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PERKs: Portable Emergency Radio Kits
In this video, Hilton Dean (W4GHD) walks you through the design and completion of the WCARES go-kits or PERKs, Portable Emergency Radio Kits.
The radio kits consist of a rack case of radio and power gear AND a separate Milwaukee PackOut rolling toolbox that contains the cabling, etc.
This presentation was recorded on November 16th, 2024, at the monthly WCARES meeting.
Apologies to Hilton for my assumption that he would be standing behind the lectern during his presentation. My camera position and lens choice were inappropriate for optimal capture of his presentation. However, I don't think it detracts too much from his excellent talk. - Cliff (N4CCB)
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Modeling Antennas with EZNEC Pro 6.0
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In this video, Ted Edwards (W3TB) shows us how to get started with EZNEC by modeling a dipole. Several versions are created. This is a very good introduction to get you up-and-running quickly with EZNEC. Ted finishes with a discussion of fractal antennas, with examples shown.
Multimeter Usage in Ham Radio
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In this video, Tim Kreth (AD4CJ) explains the many uses of multimeters for Ham Radio enthusiasts. Embedded in this video is an informative short video from Fluke about True RMS and why it's so important. Recorded at the WCARES monthly meeting on Saturday, September 21st, 2024.
630m Band: Get On-The-Air!
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Andy Rudolph (KY4DF) has been experimenting with the 630m Amateur radio band. In this presentation, he explains everything you need to know about this band and the antenna he constructed for it. This presentation was recorded at the monthly meeting on August 10th, 2024, at WCARES.
Ham Clock
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Randy Moore (KK4SRO) gives an overview of the software-based Ham Clock by Clear Sky Institute. www.clearskyinstitute.com/ham/HamClock/ This video was recorded during the August 10th, 2024, WCARES monthly meeting.
Understanding Weather Radar
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In this video, legendary local Nashville meteorologist Davis Nolan explains the different types of weather radar data. He reviews several real-world weather events in our area and shows their appearance on radar. Davis is a local ABC affiliate WKRN meteorologist in Nashville, TN. This presentation was recorded on July 20th, during the WCARES monthly meeting.
Antennas at the PSC
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In this video, Cliff Batson takes the mystery out of the antennas and antenna routing at the Williamson County Public Safety Center... the HQ of WCARES. Recorded on July 20th, 2024 after his presentation during the July 2024 WCARES monthly meeting.
Tornado Observing and Safety
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In this presentation, Ron Howes (KD4MV) and Paul Havlik (WD9IOK) provide outstanding education on the lifecycle of tornados, examples of local tornados, cloud identification, and best practices for safe observation of tornados. Recorded during the WCARES monthly meeting on May 11th, 2024.
Making YouTube Videos On A Shoestring Budget
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In this video, Cliff Batson (N4CCB) encourages you to start making UA-cam videos with minimal equipment. You don't have to make your videos Public, so there's no reason not to get started experimenting with making videos. Note that this is an expanded version of the presentation given on Saturday, May 12th during the WCARES monthly meeting. Cliff shows you the gear you can use for less than $10...
10 Years of APRS Projects
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In this video, Dallas Clements (K7DCC) reviews practical applications for APRS, reviews the many projects from his 10 years of experimenting with creating APRS stations, and potential new projects on the horizon. Recorded during the WCARES.org monthly meeting in April, 2024
WCARES Repeater System - 2024
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Bill Jorgensen (K4COM), Williamson County Tennessee, Director of Public Safety, gives an extensive overview of the linked repeater system in use by the Williamson County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (WCARES) group. This linked repeater system consists of 5 repeaters that cover all of Williamson County. (Recorded during the March 2024 WCARES monthly meeting)
Weather Observing & Ham Radio
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Paul Havlik (WD9IOK) gave this comprehensive presentation during the monthly WCARES group meeting in February 2024. Key Objectives of This Presentation: - Share what it takes to be a good observer by being “weather aware” - How to stay ahead of the storms and be ready when they arrive - Typical weather spotting equipment - Operating a safe indoor station - Knowing what and how to report what yo...
GMRS Radio
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In this video, Gary Kantner (W9GMK) describes the FRS and GMRS radio services available to everyone. Recorded during the monthly WCARES meeting on Saturday, December 16th, 2023.
DMR for Amateur Radio
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DMR for Amateur Radio
WCARES and the ARRL Field Organization
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WCARES and the ARRL Field Organization
Jim Creek HUGE Radio Antenna
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Jim Creek HUGE Radio Antenna
Winlink - Communication Without Infrastructure
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Winlink - Communication Without Infrastructure
NVIS Antennas
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NVIS Antennas
Nano VNA's
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Nano VNA's
Troubleshooting Digital Modes
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Troubleshooting Digital Modes
Parks On The Air (POTA) - 2023
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Parks On The Air (POTA) - 2023
Off-Center Fed Antennas
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Off-Center Fed Antennas
Situational Awareness & Tactical Communications
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Situational Awareness & Tactical Communications
The impact of RFI on your Ham Radio Operation
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The impact of RFI on your Ham Radio Operation
Radio Wave Propagation
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Radio Wave Propagation
WCARES Membership Requirements 2023
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WCARES Membership Requirements 2023
KN4VKW & KN4VKY are Big Dogs!
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KN4VKW & KN4VKY are Big Dogs!
The Need for Surge Protection
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The Need for Surge Protection
MTEARS
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MTEARS
VHF/UHF Sideband Operation
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VHF/UHF Sideband Operation

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @mikemcdonald5147
    @mikemcdonald5147 15 годин тому

    lol yep gotta love this "wireless hobby"

  • @mikemcdonald5147
    @mikemcdonald5147 15 годин тому

    the music desk he has I use as my ham radio desk. It works well and has plenty of shelves ive added to it and rack mount areas for rack mount power strips and more.

  • @warp9988
    @warp9988 День тому

    It’s silly how the “well akshually” people come out of the woodwork so fast.

  • @user-ly5yn9ly8r
    @user-ly5yn9ly8r День тому

    Enjoyed the excellent presentation. Good information and I learned a lot. Thank you.

  • @madmac9545
    @madmac9545 2 дні тому

    Boy, it didn’t take the “Sad Hams” long to come out! Why anyone would belittle anyone or any group trying to do something good is beyond me. Excellent presentation and ideas. I’m in the process of coming up with something similar for our area. Small town with a few hams, but no club. And it’ll probably stay that way. But all responsible for the wellbeing of our community. I was thinking along the same lines with the equipment, a few differences because of no financial backing. On antenna’s, I was thinking of the same j pole, an end feed, and a vertical. Was happy to hear your thoughts and ideas.

  • @sifilmaker
    @sifilmaker 2 дні тому

    The last thing professional emergency personnel need is having to take care of a bunch of old, overweight, out of shape guys with radios, interfering in professional emergency operations. Please stay home and play with your radios.. leave it to the pros..

    • @moneybilla
      @moneybilla День тому

      lmao ok kid

    • @stevendewolfe4592
      @stevendewolfe4592 День тому

      Not what the Govt. of Alberta thought at all when High River flooded in 2013. Amateur radio was called to action as all infrastructure went down and there was zero communication and a military that needed time to mobilize. Hams were vital for the safety of Albertans. Then, and now. 73

    • @sifilmaker
      @sifilmaker День тому

      @@stevendewolfe4592 Well perhaps they didn't have a professional emergency system in place. Hopefully they do now. How did a bunch of people with radios become vital to people in dire need? People need to become self sufficient and learn how to be prepared for an emergency, like a flood, tornado, hurricane etc. None of it requires having an HF radio system, to tell what, another ham 2000 miles away, what?? Amateur radio is fun, I get it, but leave the emergencies to the pros.. Stay out of their way. A good professional emergency system that is funded properly doesn't need a bunch of hams with portable antennas, running around in the middle of a disaster.

  • @N0LSD
    @N0LSD 2 дні тому

    While it's sort of understandable why organizations like this build go-boxes, I'll be perfectly honest in saying I think go-boxes are, in almost every use-case, an absolutely horrible idea. I'll give you three reasons why: First, every go-box project I've ever seen takes a perfectly manageable amount of kit and weight, and immediately turns it into a two-person lift. Second, that perfectly manageable amount of kit and weight that one could walk with, once placed in a transit case, is only transportable by vehicle. Third, all that kit always looks super squared-away and dress-right dress in a transit case: gathered and velcro'ed wires, inputs run on the opposite side as the outputs...an engineer's wet dream -- until the first time the operator has to troubleshoot a problem. Relying solely on generator power is not a recipe for success, either. Generators require gasoline of propane (... or diesel): this will almost always be problem in a disaster. Also, generators require maintenance at every short intervals -- many small generators require service every 100 hours, for instance.

    • @truckinguy92
      @truckinguy92 День тому

      Not to mention saying Winlink is essential. It’s not essential in my opinion. Requires a computer, extra power consumption, lots of extra cables to interface to the radio, and lastly typing is nowhere as fast as picking up a microphone and speaking what you need to convey as well as you have to hope the transmission is going be decoded on the other end in the 1st shot.

    • @jongreen5638
      @jongreen5638 День тому

      The problems you address are valid, not just of radios but of any kit. Luckily the solution is simple: actually use your equipment, find what works, and leave out what doesn't. Go kits aren't bad, but often the implementation is

  • @bwillan
    @bwillan 2 дні тому

    Great presentation. Was solar charging of the batteries considered? Relying on gas generators has its own set of problems (fuel, noise, RF interference, maintenance, etc) .

  • @frankmccormick5766
    @frankmccormick5766 2 дні тому

    Is there a list that defines all of those satellites?

  • @RobinP556
    @RobinP556 4 дні тому

    Very nice presentation.

  • @WECB640
    @WECB640 7 днів тому

    Well done Ted. Keep modeling, experimenting and discovering what wonderous things we can do in physics. 73 OM

  • @kNINER-tj6mq
    @kNINER-tj6mq 18 днів тому

    thank you. I am a hospital security officer and I really want to get into emergency management so this was really a well put together video.

  • @JustinPriami
    @JustinPriami 21 день тому

    R&L electronics sell official VNAs so that's a trusted source in the USA. Currently the best VNA I've found for the price is the Libre VNA $550. There are some cheaper ones like the Lite VNA 64. It's decent & often for most ham radio needs sufficient. The dynamic range is basically what you end up paying for in VNAs. Good video & thanks for sharing. 73 N4FOX

  • @dylanschulz2404
    @dylanschulz2404 22 дні тому

    I always thought this would be a fine band to pull out the old tech. Build a tube cw transmitter with high and low pass matching L networks. Then you wouldn't have to worry too much about the matching to the antenna either. Thanks for the video!

  • @jamielabadia7596
    @jamielabadia7596 Місяць тому

    Andy, thank you for posting this and helping bring attention to 630 meters. There is going to be an operating event on 630, starting at 0000z November 3rd 2024. (Saturday Evening for us here in the States.) We'll be using C.W, / FST-4 (60 seconds) / RTTY /JS8call and even SOME SSB. The RTTY/JS8call/SSB generally above 476 Kc/S. (C.W. 474.2 and down.) FST-4 is our equivalent to FT8, and is Dial Freq 474.2-DF +700 up to +1350 or so. (WSPR generally +1400 to +1600). Hope to see you there. 73 de N2VJ.

  • @VassVince
    @VassVince Місяць тому

    The best presentation so far on this subject.

  • @timdbl7804
    @timdbl7804 Місяць тому

    ua-cam.com/video/rp41jlNE47E/v-deo.html

  • @timdbl7804
    @timdbl7804 Місяць тому

    At 9min 45 seconds: I think the capacitor is to bring resonance up in frequency a bit on 40m; I've used this technique to good effect on other OCFs. The capacitor is at or near the current anti-node on the lowest frequency. Because of its position and value, it is almost negligible on harmonic frequencies.

  • @AP-pg6uf
    @AP-pg6uf Місяць тому

    Hi, Thanks for the information video presentation , I need to buy a Nano Vector Network Analyzers (VNA's) , I need to use (20mhz to 5Ghz range) .Would you please advise which model I can use?.

  • @WilliamBennerJr
    @WilliamBennerJr Місяць тому

    How are you using DX Toolbox on the Mac? Are you using Wine or something like Parallels?

  • @AB1Vampire
    @AB1Vampire 2 місяці тому

    Anybody? I'm tripping over the terminology "Balun vs Unun" when it comes to OCF's. This video @11:25 shows a Summary reprint of a 1988 QST article on OCF's and the transformer is identified as a "4:1 current balun". I learned to respect without question the tech stuff in QST but is their use of the word "Balun" is a poor choice of words or am I mistaken? I'm in the midst of an OCF install. My wire is up but my 4:1 Balun /CMC choke combo (copied from TRX labs on UA-cam) complete. swr's bad when up in the sky. On the bench with 200 ohm it's wonderfully flat 10-40m. Should I rewind the balun section of the TRX Lab's design to be a proper 4:1 Unun?

  • @mikemcdonald5147
    @mikemcdonald5147 2 місяці тому

    sound eventually is fixed and doesn't echo so keep listening and it gets better. Thanks for sharing this ive been curious about this for a while. And curious how I would even get on that band?

  • @saxmusicmail
    @saxmusicmail 2 місяці тому

    Like Ted, I'm a big fan of OCFDs. I'm often asked to help other hams with theirs. And I've abandoned the 1/3-2/3 split long ago. Anyway, I'm always surprised at how many hams not familiar with how an OCFD works that think they can trim 40 meters by adjusting length of the long wire, and adjust 20 meters by adjusting the shorter wire. This is NOT how an OCFD works, you can not adjust bands individually like with a fan dipole.

  • @ramblinsarap
    @ramblinsarap 3 місяці тому

    This is a splendid presentation. Thank you for sharing the video.

  • @EricFullwood
    @EricFullwood 3 місяці тому

    Educational

  • @vincentwilkes9611
    @vincentwilkes9611 4 місяці тому

    thanks

  • @renegtz
    @renegtz 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for the presentation and another great video Cliff. Keep the good job. 73.

    • @QRPSchool
      @QRPSchool 4 місяці тому

      Thanks, Rene. And thanks for inviting Juan to the meeting. I hope he decides to renew his license and join us in WCARES.

  • @mikemcdonald5147
    @mikemcdonald5147 4 місяці тому

    really nice setup and wonderful organization of cables and setup. Thanks for sharing.

  • @mikemcdonald5147
    @mikemcdonald5147 4 місяці тому

    at 16:45 or so you mention a big hole and should be sealed to keep bugs out. They make a rubber boot for coax that will clamp on pvc pipe. Google "Site Pro 1 Boot Assembly Kit" they make them with various number of holes and sizes for various coax and hardlines.

    • @QRPSchool
      @QRPSchool 4 місяці тому

      Great tip! Thank you! - Cliff

  • @mstrawn69
    @mstrawn69 4 місяці тому

    The NANO VNA is a great troubleshooting tool when trying to isolate cable faults at existing AVDL and cellular sites, either on turn up or on a trouble call. We quickly verify where the fault is located, correct it, and when the fault is corrected and all the antenna lines look good on the Nano VNA, then we call the tech with the Anritsu SiteMaster, FieldFox or similar to do the sweeps for the customer turn up package.

  • @vrjb100
    @vrjb100 4 місяці тому

    Presentation is important, not the presenter. Wrong balance.

  • @jameski5oeb668
    @jameski5oeb668 4 місяці тому

    Like the talk. I learn so much that I might need to make one of these…

  • @graphicventures
    @graphicventures 4 місяці тому

    Great view.

  • @ImperfectJacob
    @ImperfectJacob 4 місяці тому

    he was trying to bring his concience back to another body okay?

  • @ImperfectJacob
    @ImperfectJacob 4 місяці тому

    ENEMY CAN SEE YOU FROM SKY OKAY?

  • @ImperfectJacob
    @ImperfectJacob 4 місяці тому

    They Could never get back?

  • @ImperfectJacob
    @ImperfectJacob 4 місяці тому

    He was in a corner of an auditorium trying to get back before the rapture.?

  • @ImperfectJacob
    @ImperfectJacob 4 місяці тому

    THERE IS NO WAY EVERYTHING IS RFI YET.

  • @chapterhousepictures
    @chapterhousepictures 4 місяці тому

    Great video! I look forward to getting more involved!

  • @Revras
    @Revras 5 місяців тому

    Excellent talk!

  • @garrettmoser9904
    @garrettmoser9904 5 місяців тому

    Are these in Magnetic or True for 45 degrees and 150 degrees?

    • @jameski5oeb668
      @jameski5oeb668 4 місяці тому

      Your azimuth is not the same as his location. The map is on the internet. It is very enlightening.

  • @WECB640
    @WECB640 6 місяців тому

    Fantastic presentation! Very informative. 73

  • @HowardKlein1958
    @HowardKlein1958 6 місяців тому

    Can't hear what you are saying. Audio terrible.

  • @jinks6410
    @jinks6410 7 місяців тому

    Trying to get a grasp on DMR. Can you go to any frequency? I know TX will be limited to radio hardware but can DMR's listen up to the 900 Mhz range?

    • @VoeViking
      @VoeViking 4 місяці тому

      Usually the radios are locked to ham frequencies. I don't know any radio with dmr using 900Mhz band.

  • @johnjay7822
    @johnjay7822 7 місяців тому

    Will this work for tuning a self made 1/4 wave 1090mHz for ADS-B plane spotting?

    • @c3kkos
      @c3kkos 26 днів тому

      It will work, even if classic nanovnas are good and reliable up to 300mhz. After that, reaching giga and beyond, many, many bad things happen to disturb the results. Nonetheless, i would feel no need to tune a simple "spider" for 1090mhz...

  • @SamuelReid-jj9mw
    @SamuelReid-jj9mw 8 місяців тому

    Great video. Thanks for the primer on the Nano VNA.

  • @k6aaq64
    @k6aaq64 8 місяців тому

    Doug, you speak well and had a very nice presentation. Thank you!

  • @markbeckwith1418
    @markbeckwith1418 8 місяців тому

    Excellent presentation. Some great wisdom gems from a guy who is really at the top of that game. Congrats on your 2021 Florida record, Jim. See you on the air. 73 - N5OT

  • @G1WVK
    @G1WVK 9 місяців тому

    Excellent explanation of the OCFD, my main QTH antenna. At school, the x-axis went left to right, and the y-axis went up and down. I'm in the UK. Thank you for the presentation.

  • @JoseArrom
    @JoseArrom 10 місяців тому

    Great introduction in plain language and several good stories. I'm from Chicago southwest, and EMI/RFI is rampant in the area.