VHF FM QSO with Ken, KI4NJU and Kevin, K4MCK on 146 82 MHz

Here is one of my other hobbies, amateur (ham) radio! My call sign is KJ4GCA. I have a General class license. Here is a video of me talking on the W4IAX repeater in Mobile, AL. BTW, QSO is ham radio slang for radio conversation. For those interested in how to become a ham, please leave a comment. There are also study materials online for the license exams as well as the place and time of local testing sessions. One good website to got to is the American Radio Relay League, http://www.arrl.org

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Education

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• ham
• radio
• demonstration

[2e0bmi]

Nice video mate. Make more ham video's.

see you soon (5 Stars)

[USNERDOC]

Nice video and thanks for getting the word out for this fun hobby.

73 - David / KF7ETX

[Tacticalgearhead]

Good video my friend, 73 from KC9TET

[1964royhinkley]

That repeater, W4IAX, is a monster -- solid coverage from Pascagoula to Pensacola. I have even worked through it here in Memphis during a band opening (thanks to different tone frequencies, the Memphis machine on the same frequency wasn't an issue).

[2e0bmi]

Be nice to see more video's

[deadkey61]

but holy crap knoxville,,,,

[deadkey61]

haha samson was in my neck of the woods, i used to live down there, i moved up to huntsville, but dang 90 miles or so is a pretty good distance, when i get my new truck im puttin a nice little 2 mter in it wid a 350watt amp,

[CivicFiberglassDoor]

No, the length of the antenna deals with the frequency, not the range of the signal. As the radio frequency increases, the shorter of antenna you need. To get range, you need an amplifier usually.

[leonmae1]

i love to learn it, do you need a long antenna to get a longer range? nice video yeah.