K7AGE Goes to Beijing

[dhinz23]

Just yesterday, I was wondering if they have Hams in China. I didn't expect to find the answer so fast. Excellent video.

[K7AGE]

@dhinz23 I have been to Beijing several times but were unable to find and meet up with the local hams. It was my video postings and comments from a couple of Chinese hams that I was able to make a connection. Lu, Gordon and the rest are a great bunch of guys. I hope that someday that I may return to China and meet them again.

[kn9ioutom]

TNX FER ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO DE K9IOU CHICAGO 73

[elainefang1]

great video K7AGE...i love it... i am iw9hnw from Italy and am going to Beijing next month and i'd love to see what you saw... i actually live in dalian which is northeast of china.... but i couldnt found any ham radio but after i saw your video on youtube, it makes me really wanna go visit BJ... so if you have the contact no. for this chinese radio sports association place that would be fab!!! thank you! 73

[2627mhz]

Kj4qvs Shawn here i love this video.

[todkapuz]

I really need to get my HF rig back on the air... your videos have been a great inspiration to get back on the air in general. One of these days i can do some world travels and have such a fun experience!  William KC5QYO

[km6xz]

Many people posted that they wished they could travel to such interesting places. You really can, but few Americans do, only about 18% even have a passport. Airfare is cheaper than ever, more countries are accessible than ever and easier to navigate. Just go, anywhere, and it will open your eyes to other cultures, you will never be the same. But avoid tourist stuff and seek out average citizens for a much different and warmer, exciting experience.

[kb2wye]

Nice video but should have faded out music when you started talking. A little intro but at 2:11 its distracting from your words... Rich

[fireicer]

now that's what i call lording it up in life haha excellent video thank you for sharing this randy. Really inspiring video, shows the very best of meeting people worldwide and the true potential of amateur radio great video 73

[i86net]

Welcome back to Beijing

DE BD1LQH

BEIJING ARES Volunteer

[dajohnso4374]

Excellent video, what a great opportunity!

Darren W5DTJ

[remnant1978]

wow! everybody spoke Chinese, but the guard dog barked in English.

[remnant1978]

God I love you-tube, Where else can folks watch such unique clips?? Threw my TV out years ago!

[bunker2k1]

love the boot leg ameritron amp lol great video Randy

[ve3pmk]

Thanks for sharing Randy, I truly enjoyed watching that. Looks like you had a thoroughly good time!

'73,

Pat

[sz42781]

VERY COOL! I like the military and homemade stuff!You should have went out for some Chinese beers LOL! Have another question for you? I am just getting into the hobbie and want to learn morse so I orderd two of these 10$ kits called the pixie 2 it transmitts CW. My plan is to give one to my friend who lives close and practice, using our scanners as recivers. its only like 250 Mv "dont laugh"LOL, how far could you expect to transmmit with that say with a 20 ft wire antenna mile or two,less?

[K7AGE]

We did have a few beers. I don't know anything about the transmitter, but the local hams will not appreciate hearing you on the ham bands, and the government may also feel the same way. Randy

[k9kmc]

Great video 73 !

[jakeamatz]

i wish you see philippines manila

[gus4CHRIST]

WOW ! This is one of the best ham videos i'v ever seen.Glad you had a great time there.I enjoyed watching...WOW !

Gus N2SKB 73

[Yavor54]

Super fine trip...Way to go Randy...

Bob AB5N

[JonHammondBand]

p.s. Forgot the rating...10 stars plus!

Jon

[JonHammondBand]

That was really fantastic Randy! We went to Shanghai China 4 times, mostly to play music, the last time was in 2005. I had no idea that HAM Radio was so popular in China, thanks for sharing! I am an accordionist and I think you would be interested to know that Accordion is very popular in China, many players and competition events. Keep up the great work, sincerely,

Jon Hammond

*newbie Ham operator Technicians Class

[Hakkamike1]

I realy enjoyed seeing the video, my wife is from China, thanks for sharing you trip AA5KT.

[assem737]

K7AGE I would love to start this hobby, although I have no room to place any of this in my house, what can I do and what material can I start with? any books or manuals you might be able to recommend?

[matthew376]

Another excellent video from this publisher

[K7AGE]

I was over in China week of Not 3, but was unable to meet up with my Beijing friends. Bummer, Randy

[kb1mhr]

Thanks for sharing such a wonderful trip! Your friends in China all seem like very sincere and nice.

[cgainfo]

欢迎您到中国！(*^__^*) 嘻嘻

[jomujomu123456789]

so.... Santa Claus is REAL!?!?!?

[AG4WT]

great job i loved the video god bless 73

ag4wt

[G0IFI]

Nice to see amateur radio thriving in China! Thanks for sharing this.

[PU2MLC]

Randy: Very nice video. I usually go to Beijing to work. Please, Let me know if did you find some amateur radio store in Beijing ? 73´ from Francisco PU2MLC - Brazil

[Roar2death]

That video shows us just how lucky we are.

[grillo1997]

Randy: Nice video. We will wait to see the olimpic games. Hope to talk to you soon!

73`s from XE1IMO Guillermo

[kg4dni]

enjoyed watching your video

[burt2481]

Well done, my daughter, a ham, lives in Shanghai.

See my comments on ham radio K1OIK

[manskitto123]

nice, a communist country , nice

[ChicagoHAMRadio]

I love your video's.

73.

[antigravitationskano]

hey, verry nice, b u t, the people looking like secret service-man. black cars, a lot of hardware... puh...

but, nice, thank you

[nr4dw]

i cant wait to work china, i have worked Japan but not china, Looks like a fabulus trip.. enjoyed every second....73's de nr4dw

[8592291613]

what a nice visit enjoyed it

[articsnow]

Amazing...

they have english/chinese street signs.

if we had english/chinese street signs the people here (US) would go on a rampage.

I need to travel more ang get away from my goober, red neck neighbors.

[surefirefan]

Actually when i go to houston*well chinatown houston* there are street signs with english and chinese and people don't care. Let me guess you live in Louisiana or Alabama? :D

[articsnow]

new york

we already had a rampage of the white trash because signs were not in english on some stores.

[bg1uxz]

welcome to beijing !hope you enjoy the travle in beijing !very good experience!!

bg1uxz

[BG5HSC]

Amazing! You have been to China? That's really cool! Next time, really welcome you to Hangzhou, this is also a beautiful city, and we have a lot of hams here, also have a 430Mhz, a 145Mh, a 50Mhz repeater. :)

I can be your guide and interpreter. We can also play AO-51 together, and play other frequncies, haha.73.

[K7AGE]

That would be great. That was my sixth trip to Beijing. I have not been to any other cites. 73 Randy

[bg4la]

Welcome to Qingdao next time！

[BigAlexB1Blues]

I love China ( I have been there twice myself)and I love HAM. Best of both worlds. Thank you Randy for your great work and wisdom.

Your friend from Chicago,IL...Big Alex.

[Postie1]

Looks like a good time Randy. Thanks for your videos, cheers, AC7VX

[mi3uty]

always love your vids randy

i would like to have a qso with you on echolink sometime?

73's

mi3uty

[K7AGE]

Keep trying, K7AGE-L. Weekends are best time. Randy

[w6aws]

Excellent video as always Randy. After hearing what BA1EO went through running the coax, I won't complain about running mine again. Hi Hi

Also thanks for the excellent presentation this evening at the WPARC meeting. Looking forward to watching the AO-51 DVD I won.

73,

Andy W6AWS

[K7AGE]

Some of the hams just have fishing poles sticking out their window wound with wire for their antennas. They are able to make contacts, not as nice as a tri-band beam on the roof, but it does and can work. Then, add the noise from living is a dense area and you can understand their challenge of operating. They are very good operators! Randy

[W4WSW]

Very Good Video Randy, Like Always Very Interesting & entretaning...

73's

Lou

W4WSW

[DL6DBN]

Dear Randy,

thanks for the nice and informative video from Beijing. You gave an inside view into amateur radio in China,w hich I enjoyed very much.

73 Frank (DL6DBN/AA9KJ)

P.S.: I liked many of your other vlogs too.

[VR2UNA]

Randy, I would like to correct you on something, if you dont mind. They have abolished legal repeaters in Beijing but not other cities. We have a lot of repeaters in the southern part of China.

[K7AGE]

I now have a better understanding of the repeater status, thanks. Randy

[KL7IZC]

Randy very interesting video from China. I like your other videos. Maybe work u on digipan or aprs? 73

Rick

KL7IZC

[K7AGE]

I used Digipan in my PSK31 videos. Randy

[yaesu1ad9z]

Very good video Randy! I hope to post some video's soon. Looks like you had a great time!

73's, Dave AD9Z

[2E0PRO]

My name is Phil,i live in Anfield, Liverpool in the UK and i would just like to say how much i enjoy your videos, i have learn't a lot from them and find them very interesting.

I hope you enjoyed your visit to China.

When i get my station organised i hope to start posting videos on this site.

Keep up the good work Randy, 73's for now from 2E0PRO Phil.

[SteelWolf13]

Bah you cant edit replys. At the end of the video i caught a glimps of the camera side sticking out Is was silver unlike my bulkier Sony.

Ke7Rip

73 Hobby well.

That will teach me to reply to comments while watching.

[K7AGE]

I use a Panasonic DVCAM, nothing special, edit with Sony Vegas Movie Studio. Randy

[SteelWolf13]

In another video he uses a remote similar to mine so i'm going to Gues Randy uses a Sony. And i'll Guess as to the model. Digital Handycam, 560x Digital zoom, 20x optical zoom Dcr-trv140 NTSC.

And my below comment about hams speaking mostly english really applies to DXing. As This video Proves Translators are in no danger of becoming exstinct.

KE7RIP

73

Hobby well.

[SteelWolf13]

The one question i have with CW is Yes there is an international version, and for the most part most but not all hams seem to speak english. However for those hams that do not speak english and use CW, Wouldn't the CW still be basicly in their language? Take chinese traditional. The structure of the sentence would be different then if you said it in english? But i suppose if it is "International" then you could still make some sence out of it.

Learning CW

KE7RIP

73

Hobby well.

[K7AGE]

Yes, we could use CW to exchange normal contact information. It would probably be harder for more in depth conversation. Randy

[hunt555fish]

you do a great job with your videos Randy.I was in China just about 2 years ago.I spent 3 weeks there on business.I met many very nice people.Flew into Beijing then flew about 600 miles north to Chi Chi Har. There were very very few english speaking people there.Many people there never saw an American.Sure would have been nice to visit hams in China like you did.What do you use for a video camera? Ron KA3WEL

[km6xz]

@hunt555fish You might be surprised how many have basic foreign language skills but many are too shy for fear of making a mistake to speak with strangers.

Tourists seldom interact with anyone except in the tourism and hospitality industries in countries they visit. Here in Russia for example I doubt I know anyone under 30 who does not understand basic English or other European language yet many will start by saying they do not know the language.

[milodbumb]

BA1EO

~14:26

Cool video Randy.

in the section at BA1EO At around 14:26 I see an antenna with small vertical element.

what frequency is this for and do you know what mode he operates with that antenna.

thanks.

[K7AGE]

I think what you are seeing is the 1296 MHz beam mounted on the tripod along with the transceiver. Randy

[kc7fys]

What's most notable, but not directly mentioned in this video is the absence of bicycles, and the dismal air quality. Beijing has long been renowned for bicycle transport en masse--but there you are in an automobile, sitting still. I hope this trend isn't widespread--but I fear it is the way of so-called "progress" in China.

Lovely video with a good subtext.

[burt2481]

There were many bikes at the apartment building and FAR more than anywhere in the US

[kc7fys]

My point exactly! China is following the US' bad example and moving in the direction of private automobile ownership--despite how silly it looks at this point in history.

A lovely video, though. Randy is a true ham embassador.

[km6xz]

@kc7fys That is really true, the mass consumer trends in most of the world is swamping cultural differences which is sad. I've been in 86 countries, met few Hams however because I did not seek them out.

My first first visit to China was in the 80s and Soviet Union was 1976, both with long histories of unique and wonderful cultures but much of the uniqueness is being lost to globalization of consumer habits. I live in Russia now and the society has changed radically since the 70s or even 2001

[kc7fys]

QSL from JA1. Excellent material.

Jonathan KC7FYS/7J1AWL

[jfunk513]

As always I enjoy watching your videos and they are very helpful for a new ham (1 yr) like myself. This video goes to show that Amateur Radio transcends even language and cultural barriers. I hope to be able to go on a similar trip someday. 73 Jay KI4SHQ

[dermengi]

hello sir ...very nice movie....when you make qsy to north korea?may be you can find ham radious there?again 73s from bucharest romania....yo3br edy

[rudyiking]

Cool video Randy! I would love to go to Japan, but China would be neat too.

What is the song in the background. Its great!

[Ron210]

Great video Randy. It is nice to see what ham radio is like in China.

[ki6esk]

Great video as always Randy. Looks like you guys had a great time visiting. Ham radio really opens some doors ! - 73, Curtis

[SteelWolf13]

odd question. Lets say 2 hams both knos CW and have been using CW for years to talk to each other. One from the US and on from China. :) Lets say They decide to meet in a place half way between and personally exchange QSO cards. Neither one speaks the other language.

-Would the communicate by tapping CW :) ? Like a coin on a counter.

[K7AGE]

Sure. I'm glad I didn't need CW as may skills are not too good! Jing Jing helped a lot. Randy

[surefirefan]

Hehe went to Beijing, China like 1-2years ago, it was neat that was my first and only time there, im chinese lol. Going to Taiwan this summer for the first time too! Looking for ham radio operators there hehe.. how did you find those hams in China? 73s ke5rrh

[K7AGE]

I contacted my Chinese friends from Chinese ham youtube videos and from a magazine article by a ham that has also visited China. It took some research and work, but it all payed off with a good day. Randy

[turnermedman]

wow! what a great movie randy. it's nice to see how other hams radio stations and watch them in action. thanks

[JTaylor801]

Wonderful video Randy....thanks for taking the time to do this and provide to all of us.

73 to you and our fellow Chinese Amateurs.

Jerry - KD0BIK

[w9jjm]

GREAT JOB!!!!  Very interesting!!!

[calmspirit1]

ni hao Randy,

Congratulations on a very Fine Business video!

73 KG4VIA

[FishDogBone]

Very interesting Randy. I have been out of HAM for about 10 years. Your videos have inspired me to take up hobby again. QSO with you soon. N4QLB- Michael

[theshortwavelistener]

Nice tour, Randy - hope you enjoyed yourself :D

[bd1isi]

The Sunday is so exciting, and let me know more about USA hams, ARRL(w1aw),Randy's radio shake, new technology, and PSK and so on from K7AGE. I would say thank you Randy!

Randy is busy in Beijing and I wish to meet you again, thank you Randy this video well be shown to my ham friends. Best Wish to you my friend and have nice days in Beijing! 73! CUAGN!

DE Gordon BD1ISI

[bd1isi]

Hi dear Randy, I can't imagine the Video edited so soon and so good! I like it and the Chinese music.

I have a very very nice day with Randy, ham from USA, I know Randy from YouTobe before meet him. So many views of web pages upload by Randy and new technology was broadcasted. Oh by the way, the DVD disk for us about PSK31 is excellent and very interesting.

(to be continue)

[SpringDivers]

Great tour, Randy. Thanks.

[lusir1992]

very nice~^.^

[bg1cal]

great today

BD1CAL