Introduction:

• Richard, KB5JBV, discusses some training he prepared for emergency communications. But first, he raises the possibility of resurrecting Resonant Frequency, The Amateur Radio Podcast, with your financial support.

Topics:

• Making yourself clear and understood on an emergency communications net.
• Some tips:
  • Send your callsigns slowly and clearly.
  • Use the ITU phonetic alphabet.
  • Don’t yell or whisper into the microphone. Most local emergency communications use the FM mode, and too much or too little audio will cause distortion or no intelligible information.
  • Hold the microphone an inch or two away from your mouth, and a bit to one side. Again, “eating” the microphone will only cause distortion.
  • Keep Q-signals, codes and jargon to a minimum. Many of the served agencies do not use the same jargon as amateur radio operators. Q-signals are meant for CW (Morse code), not voice modes.
  • There are proper uses for “over”, “out” and “roger”. Learn the correct usages.
  • Monitor a traffic net to hear the proper techniques in use.

Contact Info:

• Contact Richard at kb5jbv@gmail.com

Music:

• “Let Me Love You” by Magic Slim and the Teardrops

This time on RRA I did a piece of training on the local ARES net and I figured I would share it with you. It is a basic introduction on making yourself clear and understood on an emcomm net. Pretty simple stuff but you would be surprised how many folks forget the simple stuff. It is formated so that you can use the segment on your ARES or RACES net if you would like. Drink and Enjoy.

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Introduction:

• Richard, KB5JBV, again recording mobile.

Topics:

• Richard talks about minimizing his amateur radio station. It’s amazing how much radio stuff you accumulate over the years. He’ll keep his WinLink gateway going.
• He’s planning on installing a mobile HF station in his truck. Previously, he’s used a large magnet-mount antenna, Icom ID-800 D-Star capable radio, various Workman and Hustler mobile antennas, and a Kenwood TS-430 with automatic antenna tuner.
• Now, he’s looking for a mounting solution for inside the pickup truck. The lightest HF radio he has is a Yaesu FT-897D. Richard is also looking for an antenna mount for the truck, using the truck bed stake pockets, bumper, or trailer hitch. He did find a stake pocket mount with a wedge that holds the mount securely to the hole.
• Inside the cab, Richard will either use the factory mounting bracket and a “hump mount”, or mount the radio under the dash and move the VHF/UHF rig to a monopod mount.
• Richard is still trying to find a practical solution for VHF/UHF antennas at his homeowners association-restricted location. If you have any ideas, please let him know.
• Richard relates the story of his first 2-meter mobile antenna, crafted from a used CB antenna.
• If you have any radio adventures you’d like to share, send them along!
• For more discussion of mobile radio installation, listen to episodes 50 and 51 of Resonant Frequency: The Amateur Radio Podcast.

Contact Info:

• Contact Richard at kb5jbv@gmail.com

Music:

• “Let Me Love You” by Magic Slim and the Teardrops
• “We Gotta Go” by David Henderson at Podsafe Audio.