Link Of The Week Part II Okay, Okay. We heard you! Due to many requests, we are going to do another year long "link of the week" episode. YouTube still has hundreds, or thousands of Ham radio videos that we haven't shown you, so let us continue down this delightful path of education and entertainment. Every week for the next 52 weeks we will add another new video for you to check out, so get your popcorn and a favorite beverage on standby. Here we go... 1. Everybody has to begin somewhere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow1hxClR5J8 2. First you need a license. Don't worry, it's easy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYEzUbb07Mc 3. And a little knowlege goes a long way toward getting it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGluTpM7_K8 4. With license in hand, what about that first radio?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DuD5cdqxxw 5. Yes, sometimes we operate out of band. Oh the humanity!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMiDwoL0iZ8 6. Some videos need no explanation. Get out there and live!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFT_9KBD9g 7. Does QRP work in poor conditions? Suprisingly, it can, and does: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPxaeEKL_oU 8. Using CHIRP to program your chinese radio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p661r-wDYHc&t=64s 9. Making a case for doing the unthinkable. EEK! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNl9JzuCH_Y&t=3s 10. Some pointers for buying Ham gear online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7apo_KxAMIU 11. Field Day is always a work day for Murphy's Law: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yx3gp5J6n4 12. 17A! The biggest Field Day station on the air: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGYOndU5ZRA#t=27.554416 13. Kit building: building your skills as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJck_2VOqjA 14. What condition is your coax in? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uth2CDaljk 15. Confused about DSTAR, YSF, and other new-fangled digital repeater setups? Are they good or bad? Here's a good overview of digital radio. Starts at the 9:00 minute mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUizi2W1LTk 16. Field expedient antennas. Anything metal can be an antenna! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYzBq0Ye0lI 17. Bored? Try making a NOAA weather satellite receive antenna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN2wyyBxUtA 18. Satellite contacts? Not as hard as you think it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT131WBHKxc 19. How to make a multi-band dipole antenna for HF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KHzsKYsZL0 20. What's all the fuss about magnetic loop antennas? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYbKrw8l6JU 21. How much signal loss do you really get from UHF connectors? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEl8QP2IB_o 22. How much signal loss do you really get from coax cables? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uth2CDaljk&t=164s 23. Station grounding: Yes. You really do need it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luy8XP8O390 24. Build a 2 meter beam out of an old tape measure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmHoQrDfw-0 25. How to get a copy of your license from the FCC website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn7Ck-UAUr8 26. How to apply for a vanity call sign from the FCC website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EUdPG1-tCs 27. Stuff happens. This is why you should carry an HT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQKfndM1fhI 28. CB? GMRS? Ham? What's the difference, anyway? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7j5VlKz2Bg 29. Here's an antenna experiment you've never tried: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHK7kKsVVw0 30. State Parks on the air? Why doesn't Idaho do this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoHnZNUDhHI 31. Balloon launches are trendy now. Everybody's doing it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvOSBnfAQBY 32. Finally! Digital software for Linux, and how to get it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwndk5uUvIM 33. Ever wonder what the FCC has inside those black Suburbans? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIGAOLJh-XE 34. Is our EMCOMM network an outdated dinosaur? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkl5Nbnz24Y 35. These guys really put the "Field" into Field Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK0Eb8PeZMk 36. A neat,field-ready 2M antenna - using aluminum tent poles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmxDUmV5xbk 37. Finally! An explanation of what SOTA is, snd how to do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqa55WusBd4&t=36s 38. Some antenna ideas for SOTA seekers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpxLATs0FIo 39. "When all else fails..." Ham radio really does work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NhTvrO5XJI 40. As we've said before - you really NEED backup power: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLc2czyWEJA 41. This is the best promotion of Ham Radio we've ever seen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85KUje2QBgQ 42. Some good recommendations on radios to cover everything: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTUt6tc3UHY 43. Not radio info, but a great learning channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/LearnEngineeringTeam 44, How old is your coax? Check your antennas regularly! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvzDwYlosfE 45. Got RFI noise on your radios? You might check this source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI6w0hk685w 46. A good Ham radio intro for general audiences: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI6w0hk685w 47. Finally! A decent excuse to buy a quadcopter! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=810r4-w-h7o 48. When the zombies come, you can listen to this net: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud5HaHwSnH4 49. Not ham related, but good listening. Turn off the lights first.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIrjXxSM_9E 50. Sometimes it's fun to just listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYhsQiKKaGI 51. The Santa net. Every year on this frequency: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akTgr086kic 52. And just when you think you've heard it all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkicEleOiTM | 
