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charangito
charangito
Joined: November 26, 2006
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Short glimpses of my traveling, family stuff, ham radio craziness and some home-made music.
Name: John
Age: 61
Un-reconstructed Child of the Sixties: Radio Geek, Musician (Guitar, Mandolin) and backpacker. I spend part of the year doing volunteer radio work in Central and South America.
Country: United States
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Low-Power (QRP) Ham radio
6 videos
These clips were taken in during a backpacking trip on the Olympic wilderness coast, an operation from Germany and the 2008 Field Day in a Seattle park. A little power can go a LONG way...
Ecuador Work, 2005 - 2007
8 videos
Some clips of my work in Pastaza Province, in Amazon Ecuador. While working for the Sarayacu tribe, I installed several radios and solar plants in isolated communities in Pastaza province. I have a small non-profit that buys cheap, surplus radios and I distribute them to tribal organizations in the Americas.
Andina Mandolin Music
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[TRANSLATED] Andina Mandolin Music
[TRANSLATED] Andina Mandolin Music
Cesar showing me the "San Juanito" style of Andina music on a Ecuadorian mandolin....
2 years ago 23,098 views charangito
Raising the antenna mast in a Kichwa village
1:35
We used a hardwood tree as an antenna mast - it will last as long as steel in this...
2 years ago 7,737 views charangito
Contesting with 2 watts
0:36
It turned out that the weekend of my backpack mobile trip to the Wa coast was the ...
1 year ago 2,839 views charangito
Operating QRP from Waldshut, Germany
1:15
A clip of a 20 meter morse code ham radio contact with UT2QA in the Ukraine using ...
1 year ago 3,593 views charangito
John Fahey piece: Wine and Roses
3:35
A tip of the hat to my guitar hero: John Fahey. This song is from his early (1966)...
9 months ago 264 views charangito
Albert Radoczy Playing Piano
1:02
Christmas 2005 in seattle
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Sheila McLean Memorial
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Scenes from the life of Sheila (Parnell) McLean - in chronological order. The song...
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First Contact with New Radio
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Villager trying out the new radio - he is speaking a mixture of the native languag...
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Landing in the Jungle
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[TRANSLATED] Landing in the Jungle
[TRANSLATED] Landing in the Jungle
Arriving via single engine plane at a remote jungle airstrip in Amazon Ecuador
2 years ago 2,325 views charangito
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