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- Ham College 139 - Technician Exam Questions Part 26
T0A – Power circuits and hazards: hazardous voltages, fuses and circuit breakers, grounding, electrical code compliance, Lightning protection; Battery safety. T0B – Antenna safety: tower safety and grounding, installing antennas, antenna s…
- AmateurLogic 216: Repair or Replace
Exploring the Ham Dash App ham radio dashboard. Consolidating the shack with Raspberry Pi 5 and M.2 solid state drive. Should you Repair or Replace that appliance with the recently expired warranty. 58:09
- Ham College 138 - Technician Exam Questions Part 25
T9A – Antennas: vertical and horizontal polarization, concept of antenna gain, definition and types of beam antennas, antenna loading, common portable and mobile antennas, relationships between resonant length and frequency, and dipole pat…
- Ham College 137 - Technician Exam Questions Part 24
T8C – Operating activities: radio direction finding, contests, linking over the internet, exchanging grid locators. T8D – Non-voice and digital communications: image signals and definition of NTSC, CW, packet radio, PSK, APRS, error detect…
- Ham College 136 - Technician Exam Questions Part 23
T8A - Basic characteristics of FM and SSB: Bandwidth of various modulation modes: CW, SSB, FM, fast-scan TV, Choice of emission type: selection of USB vs LSB, use of SSB for weak signal work, use of FM for VHF. T8B - Amateur satellite oper…
- AmateurLogic 215: Not another Friday 13th?
Cutting a 1/4 wave shorted stub. DR Mode travel prep for automatic repeater memories. ATS 20+ Firmware update improvements. Emile’s latest shack update. 1:23:14
- Ham College 135 - Technician Exam Questions Part 22
T7C - Antenna and transmission line measurements and troubleshooting: measuring SWR, effects of high SWR, causes of feed line failures, Basic coaxial cable characteristics, Use of dummy loads when testing. T7D - Using basic test instrument…
- Ham College 134 - Technician Exam Questions Part 21
T7A – Station equipment: receivers, transceivers, transmitter amplifiers, receive amplifiers, transverters; Basic radio circuit concepts and terminology: sensitivity, selectivity, mixers, oscillators, PTT, modulation. T7B – Symptoms, cause…
- AmateurLogic 214: Hamfest, OpenHamClock and Power Pole Hack
Explore OpenHamClock, Raspberry Pi Trixie, and the Choyong LC90 Internet radio. Retain your power pole connectors with a cheap hack. Visit with friends at the 2026 Capital City Hamfest. 1:11:13
- Ham College 133 - Technician Exam Questions Part 20
T6C – Circuit diagrams: use of schematics, basic structure, Schematic symbols of basic components. T6D – Component functions: rectifiers, relays, voltage regulators, meters, indicators, integrated circuits, transformers, Resonant circuit,…
- AmateurLogic 213: RF Burns
In another Tales From The Transmitter, George presents RF Burns. Emile is getting back on the air in the new shack. Mike asks Hey What's That, WISP? 58:45
- Ham College 132 - Technician Exam Questions Part 19
T6A - Fixed and variable resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Fuses, Switches, Batteries. T6B – Semiconductors: basic principles and applications of solid state devices, diodes and transistors. 56:01
- Ham College 131 - Technician Exam Questions Part 18
T5D – Ohm’s Law, Series and parallel circuits. 39:07
- AmateurLogic 211: More Tales From The Transmitter
Fixing a transmitter with a rubber mallet (it's not what you think). Installing Windows 11 on a Raspberry Pi could be worth it. HackRF firmware goodies. Mike's new toy. 59:39
- Ham College 130 - Technician Exam Questions Part 17
T5C – Capacitance and inductance terminology and units. Radio frequency definition and units. Impedance definition and units. Calculating power. 37:33
- Ham College 129 - Technician Exam Questions Part 16
T5B - Math for electronics: conversion of electrical units, decibels. 53:43
- AmateurLogic 209: From Tokyo to Slidell
New prototypes and speculations from Tokyo Ham Fair. W5SLA Ozone Amateur Radio Club Hamfest fun and forum review. Announcing AmateurLogic's 20th Anniversary contest. Someone is going to win a major award including an IC-705 Portable Transc…
- Ham College 128 - Technician Exam Questions Part 15
T5A – Current and voltage: terminology and units, conductors and insulators, alternating and direct current. 36:41
- AmateurLogic 208: Huntsville Hamfest Adventure
Join Tommy and George for an exciting adventure at Huntsville Hamfest 2025. New stuff, old treasures and friends make for an enjoyable time at the 'Worlds Friendliest Hamfest'. 1:47:44
- Ham College 127 - Technician Exam Questions Part 14
T4B – Operating controls: Frequency Tuning, use of Filters, Squelch function, AGC, Memory Channels, Noise Blanker, Microphone Gain, Receiver Incremental Tuning (RIT), Bandwidth Selection, Digital Transceiver Configuration. 46:11
- AmateurLogic 207: It's Not A Contest
The sights and sounds of Field Day 2025. Mike upgrades an unsupported laptop to Windows 11. 1:17:20
- Ham College 126 - Technician Exam Questions Part 13
T4A – Station setup: connecting a microphone, a power source, a computer, digital equipment, an SWR meter; bonding; Mobile radio installation. 50:50
- AmateurLogic 206: HackRF Porta Pack
Tommy explores the HackRF Porta Pack H4 SDR. Emile and the Simulated Emergency Test. George's adventures in spot welding and Laptop Battery Replacement. 1:25:22
- Ham College 125 - Technician Exam Questions Part 12
T3C - Propagation modes: sporadic E, meteor scatter, auroral propagation, tropospheric ducting, F region skip, Line of sight and radio horizon. 41:38
- AmateurLogic 205: Dayton, Pi-Apps & Cheap Strobes
As seen at Hamvention 2025. Neil Rapp, WB9VPG Amateur of The Year. ARRL reader, Pi-Apps, FM Radio Kit, Cheap Emergency Strobe Build and much more. 1:22:57
- Ham College 124 - Technician Exam Questions Part 11
T3B - Electromagnetic wave properties: wavelength vs frequency, nature and velocity of electromagnetic waves, relationship of wavelength and frequency; Electromagnetic spectrum definitions: UHF, VHF, HF. 52:25
- AmateurLogic 204: Bletchley Park
A visit to Bletchley Park, Tommy's continuing Meshtastic Adventures part 2, DIY 50 Amp power supply, and more on Hamsci's MW eclipse studies. 1:15:48
- Ham College 123 - Technician Exam Questions Part 10
T3A – Radio wave characteristics: how a radio signal travels, fading, multipath, polarization, wavelength vs absorption, Antenna orientation. 1:06:38
- AmateurLogic 203: Meshtastic
Meshtastic, an open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices. An update on the latest scanner technology. More… 1:03:43
- Ham College 122 - Technician Exam Questions Part 9
restrictions during emergencies, use of phonetics in message handling. 40:30
- AmateurLogic 202: Emergency Power
A review of emergency power sources. W5SLA Winter Field Day activities. Icom’s new small business radio package. A highly effective noise blanker. Canarduino Christmas goodies arrived. More… 1:18:29
- Ham College 121 - Technician Exam Questions Part 8
T2B – VHF/UHF operating practices: FM repeater, simplex, reverse splits, Access tones: CTCSS, DTMF, DMR operation, Resolving operational problems, Q signals. 59:17
- AmateurLogic 201: New Stuff For A New Year
DIY 12 Volt Lithium Battery Packs. FNIRSI LCR-P1 component tester. Raspberry Pi 5B SSD Speed Demon. 1:26:27
- Ham College 120 - Technician Exam Questions Part 7
T2A – Station operation: choosing an operating frequency, calling another station, test transmissions; Band plans: calling frequencies, repeater offsets. 52:42
- AmateurLogic 200: Toy Story
Tommy and Emile visit the W5SLA Slidell Hamfest. Ccradio 3 review. Christmas toys of the past. 1:23:49
- Ham College 119 - Technician Exam Questions Part 6
T1F – Station identification, Repeaters, Third party communications, Club stations, FCC inspection. 38:13
- AmateurLogic 199: Random Intelligence
Tommy prepares for Parks on The Air activation. Mike visits the Communications and Electronics Museum. George creates Random Intelligence (or not) while exploring the recent Arduino Uno Rev4 WiFi board. Emile displays his mad slacking skil…
- Ham College 118 - Technician Exam Questions Part 5
T1E – Control operator: eligibility, designating, privileges, duties, location, required Control point, Control types: automatic, remote. 37:59
- AmateurLogic 198: Happy 19th Birthday
Adding a Buck-Boost Converter to the PC Power Supply. Tommy’s GMRS Update. Hurricane Francine, Moving, RMS Gateway. AmateurLogic’s 19th Anniversary contest award. 1:24:11
- Ham College 117 - Technician Exam Questions Part 4
T1D - Authorized and prohibited transmissions: communications with other countries, music, exchange of information with other services, indecent language, compensation for operating, retransmission of other amateur signals, encryption, sal…
- AmateurLogic 197: Happy Friday 13th
Convert a PC power supply for use on the bench. A Ground Mounted Receiving Loop, literally. 12 volt 18650 Lithium Battery Box for UPS replacement. Announcing AmateurLogic’s 19th Anniversary Contest. Win an Icom IC-705 transceiver. Plus Gig…
- Ham College 116 - Technician Exam Questions Part 3
T1C – Licensing: classes, sequential and vanity call sign systems, places where the Amateur Radio Service is regulated by the FCC, name and address on FCC license database, term, renewal, grace period, maintaining mailing address; Internat…
- AmateurLogic 196: Huntsville Hamfest 2024
George visited with friends at Huntsville Hamfest 2024 and found a few new interesting items. Tom Apalenek, WA2IVD with A-2-Z.tech introduced several unique helper products. Steve Molo, KI4KWR from GigaParts talks about the new Intellitron…
- Ham College 115 - Technician Exam Questions Part 2
T1B – Frequency allocations, Emission modes, Spectrum sharing, Transmissions near band edges, Contacting the International Space Station, Power output. 1:00:18
- AmateurLogic 195: Cheap Old Code
George replaces a defective FT-857d display with an economical new option. Emile’s Cheap Old Code. Tommy shows how to get your GMRS license and visits the new GigaParts Superstore. Terry, 2E0IPK visits with his RigExpert AA-230 Zoom analyz…
- AmateurLogic 194: Field Day 2024
The excitement, skills and sweat of Field Day 2024 at W5SLA and W5AXC. Find out what worked and what didn't. Plus, Tommy shows the M5 Stack voice keyer for his IC-705. 1:11:52
- Ham College 114 - Technician Class Exam Questions – part 1
T1A – Purpose and permissible use of the Amateur Radio Service. Operator/primary station license grant, Meanings of basic terms used in FCC rules, Interference, RACES rules, Phonetics, Frequency Coordinator. 1:11:50
- Ham College 113 - Amateur Extra Exam questions part 51 of 51
E0A – Safety: RF radiation hazards, hazardous materials, grounding. 49:39
- AmateurLogic 193: Dayton Hamvention 2024
George and Mike’s Excellent Adventure to Dayton Hamvention 2024. New radios, old radios, mystery radio and friends. Take your best guess at what new radio Icom has under glass. Learn more about the new Flex radios. Visit with good friends…
- Ham College 112 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 50
E9H Receiving Antennas: radio direction finding antennas, Beverage antennas, specialized receiving antennas, long-wire receiving antennas. 40:29