Many thanks to Ray Novak for sharing this video from the ABC series Last Man Standing:
Happy Thanksgiving to all (even if you’re not State side)! And, please, savor your ham.
-K4SWL
Category Archives: Videos
VA3OOG covers Bowie like no other
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.
Amateur Radio & Velveeta Cheese make television debut
My guess? There must be a ham in the marketing department at Velveeta:
OH6DC’s Liver Casserole CW key
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:
Video: See a prototype Begali Adventurer in action aboard the USS Slater
This video features operations of the QRP DE-Xpedition aboard the USS Slater. Among other innovations, they show a protoype Begali Adventurer in action. The Adventurer is a miniature set of paddles which attaches to portable QRP rigs like the new Elecraft KX3.
Video of Kenwood TS-990 at the 2012 Tokyo Hamfair
Admittedly, I love the analogesque dial above the tuning knob:
Video: Tuning the Ten-Tec Argonaut VI
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 the CW side of the 20 meter band, I recorded a short video. I’m sharing this with you here, but must ask your forgiveness for its quality and glitches; I want to make it clear that this material was recorded on my Android phone in some haste.
Moreover, this video does not do justice to the Argo VI’s audio, which is exceptional. In fact, I can’t tell a difference between its audio and that of the Ten-Tec Eagle, both of which have very low noise floors and simply gorgeous audio fidelity.
Now, just a small taste of what this receiver can do…
Gmail Tap: I only wish it were true….
Google has once again featured morse code–this time (unfortunately) as an April Fool’s joke! This video will explain it all, then, raise your hand if you’re disappointed.
Building an Elecraft K3 in 7 minutes
This is a great time-lapse video of the assembly of the Midland Amateur Radio Club‘s Elecraft K3:
See, that wasn’t so hard!
Morse “encoded” National Guard building in Milan, Illinois
Dave Mayfield noticed a pattern in the bricks of this Milan, Illinois National Guard building.
(Source: WQAD)