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Ham Radio Workbench Podcast
Hosted by Ham Radio Workbench · EN
This is your bi-weekly deep dive on making, DIY, electronics, and technical topics of interest to the radio amateur. Join your host George KJ6VU and the HRWB team as they discuss current developments in ham radio while introducing listeners to a plethora of topics and skills such as test equipment, 3D Printing, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and more. Ham radio is a hobby of hobbies - George and team introduce hams of all ages to experimenting and learning within ham radio, which can be one of the most rewarding aspects of the hobby.
We are proudly sponsored by Autodesk Eagle PCB design tools, Flex Radio and Digikey.
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HRWB 264 - Gadgets For The Shack With Randy Hall K7AGE
5d ago02:31:34Tap to summarizeIn this episode we catch up with Randy, K7AGE, and talk about great gadgets for the ham shack. Randy is a popular YouTuber and very active ham radio operator. Randy has found some great goodies we would all like in our shack. Grab your wallet and hover your finger over the buy button in this episode.
Transcribe →HRWB 263 - Radio Control Devices with Lynn Hansen KU7Q from Lynovation
3w ago03:02:24Tap to summarizeIn this episode we meet Lynn Hansen, KU7Q, owner of Lynovation, makers of innovative ham radio control accessories. Lynn's clever design of remote VFO and control panels for many different models of ham radio gear from all the big radio suppliers is wildly popular. A lifelong builder and home brewer, now retired from a career working in operations management for the electrical grid, Lynn can now focus on creating wonderful ham radio products that make operating fun !
Transcribe →HRWB 262 - ARRL Technical Editor Conrad Trautmann N2YCH
May 503:00:06Tap to summarizeIn this episode we meet Conrad Trautmann, N2YCH, Technical Editor at the ARRL. Conrad had a distinguished career as a broadcast engineering executive and now works for the ARRL and is responsible for techincal content in QST and other publications. Conrad's extensive experience in electronics, radio, antenna systems, station construction and management gives him a great perspective on everything from determining what would make for a good technical read to the technical details. We learn about his role at the ARRL and some of them most interesting topics he has worked on. We had such a great time with Conrad, we will have him on in future episodes.
Transcribe →HRWB 261 - World Radio League with Andy N0APX
Apr 2103:03:39Tap to summarizeIn this episode we meet Andy, N0APX, one of the key people behind the amazing logging software called World Radio League. Andy tells us all about WRL and the future of contact logging and building ham radio community.
Transcribe →HRWB 260 - Portable HF Antennas
Apr 702:51:24Tap to summarizeIn this episode we talk about portable HF antennas for POTA / SOTA / travel and general operating in the great outdoors ! The HRWB team is very active in portable operating. We all have our favorite antennas and provide advice for the ham radio operator new to portable operating.
Transcribe →HRWB 259 - Making CW Keys with Aaron from Modern Morse
Mar 2402:40:08Tap to summarizeIn this episode we meet Aaron, AE0LZ, owner of Modern Morse, a manufacturer of portable morse code keys. Aaron is professional mechanical design, precision CNC programming and machining, and a very creative guy. Modern Morse keys are popular for POTA, SOTA, travel and anytime you want a portable high quality CW key. Aaron shares his journey through the design and manufacturing process for making his keys.
Transcribe →HRWB 258 - Morse Code Bug Emulator with Don WB9CYY and Bob WO6W
Mar 1002:59:38Tap to summarizeIn this episode we meet Don WB9CYY and Bob WO6W. Both avid CW operators with a love of the old style mechanical "bug" radio telegraph keys. Feeling that the existing CW paddles and keyers sent code that was too highly accurate and lacked any sort of personality, they came up with a very novel way make a modern paddle sound like a bug. As an introduction we talk about the differnet paddle and key types and then take a deep dive into the development of the bug emulator.
Transcribe →HRWB 257 - Origins of Silicon Valley with Paul Wesling KM6LH
Feb 2402:31:34Tap to summarizeIn this episode we meet Paul Wesling, KM6LH, a Silicon Valley veteran and a chronicler of it's history and the ham radio operators who shaped it. Paul tells us about some of the key figures from William Eitel and Jack McCullough (EiMac) to Charles Litton (Litton Industries), Steve Wozniak (Apple). The valley has been a fertile ground for invention and engineering for over 100 years. Paul walks us through some of the most significant people and inventions that impact our world today.
Transcribe →HRWB 256 - Tube Gear with Grayson Evans KJ7UM
Feb 1002:36:07Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Grayson Evans, KJ7UM, joins us again to talk about designing and building ham radio gear with tubes, or as he refers to them: thermatrons. Grayson is the author of Hollow-State Design, a book all about tube-type radio equipment. Grayson also provides basic tube radio kits. Grayson is a great mentor and shares his love for all things thermatron !
Transcribe →HRWB 255 - Ham2K PoLo Logger with Sebastian KI2D
Jan 2703:36:18Tap to summarizeIn this episode we meet Sebastian Delmont, KI2D, the author of the wildly popular portable logging software Ham2K PoLo (Portable Logger). Sebastian has a passion for portable operating and has built a very modern, feature rich logging application that runs on cell phones and tablets. The application started out focusing on the portable op doing SOTA and POTA. He has added many features including templates for many contests, operator lookup, location sensitive data look up and more. Sebastian plans to expand the scope of software offerings to include desktop versions as well in the future. We had a great time talking with Sebastian as you can tell from the length of the episode. By the end we felt we just scratch the surface.
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