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Happy Thanksgiving to y'all.

Why or How did I get into Ham Radio? Ive been a prepper since y2k and I worked for Cellular One back in the day when we installed cell phones into vehicles. I worked for Motorola, and then for several radio stations locally as a disc jockey, Was an emt-i and firefighter and used radios back then too. Was a. Red Cross health and safety director. Always enjoyed radio stuff so ham radio was the next step.

we have a S.E.T. and I made it to see the show Sams gotta make it too LOL :) Georgia changed it up and separated it two weekends this time. We activated the Peach County EOC in the next county near mine. Im the District Emergency Coordinator. We had no idea what we were doing but had a good time doing it LOL :)

Lot of ham gear but no ham talk. This demonstrates nothing except your taste in music.

Great show ya. wow that rover is one mean machine! Greg, your station is stunning , looks great.

Fun episode with lots of action shots and tons of contacts. Fun to hear Bob K2DRH and Greg on 6. I have worked Bob on 6 sideband here on FM29. I am trying to activate a POTA park on 1296 this Saturday.

love seeing how fast Greg works and sometimes gets tongue tied. He's way better than me. Maybe idea for a video sometime show what logging software everyone uses and how they log a contact. Ive yet to use any logging software as I don't do any contest.

lol amazing the number of antennas on Andreas rover LOL. Also amazing it doesn't burst into flames when she transmits with all the rf and wires in that thing LOL :)

What was the purpose of the verticle slot that you bored out? I have the same antenna and it is water logged as well.

I worked Bob on 6m SSB back in July 1999. I wish I had gotten a QSL card.

I got ten dollars on Andrea taking greg LOL :)

Hi yall, great video I will check it out a few times.

The best improvements I've made to my mobile setup over the years are--1. Bond all metal surfaces to one another to lower noise and 2. Drill a hole to mount an NMO connector on top of the roof of my truck. Magnet-mounts are convenient but don't work nearly as well. I do have a rover system with rotatable beams for weak signal as well. 73 DE WA5RR

Nice antenna design presentation. Ok. Sam wants Field Day rules changed, JD wants more evidence of humanity than digimodes provide, Greg wants other hams to use sideband more, Andrea wants hams to call CQ more/require less online assistance and a viewer comments that we should take sides on this divisive issue. So stop and smell a rose by any other name still smells as sweet. Call it what you want but radioactivity is fun.

Ummm.....N connector typically good to 11GHz, SMA up to 18GHz. N can carry more power, but for Meshtastic, the power is negligible.

the chocolate mint crawled away LOL

lol poor Andrea the motor lodge sounds like a bad place LOL

fcc wants to take away 900 MHz. be sure the lora wans you have don't use 900mhz. will this be an issue?

im from the south we might mispronounce eff tea ate :)

yep I do what greg has with grounding surge protectors aka polyphasers and still unplug during lightning storms or when not in use like sam mentions

yep ga copper is good its upstate from me

OMG Sam!!!!!!! she's actually here. I can't believe it LOL :)

Havent seen anyone in the swapmate last Friday and Saturday talking about Meshtastic.. Also Medina country has more users in SA.

you guys should record your hamster club meetings and post them online too. :)

I know I look much better than I used to my hair is so much shinier and my skin much softer because of sharing these videos.

Good morning, I enjoyed the program. another great entertaining and educational episode. Meshtatstic seems to be a great EMCOM tool. In addition to coax loss, Connectors is another loss concern Greg clued me in on . I have had experience like Greg mentioned, Six open and no phone and cw happening but FT8 is active. I agree, digital should not be on the same playing field with phone and cw. looking forward to the next episode. 73

Enjoyed the segment about FM simplex. Learned a lot. The loss chart on the different types of coax was very informative. And I one Million percent agree with the notion that digital modes should have their own SEPARATE categories for contests-by themselves- and not be counted with other categories in any way, shape or form. IMO the digi modes have their place, just like HTs; but not in contesting unless it's a contest specifically for them alone. I don't know if anyone else noticed and I haven't done any specific research yet, but in the raw scores for June VHF, it seemed the overall number of entries was low. That could be a number of factors I guess: summertime/vacations, the ARRL-LoTW issues, etc. Great show though. Keep up the great work. I know there's a lot that goes into it. 73! Michael-WA5AZQ

Why do people dislike FT8 so much? What is the value to FT8 and what are the negatives? I have no working knowledge of FT8. Would like to learn more on it or more on why I should avoid it.

I have never used FT8 before. It does not appear you all are fans of it? Why?

Ok I may be creating a fire storm with this question. Lol .. as most know I just got a new Tram1481 base antenna it is from ground 50 feet in the air .. now here it comes I have people telling me you got to ground it oh god you got to ground it ... OK my pipe iS 4 and a half feet underground in the ground.. no concrete but has support it isn't going anywhere that's for sure .. but have a guy telling I still have to ground it .. even the pipe is 4 and half feet underground to me that Should be enough ground.. am I wrong or do I need to get a 8-foot grounding rod and beat it in the ground and run wire ?

New to your channel - Love the energy and the content.

people don't have to have Mike Fright im a friendly guy LOL :) when sam was talking about their cert team.

that chart greg shows of the different feed lines and how much power you get out of the 50 watt radio is a big deal. Amazing the amount of loss you have using smaller cheaper coax.

greg listing the stuff he has on the presentation he's giving. .......geeez Will you adopt me Greg LOL :). If Greg adopts me and Sam marries me were gonna be one Big dysfunctional ham family LOL

id like to learn more about the icom 9700. have jd do a talk on it. Im curious if I buy one do I need the gps clock card for it?

wait sam is divorced? marry me@@@!!!!!! LOL :)

yeah!!!!! another show was just outside picking blueberries and it started getting hot so came inside and low and behold y'all posted a video

Just found your channel as I’ve been looking into getting into weak signal VHF. It’s good to see some young women enjoying the hobby as well. Thank you all for your time and effort to get some great content on the channel!

We drove 12 hours each way for 4:05 of totality, clear skies Indiana. Long distance 1296 record with 8 band Pluto+ SDR: 18.5 miles sideband contact with 78 milliwatts, 10 element yagi. Pluto+ was under $300, less than 1/10 cost of IC905. It fits in a cigar box.

M Lisa's setup is just fine and is more portable than most. As long as it gets you on the air and works who cares.

Scotts got what I want. WOW what a setup!!!

I was lazy I just watched the eclipse on tv. I switched between channels to see what was covered..

Hello, N5XO! fmr KF5NTJ

Nice quick helpful hint video M'Lisa

That is a serious Ha Shack! Impressive

Forgetting to assume the best in others causes me distress.

I thought the 'golden rule' was: he who has the gold makes the rules, (and has the biggest tower).

OMG thats crazy charging what they are for the eclipse.

lol one should never pet ones peeve LOL :)

definitely not a newcomer. Love yall.