Ham Radio (AARL) National Field Day 2010 Lebanon Tennessee

[USNERDOC]

What a cool look into Field Day 2010 from Wilson County! Thank you for the video response to Field Day 2010 in Central Oregon.

73's de KF7ETX / USNERDOC

[trje246]

I prefer bacon, do you have any bacon radio? lol, thanks dave

[mdono92262]

So your a Ham.. So am I since 1987. Still a Novice yes I'm a procrastinator : ). A ham who owned an old bicycle shop in Palm Springs Ca got me hooked in 87. He gave me good condition Kenwood 599 Twins which I used for five years until I saved up for a used 820 then on to a used TS440 which I still use today. I have a used Uniden 2510 in my truck which might have melted in the 112F heat we've had this week lol. I've also been a photographer since the early 70's. I really like your videos dsarti1.

[johnny102marvin]

If the electrical grid goes down around the world....all of this equipment will become useless. Solar flares could fry all this stuff in theory. I think I'll spend my money on food and water storage instead. In a SHTF world what good will it do me to talk to someone who is 1000 miles from where I am. In a SHTF world your time is extremely valuable and you need to use it in the areas of foraging, defense, trapping, and working your ass of...no time for this radio stuff.

[zameul35]

I cant stop laughing starting at 9:57

[breehound]

Great job Dave!! I had told you a while back that you should get into SW radio, you're taking it a step further. Now, all we have to do is get you a SW Receiver at your home and you can do vids on that also - it would get you a whole lot of new viewers for sure.:-) Five Stars Dave!

[geyser]

Will this be the way we will broadcast and receive news when there is an emergency TV, radio and internet blackout?

[chevypimp80]

how do i get a ham license this looks like fun

[val5214]

cool video. This is one I really wanted to see. I had no idea they held something like that over there. Thanks again for putting videos like these up.

[kmuthart]

so what the hell is this good for?

[AceMon2005]

is there a part 2 to this?

[lastfightingchance]

I would say if you want a radio buy an older radio or all band scanner and just listen in you will learn alot. Heck if you want to talk get a SingleSideBand CB channel 38 LowerSideBand. Local guys can tell you alot or. When the layer above earth is charged by solar storms. I have talked over 2000 miles away on CB LSB Ch38. Like he said lower Mhz 1.8 is =160 meter is long ,CB Mhz27=11meter,Mhz 50=6meter,144Mhz=2meter is short.Go to ARRL.org HAHA lucky you I' am out of space. God bless Sir! 73

[Machi74005]

Dave, Thanks for posting these radio videos. I have always thought HAM was interesting, but that it was a hobby in decline. I really don't know anything about it at all other than I've listened to HAMS on my Sony 7600 shortwave radio. Use to listen to some guys at 3865kilohertz(have no idea what meter that is). More entertaining than television.

[agun17]

I have a cheese radio.

[deepwater1974]

dsarti, I was wondering if you can help me out. What is the difference between regular UHF and VHF from Ham and is HAM 2-meter? Also....How do I go about getting my license. I heard its pretty tough.

Oh yeah another thing. I see radios that say 2-meter, 60-meter..etc. Whats the difference?

[yonny1954]

Well I just love it but it seems so complicated, I would very much like to have a way to communicate but I really got intimidated by the by the jargon , have any ideas how to get started simply?

[breehound]

@yonny1954 Get started by buying a Shortwave radio and just listen and learn the hobby and see if it's your thing. Worse case scenario, you don't like the hobby and you can sell the radio and not lose a dollar.

[truckingsonofagun]

thats very cool,id never know how to read morse code

[hooya1111]

@dsarti1 The rich dude in the camper gave me a case of shack envy! Man, that is the way to do Field Day! But he can keep his cw--I never learned it either, so don't feel bad. The code requirement for a ham license kept a lot of people out of ham radio for decades, glad it is gone now. I hope you show us more of your Field Day station. Did you make any contacts?

[Survivalist2008]

Great video. Thanks for taking interest and posting this vid. It's a great way to introduce folks to ham radio. I've been a ham for 17 years. I spent most of the day today operating here on my station in the Field Day event. By the way, I'm also in the poverty bunch. Hillbilly, you need to get your ticket soon. Thanks.

[dsarti1]

@Survivalist2008 my ticket???

[Survivalist2008]

@dsarti1 Your Ham license. You're a natural.

[dsarti1]

@Survivalist2008 OH...... I am a general KJ4VXJ so I am QRT an going to bed LOL

[spamerman]

I have never seen a ham radio hooked up to a computer, shows how much I know about that stuff. I thought the point of ham radios was so you could still keep in touch when the last microchip goes down. I had a ham radio in my truck but I never could get the dam thing to work.

[CoolasIce2]

Interesting stuff.