For my first DX contest, I made 86 QSOs in 43 countries.
But it sucked because it took like ten minutes for every qso. A G5RV and 100w with compression isn't as piercing as most hams' stations.
Update: Thanks to W0NWA for sending me a Good Operators report from the ARRL Official Observers for the contest. He says I had good op skills, clean signals, and i was polite. â–ºBlog: http://n0ssc.com/ â–ºTwitter: https://twitter.com/n0ssc â–ºTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kawfey
►YOTA is an organization to help young radio amateurs meet friends and make memories for life. They're holding an Amateur Radio Youth Camp in Cincinnati in the Summer of 2020 but WE NEED YOUR HELP! You can DONATE to Youth On The Air 2020 Camp IN FOUR WAYS: ►► GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/funding-for-youth-on-the-air-camp-2020/donate ►► PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/w9ear ►► AmazonSmile (Amazon donates to YOTA every time you make an Amazon purchase): https://smile.amazon.com/ch/35-1920345 ►► Check payable to make check payable to "EARS" by mail: 2744 Pinehurst Drive, Bloomington, IN 47403
This is my presentation on youth in ham radio - how to get young people interested, what works, what doesn't, game theory, and more. This was my first speech at a hamfest on this topic, and the livestream broke a lot, but luckily I had an audio backup at 30:34 (hence the change in how it sounded). It was recorded 28 Janurary 2017 at the St. Louis Suburban Radio Club (SLSRC) Winterfest hamfest.
0:49 About N0SSC
4:02 The Real Issue(s)
5:25 How to Fix It
7:28 Emotional Connection
10:58 Gamifying Ham Radio Contesting
14:27 What Works
16:20 What Doesn't Work
17:34 Pre-High School
19:03 Scouting
19:43 High School
21:26 College
26:39 Post College
28:42 Youngsters on the Air
30:52 YOTA in the US
34:31 Conclusion
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV2kpbq58dA
Thanks to u/cadr on reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/elwte9/90_day_cw_challenge/) I have been inspired to learn CW for 10 minutes every day at 7pm (ish) Central for 90 days (give or take for life, work, etc)! So to hold me accountable and also maybe to inspire a few of you do to the same, I'll be live streaming my progress here on YouTube and Twitch.tv. --... ...--!
â–º Blog: http://n0ssc.com/
â–º Twitter: https://twitter.com/n0ssc
â–º Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kawfey
YOTA is an organization to help young radio amateurs meet friends and make memories for life. They're holding an Amateur Radio Youth Camp in Cincinnati in the Summer of 2020 but WE NEED YOUR HELP!
You can DONATE to Youth On The Air 2020 Camp IN FOUR WAYS:
â–º GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/funding-for-youth-on-the-air-camp-2020/donate
â–º PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/w9ear
â–º AmazonSmile (Amazon donates to YOTA every time you make an Amazon purchase): https://smile.amazon.com/ch/35-1920345
â–º Check payable to make check payable to "EARS" by mail: 2744 Pinehurst Drive, Bloomington, IN 47403
More YOTA Information: https://youthontheair.org
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1ml4j01o2Y
It was going slow in SCR for W0EEE so I hopped down to the noisy band where Ward and I set up a sked. He was there before I knew it, and like I though I had to pull him out of loads of noise from our EE building's HVAC system.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWnMSy4skic
You might need to turn the volume up...my soldering iron is clicking in sync with the light until I give it a whack. Percussive Maintenance to the rescue? â–ºBlog: http://n0ssc.com/
â–ºTwitter: https://twitter.com/n0ssc
â–ºTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kawfey
â–ºYOTA is an organization to help young radio amateurs meet friends and make memories for life. They're holding an Amateur Radio Youth Camp in Cincinnati in the Summer of 2020 but WE NEED YOUR HELP! You can DONATE to Youth On The Air 2020 Camp IN FOUR WAYS:
►► GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/funding-for-youth-on-the-air-camp-2020/donate
►► PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/w9ear
►► AmazonSmile (Amazon donates to YOTA every time you make an Amazon purchase): https://smile.amazon.com/ch/35-1920345
►► Check payable to make check payable to "EARS" by mail: 2744 Pinehurst Drive, Bloomington, IN 47403
More YOTA Information: https://youthontheair.org
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwYablAc468
Moldy siding? No problemo for an S&T engineer. â–ºBlog: http://n0ssc.com/
â–ºTwitter: https://twitter.com/n0ssc
â–ºTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kawfey
â–ºYOTA is an organization to help young radio amateurs meet friends and make memories for life. They're holding an Amateur Radio Youth Camp in Cincinnati in the Summer of 2020 but WE NEED YOUR HELP! You can DONATE to Youth On The Air 2020 Camp IN FOUR WAYS:
►► GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/funding-for-youth-on-the-air-camp-2020/donate
►► PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/w9ear
►► AmazonSmile (Amazon donates to YOTA every time you make an Amazon purchase): https://smile.amazon.com/ch/35-1920345
►► Check payable to make check payable to "EARS" by mail: 2744 Pinehurst Drive, Bloomington, IN 47403
More YOTA Information: https://youthontheair.org
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NKiWYIvIws
Experiencing with timelapses on 6 meter band using PSKReporter in order to visualize Sporadic E clouds. I would like to eventually overlay a few different types of weather maps to observe for correlations in weather.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw41HHqO7Oc
RIP K0KL, SK November 6, 2018
http://www.martinfuneral.net/obituary/edwin-karl
Ops Ward Silver, N0AX and Ed Karl, K0KL, played in this years CQWW CW contest doubling their old score of 1.2 million from 2009, thanks to greatly improved high-band conditions.
I made a total of one cw contact, and it turned out he was a dupe!
Music:
Surfin by eslade on Ambience and Surfin, 2009
Smoothly (Fast) by eslade on Ambience and Surfin, 2009
Looptown by Slikk Tim on Gutter Guitar, 2009 â–ºBlog: http://n0ssc.com/
â–ºTwitter: https://twitter.com/n0ssc
â–ºTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kawfey
â–ºYOTA is an organization to help young radio amateurs meet friends and make memories for life. They're holding an Amateur Radio Youth Camp in Cincinnati in the Summer of 2020 but WE NEED YOUR HELP! You can DONATE to Youth On The Air 2020 Camp IN FOUR WAYS:
►► GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/funding-for-youth-on-the-air-camp-2020/donate
►► PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/w9ear
►► AmazonSmile (Amazon donates to YOTA every time you make an Amazon purchase): https://smile.amazon.com/ch/35-1920345
►► Check payable to make check payable to "EARS" by mail: 2744 Pinehurst Drive, Bloomington, IN 47403
More YOTA Information: https://youthontheair.org
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgbPQm48erE