Installing the 100' Rohn SSV ham radio Tower. There are 5 twenty foot sections. We mounted three in singles, then put the top two in at once, because the boom truck wasn't tall enough to put the top 20' on top of an 80' base. Sorry there's not more video, but there were only three of use working...

Steve Galchutt brought this version of the "spud gun" (Pneumatic Launcher) to our Colorado QRP Club meeting. It was built for him by his friend John Evans (N0HJ) as described in the March '09 issue of the American Radio Relay League's QST publication. Amateur radio operators use all kinds of...

This is a preview of the upcoming ARVN "Dayton Collection" from the 2009 (and some 2008) Dayton Hamvention. This clip comes from the "Unauthorized Dayton Tour 2008/2009). Details at www.arvideonews.com. KC3VO's 2kW ham radio backpack amplifier gets the attention of the FCC! ... Amateur ham radio...

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100 Degree Field Day - Spend the day with Jackson Amateur Radio Club and see how they approached Field Day 2009 in the heat of Summer. Meanwhile its Winter for Peter in Australia with a very interesting demonstration of early Mechanical Television. Plus viewer email and lots of fun.

Amateur radio operation from a 28' sailboat in St Joseph, Michigan. Each year during the last weekend of the month of June, ham radio operators operate from the "field" in the US and Canada. In this case I operated from my Sabre 28 Azure. ... "field day" "ham radio" 2009 k7zb sailing "amateur...

Society Of Newfoundland Radio Amateurs 2009 ARRL/RAC FIELD DAY! Location was signal hill national historic site where marconi received his transatlantic message in 1901 ! Perfect site for the event. VO1AA 3A NL Kenwood TS-450SAT - G5RV Kenwood TS-570S - A3S Icom IC-706MKIIG - A3S ... amateur...

A movie I threw together for my very first field day! W2HO is our club call sign for the Orange County Amateur Radio Club (http://www.ocarc-ny.org/index.htm) We were located on Cronomer Hill park, located in Newburgh NY I started the day on 15... blew threw 120 contacts in just over an...

A few snippets from the 2009 field day event.. Apologies for the windy soundtrack.

Amateur Radio - often called "ham radio" continues to be the most reliable, fail-safe means of communications in disasters. Even with the complexity of new communications systems, or perhaps because of their complexity, Amateur Radio works when other systems are down or overloaded. These are...

Chris Matthieu, N7ICE, demonstrates how to surf the web on an Icom ID-1 D-Star ham radio!

Earl , K5ROC shows his portable station using a Alinco DX-70 for HF and Yaesu FT-7800R for VHF/UHF. The radios along with antenna tuner and power supply are mounted in a computer case it is transported by placing in a case with wheels and handle. Antennas for the station are a 1/4 wave Diamond...