Radio Equipment and YouTube Videos

Well, as an avid enthusiast of just about anything outdoors, my excitement about getting out and operating ham radio outside is understood. With that being said, I am growing quite a collection of different equipment for this endeavor as I see new things and watch other videos. Recently, it occurred to me that as I grow my YouTube channel, it may be good to do more videos on the equipment I use. I have done quite a bit in this regard, but I feel that I could do more. With that being said, I have made the decision to try to test 1 new thing related to ham radio a month. It doesn't have to be something big, just anything. I will say, I have already purchased a new antenna and look forward to getting it in and trying it out. I am always looking for a bargain, and this item was relatively inexpensive. I will not spoil it by saying what it is, I will save that for later.

I really enjoy watching other people's YouTube videos and getting new ideas for my gear.  I feel that people can gather a great deal of community knowledge this way.  My channel has grown and morphed over the years.  It started as just a collection of shooting videos and maybe some talks about the firearms I had.  I even posted some videos of wildlife. I still have a love of these things and maybe they will make it's way back into the channel someday.  Radio, over the past 5 or 6 years, has been the focal point of my attention (even though I still dabble in the others hobbies of mine).

Until next time...

--Bob

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FT817 Go Kit

SO-50 satellite work 3/31/2017

A little SO-50 satellite work around 17:30UTC from EM70.



I took my Yaesu FT-8800 satellite go box and newly built log periodic to Kinsaul Park in Lynn Haven, FL today to try the satellite pass.  It was a 30 degree pass and I felt I could at least squeeze a couple of contacts out of it.  I am really enjoying this new antenna and so far (on 2 different outings) I have had good luck. It was fairly easy to build and I just enjoy building stuff myself.  There is a greater satisfaction when you begin making contacts with something you created.



As for the FT-8800, it is a FM transceiver and using this I am limited to working the FM satellites. The nice thing with this radio, if you have a good pass and you are getting into the bird (a bird is what us hams call the amateur satellite) well, you can hear yourself come back on the downlink since this is basically 2 radios in one and has a built in duplexer.



I was able to work 2 stations on this pass.  WO3T was in grid FN00 and NS3L was in grid FN20.  Both were Pennsylvania stations.







73!

KK4DIV

Working Amateur Radio Satellite SO-50 9/4/2016