Introduction:

• In this episode, Richard, KB5JBV, describes his funny looking plant hanger.

Topics:

• Having moved to a different house in a neighborhood with antenna restrictions, Richard took on the challenge of creating a low profile ham presence. He already had 50 feet of coax, an Arrow dual-band J-pole antenna, and some military surplus fiberglass tent poles. There is a fence and retaining wall that totals about 7 feet in height. Using plumbing strap and screws, he attached a couple sections of the tent poles at the corner of the fence. He ran the coax a few feet to the fence and along the fence to the tent poles, anchoring the cable to the fence with inexpensive cable clips. After clamping the J-pole to the tent pole, he had an antenna for his Winlink gateway that was nearly invisible from the street. He may end up painting the antenna to blend in with the sky, and hanging a potted plant from it.

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.

Here we go. I spoke about my antenna challenges back when we started RRA. This is the episode where I talk about the temporary measures are implemented. This file has been in the queue for a while. I will get on an update as soon as I get a chance.

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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