Tag Archives: Videos

VA3OOG covers Bowie like no other

Posted on May 13, 2013 by k4swl

In this music video, Col. Chris Hadfield (VA3OOG/KC5RNJ) records a revised version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, on board the International Space Station: As if he wasn’t cool enough already. We hams couldn’t ask for a better ambassador than VA3OOG.

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Amateur Radio & Velveeta Cheese make television debut

Posted on February 4, 2013 by k4swl

My guess? There must be a ham in the marketing department at Velveeta:

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OH6DC’s Liver Casserole CW key

Posted on January 28, 2013 by k4swl

And I thought my buddy, Mike (K8RAT), was being gastronomically adventurous when he made a homemade single-lever “sideswiper” with a steak knife! Imagine what might happen if the steak knife meets up with this:

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Video: Tuning the Ten-Tec Argonaut VI

Posted on May 23, 2012 by k4swl

As Ten-Tec was setting up at the Dayton Hamvention last Thursday, I was able to meet with their engineer (John Henry) briefly and had a little time to play with the new Model 539 Argonaut VI. As I tuned around … Continue reading →

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