio there are a ton of things

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that are on um hf frequencies and the

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little slices these little playgrounds

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these safe places if you will that we

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can go to as radio amateurs and use is

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you know pretty nice to have because it

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covers pretty much all of the hf bands

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ray kq4atf

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uh says josh met you in dayton a few

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weeks ago you jason and the others ham

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youtube guys have been instrumental in

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my education pass my general today hey

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congratulations cheers on i'm passing

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your general very very nice

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so as you go up from hf you get to vhf

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and that's very high frequency right

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next to that is ultra high frequency

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super high frequency and then i believe

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that's extended high frequency extra

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high frequency

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extra high frequency okay

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i want to make a special note here and

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we'll talk about this later but it's

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really important to understand this

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point

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when you go from hf to vhf some things

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change with how the energy your rf

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you're putting out functions

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when you are on the lower side of hf all

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the way up through the higher side your

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radio

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wave your radio frequency energy has a

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chance depending on a lot of situations

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again we're black boxing it making it

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simple

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of bouncing off our atmosphere and

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coming back down to earth

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that's called refraction it's part of

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radio wave propagation and we use that

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to make contacts with people say on the

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other side of the planet

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when you cross from hf to very high

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frequency so from high frequency to very

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high frequency again slinky's coming

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together coming together coming together

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coming together into vhf now our rf

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energy punches through the atmosphere

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and keeps on going

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this is both a good thing and kind of a

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bad thing in the sense that good that we

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have the capability to refract

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rf when we want to by using lower

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frequencies but bad in the sense that

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you can't use your little handy talking

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most the time to do super long distance

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contacts but what does that give us well

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vhf uhf and higher all the way up to

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extremely high frequency

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those are the frequencies that we use to

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communicate to things in space

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having an atmosphere bounce your rf back

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at you it is not conducive to

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communicating to satellites the iss

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whatever so

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we always make sure to use because you

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have to uh vhf uhf signals for when

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we're doing amateur radio satellite or

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talking to the iss what yeah what have

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you so anyway that's uh that's just a

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little bit of talk there on how and what

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the radio waves are and you can see that

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expressed in that little rainbow section

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you can see infrared is at the end there

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once you get past 100 gigahertz you

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start getting into infrared energies and

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visible light versus rf radio

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frequencies and yeah it's part of the

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same spectrum

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breaking this down now going back to

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where are these little parking lots of

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rf spaces that are allocated for ham

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radio

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well i generally break them up into two

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ways icom apparently does too they break

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it up into the vhf uhf space and the hf

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high frequency space

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now this is uh

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this is most of them not all of them but

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i i'm putting this here for a reason

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the leftmost image is the amateur radio

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vhf uhf band plan that is the frequency

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spaces and you can see it right nine uh

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here on 33 centimeters it says 902 to

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904 up to 928 megahertz and if you go

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down to two meters which is the 2 meter

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band as we call it it starts out at

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144 megahertz and goes up to

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148 megahertz okay

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so

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these bands 23 centimeters 33

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centimeters 70 centimeters 1.25

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centimeters 2 meters and 6 meters are um

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completely open accessible to all

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amateur radio licenses here in the us it

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varies in other countries but generally

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all the vhf uhf bands are completely

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open for any of the levels of licensing

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that we have in the united states so

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that's good

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on the right hand side though things are

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a little bit different when you look at

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hf high frequency radio not all of the

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bands are available to all of our

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license levels and we'll talk about

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license levels in a little bit but i

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want to show you and and give you a good

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understanding of what we're talking

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about when we're talking about megahertz

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so if you go back to two meters what do

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we say two meters is 144 megahertz uh up

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against 148 megahertz so that's the

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bookend space if you take your radio and

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turn the dial and go from 144 to 148

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that's two meters

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the closest high frequency band in

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megahertz again stretching that slinky

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out is going to be 28 megahertz on 10

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meters through

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29.7 megahertz that's the 10 meter band

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10 meters is generally best during

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high solar sun cycles which is an 11

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year process that we're going through

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right now the high solar sun or the high

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the energy of the sun having lots of sun

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spots produces more ionization that hits

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our atmosphere and energizes our lower

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layers of our atmosphere which makes 10

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meter more effective and 10 meters

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really good right now yay it's a good

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time to be a ham

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you start going up in meters so from 10

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we go to 12 from 12 to 15 17 20. that's

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the length of that slinky stretching

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the

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off the one full oscillation from peak

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to peak peak valley peak is stretching

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out and getting longer and longer and

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longer it's lower frequency right so

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when you get to my favorite band or one

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of my favorite bands 20 meters down here

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we've gone from now 28 megahertz on 10

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meters down to 14 megahertz on 20 meters

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14 megahertz up to

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14.35 megahertz that is the frequency

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range for 20 meters

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i highly recommend you get and download

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a band plan if you are a ham radio

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if you are ham radio licensed or ham

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radio curious and are interested in

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potentially getting a license go

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download a band plan and have it

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available print it out keep it with you

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it makes things a lot easier for reasons

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that we'll probably talk about a little

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bit

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so we call these spaces right look going

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back a step we call them the bands why

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do we call them the bands because

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they're expressed in meters

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bringing back the slinky again if we say

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seven meters we can go back up and look

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at that seven meters where's uh sorry

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seven megahertz

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no

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i'm having trouble hearing you

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why

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um so 40 what did i say 70 and he

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thought it was siri that's probably what

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happened 40 meters here is 7 megahertz

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and it tops out at

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7.300 megahertz but we still call it 40

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meters because that again that slinky

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has been stretched out to 40 meters

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oop wrong way somebody wrote this one uh

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so stretch of slinky that should be

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40 meters

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there's no seven meter band josh what

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are you talking about

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there you go

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so stretch of slinky to 40 meters one

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oscillation that's the length the

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physical length of that wave so if i'm

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operating my radio on 40 meters

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that is 70 or 7 megahertz that physical

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rf representation is a 40 meter rf wave

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so if you understand these concepts

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then congrats this is the basis of of

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radio in in most situations this is

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basically how this all works right so if

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you got that congratulations if not um

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take some of those terms that i talked

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about that you may have issues with and

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google them or

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join the discord that i have the discord

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link is in the description there are a

556
00:22:18,799 --> 00:22:19,840
lot of people that will answer your

557
00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:24,080
questions and uh or a comment right now

558
00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:26,400
okay

559
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:27,919
so i mentioned licenses what's the

560
00:22:27,919 --> 00:22:30,960
licensing about so ham radio in pretty

561
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,520
much every country where ham radio is a

562
00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,120
thing and allowed

563
00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:37,360
there's a licensing process

564
00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:38,720
not defending it at all in fact there's

565
00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,240
a whole slide just on talking about it

566
00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,360
but the thought is is that

567
00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:45,679
other radio services right if we look at

568
00:22:45,679 --> 00:22:49,520
gmrs and frs in comparison to amateur

569
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,480
radio there's some huge differences

570
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,039
two of the big ones other radio services

571
00:22:55,039 --> 00:22:57,520
and let's just take gmrs right gmrs is

572
00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,000
super popular right now and and it

573
00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,600
deserves to be it's it's good it's

574
00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,520
helpful it's useful

575
00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,080
not as useful as ham radio though why

576
00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:10,480
so gmrs is a channel based radio service

577
00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:12,640
there are 20 something channels you take

578
00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,640
the radio and you go channel one channel

579
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:17,120
two channel three and you can hit scan

580
00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:19,280
and scan around the channels and that's

581
00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:20,480
what you do

582
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,520
channel the the gmrs radios generally

583
00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:27,039
are um upwards are in the uhf frequency

584
00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:30,559
spaces so closest to amateur radio 70

585
00:23:30,559 --> 00:23:32,480
centimeter band

586
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,520
amateur radios and and most hts that

587
00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,000
most hams have are dual banded so you

588
00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,799
get 2 meters and 70 centimeters whereas

589
00:23:40,799 --> 00:23:43,200
gmrs is just one band it's channel

590
00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,600
locked and it's band locked so if they

591
00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,440
don't seem to work for you at that time

592
00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:49,120
or you're not able to do what you need

593
00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:51,600
to do that's it choose a new service get

594
00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,400
on cb get on frs get on whatever for

595
00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,400
most people it's fine they take it off

596
00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:57,520
road

597
00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:00,240
they use it for being in a campground

598
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,240
they use it when they're on a hike not a

599
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,679
big deal um but but

600
00:24:05,679 --> 00:24:08,000
um do keep in mind that the other radio

601
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,039
services are channel locked frequency

602
00:24:11,039 --> 00:24:13,520
locked to specific bands and that gives

603
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,679
amateur radio a lot of

604
00:24:15,679 --> 00:24:17,200
latitude because we can just pick up

605
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,919
radios that work on different bands if

606
00:24:19,919 --> 00:24:21,279
we want that

607
00:24:21,279 --> 00:24:24,000
bouncing our rf off the atmosphere

608
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,320
we get an hf radio and there we go if we

609
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:27,279
want to

610
00:24:27,279 --> 00:24:29,600
talk to the satellites or just go on a

611
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,840
hike or whatever we can use a radio like

612
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,720
the one that's there on the left and it

613
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:38,159
works just fine that radio is

614
00:24:38,159 --> 00:24:40,799
70 centimeters and two meters as well so

615
00:24:40,799 --> 00:24:43,440
you get both bands for the different

616
00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,279
capabilities that you may need and why

617
00:24:45,279 --> 00:24:47,279
would you want different bands well they

618
00:24:47,279 --> 00:24:48,640
all perform a little bit different they

619
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:50,559
all have a little bit of a different

620
00:24:50,559 --> 00:24:53,520
functionality different capability than

621
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:54,720
just

622
00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:56,799
one band in this case two meters

623
00:24:56,799 --> 00:24:59,440
generally for me has done pretty well

624
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,679
goes a bit further 70 centimeters works

625
00:25:01,679 --> 00:25:04,320
a bit better in like a congested suburb

626
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,240
environment that's generally my

627
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,720
experience

628
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,240
all right so the fcc license in the u.s

629
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,400
it's different in other countries

630
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,240
is broken up into three

631
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:21,279
levels

632
00:25:21,279 --> 00:25:23,840
technician general and extra

633
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:25,760
technician is pretty much

634
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:29,120
all the vhf uhf band spaces frequencies

635
00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:32,000
you have access to all of it some hf

636
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,559
very very little some hf you get a bit

637
00:25:34,559 --> 00:25:36,320
of 10 meters and you get some of the

638
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,799
other hf bands but the lower frequencies

639
00:25:38,799 --> 00:25:41,200
again stretched slinky frequencies the

640
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,679
low low frequencies you're restricted to

641
00:25:43,679 --> 00:25:45,600
morse code only and the mode of

642
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,679
operation that we call it which is

643
00:25:47,679 --> 00:25:49,520
continuous wave

644
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,760
so just it's in daws for you starting

645
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,159
out you may not have that capability so

646
00:25:54,159 --> 00:25:56,720
i appreciate not the best situation but

647
00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:58,159
that's what it is right now we'll talk

648
00:25:58,159 --> 00:26:00,240
about that in a little bit too

649
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,440
a general has access to all the amateur

650
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,919
radio bands all those little slices that

651
00:26:05,919 --> 00:26:08,080
i showed you on that icon sheet

652
00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:09,760
all of them but

653
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,240
reduced they don't get access to every

654
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:15,120
frequency on that band to get every

655
00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:17,520
frequency you need your extra license

656
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,520
and extra is the last step the highest

657
00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,480
level and gives you access to everything

658
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,080
in the united states license so

659
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:25,120
appreciate

660
00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:25,919
that

661
00:26:25,919 --> 00:26:29,880
spud says hey great uh presentation ki 5

662
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,880
mmf thank you thank you very much

663
00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:34,559
appreciate it

664
00:26:34,559 --> 00:26:36,480
my advice is go ahead and get your

665
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,600
technician um and general in one sitting

666
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,640
if you can i feel that i have felt and i

667
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,799
continue to feel

668
00:26:44,799 --> 00:26:46,080
that

669
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,760
hf is where it's at i love i love vhf uh

670
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,520
i love all ham radio there's no there's

671
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,559
no denying that but i have the most fun

672
00:26:54,559 --> 00:26:57,600
on hf high frequency ham radio i like to

673
00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:58,880
make those

674
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,760
long contacts i like to see

675
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,080
other interesting countries appear on my

676
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:06,320
waterfall or hear their voice come over

677
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,919
the speaker hf is the best it's also

678
00:27:09,919 --> 00:27:11,840
what you need generally if you're going

679
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,480
to participate in the many of amateur

680
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,240
radio games that we have i call them

681
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:17,840
amateur radio games people probably

682
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:19,600
don't like that but if you've ever heard

683
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,520
of parks on the air or summits on the

684
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:24,559
air where we go to a national estate or

685
00:27:24,559 --> 00:27:28,080
national park or the top of a high

686
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,279
summit and activate our radios activate

687
00:27:31,279 --> 00:27:33,440
meaning turn them on set them up make 4

688
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,200
or 10 contacts depending on if you're

689
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,480
talking about soda or

690
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,279
poda then you basically get points

691
00:27:41,279 --> 00:27:43,520
unlocking or activating points for that

692
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:44,960
given location

693
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:47,360
now you can make this work with vhf in

694
00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:48,720
uhf

695
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,799
it's a little difficult difficult though

696
00:27:50,799 --> 00:27:53,360
because one of the natures of the vhf

697
00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:56,000
uhf bands is they punch through the

698
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,559
atmosphere meaning they're really only

699
00:27:58,559 --> 00:28:01,200
line of sight your rf is going to come

700
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,200
straight out of the antenna basically

701
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,760
and it's going to go and go and go and

702
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,480
keep on going until it's absorbed or

703
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,960
gets to space and then it's just off off

704
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:11,919
and away

705
00:28:11,919 --> 00:28:13,600
so because of that you can't really talk

706
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,640
to another state another country with

707
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,679
vhf uhf we use hf for that hf is where

708
00:28:19,679 --> 00:28:22,640
it's at for poda and soda

709
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,880
so studying for the licenses there's two

710
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,880
two methods to make it really simple for

711
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,200
you traditional books uh link is in the

712
00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:30,799
description to traditional books that

713
00:28:30,799 --> 00:28:32,480
you can get off of amazon

714
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,720
we are at an interesting time right now

715
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,679
we are um going through a questions pool

716
00:28:37,679 --> 00:28:39,440
change for the technician license which

717
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,240
goes in the new question pool goes into

718
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,799
the uh to effect at the end of this

719
00:28:44,799 --> 00:28:48,080
month june 2022 so if you're thinking

720
00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:51,039
about buying a book um go ahead and wait

721
00:28:51,039 --> 00:28:53,679
until the question pool swaps or make

722
00:28:53,679 --> 00:28:55,120
sure if you're watching this after i

723
00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,039
originally went live that you're looking

724
00:28:57,039 --> 00:28:59,360
at the date range on the book if it's

725
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,679
close to being expired don't buy it it's

726
00:29:01,679 --> 00:29:03,440
not worth your time because the question

727
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,919
pool is going to change

728
00:29:05,919 --> 00:29:08,320
i generally like the gordon west books

729
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:13,360
wb6 noa and the fast track series on

730
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,200
amazon these are all on amazon by the

731
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,679
way the fast track series also comes in

732
00:29:17,679 --> 00:29:20,320
an audio book form which i used when

733
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,399
driving to work i found that really

734
00:29:22,399 --> 00:29:25,039
helpful when i was studying for my extra

735
00:29:25,039 --> 00:29:27,600
license which i got a couple years ago i

736
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:28,279
think

737
00:29:28,279 --> 00:29:30,320
hamstudy.org is the other one

738
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,679
hamstudy.org is a free website and they

739
00:29:33,679 --> 00:29:36,240
also have an app that is a paid for app

740
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,000
but the website is always free you can

741
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,679
just use the website on your phone if

742
00:29:39,679 --> 00:29:42,640
you so like to do that hamstudy.org is a

743
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,039
fantastic way to study for the test it's

744
00:29:45,039 --> 00:29:47,200
very streamlined it's very simple they

745
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,600
give you practice exams meaning you know

746
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,679
practice tests come out same test

747
00:29:51,679 --> 00:29:53,279
questions but

748
00:29:53,279 --> 00:29:54,720
they mix up the order just like you

749
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:55,919
would see

750
00:29:55,919 --> 00:29:57,600
if you were sitting down for a test you

751
00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,000
take many many practice tests many many

752
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,600
practice tests right

753
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,520
at some point you're going to get um

754
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,200
it'll tell you when you've seen all the

755
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:06,880
questions what percent of the questions

756
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:08,720
you've seen how many times you've seen

757
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,440
them and it'll start telling you which

758
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,399
sections of the test you're not that

759
00:30:14,399 --> 00:30:16,799
good at and those you can then target

760
00:30:16,799 --> 00:30:20,159
using the website to show you

761
00:30:20,159 --> 00:30:22,799
the sections or sub sections within the

762
00:30:22,799 --> 00:30:25,600
test that you need to spend more time on

763
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,320
i know uh there's yeah

764
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:29,360
trust me when i say this go to

765
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,279
hamstudy.org start taking practice tests

766
00:30:31,279 --> 00:30:33,120
and then look at your history and it'll

767
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,440
show you really fast which sub elements

768
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,640
or subsections you are lacking in and

769
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,200
it'll help you study those questions

770
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,679
more prominently once you get i've

771
00:30:43,679 --> 00:30:45,200
always said this people disagree with me

772
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,919
but once you get to about 75 percent

773
00:30:47,919 --> 00:30:50,240
pass rate i tell i just say go take the

774
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,640
test people are generally way more

775
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,720
cautious and careful when they're taking

776
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,559
a test versus practice tests so if

777
00:30:56,559 --> 00:30:58,240
you're getting a 75 percent on practice

778
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,480
tests where you kind of just blase

779
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:02,799
on the toilet in the morning whatever

780
00:31:02,799 --> 00:31:03,919
you do

781
00:31:03,919 --> 00:31:05,200
you're probably going to do just fine

782
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,279
when you take the live test so keep that

783
00:31:07,279 --> 00:31:08,880
in mind

784
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:10,080
all right so how do you get to your

785
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:11,760
license though i just said how do you

786
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:13,519
study how do you get your license uh

787
00:31:13,519 --> 00:31:15,200
there's there's a couple ways to do it

788
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:16,880
you can still test in person which is

789
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,200
the way i did it i guess the old school

790
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,279
way back in my day

791
00:31:21,279 --> 00:31:24,320
we had in-person testing and we liked it

792
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,399
and then covid came along and now we

793
00:31:26,399 --> 00:31:28,080
have online testing which frankly i

794
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:29,919
think is a a great idea to do online

795
00:31:29,919 --> 00:31:32,919
testing

796
00:31:33,039 --> 00:31:35,440
so two links here if you go to google by

797
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:36,720
the way we're going to talk a little bit

798
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:38,880
about google too let me get going here a

799
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,720
little bit further

800
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:42,399
if you go to if you just type in a

801
00:31:42,399 --> 00:31:45,440
double rl find a test you'll find a link

802
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,200
to a

803
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,279
web form that you can just

804
00:31:49,279 --> 00:31:51,039
say here you know where you're at and

805
00:31:51,039 --> 00:31:53,039
say okay here's all the locations of

806
00:31:53,039 --> 00:31:55,279
testing sites for getting your license

807
00:31:55,279 --> 00:31:58,080
and that works just fine for in-person

808
00:31:58,080 --> 00:31:59,840
testing however if you want to test

809
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:03,039
online you can go to hamstudy.org

810
00:32:03,039 --> 00:32:04,399
forward slash

811
00:32:04,399 --> 00:32:07,200
sessions ham study right hamstudy.org

812
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:08,480
the one you were taking your practice

813
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,200
practice exams from well during covid

814
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,399
they created a method and software to

815
00:32:14,399 --> 00:32:16,960
allow for remote online testing and now

816
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,360
they hold these sessions to get people

817
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,000
tested online via zoom and get them

818
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,039
their license i highly recommend if you

819
00:32:25,039 --> 00:32:27,760
can swing it test online if you want

820
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,720
your license very quickly the fcc has

821
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,279
gone paperless mostly paperless for as

822
00:32:33,279 --> 00:32:35,120
much as what they can do

823
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,200
if you test online and pass you'll have

824
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,120
your license within a day or two some

825
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:40,880
people have got it same day which is

826
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,480
absolutely insane because i think i

827
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,640
waited two weeks or something like that

828
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,679
back in my day i waited two weeks

829
00:32:47,679 --> 00:32:50,880
here's a big big big big big big big one

830
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,760
if you are someone who has heard about

831
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,720
or has concerns of people knowing your

832
00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,120
address when you become an amateur radio

833
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:00,480
operator

834
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:04,159
you need to go get a po box before you

835
00:33:04,159 --> 00:33:06,320
take your test before you go on the

836
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,279
fcc's website and create an frn number

837
00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:12,399
you need to go get a po box then you use

838
00:33:12,399 --> 00:33:14,960
that po box as your home address for the

839
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,240
fcc to send you mail which they seldom

840
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,919
if ever do

841
00:33:19,919 --> 00:33:23,360
and that will keep your po box as your

842
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,000
home address versus your home as your

843
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,480
home address when people look up your

844
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:29,519
call sign

845
00:33:29,519 --> 00:33:31,840
that is the only way to do it uh most

846
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:33,840
effectively in the united states

847
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:35,919
make sure you do the po box thing for

848
00:33:35,919 --> 00:33:37,279
sure

849
00:33:37,279 --> 00:33:39,679
and do it before

850
00:33:39,679 --> 00:33:40,799
before

851
00:33:40,799 --> 00:33:44,000
you create an frn number and attach all

852
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,279
this info to the fcc before you get your

853
00:33:47,279 --> 00:33:50,320
license has to be before

854
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:51,519
all right so now you're saying wait

855
00:33:51,519 --> 00:33:53,600
there's a test

856
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,679
why is there a test why

857
00:33:55,679 --> 00:33:56,799
because i'm gonna answer these questions

858
00:33:56,799 --> 00:33:58,159
that i get all the time

859
00:33:58,159 --> 00:34:00,080
i'm not being an apologist

860
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:01,840
i'm not defending the fcc i'm not

861
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,039
defending all the other countries that

862
00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:05,279
have tests i'm just merely trying to

863
00:34:05,279 --> 00:34:06,880
explain why

864
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,239
it exists

865
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:09,679
given the free

866
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:12,320
and open nature of amateur radio in

867
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,918
comparison to other services right

868
00:34:15,918 --> 00:34:18,239
what were we talking about earlier gmrs

869
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:22,560
frs the baby brother of gmrs

870
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,359
those radios are locked to a band and

871
00:34:25,359 --> 00:34:27,040
they're locked to channels and they

872
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,000
don't have a keypad and frs has a

873
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,239
antenna that is permanently affixed to

874
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:33,440
the radio

875
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,239
they are consumer goods they are

876
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,520
consumer products they are not there to

877
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:41,520
necessarily further or advance the

878
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:43,280
technology of radio

879
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:44,560
um or

880
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:45,359
do

881
00:34:45,359 --> 00:34:46,800
many of the other things that we do in

882
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,440
amateur radio right they are

883
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,760
commodity items they are

884
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:54,719
things to make communication happen not

885
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:57,440
to create better understanding of radio

886
00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,000
waves and radio wave technologies so i

887
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,040
believe this is me talking that because

888
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,520
amateur radio is such a

889
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:09,119
more open-ended experience you can go to

890
00:35:09,119 --> 00:35:10,960
whatever frequencies you want you can

891
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,920
put big amplifiers on your radio you can

892
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,320
build your own antennas you can make

893
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,800
software that interfaces with your radio

894
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,200
and sends data over the air can't do

895
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,520
data on gmrs right

896
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:25,119
oh you can't a bit but you know what i

897
00:35:25,119 --> 00:35:26,880
mean you're not sitting there

898
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:30,240
doing chat room stuff um with your gmrs

899
00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:31,760
radio

900
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,240
so the gatekeeping at least i believe

901
00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:36,960
the fcc is believes that there needs to

902
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,040
be some kind of gate some kind of

903
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:43,280
barrier something that helps to protect

904
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,720
the quality of the ham radio bands they

905
00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:49,359
believe that it's this test and the

906
00:35:49,359 --> 00:35:51,599
levels of the test and particularly when

907
00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:53,599
you go from technician to general the

908
00:35:53,599 --> 00:35:56,240
general test is a bit harder than the

909
00:35:56,240 --> 00:36:00,320
technician why well hf one can argue

910
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,520
you're now potentially affecting many

911
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,160
many more people if you run awry with

912
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,720
your signal or start doing some bad

913
00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:11,440
actor type stuff so

914
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,440
that's part of the reason for that

915
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:14,720
um

916
00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:16,720
i'm not sure how to verify this is true

917
00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:18,800
or not but that is what people believe

918
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:20,400
that this

919
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,640
that we have to have a test to instill

920
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,640
this baseline knowledge in people's

921
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:26,880
brains and they'll just remember this

922
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:28,800
forever and they're trained up and they

923
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,040
can be effective radio operators me

924
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:32,400
personally i don't really believe that i

925
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,320
think that um i think that it's a speed

926
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:37,280
bump and the speed bump once out of the

927
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,680
way the real learning starts you can't

928
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:41,359
convince me of otherwise because you're

929
00:36:41,359 --> 00:36:43,119
not in my brain and you know you don't

930
00:36:43,119 --> 00:36:46,240
know how my brain works so a lot of what

931
00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:49,200
i remember from the test is not the

932
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,359
stuff that i want to remember from the

933
00:36:51,359 --> 00:36:54,800
test so i'm still grabbing catalogs and

934
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,440
textbooks and searching online to

935
00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:59,200
relearn those things when i'm sitting

936
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:00,560
down to like look at a circuit for

937
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,880
instance i remember most that stuff and

938
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:04,800
if you do good for you but most people

939
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:05,760
don't

940
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,000
so advice knock the test out just get it

941
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,040
out of the way you learn more doing than

942
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:12,560
not so

943
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,400
ah that's what i recommend if you

944
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,320
disagree that's okay these are my

945
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:18,480
opinions you can disagree with them if

946
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:19,760
you want to spend six months to

947
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,480
completely and fully understand every

948
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,119
licensed uh question

949
00:37:25,119 --> 00:37:26,720
more power to you if that's what you do

950
00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:27,839
for fun

951
00:37:27,839 --> 00:37:29,920
cheers i want to be on the radio so i

952
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:31,599
recommend you just take the test if you

953
00:37:31,599 --> 00:37:33,359
want to be on the radio too so you got

954
00:37:33,359 --> 00:37:36,800
the license in hand now what generally i

955
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:38,480
and i've i've got thoughts on this one

956
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,640
too

957
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,359
new people to ham radio generally seem

958
00:37:43,359 --> 00:37:45,920
to gravitate towards vhf uhf radios

959
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:48,160
right they're relatively inexpensive

960
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:50,720
yeah put the antenna on top

961
00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:53,280
boom there you go start talking pretty

962
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:54,880
straightforward

963
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:56,400
people generally go into one of two

964
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,720
directions so get themselves in ht

965
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:00,480
or they'll get like a mobile radio

966
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:02,800
because they're out in the sticks a bit

967
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,880
they can't hit the repeaters with an ht

968
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,599
so they need to use a mobile radio right

969
00:38:07,599 --> 00:38:09,520
all that stuff you know great more power

970
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:11,359
to you i think most people started with

971
00:38:11,359 --> 00:38:14,880
vhf uhf most people most people these

972
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:16,480
operators are generally working at the

973
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,200
higher frequencies so slinky

974
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:21,680
compressed slinky high frequency stuff

975
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,160
line of sight stuff which can be fun

976
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:25,200
that's where you get access to

977
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,280
satellites right fm satellites the

978
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:30,480
linear linear satellites but it's also

979
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:32,880
geographically limiting i find

980
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:34,320
further

981
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:36,160
i have had many a story i don't have

982
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,320
this problem i walk down the street and

983
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:39,920
trip over repeaters southern california

984
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:41,440
is the absolute like

985
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,200
i don't know if it's the densest area

986
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:44,800
for repeaters but it's one of the

987
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,880
densest areas in i would argue the world

988
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:48,800
possibly um anyway

989
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,280
so um you could live in an area where

990
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:53,839
there's maybe only one ham club and and

991
00:38:53,839 --> 00:38:56,880
maybe only one repeater and you may not

992
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:58,560
like the people on that repeater and you

993
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:00,160
may not like the topics of discussion

994
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:01,680
they have on that repeater

995
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,480
well if that's where you live and your

996
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,280
radio can only talk around where you're

997
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:08,640
at at any one time that's kind of

998
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:09,920
limiting right

999
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:12,240
so that's why again i recommend if you

1000
00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:16,079
can get closer and started out on

1001
00:39:16,079 --> 00:39:19,119
hf with some rare exceptions vhf uhf

1002
00:39:19,119 --> 00:39:20,640
transmissions are all line of sight

1003
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:24,000
they're only which you can see

1004
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,359
a little bit further

1005
00:39:25,359 --> 00:39:26,800
but you get the idea

1006
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,040
so i recommend again starting out the

1007
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,839
the fast track the smoothest path to

1008
00:39:31,839 --> 00:39:34,000
getting started in ham radio i recommend

1009
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,640
everybody go do this by the way um go

1010
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:38,320
get yourself a

1011
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,880
an sdr dongle of some kind and if you

1012
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,040
don't want to buy one i get it

1013
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:44,480
don't want to put up an antenna that's

1014
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:45,599
okay

1015
00:39:45,599 --> 00:39:48,320
link in the description to the kiwi sdr

1016
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:51,200
online software software defined radio

1017
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:54,480
database it's basically a website that

1018
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,119
is the interface for a radio and you can

1019
00:39:57,119 --> 00:39:59,680
see the radio frequencies scroll up or

1020
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:02,640
scroll down on the waterfall and you can

1021
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:04,480
get a complete understanding of this

1022
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,480
whole parking lot mentality of here's

1023
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,119
one space in 40 meters for amateur radio

1024
00:40:09,119 --> 00:40:10,480
and then look at that just a little bit

1025
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:13,200
below it that's the shortwave broadcast

1026
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,960
stations and okay cool let's go look at

1027
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:19,359
500 i'm sorry five megahertz five

1028
00:40:19,359 --> 00:40:22,720
megahertz that's wwv the atomic clock

1029
00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:25,280
out of colorado right you can see all

1030
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,960
that with an sdr online kiwi sdr or web

1031
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,599
sdr whatever you want to use and it'll

1032
00:40:31,599 --> 00:40:33,760
give you a much better understanding of

1033
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:36,079
how radios work and what's going on with

1034
00:40:36,079 --> 00:40:38,720
radios by actually doing listening to it

1035
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:41,280
and it's free it's totally free so links

1036
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:43,119
in the description but i do recommend

1037
00:40:43,119 --> 00:40:45,040
the um the the

1038
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,920
new elec sdr that top dongle if you're

1039
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,880
on a budget and highly highly highly

1040
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:54,319
recommend sdr plays line of sdrs i am

1041
00:40:54,319 --> 00:40:56,160
unaffiliated with any of these companies

1042
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:57,440
i will mention though the links in the

1043
00:40:57,440 --> 00:40:59,920
description to any of them is an amazon

1044
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:02,240
affiliate link if you find this helpful

1045
00:41:02,240 --> 00:41:04,079
and you want to give back a little bit

1046
00:41:04,079 --> 00:41:06,319
use my link it does help out the channel

1047
00:41:06,319 --> 00:41:08,160
doesn't cost you anything else but hey

1048
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,400
appreciate it thanks okay

1049
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:12,480
um these sdrs are super useful for lots

1050
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,599
of things too i use them uh when i do my

1051
00:41:15,599 --> 00:41:17,839
antenna testing when i go to the park

1052
00:41:17,839 --> 00:41:20,800
sdrs are the key to making that work and

1053
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,680
tells no lies sdr tells no lies it tells

1054
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,040
you exactly

1055
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:26,480
the power of the signal that it's

1056
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:28,960
received they work beautifully i love

1057
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:31,520
sdrs everybody should have them oh and

1058
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:33,680
go watch my video on

1059
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:36,160
using a cheap android tablet

1060
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,040
you can interface the sdr dongles with a

1061
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:43,119
cheap android tablet a 100 lenovo tablet

1062
00:41:43,119 --> 00:41:45,280
works just fine

1063
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:46,480
so tip

1064
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,480
think like you are on your own with ham

1065
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:51,520
radio okay here's here's josh's hot take

1066
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,599
once upon a time i recommended everyone

1067
00:41:53,599 --> 00:41:56,560
find a club and i still do find a club

1068
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,040
sure if you find a good club

1069
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:01,200
fantastic you lucked out

1070
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,040
but what if we pretended we were on our

1071
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,040
own what if we pretended we were all our

1072
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:07,040
own little island our own little ham

1073
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,520
shack floating in the ocean if you will

1074
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,319
how would you find the info you wanted

1075
00:42:12,319 --> 00:42:15,440
how would you learn more about ham radio

1076
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:17,440
right some people can learn this way

1077
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:19,119
where they do things on their own they

1078
00:42:19,119 --> 00:42:21,119
look online for resources they read

1079
00:42:21,119 --> 00:42:22,079
books

1080
00:42:22,079 --> 00:42:23,200
i think

1081
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:25,280
well some people thrive in those

1082
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,440
environments i think everybody if they

1083
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,040
assume the mentality that they're

1084
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,680
responsible for their ham radio career

1085
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:33,839
and journey they will get more out of it

1086
00:42:33,839 --> 00:42:36,160
and they will grow quicker

1087
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:37,200
so

1088
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:38,640
if you are responsible and in the

1089
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,720
driver's seat of ham radio i feel like

1090
00:42:40,720 --> 00:42:42,560
this is a very good mindset to start out

1091
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:45,119
on that you are on your own but if you

1092
00:42:45,119 --> 00:42:47,200
join a club you may have a faster time

1093
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:49,760
if you get an elmer it may make that

1094
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:51,760
journey a little bit faster and

1095
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:53,760
knowledge will come a little bit quicker

1096
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:56,319
all true things but don't expect it to

1097
00:42:56,319 --> 00:42:58,720
be the only way you can definitely go

1098
00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:01,520
your own if you can function on your own

1099
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:03,040
then you can answer your own questions

1100
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,040
how would you do that per se

1101
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:08,240
google your questions literally uh radio

1102
00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:10,480
insert radio name here

1103
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:14,319
set up fta google uh insert radio name

1104
00:43:14,319 --> 00:43:15,440
here

1105
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,680
aprs configuration

1106
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:20,560
google right just all that right

1107
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:23,680
anything the keywords i i know i this is

1108
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:25,119
the hammer deal crash course not the

1109
00:43:25,119 --> 00:43:27,839
googling things crash course but i found

1110
00:43:27,839 --> 00:43:30,640
that people don't google effectively i

1111
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:32,000
thought we might have gotten past that

1112
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,680
but i think some people have a difficult

1113
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:35,680
time with googling now and then

1114
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,480
keywords are the key points right

1115
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:41,599
keywords for the program the company the

1116
00:43:41,599 --> 00:43:44,640
the model of the radio all of that stuff

1117
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:46,240
is what you need

1118
00:43:46,240 --> 00:43:48,800
and here's a hot tip

1119
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:51,119
download the pdf manuals for all your

1120
00:43:51,119 --> 00:43:55,599
radios i i love uh i love me

1121
00:43:55,599 --> 00:43:57,599
i love me a good manual so here's my

1122
00:43:57,599 --> 00:43:59,760
here's my 818. i just bought this in las

1123
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,960
vegas right my manual but guess what

1124
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:04,720
i didn't aggregate it on anything i

1125
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:07,119
can't search on anything so having the

1126
00:44:07,119 --> 00:44:09,599
pdf is absolutely what you want because

1127
00:44:09,599 --> 00:44:11,280
then you can search for what you're

1128
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:13,119
looking for after you buy your first

1129
00:44:13,119 --> 00:44:15,440
radio highly important always download

1130
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:17,520
pdfs and if you're so inclined and you

1131
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:20,319
have a cheap kindle or cheap e-reader

1132
00:44:20,319 --> 00:44:22,240
shoot all of your manuals for all of

1133
00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:24,640
your things in your life in your home to

1134
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:27,040
that e-reader i'm telling you this will

1135
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:28,000
save you

1136
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:30,079
so much time

1137
00:44:30,079 --> 00:44:31,920
oh let me go back yeah google your

1138
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:33,680
questions generally generally you're

1139
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,880
going to get google's hits on youtube

1140
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,359
which is going to be good in most cases

1141
00:44:39,359 --> 00:44:40,240
but

1142
00:44:40,240 --> 00:44:41,920
consider the creator

1143
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:43,920
some of us are not all the same some of

1144
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,000
us are different spots in our ham radio

1145
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,760
journey that's neither good nor bad i'm

1146
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,560
not throwing any shade at anybody here

1147
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:52,400
all i'm saying is if you are looking for

1148
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:54,960
a definitive one two three four five of

1149
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:57,119
how to set up ft8 then you may have to

1150
00:44:57,119 --> 00:44:58,560
look at a couple of videos until you get

1151
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:00,160
exactly what you're looking for

1152
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:01,839
qrz

1153
00:45:01,839 --> 00:45:03,920
hit and miss uh curez that i've found is

1154
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:05,839
there's a ton of really good posts this

1155
00:45:05,839 --> 00:45:07,839
is qrz.com by the way

1156
00:45:07,839 --> 00:45:09,359
keeping this simple get everybody

1157
00:45:09,359 --> 00:45:10,880
started in ham radio there's a website

1158
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:13,280
called qrzed.com

1159
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:15,680
it's kind of like facebook of ham radio

1160
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:18,720
and there's a forum and in that forum

1161
00:45:18,720 --> 00:45:21,119
there are some pretty bad actors that

1162
00:45:21,119 --> 00:45:23,040
make people feel pretty bad about

1163
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:26,079
themselves and they really like doing it

1164
00:45:26,079 --> 00:45:27,839
it's a lot of fun for them but with that

1165
00:45:27,839 --> 00:45:30,800
said there are other posts in the forums

1166
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:32,800
that are really helpful with that are

1167
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:34,960
ran by really good people that have a

1168
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:36,880
really good deep dive in explaining

1169
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:39,839
things in effective way so for that i

1170
00:45:39,839 --> 00:45:42,720
will say qrz is hit and miss you will

1171
00:45:42,720 --> 00:45:45,839
often sometimes have to dive into qrz to

1172
00:45:45,839 --> 00:45:49,520
find some information but there you go

1173
00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:51,599
uh reddit generally good although for

1174
00:45:51,599 --> 00:45:53,280
some reason it feels like we've got some

1175
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:55,920
qrz expats that are going to reddit and

1176
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:57,359
they're starting to

1177
00:45:57,359 --> 00:45:59,359
throw their poop around a little bit and

1178
00:45:59,359 --> 00:46:01,119
that's a bummer because i think reddit's

1179
00:46:01,119 --> 00:46:02,640
um

1180
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,880
it's a better community than qrz

1181
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,040
is on the general uh but yeah there's

1182
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:08,480
some people there they're really kind of

1183
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:09,839
starting to bring it down and that bums

1184
00:46:09,839 --> 00:46:11,119
me out too because reddit's usually a

1185
00:46:11,119 --> 00:46:12,640
good place

1186
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:14,400
so what's the best way for my point of

1187
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:16,640
view participate in an online community

1188
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:18,400
um i

1189
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,560
i think i can say

1190
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:23,200
and this is again my opinion i think the

1191
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:25,680
the ham radio crash course discord is

1192
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:28,560
our shining jewel of the best example of

1193
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:30,240
an online ham radio community you can

1194
00:46:30,240 --> 00:46:31,200
have

1195
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:34,400
one of the best for sure the long island

1196
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:37,280
cw club is fantastic as well those guys

1197
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:39,760
are amazing i highly recommend you join

1198
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:42,079
them too go watch my videos on that but

1199
00:46:42,079 --> 00:46:45,359
um the hrcc discord community is i think

1200
00:46:45,359 --> 00:46:47,839
the best we've got the some of the best

1201
00:46:47,839 --> 00:46:49,520
admins we don't

1202
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:51,520
it's a it's a welcoming place it is

1203
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:55,200
inclusive on purpose and if it's not you

1204
00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:57,200
tell the out the admins or any of the

1205
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:59,520
elmers and we'll get it taken care of

1206
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:01,040
because that's not how ham radio should

1207
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:03,680
be we should be able to work together

1208
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:06,400
and have fun and answer questions

1209
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,560
you have any questions i've answered 500

1210
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:10,960
times the same questions and i don't get

1211
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:12,720
salty with people or make them feel bad

1212
00:47:12,720 --> 00:47:14,480
about themselves over asking a dumb

1213
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:16,560
question yeah they're dumb questions

1214
00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:18,640
yeah they could have googled it yes i've

1215
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:21,680
posted videos on it but it's it's human

1216
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:23,440
we're just being humans out here right

1217
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,040
people are people and people are going

1218
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:27,200
to ask questions like that so i really

1219
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:30,079
truly appreciate the hrcc discord you

1220
00:47:30,079 --> 00:47:31,440
guys make that

1221
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:33,440
it's my discord but it's it's you make

1222
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:34,640
the community

1223
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:36,319
and the facebook group is pretty good

1224
00:47:36,319 --> 00:47:38,160
too but i just don't like facebook that

1225
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:40,960
must so there you go groups.io sometimes

1226
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:43,839
really really helpful if it's a specific

1227
00:47:43,839 --> 00:47:46,160
thing so what was where was i why was i

1228
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:49,119
on groups i o recently

1229
00:47:49,119 --> 00:47:51,280
uh i can't remember it was a piece of

1230
00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:54,400
software and and that was the the

1231
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:56,319
you you basically go to groups.io for

1232
00:47:56,319 --> 00:47:58,720
like a specific software a specific

1233
00:47:58,720 --> 00:48:01,040
radio to get your specific answers so if

1234
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:03,599
you're really hardcore into

1235
00:48:03,599 --> 00:48:05,920
a particular thing particular radio

1236
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:09,200
whatever that's where to go

1237
00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:11,680
hey 442 people watching right now i just

1238
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:13,119
looked down and saw the number so thanks

1239
00:48:13,119 --> 00:48:14,960
so much guys i really truly appreciate

1240
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:17,040
it and uh yeah it means a lot to me so

1241
00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:17,839
okay

1242
00:48:17,839 --> 00:48:19,680
ham radio technology today it's a great

1243
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:21,599
time to be a ham i've said this many

1244
00:48:21,599 --> 00:48:23,040
times we have access today to

1245
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:25,440
well-priced retail radios and loads of

1246
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:27,280
quality used gear if you do your

1247
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:28,960
homework

1248
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:30,960
buying an ht what time are we got oh my

1249
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:33,119
goodness okay we're speeding up buying

1250
00:48:33,119 --> 00:48:35,680
an hdr mobile vhf radio um i already

1251
00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:37,359
mentioned this what's your local signals

1252
00:48:37,359 --> 00:48:39,200
like you're i'm in southern california i

1253
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:40,800
got lots of local signals if you don't

1254
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:43,440
have lots of local signals skip the ht

1255
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:45,040
go straight to mobile

1256
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:46,960
if you have to do that if the repeaters

1257
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:48,559
are scarce you might want to focus on

1258
00:48:48,559 --> 00:48:50,160
your energy towards mobile i just said

1259
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:52,000
that if you're a techie type person and

1260
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:54,960
have digital repeaters digital ham radio

1261
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:57,839
digital voice still sending that energy

1262
00:48:57,839 --> 00:49:01,040
out over the antenna it's just

1263
00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:04,160
what's it's modulated uh encoded into a

1264
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:07,200
digital format into a digital codec

1265
00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:09,280
audio turns it's a dac so it's an audio

1266
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:11,599
to digital conversion so audio signal

1267
00:49:11,599 --> 00:49:13,520
comes in digital

1268
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:16,160
digital data comes out and gets shot out

1269
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:19,119
of the r uh the radio out of the antenna

1270
00:49:19,119 --> 00:49:20,720
all right so there's digital modes

1271
00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:22,559
that's not really a starting point

1272
00:49:22,559 --> 00:49:24,160
necessarily from my point of view by the

1273
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:26,079
way here's my repeater this is what my

1274
00:49:26,079 --> 00:49:28,880
repeater uh forest looks like and i'd

1275
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:31,040
say almost all of them i could i could

1276
00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:33,520
hit them from my house

1277
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:35,559
so finding repeaters

1278
00:49:35,559 --> 00:49:38,160
repeaterbook.com if you must start out

1279
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:40,800
on vhf uhf you will likely want to find

1280
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:43,520
a repeater what is a repeater i've said

1281
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:44,800
it a couple of times now and some of you

1282
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:46,079
who may be starting out for the first

1283
00:49:46,079 --> 00:49:48,400
time saying what is even going on what

1284
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:52,319
is a repeater a repeater is a big radio

1285
00:49:52,319 --> 00:49:54,319
usually on a mountain or on the top of a

1286
00:49:54,319 --> 00:49:56,000
tower or the antennas are on the top of

1287
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:59,440
the tower and it allows for simultaneous

1288
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:02,359
transmission and amplification and

1289
00:50:02,359 --> 00:50:04,960
rebroadcasting or re-transmission of

1290
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:06,720
your signal so that lots and lots of

1291
00:50:06,720 --> 00:50:08,800
people can hear you if i have a five

1292
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:11,680
watt handheld and i want to talk to

1293
00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:13,680
let go back go back and i want to talk

1294
00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:14,559
to

1295
00:50:14,559 --> 00:50:17,520
the whole south bay area from

1296
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:19,920
east los angeles down to long beach down

1297
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:21,760
to where i'm at in cerritos and norwalk

1298
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:23,119
and all that i would need to use a

1299
00:50:23,119 --> 00:50:25,280
repeater my little handheld can't do it

1300
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:27,520
so we squawk into a repeater

1301
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:29,280
like mount wilson

1302
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:30,800
it hears my signal and while it's

1303
00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:33,119
hearing my signal at the same time it's

1304
00:50:33,119 --> 00:50:36,480
re-transmitting my information my voice

1305
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:38,960
on a slightly different frequency and

1306
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:40,400
everybody can hear it that's how

1307
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,559
repeaters work again black box real

1308
00:50:42,559 --> 00:50:43,520
simple

1309
00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:45,720
national calling frequencies if you must

1310
00:50:45,720 --> 00:50:48,240
vhfuhf make sure you have the national

1311
00:50:48,240 --> 00:50:51,040
calling frequencies loaded in your radio

1312
00:50:51,040 --> 00:50:52,880
again southern california i'm incredibly

1313
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:54,960
spoiled there is always people talking

1314
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:57,119
on the simplex and monitoring the

1315
00:50:57,119 --> 00:51:01,839
simplex frequencies particularly 146.520

1316
00:51:01,839 --> 00:51:03,440
if you don't know what that is that is

1317
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:06,319
the 2 meter band

1318
00:51:06,319 --> 00:51:08,319
about in the middle of the about middle

1319
00:51:08,319 --> 00:51:10,160
of the uh the frequency space again

1320
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:11,680
tight

1321
00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:13,079
tight slinky

1322
00:51:13,079 --> 00:51:15,359
146.520 is the two meter calling

1323
00:51:15,359 --> 00:51:17,520
frequency it's like the hey anybody out

1324
00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:19,680
there what's going on frequency that we

1325
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:21,200
use

1326
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:23,440
so buying your first ht when i started

1327
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:25,520
out the budget options the budget

1328
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:27,760
options were two hundred dollars and up

1329
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:29,520
it wasn't until

1330
00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:33,160
the bow fangs hit the market in the well

1331
00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:36,480
2013 to 2015-ish time frame where the

1332
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:38,480
time frame where the uv-5r just kind of

1333
00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:41,599
took off like like wildfire you expected

1334
00:51:41,599 --> 00:51:45,440
to pay 200 right you that was just it

1335
00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:48,240
you got it you got yourself a yaesu ft60

1336
00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:50,240
and you liked it and you had and that

1337
00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:53,359
was a good radio it's still a good radio

1338
00:51:53,359 --> 00:51:55,680
but you can't compare it to the cost of

1339
00:51:55,680 --> 00:51:57,680
the bow fangs

1340
00:51:57,680 --> 00:51:59,040
we'll talk about that a little bit more

1341
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:01,119
on that except um in a second but not

1342
00:52:01,119 --> 00:52:03,520
all hd's at the bargain basin level are

1343
00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:06,079
exceptional quality so even if you're

1344
00:52:06,079 --> 00:52:07,119
getting

1345
00:52:07,119 --> 00:52:09,040
thirty dollar twenty five dollar thirty

1346
00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:12,880
dollar baofengs and tyts and um other

1347
00:52:12,880 --> 00:52:14,160
radios like that

1348
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:15,760
just because they're sub 100 dollars

1349
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:18,880
that doesn't mean that how do i want to

1350
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:20,000
say this

1351
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:21,440
if you paid more than a baofeng at

1352
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:23,359
twenty-five dollars say about one for

1353
00:52:23,359 --> 00:52:25,200
seventy-five dollars that doesn't make

1354
00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:27,680
that a good radio okay just keep that in

1355
00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:29,839
mind i highly recommend before buying

1356
00:52:29,839 --> 00:52:31,520
any ht even though they're incredibly

1357
00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:33,680
cheap that you do some research on them

1358
00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:36,160
particularly what it's like to program

1359
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:38,800
them by hand for repeaters highly

1360
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:41,040
recommend that you do that i will tell

1361
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:42,640
you though that the two that i like that

1362
00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:46,079
are the cheapy radios is the ft-4xr it's

1363
00:52:46,079 --> 00:52:48,480
a great little cheap radio it's 75 bucks

1364
00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:50,800
to 85 bucks depending on where the crazy

1365
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,359
prices are at and the uv-5r the uv5r is

1366
00:52:53,359 --> 00:52:56,720
just fine as well as the radiod um

1367
00:52:56,720 --> 00:52:58,240
what is it uv

1368
00:52:58,240 --> 00:52:59,119
g

1369
00:52:59,119 --> 00:53:00,640
v

1370
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:03,200
u v 9 g u v 5 g

1371
00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:05,760
u v yeah i think it's uv 5g anyway the

1372
00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:07,520
radii it's basically a bow thing that

1373
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:09,280
has better filtering in it

1374
00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:11,520
so a note to further this on baofeng

1375
00:53:11,520 --> 00:53:14,559
some most baofengs have poor internal

1376
00:53:14,559 --> 00:53:17,200
filtering and create harmonics i know

1377
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:18,720
those are those are big words for an

1378
00:53:18,720 --> 00:53:21,119
introduction right onto radio here all

1379
00:53:21,119 --> 00:53:24,079
that means is if i had

1380
00:53:24,079 --> 00:53:28,240
so if i had uh have my radio on 146.52

1381
00:53:28,240 --> 00:53:30,119
meaning

1382
00:53:30,119 --> 00:53:33,040
146.520 and i started transmitting

1383
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:34,880
if a radio has bad harmonics you're

1384
00:53:34,880 --> 00:53:36,960
going to see the power is going to be

1385
00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:39,520
output right on 146.520

1386
00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:42,400
but then every harmonic you're going to

1387
00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:45,359
see a little blip of energy blip blip

1388
00:53:45,359 --> 00:53:47,200
because there's poor filtering on the

1389
00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:49,359
radio which is basically making you

1390
00:53:49,359 --> 00:53:51,920
transmit outside of band

1391
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:54,240
potentially because china don't care

1392
00:53:54,240 --> 00:53:56,079
china don't care about um filtering that

1393
00:53:56,079 --> 00:53:58,960
would be expensive so keep that in mind

1394
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:00,720
in some cases a lot of chinese radios

1395
00:54:00,720 --> 00:54:02,160
are good

1396
00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:03,839
baofengs not so much quality has

1397
00:54:03,839 --> 00:54:05,680
improved over the years though and many

1398
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:08,240
now pass the fcc requirement part 97

1399
00:54:08,240 --> 00:54:10,720
rules part 97 is not a topic for this

1400
00:54:10,720 --> 00:54:12,800
video is way too much to get started

1401
00:54:12,800 --> 00:54:15,359
with and i only have five minutes left

1402
00:54:15,359 --> 00:54:16,880
please don't end your stopping your

1403
00:54:16,880 --> 00:54:19,839
shopping search with the baofeng or the

1404
00:54:19,839 --> 00:54:21,520
buff wang or the

1405
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:22,720
fung

1406
00:54:22,720 --> 00:54:25,200
there are other better radios for not

1407
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:27,200
much more money even other chinese

1408
00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:30,000
brands deserve another look like wushan

1409
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:32,000
or ocean if you say that but wushun is

1410
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:33,680
generally what i know them as

1411
00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:36,400
if you do own a baofeng and wouldn't

1412
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:38,559
have become a ham without its low-cost

1413
00:54:38,559 --> 00:54:41,359
point of entry don't sweat it we're all

1414
00:54:41,359 --> 00:54:43,599
better off as a community for you being

1415
00:54:43,599 --> 00:54:45,920
one of us don't let anyone shame you

1416
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:47,760
because you got a balfang

1417
00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:49,839
generally though buying mobile radios is

1418
00:54:49,839 --> 00:54:52,160
i like mobiles mobile radios are not

1419
00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:54,160
just for the car i use them in the home

1420
00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:57,599
as well although we use that name to

1421
00:54:57,599 --> 00:54:59,599
reference larger radios with higher

1422
00:54:59,599 --> 00:55:02,160
output than your ht generally mobile

1423
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:05,119
radios are 50 watts on 2 meters and 70

1424
00:55:05,119 --> 00:55:08,000
centimeters so much like the ht just

1425
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:11,200
bigger has a higher power output making

1426
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:14,720
it a lot more useful in most situations

1427
00:55:14,720 --> 00:55:16,799
mobile radios require external power

1428
00:55:16,799 --> 00:55:19,599
sources and an external antenna

1429
00:55:19,599 --> 00:55:21,520
and with a mobile radio you will be able

1430
00:55:21,520 --> 00:55:24,079
to work simplex contacts easier if you

1431
00:55:24,079 --> 00:55:25,160
hear people on

1432
00:55:25,160 --> 00:55:27,040
146.520 or

1433
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:28,880
like to monitor it for emergency

1434
00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:30,880
purposes like maybe your house butts up

1435
00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:33,200
to a national forest and you know

1436
00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:35,119
they're hikers out there sometimes it's

1437
00:55:35,119 --> 00:55:37,599
really good to have gmrs radios turned

1438
00:55:37,599 --> 00:55:38,480
on

1439
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:40,079
hts

1440
00:55:40,079 --> 00:55:42,240
mobile radios on national simplex

1441
00:55:42,240 --> 00:55:44,480
146.520

1442
00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:47,359
megahertz is really important as well

1443
00:55:47,359 --> 00:55:49,280
so my recommendation on starting out for

1444
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:50,480
hf

1445
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:52,960
so starting out on hf can seem daunting

1446
00:55:52,960 --> 00:55:54,640
there are some tips we've already talked

1447
00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:56,319
about sdrs

1448
00:55:56,319 --> 00:55:58,079
to be honest i feel like if you really

1449
00:55:58,079 --> 00:55:58,880
do

1450
00:55:58,880 --> 00:56:01,520
spend a little bit of time with sdrs

1451
00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:02,799
you'll get a much better idea of what

1452
00:56:02,799 --> 00:56:04,319
we're trying to accomplish when we talk

1453
00:56:04,319 --> 00:56:07,520
about getting onto hf radio

1454
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:10,160
seek recommendations from elmer's clubs

1455
00:56:10,160 --> 00:56:13,839
and ham friends but get second and third

1456
00:56:13,839 --> 00:56:16,480
opinions and you can do that by watching

1457
00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:18,720
youtube videos reading reviews like from

1458
00:56:18,720 --> 00:56:21,200
the awrl and there are some really good

1459
00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:23,440
blogs out there as well like thomas

1460
00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:26,079
witherspoon so he's also on youtube make

1461
00:56:26,079 --> 00:56:28,480
sure you subscribe to him 100 watts

1462
00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:30,880
should be your benchmark for an hf radio

1463
00:56:30,880 --> 00:56:32,319
that's what you're looking for you want

1464
00:56:32,319 --> 00:56:34,559
100 watts output and a base station

1465
00:56:34,559 --> 00:56:36,400
radio with knobs

1466
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:38,640
from my point of view is preferred when

1467
00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:41,839
starting out i know there are an sd you

1468
00:56:41,839 --> 00:56:42,799
may have

1469
00:56:42,799 --> 00:56:45,680
learned right showed yourself ham radio

1470
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:48,559
via an sdr a usb sdr and you're used to

1471
00:56:48,559 --> 00:56:50,480
that okay i might give you the nod then

1472
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:52,559
if you're doing a radio with a lot of

1473
00:56:52,559 --> 00:56:54,720
heavy in the menu screen stuff but

1474
00:56:54,720 --> 00:56:57,280
generally i like i like a good knob as i

1475
00:56:57,280 --> 00:56:59,520
say in my videos for all my uk folks to

1476
00:56:59,520 --> 00:57:01,200
drive them crazy

1477
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:03,040
waterfalls will help you understand what

1478
00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:05,280
is happening but you you pay for this

1479
00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:07,359
feature waterfalls are incredibly

1480
00:57:07,359 --> 00:57:09,760
expensive they add cost to the radio

1481
00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:12,480
just case in point

1482
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:16,240
that 818 i bought right there 600 600

1483
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:18,960
something dollars versus the 705

1484
00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:21,520
relatively similar uh radio 705 is much

1485
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:26,839
newer though uh 1200 right so

1486
00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:29,200
all right

1487
00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:31,839
waterfall check check check radios with

1488
00:57:31,839 --> 00:57:33,680
internal sound cards if you want to do

1489
00:57:33,680 --> 00:57:35,839
data if you want to do digital modes

1490
00:57:35,839 --> 00:57:36,559
like

1491
00:57:36,559 --> 00:57:38,000
shoot

1492
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:39,119
data

1493
00:57:39,119 --> 00:57:40,880
out of your radio if i keep saying data

1494
00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:42,799
you'll get it right uh star trek next

1495
00:57:42,799 --> 00:57:44,240
generation data

1496
00:57:44,240 --> 00:57:44,960
no

1497
00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:46,319
if you want to connect your computer and

1498
00:57:46,319 --> 00:57:47,920
have your community computer talk to

1499
00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:50,160
your radio and have your data from your

1500
00:57:50,160 --> 00:57:53,520
computer get transmitted out over hf

1501
00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:55,119
you want something with a usb port it's

1502
00:57:55,119 --> 00:57:56,960
going to make your life a lot easier one

1503
00:57:56,960 --> 00:57:57,920
cable

1504
00:57:57,920 --> 00:57:59,280
that's the way to do it

1505
00:57:59,280 --> 00:58:01,359
and last for hf don't skip on the

1506
00:58:01,359 --> 00:58:03,359
antenna don't skimp at all most

1507
00:58:03,359 --> 00:58:04,480
important actually i think that's not

1508
00:58:04,480 --> 00:58:06,160
true at all i i

1509
00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:07,599
had an old other slide devoted to a

1510
00:58:07,599 --> 00:58:10,079
dentist for most of us now we're talking

1511
00:58:10,079 --> 00:58:11,920
hf antennas

1512
00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:14,400
if you're getting started okay hf

1513
00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:16,559
antennas can be incredibly daunting i

1514
00:58:16,559 --> 00:58:18,720
appreciate that for most of us we will

1515
00:58:18,720 --> 00:58:20,000
need

1516
00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:22,400
need to use a compromised antenna

1517
00:58:22,400 --> 00:58:25,920
both in placement in size in cost we're

1518
00:58:25,920 --> 00:58:27,440
all dealing with

1519
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:29,760
compromised antennas and don't let

1520
00:58:29,760 --> 00:58:31,839
anybody make you feel bad about that aim

1521
00:58:31,839 --> 00:58:34,480
to build or buy however

1522
00:58:34,480 --> 00:58:37,200
resonant antennas for your desired bands

1523
00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:38,960
and you can google this so i just said a

1524
00:58:38,960 --> 00:58:40,960
ter i just said a big word

1525
00:58:40,960 --> 00:58:43,200
resonant antenna what does that mean so

1526
00:58:43,200 --> 00:58:46,400
you could google hf resident antenna

1527
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:49,280
plans hf antenna

1528
00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:53,119
hf resonant antenna project on google

1529
00:58:53,119 --> 00:58:54,720
see what you get you get back you're

1530
00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:56,079
going to get something that might work

1531
00:58:56,079 --> 00:58:58,880
just fine for you an example of a

1532
00:58:58,880 --> 00:59:02,400
resonant hf antenna is a dipole a dipole

1533
00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:03,119
is

1534
00:59:03,119 --> 00:59:05,359
perfect and if you add more elements to

1535
00:59:05,359 --> 00:59:06,960
that dipole you got a fan dipole and i

1536
00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:08,799
got a multi-band

1537
00:59:08,799 --> 00:59:11,359
dipole good stuff if you'd like to hear

1538
00:59:11,359 --> 00:59:13,839
um me explain a little bit about

1539
00:59:13,839 --> 00:59:16,160
multi-band antennas go look up the video

1540
00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:18,319
i posted a week or two ago on the eagle

1541
00:59:18,319 --> 00:59:20,000
one antenna

1542
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:21,440
really interesting antenna really

1543
00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:24,000
interesting idea and i wanted to to use

1544
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:27,119
it as a way to explain to people that

1545
00:59:27,119 --> 00:59:29,520
there are internal realities we just

1546
00:59:29,520 --> 00:59:31,520
face and have to deal with

1547
00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:34,079
so that's why i really like

1548
00:59:34,079 --> 00:59:35,599
resonant antennas anyway go watch that

1549
00:59:35,599 --> 00:59:37,200
video

1550
00:59:37,200 --> 00:59:40,319
uh let's see but but don't let the

1551
00:59:40,319 --> 00:59:43,599
pursuit of the perfect antenna slow you

1552
00:59:43,599 --> 00:59:46,160
down from getting on the air that's the

1553
00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:48,559
biggest thing the the biggest line that

1554
00:59:48,559 --> 00:59:50,640
you must if you're if you're doing hf

1555
00:59:50,640 --> 00:59:52,079
you've got to remember

1556
00:59:52,079 --> 00:59:54,079
to get on the air get on the air is

1557
00:59:54,079 --> 00:59:55,839
important sometimes building a dipole is

1558
00:59:55,839 --> 00:59:57,680
the best option it's cheap

1559
00:59:57,680 --> 00:59:59,440
easy to make and we'll get you a lot of

1560
00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:00,720
satisfaction when you get it up and

1561
01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:01,920
running you'll be really proud of

1562
01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:04,160
yourself there's this old saying um it's

1563
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:06,799
better to be

1564
01:00:06,880 --> 01:00:09,359
it's better it's better to have

1565
01:00:09,359 --> 01:00:12,480
a 380 automatic in your pocket than a

1566
01:00:12,480 --> 01:00:15,359
1911 on the the night nightstand well

1567
01:00:15,359 --> 01:00:16,880
it's better to have an antenna on the

1568
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:19,359
air a compromised antenna on the air

1569
01:00:19,359 --> 01:00:24,559
than a a perfect antenna in a shed right

1570
01:00:24,559 --> 01:00:27,040
okay maybe one more slide on antennas

1571
01:00:27,040 --> 01:00:28,799
there can be a lot of ham radio

1572
01:00:28,799 --> 01:00:31,520
mysticism when it comes to antennas

1573
01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:33,760
fully understanding them is a pretty

1574
01:00:33,760 --> 01:00:37,280
large task take your time research

1575
01:00:37,280 --> 01:00:40,319
research and research if you haven't and

1576
01:00:40,319 --> 01:00:41,760
you want to get it's father's day

1577
01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:44,559
weekend if you want to buy a fellow

1578
01:00:44,559 --> 01:00:47,280
person who's ham curious maybe a dad

1579
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:49,680
whatever get them the awl handbook it

1580
01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:52,720
would be invaluable tool for them to

1581
01:00:52,720 --> 01:00:55,760
learn um more about antennas

1582
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:58,799
somebody oh ha ha km or d so do i that's

1583
01:00:58,799 --> 01:01:01,200
why i said it i also i also have one all

1584
01:01:01,200 --> 01:01:02,640
right what else do i got i think that's

1585
01:01:02,640 --> 01:01:05,040
it questions all right

1586
01:01:05,040 --> 01:01:06,880
run with chebron says pigeon man

1587
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:10,480
absolutely jody says for those

1588
01:01:10,480 --> 01:01:12,720
uh for those new to the hobby and not

1589
01:01:12,720 --> 01:01:14,640
sure what they might be interested in

1590
01:01:14,640 --> 01:01:16,640
the awr handbook annual has the first

1591
01:01:16,640 --> 01:01:19,119
section covering the 500 sub hobbies

1592
01:01:19,119 --> 01:01:21,200
perfect jody perfect you always have

1593
01:01:21,200 --> 01:01:22,880
good drops and we came to the same

1594
01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:25,119
conclusion there i love the handbook uh

1595
01:01:25,119 --> 01:01:26,880
definitely definitely get yourself the

1596
01:01:26,880 --> 01:01:29,040
awl handbook they're they're inexpensive

1597
01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:31,599
i i think they're a good buy

1598
01:01:31,599 --> 01:01:32,319
well

1599
01:01:32,319 --> 01:01:35,200
boy howdy i did that in exactly an hour

1600
01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:38,400
that's impressive that was not timed in

1601
01:01:38,400 --> 01:01:39,520
any way

1602
01:01:39,520 --> 01:01:41,920
i will make a mention here this uh this

1603
01:01:41,920 --> 01:01:44,559
whole channel runs off of your support i

1604
01:01:44,559 --> 01:01:46,960
do appreciate it things like patreon

1605
01:01:46,960 --> 01:01:49,599
and obviously membership here on youtube

1606
01:01:49,599 --> 01:01:51,680
and hamtactical.com

1607
01:01:51,680 --> 01:01:54,000
sure patreon we love that sure youtube

1608
01:01:54,000 --> 01:01:55,520
membership we love that but maybe you'd

1609
01:01:55,520 --> 01:01:56,799
want to buy yourself some merch maybe

1610
01:01:56,799 --> 01:01:58,880
some really good coffee that's not just

1611
01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:01,200
me saying it many people have said it's

1612
01:02:01,200 --> 01:02:03,440
fantastic and a bunch of other merch and

1613
01:02:03,440 --> 01:02:06,400
the merch ideas all come from my podcast

1614
01:02:06,400 --> 01:02:08,640
that i do with my wife leia ham radio

1615
01:02:08,640 --> 01:02:10,400
crash course podcast for instance one of

1616
01:02:10,400 --> 01:02:12,880
my favorites still to this day thank you

1617
01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:15,359
for contact 73 which is the old

1618
01:02:15,359 --> 01:02:18,480
chinese take out container

1619
01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:20,880
design thank you for contact seven three

1620
01:02:20,880 --> 01:02:22,960
we we gotta do it please copy now that i

1621
01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:25,839
think about it we gotta do a please copy

1622
01:02:25,839 --> 01:02:28,880
yeah i love it i've got to agree

1623
01:02:28,880 --> 01:02:30,240
of course you do

1624
01:02:30,240 --> 01:02:31,359
anyway

1625
01:02:31,359 --> 01:02:33,039
all right everybody i think we're gonna

1626
01:02:33,039 --> 01:02:35,200
wrap it up on that one big thank you to

1627
01:02:35,200 --> 01:02:37,839
the patrons patron picks is just around

1628
01:02:37,839 --> 01:02:41,039
the corner because who buddy um we have

1629
01:02:41,039 --> 01:02:45,039
field day next week man next week

1630
01:02:45,039 --> 01:02:47,440
a field day next week i'm even ready for

1631
01:02:47,440 --> 01:02:48,400
that i don't know if i'm staying

1632
01:02:48,400 --> 01:02:50,160
overnight or not yet guys so if you're

1633
01:02:50,160 --> 01:02:52,640
going out there maybe ping me on

1634
01:02:52,640 --> 01:02:55,760
on discord or whatever um

1635
01:02:55,760 --> 01:02:57,280
to see if i'm going out there also for

1636
01:02:57,280 --> 01:02:58,960
everybody that's hanging out still right

1637
01:02:58,960 --> 01:02:59,839
now

1638
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we're gonna go to the discord after chat

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after this so if you'd like to follow

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along link is in the description

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i'll be live on twitch as well so hope

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you join us over there

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um

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yeah and that would be great so yeah big

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thank you to the patrons appreciate it

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didn't get a lot of questions but we're

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burning the uh

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we're burning the midnight oil here a

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bit late night stuff

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all right

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01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:28,480
yeah thanks everybody i appreciate that

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i hope the uh the stream was good this

1653
01:03:30,960 --> 01:03:32,720
this time i know it's getting uh tough

1654
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:34,079
people are getting busy they're getting

1655
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outdoors they're getting ready to go on

1656
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:37,359
vacation so

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i appreciate a one hour long stream like

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this can be a little daunting for people

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to sit down to but if you got through it

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01:03:42,319 --> 01:03:44,240
i appreciate it and if you enjoyed it

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give me a thumbs up would mean a lot

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all right

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hey the anime how's it going anime

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and if you follow me on patreon um i'll

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be dropping the links um the slides

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there

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likely tomorrow sometime this weekend

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but it is father's day

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so hey all the fathers out there

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appreciate you i'm sure your kids do too

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and uh we definitely need you

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to teach your kids

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your family ham radio so get to it all

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right

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everybody have a good

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01:04:22,559 --> 01:04:23,839
father's day and a good rest your

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weekend i'm going to the discord i hope

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you join me over there too 73 everybody

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