10 Hindsight Things That Would Have Made Ham Radio Easier - Livestream
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- Every hobby has a learning curve. Ham radio turns out to have a MASSIVE learning curve. There were tons of misconceptions I had when I was starting out that I wish I knew when I was getting started.
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Had a voice issue in the beginning, it ends a bit later in the intro. I'm editing it out now. Thanks for bearing with me.
I thought you'd joined a boy band.
It was damn funny
So glad you left in the reverb! It was funny AF. 😁
Just started getting into Ham radio, but holy crap, my DJ name back in the 90's was Sporatic E!!!
I am lying, sorry.
I am hearing an echo that I don't recall hearing in the past. You sound a bit more distant. Maybe not the right mic?
You can reduce fan noise by upgrading the stock 40mm fan to a Noctua fan. They're usually about $15-20 per fan, but they can cut the volume of the fan by almost 50%
Nice work man! You are a great ambassador of our hobby! Your presentations (multi-screens) are fantastic. 73 AE0BE
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Great stuff. Love these types of "in hindsight" videos.
I really appreciate how your videos help new hams (and old ones like me, too). Your suggestions in this video are spot-on! I operate 100W CW portable from a cabin using an Inverted L with the Palomar Engineers "Bullet" 9:1 unun and their Bullet 55 instructions (20 feet vertical wire with a MFJ extendable mast and a wood dowel extension, 35 feet horizontal wire, and about 50 feet of coax going to a choke right before the rig). I find the SWR from 80 through 10 meters is below 2:1, which means there is a compromise going on. Still, CW QSOs state side and DX to Europe is no problem from here in the west when the bands are open. Come, come back to the 9:1 dark side. And thank you for what you do for ham radio.
This was a helpful video. Your channel helped me to recently gain my Technician and General. I’m a bit overwhelmed, but this was full of great advice. I’ve only purchased an FT3D and a signal stick, this far. Thanks again!
I have the abree tactical antanna works great did a test today 13miles range here in long Beach to signal hill no problem with uv5r
I agree about having a mobile radio. I put a FT 891 and FTM 300 in the SUV and have a blast having a mobile shack. Nothing beats getting a new DX qso on the way to work. We spend so much time in our cars. We might as well entertain ourselves in the process.
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I got here through Modern Rogue! I grew up with a father who was an old-school ham. I loved hanging out in his den and just listening to him scanning through the bands and frequencies. But, alas, I don't know how to even start! Is analog equipment still a thing? I love vintage style and the nostalgia of the old Heathkits.
I don't know know if it was corrected during the live chat, but actually, a "crystal radio" was called a crystal set because it used an actual galena crystal which was sensitive to RF. My first made crystal set included the galena crystal in a mount (about the size of a dime). You actually "tuned" your radio by moving a wire (the one I made used a safety pin) across the crystal. There was no tuner per se. This was probably about 1966 or so. Fun stuff for sure!
Josh has clearly become the successor to Gordo West as the face of ham radio. I am a brand new ham and feel lucky to have found his videos. They've been very helpful. Thank you!
Very kind words. Thank you!!!
Great stuff testing for my tech in 2 weeks, dad's been a ham since 68 , love the podcast as well
Thank you for your channel. I'm studying and hope to test soon for my tech license. Have a great day! :-)
Josh, I just have to say, a big wholehearted thank you. Your content, along with a few other TH-camrs, got me through my Tech and General license. I have made numerous mistakes, thankfully none too expensive, and learned a lot in the process. To name a few, don't try to hold an antenna while transmitting 50 Watts on VHF, it's crazy how well a simple monoband HF dipole works when cut properly, don't spend so much time worrying about it, HF radios are pretty tolerant of high swr, as long as you don't key up on full power, a few seconds probably won't hurt it, digital is not as easy as it looks, you will have ALC issues, having an HF antenna too close to the house leads to RF in the shack, and last but not least, make sure to inform your father that your HF antenna is on the ground before he starts mowing... Again, your content has helped me so much over the past eight months and I'm very thankful that you make these videos to try and help new hams avoid some of the more discouraging mistakes. I'm sure I'll learn plenty more from your videos for years to come, 73 de W8IJC
As a kid I pulled my 3 element beam down,it got battered in the wind and my uncle came in with his land rover to drop some logs off and ran right over it 😲🙄
I remember frequently checking out Alfred Morgan's "Boys' First Book of Radio and Electronics" quite frequently from my elementary school library. This would have been in the late 90's that they still had it on the shelf. I would love to get myself a copy of that book, but they are so expensive. I know its just wishful thinking, but maybe we can get the publisher to reprint it...
Back around 1963 I pulled a radio from a junk car that had the turning coils for each button, that made a great multi station crystal radio as each button was tuned separately. Yes, tube auto radio!
@ 7:50 "eeee-num-claw"! LOL! 🤣 Eeee ryhmes with see, num as in number and claw is self explanatory...
Im still coming back to the old videos. I start learning and then lose interest beciase there's so much to learn. A year later I'm back again.. I wish there was more young members in the radio club. Most of the people in our club are really old and it's overwhelming bugging them all the time. Young people are always eager to help.
Be the change you want to see in the world. Invite people to your club meetings and entice them to get involved.
New guy studying for my Technician license. Have my eye on a Yaesu FT-3DR. Thanks for the great videos.
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50:00 Shoulda coded YYZ for you know, RUSH and stuff :) \m/
VHF contests are 6 meters and up... ARRL has the rules on the contest page.
I forget which brand of hard cider I tried but it had hops in it and was good stuff! Dry, hop aroma(no hop bitterness, it is dry hopped cold).
“Fing magic boxes” 😂
Had fun listening. Learned some too.
Thank you.
My favorite video so far. This is the content that really keeps me on youtube.
Great video and topic Josh 👍 What I wish I knew when I started out is, just because a RT systems wire works on multiple radios, does not mean they wont milk more money out of you for radio specific software 🤣
FYI, I've had to send back two ABBREEE antennas as they were counterfeit. They too had a horrible SWR on the 70cm and 2m. Gotta pay attention to the comments.
Hey Josh! Live your videos. Question I'd like to get a mobile radio however I don't live in a typical home. I live in toyota dolphin, what would you recommend for that? I've got 2 300w solar and 2000w generator
Re: learning morse. code. I taught myself the code a different way than most recommend. I know the alphabet. Taking what I already know I put the dots and dashes beside each character. I used a tone to send the characters. I took any piece of printed paper and "sent" it to myself. At first i did one character at a time. Then by repetition i would send a known character without looking at the paper. Very soon i didn't need the alphabet code page at all. Learning to receive is much harder. I tuned a cw receiver to someone sending. At first i only got 1 of ever 5 or 6 characters. Soon i was receiving easily. I was copying 15 words per minute on my novice test just to see how fast i was. If you practice with a friend inconvenience is a big problem. Coordinating with someone every time u want to practice. The way i used i could practice without coordinating with anyone. I stopped when i got the beginners "code headache" and after i rested i picked right back up again. Learning with a companion as in the military is fine if your friend knows he will be disciplined for not cooperating. Military style training is the only method I've seen promoted. I did it all by myself and easily passed the 20 wpm at my extra exam.
Indeed receiving seems to be the hard aspect for most.
The funniest part about the startup was the pansies in the chat saying "turn off the F* autotune or whatever that is" or "Lose it or lose me". Man. If that is all it takes to upset people, then we are all doomed. Looks like all they needed to do was wait just a moment before getting their tiny little panties tied into knots. Josh fixed it real quick. Get a grip people.
Yeah my Baofeng did worse with a nagoya 771. Got a 7.5 inch expert power antenna and it works fine. My friend tested them both and the 771 had over 2 swr on 2m and 3 on 70cm... And it came from Btech on amazon.
Josh, thanks so much for what you do. I am new to radio , & your videos really help.
Concerning the issue you addressed with the Baofengs possibly getting there "frontend" overloaded when adding an upgraded antenna. I have had this issue. I have a Baofeng GT-3 mark III I added a super elastic signal stick, as well as a Diamond SRJ77CA. Both really hurt the receive on the radio. Anyone know of any links to any more info on this?
Also, I was thinking of buying a TYT TH-UV8000e next. Does anyone know how the front end on these radios are, and if they would have any problems handling an upgraded antenna ? thanks
I’m glad the video helped.
I don’t have that radio, so I can’t comment on it’s front end.
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30:31 I don't think it's a Baofeng issue, probably just the antenna they have isn't resonant. I've got four U5-5R's purchased within the last year that all work great with better antennas. I've used all of them with either 1/4 or 1/2 wave dipoles I made no problem. I hooked one up to my massive 20' tall base station collinear antenna I made and I checked into a simplex net over 30 miles away from my "terrible" home location down in a shallow valley and I also just used a smaller more portable collinear I made with a different UV-5R to make a few repeater contacts and check in to a net also about 30 miles away on Friday...
It’s probably a little of both on all the times it’s been reported to me.
So the BFF8HP is not an upgrade over the UV5R? Its a simple analog radio? Does that mean I should get something better? I don't know what to buy!
Man I'm lost! I bought a two radio package on Amazon thinking I was ready.....ha! What's next?
Buy the best equipment you can starting out if you're certain Ham radio is for you. It saves a lot of money later on.
Since the pandemic started the place I was going to take tests stopped giving them. Are there testing sites open to get licensed?
I took an exam from an online tester a few months ago. There are a few out there that will do testing for you remotely. I think my exam was from some place in New York, despite me being based in the west. Best of luck!
Do I need a ham license if I just want the capability to listen to emergency broadcasts in my local area? I didn’t think I did. I’m trying to figure out how to program a Motorola 7550e do this but having issues. I need help !!
You can listen, you aren't supposed to transmit. You need a license to transmit. Just don't try talking on it or push the talk button.
Maybe you could let us in on the secret of what is an "HT" antenna. IOW, what does "HT" stand for?
I was the same with multi band antennas, I have a "Shack-in-a-box" FT991A, but wanted a multi band antenna due to space constraints, what I have now is an X30 for VHF/UHF and a 9:1 unun with a long wire for 40 - 6m HF bands, with a tuner it does quite well 😊
As far as noisy fans go, look into replacing the stock fan with a Noctua fan, they're amazingly quiet!
Do you use OBS? You should do a show about your stream studio! WhY not?
any way you could do a condensed version of these videos for those of us who can't make the live stream? it's painful to sit through an hour and 20 min video with only 30 mins of information.
Just jump to when the topic starts?
old rule learned in the 60's. Max distance from a mobile to a base station with 40 foot high antenna was 12 miles.
On the "how many thought BaoFeng can talk to people in other states hundreds of miles away"...
I just watched a video of a guy in Georgia talking on a UV-5R to guys on the west coast, and personally listened to guys in Idaho, hundreds of miles from me the other night while sitting on my couch using the 19 in. antenna that came on my BF-F8-TD, and they were crystal clear. I would have tried to talk to them but I was still waiting for my call sign.
Can't a BaoFeng using a repeater talk to people in other states or even the international space station???
Now I'm confused.
The radio is capable of line of site communication, that is why it can hit the ISS. If you talk on a repeater and you hear people very far away on that repeater, it is like the repeater is linked via the internet or another RF connection.
The Baofeng is a simple VHF/UHF, it isn't capable of beyond line of sight communications except for a very specific atmospheric phenomina called sporadic E. However that isn't something we depend on to make reliable communication.
just sayin i talk to people in georgia all the time from central - south florida via sarnet so if you got a state net bordering states are an option with baofengs
Noctua or not 40MM fans are noisy. They are meant for server power supplies where noise is not an issue.
I can listen on CB, with my Yaesu FT3DR, but can not XMIT! :)
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Nice vocoder
You have voice modulation on.
What is going on with the vocal effects??
Can you talk about P25
Vocoder??
like the stream however I am new to ham. purchased two anyTone 878+ HT's and two baofeng UV 5r's and recently passed general license test and going for extra in a couple weeks. Having trouble with the whole DMR id code? code plug? thing and not sure how to get on the air. contacted local ham clubs trying to get Elmer but most see to me of an age that causes enough concern about "Chinese virus" that they can only contact via zoom. anyway I don't know how to get to "discord?" just having a very hard time trying to learn. All I can consistently connect with is TH-cam videos. I don't even know how to view any response to this message (if I get one). Very frustrating.
Yooo we got the same last name lol
Battlestar Galactica voice on transmit...👨🚀🎛🤣🤣🤣
Can’t understand it for some reason
Is using a voice changer or effects on my voice on HAM radio legal? 😂
They are condensers, not capacitors, Kilocycles, not Kilohertz, its micro-microfarads, not picofarads. Just tounge in cheek from an older ham
The Baofeng front end sucks... Just buy Yaesu
I like to tell people that the youngest ham I know started as an 8 year old. so are you smarter than an 8 year old? (W2HAX)
musically hamming
Sorry, 2 minutes was all I could take.
I was watching a lot of your videos. Then I heard you say, well if I say something you don't understand, go look it up 1) If I am going to look up everything, you have no purpose as a "crash course" 2) I thought you were trying to teach us, now it seems from that comment you are just hear to show your expertise for your own benefit.
It’s impossible for me to cover everything. Show a little motivation and try and look up stuff I don’t completely cover.
@@HamRadioCrashCourse I am completely motivated. But I am not the one telling people partial info and saying look up the rest while claiming to be a “course”. Thanks anyway. Plenty of other resources to learn from.
Notarubicon has really good straight forward videos, do does Dave Cassier, no sure of the spelling but he has Of in a circle in the upper right hand of his video's, there's a few others that seem pretty good, I just don't remember them. They get to the point, are very clear, concise, etc! I was hoping this guy would go down the list of the 10 things, over 30 minutes and I still don't know if he listed even one! This is not a "crash" course, this is one long drawn out, when will it end course. To be fair, this is the first video of his that I watched, well, only a little over 35 minutes. I'm moving on.
I can't believe what I just heard... You said a baofeng can't shoot skip. You didn't say ht's can't shoot skip. That means you are bias against baofeng. I can tell you that atmospheric conditions mean more than what radio you are using. Your bias as an elite( in your eyes) is showing more and more
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Yeah. Definitely. The entire show that ran over one hour about ALE is just an ad for my shirts. 🤣