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Welcome! This channel focuses on amateur radio and related technology topics, with an emphasis on DX and Satellites. You will find awesome product demos, how to videos, and much more. Anything and everything ham radio related!
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Flexradio 8600 Signature unboxing and quick overview
Quick unboxing and walkthrough of the ALL NEW FlexRadio 8600 Signature SDR receiver. Highlighting the external changes from the 6600 and the new GPS/GNSS feature. We will also look at the specifications. If there is demand, I might do a more in-depth video.
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📹 Nikon Nikkor Z 24-200mm Zoo Lens: amzn.to/3P7JoFh
🎬 Manfrotto 290 Camera Tripod: amzn.to/45HcRwC
📹 GoPro Hero 11: amzn.to/49LpYya
📹 Razer Kiyo Pro Webcam: amzn.to/3xhXkHD
🎤 RØDE NT-USB+ Professional Microphone: amzn.to/3LAf7xZ
🎤 RØDE PSA1+ Professional Studio Arm: amzn.to/3P8WUIt
🎤 RØDE VideoMic Pro R Camera-Mount Shotgun Microphone amzn.to/3rg5sW2
🎤 RØDE Wireless Pro Microphone System: amzn.to/3Ky0Gt7
💡HumanCentric Video Webcam Lighting: amzn.to/3L9sjcI
💡Aputure Amaran 60dS Video Studio Lighting: amzn.to/3yTcp31
💡GVM Lantern Softbox: amzn.to/3VcsEzt
📌Editing software/gear used on all videos:
📀 DaVinci Resolve Studio Editing Software: amzn.to/3RgXC8A
💻Tourbox Elite Video Editing Controller: amzn.to/3Xjfi7v
💻Blackmagic Design DeckLink Mini Recorder 4K: amzn.to/4c8gP4n
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Pacificon 2024 - Ham Radio Convention Walk Through
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Quick walk though of vendor and exhibitor booths at Pacificon 2024 in San Ramon, CA. The convention took place at the Marriott hotel convention center. Filmed on Saturday, October 19th, 2024, convention dates were 18th to the 20th. Towards the end you will see my both as well, look for VitaminDX. 📢 Please be sure to follow me on social media & subscribe so you don't miss anything! Instagram: in...
Overview, tips and programming of the (Radio Shack) Realistic Pro 2021 scanner radio.
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I ran across a Realistic PRO-2021 Police Scanner Radio at a local electronics flea market. The unit still does a super job at receiving most services. I will show you how to program it and do a basic walkthrough of the features. I will also show you how to find the correct frequencies for your neighborhood so you can make full use of this (or similar) units. 📢 Please be sure to follow me on soc...
The Basics of the 33cm / 900MHz Ham Radio band
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Irresistible Finds at Silicon Valley Electronics Flea Market, 2024
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Terra Nova Car Show, Pacifica, California, 2024
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International DX Convention (IDXC) 📽 2024 Highlights from Visalia, CA
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IDXC DX Forum 2024, Visalia CA - International DX Convention
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Island Amplifier Booth - Vendor Visit at the International DX Convention 2024
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GreenCube Ham Radio Satellite IO-117: Mastering DX Communication
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CQ Worldwide WPX SSB Contest Adventures 2024 - Operating Highlights by W6AER
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RFinder Satellite Tracking: Your Next Must-Have Tech - Booth Visit at Pacificon 2023
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Surprising Discoveries at M17 Project's Pacificon 2023 Booth
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Transform Your Ham Radio Experience: Remote Control From Anywhere with Remote TX
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Pacificon 2023: A Glimpse into the Future of Ham Radio Technology
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Hidden Treasures of the Silicon Valley Electronics Flea Market
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The Intrepid-DX Group 4th Annual Youth "Dream Rig" Essay Contest
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Discover the Power of a Ham Radio Tech License
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Unlock the World of Ham Radio: How to Get Your License Today
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How to Log Amateur Radio Satellite Contacts
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Supercharge Your Hobby: 10 Compelling Reasons to Join a Ham Radio Club
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Let me know below if you have or are considering ordering the FlexRadio 8600 Signature. Have you received yours yet?
Hi, When logging a satellite in HRD, that has different Up and down frequencies do we log our receive or our transmit frequency?? Glen WB4KTF 12-20-2024
The transmit frequency is the one you log in Ham Radio Deluxe or really any place you log. Thanks for the visit and have fun with satellites!
Need a lot more ready to go ht. S )
One can never have too many !
awww Pacifica!
I have one. My brother died ...gave it to me.
Sorry to hear about your brother's passing. Hope you are enjoying the scanner, nice unit despite the age.
@ thanks! And I do enjoy it.
Thanks for this nice an helpfull Video. Have you an advice for me, how to switch off the Keysound. The "Peep" really nerves when one are busy late in the evening. ;-)
I am not so sure you can, at least not that I have figured out. I will look into this as now you got me curious. Thanks for the suggestion!
Lots of Motorola XPR 4580s and 6580s on eBay and work great on this band, can't forget the MTX one's either :)
Correct, the MTX units are a good catch!
Very clear . Just what I needed to get mine going. Thank you ! 10:59
Glad it helped
Someone in my club gave me a 900 MHz TK-981 conversion radio. I've had it for a year and have never heard anyone on 900. Given the lack of repeaters within 50 miles of me, I get the feeling that a CB may be more useful, even if I use it just when I'm stuck in traffic and want to know which lane is closed. I think I'm going to remove the radio, but I'll keep it in case I change my mind in the future. The antenna may be useful for a Meshtastic node. Thanks for the video, BTW! -Scott
Yes, sadly in some areas the 33cm band is not used much. One of the reasons for making this video was in hopes of educating folks and changing this. It is also possible that there are some repeaters in your area you are not aware of, worth checking!
I have 2 new in box. What would be a fair price to sell on ebay?
Hard to say, but I sold one for around $400 about 2 years ago and they are even harder to find now. How this helps!
Hope to see everyone next year, it was nice to see everyone. Be sure to subscribe and follow on Instagram & X (Twitter) @W6AER
I'm currently active on the linear translator satellites, especially RS-44; I think I'm seeing the Greencube downlink on my IC-9700's spectrum display for the first time today (I had recently installed a receive preamp for my 435 MHz. antenna). Interested in learning what software I need to download & install for IO-117. I'm using an S.A.T. satellite controller with the IC-9700 for antenna aiming & frequency control. 73, Tom WA1LBK
Unfortunately the IO-117 (Greencube) appears to be down still and not sure it will come back up but I have my fingers crossed. I use GreenCubeDigi and soundmodem software for reception. For Tracking I have a modified version of SATPC32ISS. All of these you can download for free. Likely a good idea to play with as I am sure there will be satellites in the future like this. To learn more, look for my upcoming satellite book. You can register to be notified at vitamindx.com - Lucas W6AER
And why does it say no comments yet when I just posted one? KC3QAC Tom
The comments generally need to be approved so may not post right away due to potential spam.
Where are all these screens/pages you are showing in your short?
Thanks for the visit! These shorts are generally clips from the long version videos. As far as the tabs, they are on the bottom of the ham radio deluxe logging software.
Will you be adding older Yaesu models in time?
That is a great question for the development team, but I suspect the answer is yes.
Looks excellent.
It really is, give it a try!
I am in Montreal Canada. I am presently operating on 900Mhz digital (DMR). I have one repeater not too far from me and we have coverage pretty much all through the Eastern Townships (900 DMR). To operate on 900Mhz you need to have a passion for high quality peaceful radio (no blips blops, kerchunking, static and the like). All the radios are preprogrammed. Pick a channel and talk. Half the fun is programming the radios.
I would agree, that is half the fun! Thanks for the visit and 73!
I use MCS 2000 once you hack the software you just program it no mods needed for the radio works out of the box
That is also my experience, great radios!
I'm using RemoteTX with my IC-7300 and it works fantastic! 73 N3UIH
The FCC is now accepting comments concerning the band reassignment from ham radio to high power wireless broadband. Let the FCC know that you want to preserve this band. Once it's gone. It's never comming back.
Thank you for sharing this, I have already commented on this. I hope others do as well!
Check out the full video at th-cam.com/video/LjrZmhyUF3Y/w-d-xo.html
Check out the full video at th-cam.com/video/LjrZmhyUF3Y/w-d-xo.html
Comment below if you own (or have owned) this radio. How did you like it? Did I cover everything? If I missed something, let me know and share below please for others.
Thanks, You gave me the info I was looking for. Now I can enter and move on to the next contact
Glad I could help, take good care!
Yes..... and personally think it's allot of Squeeze for the Juice... Everything has to be modified or is So Expensive it's just not worth the price .... Thank You for doing this Video.
You are very welcome, thanks for stopping by!
You can get Retevis radios on 900MHz for <$75
Have you ever operated on the 900MHz band? Would you be interested in it if given the chance? Let me know below!
Yes I have looked into it and seems like Allot of Squeeze for the Juice
I worked as an RF design engineer at Motorola in Florida for 41 years. We were wrapping up a new radio design called the STX, which was one of the first processor controlled trunking radios, and the first for the 800 MHz band in the mid 80's. We heard that there would soon be a new ham band opening up, so we retuned the ceramic microstrip filters with a Dremel tool in a few radios for 900 MHz and flashed them with the engineering test software which allowed direct frequency entry from the keypad.....in hexadecimal. We had three or four working radios by field day of 1985 and made a live 900 MHz QSO from the field day setup at a county park to myself up on my roof about 2 miles away and mostly line of sight. Within a year I had built a crude repeater with two antennas and placed it on a pole about 35 feet in the air west of Ft. Lauderdale Florida. I could see the Motorola plant where I worked from my roof and could hit my repeater from two different 2nd story windows in the plant. It got very little use and died from the effects of a nearby lightning strike after a couple of years. The old hacked STXs wound up in a drawer and have long since been scrapped. The old Motorola plant is now home to Chewy dog food! A few Motorola engineers still exist in a rented corner of the huge 5 building facility. I did collect lots of parts when the old 2G cell sites were being taken down and I have seen my power meter read north of 500 watts on 903 MHz, but I haven't been active on 902 since. I left Motorola and Florida in 2014 and moved to a small town in West Virginia. My QTH is surrounded by hills on all sides, so a new 902 repeater is unlikely. There is not a lot of ham radio activity here, so 902 would be ghost town, and the band is used for wireless internet as well as IOT control of fracking equipment here, and some of it is quite strong. The spectrum analyzer can be nearly empty, or it can look like a mess of noise and jumbled spread spectrum signals at any given moment.
I had a great time visiting and looking at cars. I found two which I have owned in the past, including my old For Mustang 5.0 from the 80's. Let me know your favorite(s) below. Likely see you again next year!
The book is also available on Kindle Unlimited in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, the UK and of course in the United States. Might be some other countries which have been added, so please let me know below if this is the case. Visit w6aer.com/kindle -- If you are interested in the Free audiobook internationally (With trial) visit below. You get to keep the book and one other even if you cancel: ► For UK: w6aer.com/audiobook-uk ► For Germany: w6aer.com/audiobook-de ► For France: w6aer.com/audiobook-fr ►For Canada: w6aer.com/audiobook-ca ► For Australia: w6aer.com/audiobook-au For the US: ► DX Engineering: w6aer.com/dxe-dxbook ► Amazon.com: w6aer.com/dxbook ► Audiobook version: w6aer.com/audiobook If you have the book, would love to get your feedback!
Let me know about your best contact, would love to hear. Was it an ATNO (All Time New One) or a band filler?
Let me know what good flea market finds you had below. I had many...Too many for here to list. See you at the next one!
Thanks for the great video! I haven't worked any satellites yet but I'm getting excited about the possibilities! I would love to see a setup video. KE8ZKG
I am actually working on a few other videos featuring ham radio satellites, including some setups, so look for them soon!
Lucas, nice video. I also live in the Bay Area. My current DX challenge is making contacts in Kuwait , India, Israel and surrounding middle eastern countries. I can hear the US midwestern states making contact but I just can’t hear the Middle East stations well enough . I am using dipoles on 20 , 10, 12, 15 & 17 meters. 20 is at 50’ and 10 is 40’. I get close but no cigar. Is this also a challenge for you living on the West coast? I bought your book from you at the West Valley electronics flea market on DXing, very informative. I enjoyed it very much. I think I will try a 20M vertical maybe with a reflector and see how that works. Thanks for all the things you are doing for ham radio. 73’s Bruce. KI6LQE
Yes, in fact those entities are some of the most difficult for me to work in W6 land. I think that many of us share the same issues. Also, thank you for your support and kind words. 73!
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Thank you for the comment!
Great video. Nice overview of the event!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for the great video... I only attend IDXC on odd-years...
Thanks for watching! See you next year, come say hello!
Without someone from the ARRL Headquarters in authority that can change DXCC rules is present in the forum----just a waste of time talking....
It's a conversation starter, sometimes you'd be surprised at who is actually listening. but I see what you are saying...
@@MaximumRF Thanks for the video, I really appreciate it !! ---and I subbed.
When Bill Moore passed away, that was the hardest time for the DXCC desk because there was very very few people that understood what DX was
I'm glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for subscribing!
Share your experiences below from IDXC 2024. I would love to hear what you enjoyed or anything else that comes to mind. Are you coming next year?
Did you get a chance to visit the Island Amplifier booth? Which product would you like to hear more about? Let us know below!
What is your favorite product? Would you also like to see a single universal standard? Let us know below!
Which product do you like? Which product would you like to see carried? Let us know below!
We would love to hear your thoughts on the topics discussed. What questions would you have asked? Leave your comments below!
Thanks. Very hard to find any information on how to log SAT contacts in HRD. LoTW has separate Band and RX Band fields. Interesting enough that HRD database also has the COL_BAND_RX field but I have no clue how to populate it.
Anytime, I am glad it helped you out! Would love to hear what other things you feel would help those jsut starting out with ham radio satellites.
There I am 0:25 at the registration desk. ( gray sweater brown shorts. ) WD8NVN
If you are interested in more videos on the GreenCube (IO-117) or other topics related to satellite communications, let me know please in the comments sections.
The best QSO was with WH7T from Hawaii on 10 m. The best contest is any CW one de EA4CWW
See you in the next CW contest!
Nice video thx !
Glad you liked it!
tnx qso
Of course, see you next time!