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In this episode we talk with Eric Guth, 4Z1UG, the host of the QSO Today podcast and good freind of the show. We get an update on Eric's ham radio activites and celebrate passing the 200th episode milestone of the HRWB podcast. We also get an update on HRWBOTA, Ham Radio Workbenches On The Air.
One of the innovators and risk takers in our hobby is Eric Guth, 4Z1UG. Eric is pushing the envelope with his QSO Today virtual Ham Expo. This is literally an amateur exposition behind a pain of glass. Eric's initial foray into newer technologies was the launch of his QSO Today Podcast where he interviews Ham Radio Operators. He recently finished #441 which is quite a feat. How does this tie into the DX Mentor, well….you'll just have to listen! QSO Today podcast - https://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com/ QSO Today virtual expo - https://www.qsotoday.com/ ham radio workbench - https://www.hamradioworkbench.com/ Southwest Ohio DX Association - https://www.swodxa.org Southwest Ohio DX Association DX Dinner- https://www.swodxaevents.org More Details about the podcast: https://www.aj8b.com/the-dx-mentor-podcast
Jim Wilson, K5ND, returns to interview QSO Today Podcast host Eric Guth, as Eric reaches the 400th episode milestone of QSO Today. Jim and Eric discuss the changes to QSO Today that have evolved since the 200th episode milestone include the four QSO Today Virtual Ham Expos and the upcoming, soon to be announced QSO Today Academy for the advancement of amateur radio expertise.
All of us have a role to play in promoting a better Amateur Radio community. Whether we promote, advocate for change, or inspire others to be their best self, each person in this hobby touches others in some way. Eric 4Z1UG does this through reaching out to others in the hobby, inviting them to share their story, and making those stories available for all to hear on his podcast. Many have been inspired to do more with ham radio through listening to QSO Today. Recently, Eric has also inspired others through his QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo. In this episode, Eric joins us to talk about his podcast and the Expo as we explore how we all can do more to make Amateur Radio an enjoyable place to learn and grow in the art of radio. QSO Today Podcast: https://www.qsotoday.com QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo: https://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com Join us we talk about how YOU can be an advocate for Amateur Radio in this episode of the All Portable Discussion Zone “AP/DZ”. Every aspect of Portable Ops is explored in this biweekly live stream as we discuss news, gear, achievements, the workbench, contests, awards and more - find all Portable Ops related topics here. Twitter: Charlie NJ7V @NJ7V_ Dan KC7MSU @KC7MSU Brian W7JET @BBW7JET Help support this channel - buy us a Coke: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RedSummitRF Donate https://www.patreon.com/redsummitrf Obtain a sticker https://redsummitrf.blogspot.com Red Summit RF Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/redsummitrf
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1196 Release Date: January 29, 2022 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Terry Saunders, N1KIN, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 2:34:49 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1196 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: 1. Weak Signals Heard From Spanish Satellites EASAT-2 and HADES 2. Centralia, Washington, ARES Team Activates In The Wake of Bombing 3. The Next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo Set For Mid-March 2022 4. Amateur Radio Digital Communications Grants Continue 5. Puerto Rico Section and Red Cross Puerto Rico Chapter Sign New Memorandum Of Understanding 6. News Briefs - 7 items you need to know 7. QRP Operator Logs One Contact Per Day For Nearly 30 Years 8. A February Webinar Will Discuss Amateur Radio and AUXCOM Support To The US Department of Defense 9. AMSAT-DL Replaces Damaged Satellite Antenna At Antarctic Station 10. Elon Musk SpaceX Rocket On Collision Course With The Moon 11. Amateurs Lose 50 MegaHertz of Spectrum: Operation in 3.45 – 3.5 GigaHertz Segment Must Cease by April 14th, 2022 12. Federal Communications Commission Seeks Attorney-Advisor for its Mobility Division 13. Two Radio Amateurs Appointed to the Federal Communications Commission Technological Advisory Council 14. China Is Expanding Its South China Sea Antenna Farms 15. POTA/SOTA Tallies Up The 2021 Contacts and Activations 16. ARRL Podcast Covers How To Get Started With CW 17. RSGB/Ofcom arranges special callsigns for Queen's Jubilee celebrations 18. NASA satellite catches major solar flare 19. Portugal tracking down radio interference 20. First Svalbard QO-100 Satellite DXpedition 21. St Patrick's Day Award Update Plus these Special Features This Week: * Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT, will talk about the internet Domain Name System, he will discuss the recently passed Digital Services Act in the European Union, and he will talk about the mess that has developed between the FAA, the FCC, and the wireless carriers over the recently deployed 5-G network. * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will tell us about the best way to seal coaxial fittings from the elements. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will discuss what happens when you bring a UpConverter into you life. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. Bill returns with another edition of The Ancient Amateur Archives, this week, Bill takes a look at amateur radio during World War II in the years 1939 and 1940. * Vance Martin, N3VEM, will have the latest updates from Parks On The Air and Summits On The Air. * SPECIAL THIS WEEK: Courtesy of Eric Guth 4Z1UG, from the QSO Today Podcast, we will hear an interview with Geoffrey Mendenhall, W8GNM. Eric interviews him about his early interest in electronics, germanium transistors, and later, high power triodes led him to a career, as an engineer, designing, building, and managing broadcast transmitters projects for Gates Radio, Broadcast Engineering, and later Harris Broadcast ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/twiar RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 iHeartRadio: https://bit.ly/iHeart-TWIAR Spotify: https://bit.ly/Spotify-TWIAR TuneIn: https://bit.ly/TuneIn-TWIAR Automated: https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. Air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere, including Acast, Deezer, iHeart, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, TuneIn, Stitcher, iVoox, Blubrry, Castbox.fm, Castro, Feedburner, gPodder, Listen Notes, OverCast, Player.FM, Pandora, Podcast Gang, Podcast Republic, Podchaser, Podnova, and RSS feeds. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our daily feed on Twitter! Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.
Tonight we talk with Eric, 4Z1UG, from the QSO Today Podcast and QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo. The first Ham Expo of 2021 is next weekend, so we will get some new information about how the show preparation is progressing and other info. We will also be giving away a few tickets on this stream.Find more information about the Ham Expo here - https://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com
The QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo is back for March 2021! Today I get to sit down with Eric, 4Z1UG from the QSO Today Podcast and we get the latest info on the upcoming QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo, which is coming up in a couple of months.Register here! - https://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com
This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1132 Release Date: November 7, 2020 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zitell, KD2RJX, Fred Fitte, NF2F, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Running Time: 2:05:00 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1132 Trending headlines in this weeks bulletin service: 1. Brent Taylor, VY2HF,appointed to the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Board of Trustees 2. Neutron-1 CubeSat Scheduled for Deployment on November 5; Other Sats Pending 3. ARRL Comments on FCC Draft World Radiocommunication Conference Recommendations 4. A Clean Sweep in ARRL November Sweepstakes Means Working 84 Sections this Year 5. Category 4 Hurricane Eta Threat Prompts Activation 6. New NIST System Detects Ultra-Faint Signals Using Quantum Physics Principles 7. Upcoming ARRL Learning Network Webinars 8. International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 Executive Committee Meets in Multiple Virtual Sessions 9. The German Town Of Bad Bentheim Is Seeking Nominations For The Golden Antenna Award 10. Space Station Celebrates Twenty Years With A Crew On Board 11. New York Radio Club Donates To Hospital For Pandemic Response 12. Amateur Puts Vintage Amateur Publications On-Line 13. FCC Paves The Way For Am Broadcast Stations To Drop Analog In Favor Of Digital Signals 14. Ulrich Rohde, N1UL, Receives 2020 IEEE Region 1 Technological Innovation Award 15. Radio Amateurs in Western Pennsylvania to Commemorate KDKA Broadcasting Centennial 16. Ofcom release database of Amateur Radio Call Signs 17. IEEE Technological Innovation Award Is Conferred 18. Kristen McIntyre, K6WX, is New ARRL Pacific Division Director Plus these Special Features This Week: * Technology News and Commentary with Leo Laporte, W6TWT, this week Leo will solve the mysterious case of the malicious PDF * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Tower Climbing and Antenna Safety w/Greg Stoddard KF9MP, will talk about maintenance of your tower guy lines. * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, says that the excitement is palpable at the component level... * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. Bill returns with another edition of The Ancient Amateur Archives, this week, Bill will relate the story of why hams in Schenectady New York can't drive down Weaver Street.. * SPECIAL INTERVIEW: Courtesy the QSO Today Podcast, we will have an interview conducted by Eric Guth, 4Z1UG, with Hudson Division Director, Ria Jairam, N2RJ. ----- Website: http://www.twiar.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/twiar RSS News: http://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 iHeartRadio: http://bit.ly/iHeart-TWIAR Spotify: http://bit.ly/Spotify-TWIAR TuneIn: http://bit.ly/TuneIn-TWIAR Automated: http://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, changed weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. Air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere, including iHeart, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, TuneIn, AnchorFM, Stitcher, iVoox, Blubrry, Castro, Feedburner, gPodder, Listen Notes, NetVibes, OverCast, Player.FM, PocketCast, Podnova, and RSS feeds. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our daily feed on Twitter!
COVID-19 has changed a lot about the world that we knew last year! The governments have limited the number of people that are allowed inside of businesses, disallowed any social gatherings over a handful of people, "requiring" people to wear masks and so much more. COVID-19 has affected ham radio. We can't have meetings anymore, testing sessions are severely limited and of course, no hamfests! The QSO Today Podcast has done something that I really wish I could've done myself, they have started a virtual hamfest! The first one is coming up on August 8 & 9, 2020. So let's take a look at what this new Virtual Hamfest is going to be about. QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo: https://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com/ Virtual Ham Expo Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tLxkopzkHM Social Media: Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/Everythinghamradio Twitter: https://www.Twitter.com/k5clm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everything_hamradio/ Check out my blog at https://www.EverythingHamradio.com If you liked this video and would like to help out financially, you can make some time donation through PayPal to help with the cost, simply go to http://www.everythinghamradio.com/donate DISCLAIMER: Please note that some of the links in this description may be affiliate links. Meaning that if you purchase the item or other items after clicking on the link, I get a small commission from your purchase. This does not affect the price you pay in any way.
This week I celebrate 300 episodes of the QSO Today Podcast with George Zafiropoulos, KJ6VU, Bill Meara, N2CQR, Pete Juliano, N6QW, Ashhar Farhan, VU2ESE, and Hans Summers, G0UPL.
In this, the 200th edition of the QSO Today podcast, the QSO Today is with Eric Guth, 4Z1UG, creator of the QSO Today Podcast as the guest and is hosted by Jim Wilson, K5ND. In this interview, Eric tells his ham radio story, about his early exposure to electronics,his elmers, and how his amateur radio interest evolved to the QSO Today podcast. Eric answers listener questions at the end of the interview with Jim.
A lifetime ham, now living in Efrat, Israel, Eric Guth (4Z1UG) wanted to give back to the hobby that had given so much to him through the years; so in July of 2014, Eric launched the QSO Today Podcast as a way to connect yesterday’s elmers with today’s amateur radio operators. The results have been spectacular! Join Eric and I as we chat Podcasting for Hams, Living as a Ham Radio Op in Israel, Allstar nodes and more in this 74th Episode of the Ham Radio 360 podcast! For more information on Eric's Podcast visit QSOToday.com! Allstar Link Network IARC QSOToday on Twitter QSOToday on Facebook TDR6100 Press Release Thanks for listening and sharing! 73 Y'all Cale/K4CDN
Brooke Allen, N2BA, joins Eric, 4Z1UG, on episode 127 of the QSO Today Podcast to discuss “gamifying” amateur radio to make it attractive to young people, both men and women, while at the same time understanding what it means to be a ham radio operator to older hams. Brooke touches on the “flow state”, field day at the annual Burning Man event in the Nevada desert , and social skills for nerds.
Eric, 4Z1UG, host of the QSO Today Podcast, has an "eyeball" or in-person contact with Eddie Leighton, ZS6BNE, creator of RaDAR, or Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio, in Johannesburg, South Africa during Eric's recent visit. Eric and Eddie set up and operate Eddie's RaDAR setup while discussing the amateur's options for carrying ham radio equipment into the field.
George and Jeremy enjoy a fireside chat about shopping for your Workbench and Shack. Antenna Analyzer Project Information - http://hamradio360.com/community/partsmaterials-list/build-project-parts-listlinks/ Everything Ham Radio Podcast - http://www.everythinghamradio.com/ QSO Today Podcast - http://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/4z1ug Holiday project - 3D Printed Trees - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:197668 https://www.youmagine.com/designs/christmas-tree-with-space-for-led-light#activity New PackTenna linked dipole feedpoint prototype board arrived - http://www.packtenna.com Tools Time to progressively upgrade! Powerwerx - https://powerwerx.com Powerpole crimper - https://powerwerx.com/crimping-tools Irwin Automatic Wire Stripper - https://www.amazon.com/IRWIN-VISE-GRIP-Self-Adjusting-Stripper-2078300/dp/B000OQ21CA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479526683&sr=8-1&keywords=irwin+wire+stripping+tool Lighted magnifying loop Soldering Iron - Hakko FX-888D - http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/HAKKO-FX888D-23BY-/94-1275 Good wire cutters such as Xcelite - http://electronics.mcmelectronics.com/search?cataf=&view=list&w=xcelite+cutter&x=0&y=0 Upgrade all of your hand tools to Xcelite! - http://www.mcmelectronics.com/search.aspx?M=01001245 Digital caliper w/ CR2032 Battery - $40-$50 - https://www.amazon.com/iGaging-ABSOLUTE-Digital-Electronic-Caliper/dp/B00KDUD67G/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1479735338&sr=8-7&keywords=digital%2Bcaliper&th=1 Meters Tenma 72-7780 - $60 - http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/72-7780 EEVBlog Brymen - $135? - https://www.eevblog.com/product/bm235-multimeter/ Lab Power Supply Rigol DP711 30V, 5A $300 - https://www.rigolna.com/products/dc-power-supplies/dp700/ Tenma 72-8345A 36V, 3A - $150 - http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/72-8345A Tenma 72-8350A 20V 5A - $160 - http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/72-8350A#review Test equipment Digilent Analog Discovery II - http://store.digilentinc.com/analog-discovery-2-100msps-usb-oscilloscope-logic-analyzer-and-variable-power-supply/ Rigol scope $400 Rigol DS1054Z Digital Oscilloscope 50 Mhz DSO 4 Channels - http://www.tequipment.net/Rigol/DS1054Z/Digital-Oscilloscopes/?Source=googleshopping&gclid=CjwKEAiA6rrBBRDsrLGM4uTPkWASJADnWZQ48jklPQOV8YJ4GQNF5VuTGsVrW-jmDSOai1nCShefXRoCLeHw_wcB RF Spectrum Analyzer - Rigol spectrum analyzer Rigol DSA815-TG 9kHz to 1.5GHz with preamplifier and tracking generator - $1500 - http://www.tequipment.net/RigolDSA815-TG.html?v=0 Rigol DSA705 100kHz to 500MHz Spectrum Analyzer - $700 - http://www.tequipment.net/Rigol/DSA705/Spectrum-Analyzers/?v=0 Bird 43 Power Meter and Slugs - $400- ??? - http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/meters/1739.html Diamond Antenna Dual Band Power/SWR Meters - http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/meters/2315.html RigExpert AA-54 Antenna Analyzer - http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-011715 Kits HamRadio 360 Workbench Antenna analyzer WinKeyer USB - www.hamcrafters.com $75 http://www.hfsigs.com/ BITX Kit radio $45 NanoKeyer - K3NG Arduino based CW Keyer https://nanokeyer.wordpress.com/nanokeyer-info/ https://blog.radioartisan.com/arduino-cw-keyer/ ~$40 Elecraft DL1 20W Dummy Load Kit - http://www.elecraft.com/mini_module_kits/mini_modules.htm#dl1 Elecraft W1 140 Watt Meter/SWR Bridge 160M-10M $99 - http://www.elecraft.com/mini_module_kits/mini_modules.htm Emtech Z Match antenna tuner - https://steadynet.com/emtech/ BITX 40M QRP Kit - http://www.hfsigs.com Books Make Electronics - Learning through Discovery: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Electronics-Learning-Through-Discovery/dp/1680450263/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479528305&sr=1-1&keywords=make+electronics+2nd+edition ARRL Antenna Book ARRL Handbook - http://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015330 Arduino Projects for Amateur Radio: https://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Projects-Amateur-Radio-Purdum/dp/0071834052 The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition - https://www.amazon.com/Art-Electronics-Paul-Horowitz/dp/0521809266/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479528234&sr=1-2&keywords=electronics+3rd+edition Arduino for Ham Radio https://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Ham-Radio-Electronics-Microcontroller/dp/1625950160/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BYWTZHEQZ91JW7KKFH0Q Parts Coax connectors and adapters (N, UHF, BNC, SMA) Audio connectors and adapters Well stocked nut and screw selection - #4, #6, #8 screws, washers, nuts Ebay 347pc NUT BOLT SCREW AND WASHER ASSORTMENT KIT SET $5.99 Parts bins to put it all in DC, Hookup Wire Coax Free Stuff! CadSoft Eagle - https://cadsoft.io Autodesk Fusion 360 - http://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/overview SolderSmoke Podcast - http://www.soldersmoke.com ARRL - The Doctor is In Podcast - http://www.arrl.org/doctor The AMP HOUR Podcast - http://theamphour.com https://archive.org/details/73-magazine The MagPi - Official Raspberry Pi Magazine https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/ 3D Printing Today Podcast - http://threedprintingtoday.libsyn.com RF Poster: https://www.flickr.com/photos/llnl/9403051123/sizes/l/ Places to go for cool stuff MCM Electronics - http://www.mcmelectronics.com/ Adafruit - http://www.adafruit.com/ Seeedstudio - https://www.seeedstudio.com Sparkfun - https://www.sparkfun.com Banggood - http://www.banggood.com DealExtreme - http://www.dx.com Ebay - http://www.ebay.com/ Digikey - http://www.digikey.com/ Newark - http://www.newark.com Mouser - http://www.mouser.com Jameco - http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1 Anchor electronics - http://anchor-electronics.com Pimoroni - https://shop.pimoroni.com TEquipment.net - http://www.tequipment.net
John Portune, W6NBC, may have more hams to his credit due to his teaching methods and one day amateur radio licensing courses than any of his peers. John joins Eric, 4Z1UG, on the QSO Today Podcast to discuss this and John’s other ham radio interests from Amateur Fast Scan Television to residential disguise antennas for antenna restricted neighborhoods.