The Fun Of Ham Radio DX - Contacting Stations Around The Globe
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มี.ค. 2014
- There are many aspects to ham radio. This is just one of them, working DX (over seas) contacts for competition or just for a chat. Here I show you a sample of contacting a few stations at random. This is only part of ham radio, I realize a lot of these are just quick contacts but it feels nice to know your signal is reaching other parts of the world. Near the end of the video I met a nice person and we had a long chat, most of it edited out of the video for time of course. So in ham radio you can also just ragchew and make friends and chat for a while, or you can get into contesting and make quick contacts and move on. Something for everyone I guess.
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My dad loved Ham radio. He developed Alzheimer's and went into a memory care facility. They put a momento outside the patient's door to help the patient identify their room. We put my dad's personalized license plate outside his room, WA8ATS. After my dad had forgotten who his sons were, my brother asked, "Dad, do you remember WA8ATS?" A look of knowing suddenly came to my dad's face and he said, "W-A-8-A-T-S, Whiskey, Alpha Eight, Alpha, Tango, Sierra." My dad must have said those words a million times. They were burnt in his brain. Not even Alzheimer's could erase them.
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your story sounds so familiar I teared up a little my dad had a stroke and he was an active ham before it and after he could not remember much of anything I miss him so much his call is n2euw mine is kd2hou.
@@RedneckLn Sorry to hear about your loss. Hopefully there are Ham radios in Heaven. I remember sitting in my dad's "Shack" and listening to him talk to people around the world. He talked to Sen. Barry Goldwater and guys in the old USSR and everywhere in between.
Hazelwood 55 ... what a wonderful story. I grew up listening to my dad on his ham radio as well ... I got my license and was able to get my Dad's old call sign. Makes me feel good to be connected to his hobby even if I am no where near as involved as he was I enjoy the hobby. 73s
I talked with a fella who was ice fishing. He had a nice fishing shack with an IC-746 and a G5RV. We talked for about an hour while he caught fish.
Okay, this video has convinced me. I'm officially getting into ham radio now. Heading to my first club meeting tomorrow! Should be good fun.
+Acastus Cor Sounds great, I hope you have some good local people that can help you out, but if not, there is plenty of things online or just ask me and I will help you get started. Ham radio is so much more fun than cell phones ever will be! You will enjoy the hobby.
The local club seems to be super supportive. There's not many members, but they're all old hands and seem to have the patience to deal with my newbie questions. My county seems to be something of a hotspot for ham radio. There's a repeater practically next door to my house, and there's about four clubs in the space of four square miles. I don't think I could ask for a better place to start!
+Acastus Cor You are very lucky then, I hope you have a lot of fun with it, I have been doing it since I was 13 yrs old and am now 51 and still having just as much fun. Let me know how things go for you!
I certainly will! I'm 21, and the hobby seems like an excellent opportunity to learn some basic electronics; as well as pick up an important set of skills that could help in my future career. And apart from the practical stuff, it just looks like an absolute blast!
+Acastus Cor Great to hear this fantastic news.
I wish you all the best
73
Marco IU2DXF
Very nice. I've been a ham for 25+ years and still get amazed when working DX on HF bands. You can work the world with just a simple wire antenna and a 12 V power source.
+Ray_Biker I can't, is the antenna the secret?
Love that desk, reminds me of many years ago in my first utility engineering job assisting our operations center (SCADA). Excellent video thank you Larry!
I suddenly became very, very interested in this.
Seems to be a very awesome hobby. 40 years old and I'm looking for a new hobby, especially during the winter. Will research and learn more.
Great station, great contacts, and great video, Larry. Was a pleasure to see your station in action.
73~KF7TOV
Great vid, and thank you! I am looking at getting into HAM radio and have not been able to find any vids that show someone using the radio and showing us what fun you can have, and was happy to find your vid. I have been mildly interested in HAM, and when I saw your vid, I became much more interested. Please keep making vids that show us the fun and which will entice new people to start. The technical vids people are creating are great and helpful, but there need to also be many more vids showing the fun. For instance, operators keep saying, “you can do so many things with this or that radio” but they don’t always tell us exactly what those things are. If we’ve never engaged in ham, we are in a nebulous cloud of not having a clear idea of what we can do. So thanks, and please make more vids! :)
Well thank you very much Ellen, I sure appreciate your nice comments and will try to keep doing more vids that show the fun of radio and what you can do. It is people like you that keep me inspired to do more, so thanks! I hope you do get into ham radio, it is very fun with so many different things you can pick and choose to do.
There is nothing like some good DX! The thought of your voice bouncing around the earth and landing thousands of miles away... it doesn't get any more cool than that! 73 de K0LWC
Thank you, Ham radio is 'timeless' it's always exiting.
I would like a ham radio. I prefer talking this this modern texting😀
Hi thanks for sharing. I only picked up my first call sign a few days ago. And I too have picked up many DX contacts from all over the world. Using just 10w and a wire dipole strung up in the garden! Awesome,
73s M6WXD
I am a new HAM from the south of India, Kerala. I am just starting,very interesting, this video was very informative
That's a nice setup there, after 25 years of thinking about it, I'm going to get my ham licence. Used to love qsl'ing on the fm cb years ago. Thanks for posting
Thanks and that sounds great, go for it. Sure been fun for me! Good luck with everything there, so much you can do.
did DX'g on 11 meter band, from 1977 to 1996, and decided now to for my license, good luck !
enriqueroman62 Yes, that sounds great. And I still do 11 meter also, it is all radio to me but the more you can get into the better. Good luck!! You will have fun.
enriqueroman62 I'm doing my foundation licence training now now hope to pass my exam soon.
I think this just goes to show that we live in an ever increasingly smaller world. Internet has made that apparent but this adds a very tangible feeling to it all.
I am so glad this popped up in my feed. I will be watching all your videos
He uses a stereo audio amp to amplify his receive signal. Of course both channels have the same audio because the signals are in mono. He also uses an audio equalizer. Takes a lot of effort to build a station this elaborate, but certainly it's a labor of love if u have the room for it plus an antenna farm that would justify it!
Looking to sell
Thanks Larry! That was fun to watch.
Crikey you have a amazing set up there. It looks like the bridge on a ship👍
P.S. Nice editing as usual. Loving the screenshots of QRZ. I do that all the time while listening to the ham bands! Booming Austrian station there as well.
that's a really nice cabinet setup youve got
Awesome stuff, Larry. This is exactly why I just earned my Tech and General license two days ago. I think DX is super interesting. I’m sure my setup will be nowhere as nice or as good as yours, but I’m hoping to at least reach out to someone from overseas at some point when I get it all set up.
I've worked in telecommunications for the past decade. This seems like a hobby I can see myself getting into. Thank you for the video, sorry im late to the party!
Hello Larry (I think there was a sitcom with that name in the 70s!) just saying that I'm glad to see a new video posted by you, especially one with actual on-air time using your awesome station. I've been a subscriber for over a year and you've even helped me on one occasion with advice on cleaning pots in radios. As an SWL I too have been noticing conditions in 20 meters to be superb. Also it seems every time I watch your videos I notice even more bits of your station, in particular the device with the dual channel VU meters. Must know what that is! Again, great seeing this ... 73!
Love these. Studying for my tech, going ahead and buying the GMRS license and currently learning about the gear I currently have. This type of communication I find just fascinating.
I can't wait to get my Ham radio licence! Loved the video Larry!
Thanks for making this Video Larry. I've been DXing since the 90s and have recently given up work so looking to take exams in the near future. In the meantime, doing background like watching this video etc. Keep posting Larry. 73
I enjoyed looking at your radio desk combination. Very nice.
Interesting vid clip and nicely edited too. I've always been interested in radio but Ham equipment is damned expensive at least here in UK it is. I satisfy myself with HF listening now and use a Trio-R1000 receiver i bought used 23 years ago. Still working perfectly. I made my own end fed longwire antenna (about 60ft) from braided copper wire and get stations all over the world.
What a great channel. Thanks for the content. I'm a private pilot and have always been interested in radio. Just about to take my Technician test!
Well thank you and that is great to hear. I want to wish you the best of luck on your test, I am sure you will have no problem. I know I hear a lot of pilots on the air who talk about flying etc and I also enjoy hearing about that and watching videos about that also. Some also have a radio on board to make contacts on the air in their free time, always fun making contact when they do that! Some commercial pilots will dial up the HF radio to ham freqs in spare time on overseas flight if they are licensed hams. 73 and keep me posted if you wish.
Amazing communication hobby indeed. This is fun ❤️
This is a great video. I shared it with my four sisters to see if it will motivate them to become ham operators. Thanks for you help!
Wow, this brings back so many memories of my time in the Army a Radio Operator. I should pick this up again and turn those skills into a hobby. Looks like a ton of fun!
I love watching you work DX Larry; the little thumbs up to the camera are great too :)
CQ CQ CQ Unlicenced transmission from Seattle. You have an awesome setup! I'm currently studying for the Technician exam, after seeing this video....I know what I want to do in the future. Thanks for sharing! 73
Brian Moses Thanks Brian and great to hear you will be getting into the hobby, so many things you can do with it. Maybe we will be able to talk by radio some day. 73 and good luck with the exam!
What power are you transmitting at, and what kind of antenna do you need to be able to do this? Just curious, thanks!
I was using 100 watts straight out of the radio and for antenna I either use just a wire dipole at 40 Ft high in the center, or sometimes I use a 3 element tri-band beam antenna. But when conditions are good, you don't need anything special, just tonight I was talking to France using only 10 watts and my dipole wire antenna. Lot of fun and a challenge also with the lower power. But I was being heard. 100 watts works very well for me though most all of the time. 73
Simply too beautiful the way you fixed the radios in your shack. I've particularly enjoyed seeing the FT-847 in operation. 73 - PY4CK
I am a new Technician in Prescott, WI and I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your vids. Nice shack btw!
KD9APF Jason
Thanks very much Jason, glad to hear that you are a new technician, congratulations on that! Glad you enjoy the videos also, I will try to keep at it, 73. Have fun on the air!
I love ham radio! Great video. See you around the bands! 73 from HI8ESF
Hello, my father is CT1AKL from Oporto, Portugal , he passed away 11 years ago, i have good memories from DX meetings with many hamradio enthusiasts around the World, many late nights with my father. Best regards
The communication between HAM radio operator of INDIA and NEPAL helped a man who was in prison for 40 years without any guilty. love from NEPAL
Larry, thanks. This was very useful and interesting. I go for my general in 3 weeks.
Hi. Thanks for sharing. I am a new ham, and just got my General as well. Installing my HF rig (IC-7300) this week. Looking forward to it. Thanks.
That is great to hear! Congrats on the new General and I hope you have a lot of fun with radio! 73
Hey PelDaddy, I know this reply is a month old but, nevertheless, congratulations, and I hope this last month has been rewarding to you. I recently purchased an ICOM-7300 as well.
I think you made a smart choice.
(Now if only I didn't live in both an HOA as well as temporal location we'll call "the bottom of the sun cycle" so I could use it to it's full potential.... *sigh*)
I think any ham's who get their WAS or any other award in those two conditions should get an extra endorsement on their certificates. ;P
73s and happy new year!
Jonathan
nice setup you got there, cheers form Ontario.
Hey Larry, thank you for the video. That's some impressive tech you got there, the reception is basically flawless. But what's that double-channel hardware that's on top of you rig? I see 2-channel EQ and 2-channel S-meter, but why would you ever need it?
I am taking my test soon. DX is what really intrigues me most.
nice shack, great video. The Austria QSO, OE6MBG, had an amazing signal! 73s, ex WA5FMV.
Larry,
How did you set up the 19" rack gear. It looks like one hell of an operating station (could be a video in this). As always a greate show.
73
G0PIB
An OUTSTANDING VIDEO!!! 👏👏👏👏---> Greetings from The Netherlands (Europe)
I've been endlessly interested in Ham radio and SW listening for years. Thought about trying to get into it a few times but it's always looked so incredibly complicated and very costly. Beautiful looking/sounding rig you have there!
DX... this is so rare among American hams on TH-cam . Congrats, hope more hams in the us start to DX
A very good video . I managed to setup a pro whip antenna which I got from ebay for £22 and used it with my atu was able to make contact to a few stations even tho the bands are flat at the moment . its a great feeling it is when your able to make DX contact to some station in another country 73's
WOW I got the thrills back, oh my god it's been 30 years since I left my Yaesu be purchased by another amateur, thanks for posting this video, nothing compares to Ham radio, internet is not even close to it, VOICE over text. Nice set up RadioHam ! I will be going back to my old ham radio hobby.
Thanks and that is great to hear, there are so many things going on in ham radio now so it is a fun time to get started again!
Great video. Don’t know why I waited so long to learn more about something I’ve been in love with since I first heard a radio broadcast. Thx from your newest fan
You know I assumed all this would just die off with the Internet.
Not so. Instead it’s helping it maybe
Really nice station. Good vid shows my favorite types of layed-back DX contacts.
wow.. I like your station man!! your the real THE MAN!! AWESOME..
Great radio Shack and great video!!! best regards from Chile (CE), good Dx´s XQ6UMR Guillermo.
thanks and best regards! and good DX to you!
As mentioned, DX'ing is just one aspect of amateur radio - there are many others from construction to experimentation, etc . . . and of course you can make friends around the globe. I enjoy it as well.
Just got a sub and like from the UK! Looking forward to getting used to HAM radio comms! Warm regards DP
This is very encouraging RHG. Thank you! 73 :)
This makes me want to cry. I miss my setup as a 15 year old kid, QSL cards from around the world through a PO box i rented and working a Yaesu FT840 through a 500w Zetagi valve linear and 20ft silver-rod on a 60ft mast.
73's from the UK..... 2M1VFO.
I passed my intermediate in 1995 before cars took over my life. Now I'm a little older, the radio bug has me again, but this time I don't have a home big enough for a nice antenna & mast again, because I love HF DX. The long wavelengths hurt me. :(
I'm sure as a ham you've heard of loop antennas or other limited space HF antennas. There's one from MFJ that's very compact, works 40-10 meters, can fit in your attic, and costs between 400-500 U.S. Dollars I think. It's just like a metal circle. Just do some research in limited space antennas. There's always options.
My first Ham Radio Video, Thank You very Much My Friend. Looks like a Great Hobby.
This is so cool. One day I hope to have a similar setup.
This is sooo cool! Great video!
"Victor has a wall map just like I do" LOL :-)
This is a nice video :-)
Thanks
BROTHER LARRY I like how you did this video nice intro,,great to see a pro at work show how its done,,just amazing the foot hills of the alps, so refreshingnto see good video good audio,& full description great comments on this page too,,
What a sweet Hamshack 👍Great console!
Those Euro countries BOOMing in. Amazing. Love DX
CB seemed a lot better. We actually talked to people. What, as a RVer driving around the country, is the benefit or attraction of Ham Radio?
Hello Larry, that looks like very expensive equipment. I just got the idea to find something and learn with my kids on how to communicated with people from countries far from here. They are girl scout and I thought they might find it interesting. Awesome upload thank you por posting and best wishes for you take care and be well
This looks like fun! :D love the video! Understood most of it with the Aviation Alphabet!
Looking at getting into ham radio, and came across your video. I am in louisville Ky, and I have family in Minnesota Lake.... small world, but a connected world. 👍
Very nice setup you have there, had my license for about a year now and right now I just have 3 mobiles working 10, 2, and 15 meters
That sounds great. Those bands should start improving this year with the new sunspot cycle so things are looking good!
You station is very impressive! Thanks for a great video
This is a beautiful upload dear and thank you for sharing it with us too dear.
I love your setup. It looks great. De N2ETA
Really enjoyed this! Nice clean, well-made video that's to the point. Not shaking all over the place. Exactly what I wanted to see as a newbie interested in Ham. So fun to see the photos of people and their rigs online!
My dream is to transmit around the world on 20m, and one day work up to CW. I'm going for my Technicians license here in Seoul next month (I can get my US license from here, apply it here in Korea, and wait a month for the gov't to give me the go-ahead, etc). I am studying for the test with the help of a really great Android app someone put together. Unfortunately, I think I will have a lot of difficulty with all of the RF noise and whatnot around Seoul. My home is literally 3 meters away from the junction of two big power lines, so I think I'll need to set up a mobile rig.
Some day, I hope we can talk! Derek (originally from central Iowa... just South of you, but living in Seoul these past 12 years as a university teacher).
Nice video Larry.
Thank you for sharing.
Have fun.
73, Paul.
Oh man is that a Yaesu 847? That's my first radio picked up a year and a half ago! Sitting right next to me. Love that thing.
Yes and it is a great radio, very expensive back in the day when I purchased it new so you are lucky to have it!!
Great looking shack Larry and terrific QSOs on 20m. Hope to catch'a on the bands one of these days. ....73 .de KG9FA.
wow what are the chances. After 7 years I find this video because I'm thinking about getting a ham radio and I hear you are in MN. Same here! I'm originally from Chile, but I have been living in MN for the last 12 years.
Thank you very much and glad you are thinking about getting into ham radio, it is a lot of fun. I am in Albert Lea, MN.
Love the WSM antenna in the background!!!
I just started studying for my Technicians license. Gonna take the test and get my license. Thanks for posting.
That is great to hear, good luck!
Nice rig... congrats on 10,000 subs
I just passed my Tech and General exams over the weekend. I can't wait for my name and call sign to come up in the FCC database. I don't have a radio of my own yet. But Im sure the local club that meets once a month will help me work some DX!
Larry, I enjoy your videos and you have a beautiful ham shack! w0xs
Thanks, I think I have things set up pretty much how I like it but still seems like I change things around now and then! 73
This set up got to be over 5 grand, easy.
Love your station setup!
Awesome console. Nice station working on 20 meters. Great conditions. This is what its all about.
Really nice setup. FB & 73 from your neighbor in WI.
WK9S
Great video.. Greetings from 9A3FKV, QTH: Mrkopalj, Croatia! 73
Larry, I am curious about your antenna setup. Have you done a video on your antennas? Jim KK4DJX
I guess I have not done a good video on antennas here, might make a good video when it warms up here, thanks for the suggestion!
This was awesome man.
My grandparents were into ham radio when I was a kid in the early 70s my grandfather call sign was PY5YR and my grandmothers was PY5YS . I thought it was really cool and later in the late 70s he purchased a radio called Yaezu FT101ZD, it was a wonderful piece of technology. Now they are gone, memories stay.
Thanks for sharing that, I do remember the 101ZD also, fun radio. We will always have the great memories of things like you are talking about! 73...Larry
Just got my license!! This video made me however a bit sad: was it during a contest (with extra quick exchanges to get as many qso as possible) or people were a bit too quick to say 73s? The Austrian OM was of course a tiny bit more interested in rag chewing but not that much.
May I respectfully ask whether this is the standard or the exception? CBs, 25 yrs ago, sounded to me way more friendly - maybe I have to do more listening and live with that.
Still a Technician for now but I’ve made some amazing DX contacts on the allowed 10m from Europe to the Caribbean to the southern end of South America from Tennessee using a 100 watt Icom and G5RV jr. What an addicting hobby. I do prefer phone rather than other methods. 73 N4IOI formerly KM4BCA.
Love your videos! Keep it up! Hope to work your station one day. One day, maybe you could post a video about setting up in the field.... I am going to try this for the first time in the fall for a special event and am blank on simple antenna and battery ideas....
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
I don't have license and radio yet, and cant wait to get both of them.
Thanks for vid
Very good sound quality. I have a IC-705 recently. (BX5ABK).
Greetings, from New Zealand.