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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 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.
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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.
Transcribe →HRWB 254 - POTA Roving and Remote Operating with Paul WD9GCO
Jan 1303:31:54Tap to summarizeIn this episode, our very own Paul Braun, WD9GCO, our show announcer, becomes the special guest. Paul tells us all about his big POTA rove and how he operated HF remotely from a cruise ship. This show also features a large crowd of regulars with an extended workbench segment.
Transcribe →HRWB 253 - QRP Labs
Dec 3002:53:14Tap to summarizeIn this episode we meet Hans Summers, founder of QRP Labs, the makers of the wildly popular QCX, QDX and other great portable HF QRP radios. Hans tells about his journey through the design process and all details on his latest creation the QMX multi-band transceiver.
Transcribe →HRWB 252 - All About AllStar ROIP Linking with David NR9V from AllScan
Dec 1602:50:33Tap to summarizeIn this episode we meet David Gleason, NR9V, who makes radio interface devices to connect to AllStar and other Radio Over IP applications. We introduce you to AllStar, talk about some of the technical details of the system, and explore the pros and cons of digital voice CODECs. David's company AllScan offers a veriety of radio interfaces, computers and accessories.
Transcribe →HRWB 251 - 2025 Holiday Shopping Show
Dec 203:39:45Tap to summarizeIn this episode we talk about our workbench projects AND take a deep dive into gift recommendations for your favorite ham. Topics include gifts for the workbench, the shack, portable operations and stocking stuffers. Warm up your wallet !
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HRWB082-Software Defined Radio Software
Jul 30, 2019Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Gerald Wilson KK5FO gives us an overview of general receiver software for Software Defined Radios and deep dives on software designed for specific applications. PERMALINK - https://www.HamRadioWorkbench.com/podcast/software-defined-radio-software Our Website - http://www.hamradioworkbench.com/ Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hamworkbench Contact us for feedback and ideas - http://hamradioworkbench.com/contact Connect with us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/hamradioworkbench/ BrandMeister Talkgroup 31075 - https://hose.brandmeister.network/group/31075/ Save $100 on the Digilent Analog Discovery 2 Package by using code "HamRadioWorkbench2019" in your cart prior to checkout - https://store.digilentinc.com/ham-radio-workbench-bundle/ Cale K4CDN's Fundraiser - https://www.gofundme.com/help-the-nelson-family-as-carla-beats-cancer Homebrew Heros - https://homebrewheroes.org/ Star Tech Wall Mount Rack - https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Mount-Patch-Panel-Bracket/ Navpoint rack - https://www.amazon.com/NavePoint-Network-Server-Cabinet-Enclosure/ Pop!_OS - https://system76.com/pop The 8 bit guy on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8uT9cgJorJPWu7ITLGo9Ww Strange Parts on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8DQrSp5yEP937qNqTooOw VNC on Raspberry Pi - https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/vnc/ VNC Viewer App - https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/viewer/ 3Blue1Brown on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw Signals Everywhere on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/pspheaven RTL-SDR Supported Software - https://www.rtl-sdr.com/big-list-rtl-sdr-supported-software/ SDR# - https://airspy.com/download/ Fast Fourier Transforms - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spUNpyF58BY MFJ SDR Interface - https://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-1708SDR GQRX Linux/Mac SDR Software - http://gqrx.dk/ SDR Console - https://www.sdr-radio.com/ SpyServer Remote SDR Receiver Locations - https://airspy.com/directory/ GQRX Raspberry Pi 3 Version - http://gqrx.dk/download/gqrx-sdr-for-the-raspberry-pi Cubic SDR - https://cubicsdr.com/ SDR Touch Android SDR Application - https://sdrtouch.com/ iOS SDR Receiver - https://www.rtl-sdr.com/new-rtl-sdr-receiver-app-for-ios-released/ Openwebrx SDR Web Server Application - https://sdr.hu/openwebrx Yet Another APRS Client - https://www.ka2ddo.org/ka2ddo/YAAC.html VB Cables - https://www.vb-audio.com/Cable/ Weather Satellite Reception - https://www.rtl-sdr.com/tag/wxtoimg/ GNUAIS AIR Reception - http://gnuais.sourceforge.net/ Skyboat - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_NC-4 The Harrowing Journey of a Pacific Clipper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0GbkM6n90o ADSB - https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/programs/adsb/ FlightAware - https://flightaware.com/ ADSB Exchange - https://www.adsbexchange.com/ Piaware FlightAware Image - https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/ Dump1090 - https://github.com/antirez/dump1090 Virtual Radar Server - http://www.virtualradarserver.co.uk/ POCSAG - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POCSAG SIGIDWIKI - https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/Signal_Identification_Guide POCSAG Decoding - https://www.rtl-sdr.com/rtl-sdr-tutorial-pocsag-pager-decoding/ PDW Pager Decoder - https://www.discriminator.nl/pdw/index-en.html Linux multimon decoding - https://github.com/EliasOenal/multimon-ng Unitrunker - http://www.unitrunker.com/ DSD Plus - https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/DSDPlus RadioReference Database of Frequencies and Systems - https://www.radioreference.com/
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