Amateur Radio Roundtable

Tonight Mitch Stern talks about a new on line ham fest called Ham Con, Rich W2VU tells us about next months CQ magazine, We give away another HF antenna, we talk about our next balloon launch , and much more.

Tonight Martin F. Jue founder of MFJ in the studio

Tonight we talk about the high school roundup with Sherri Edmondson KJ4MOB and Gary Johnston KI4LA and the Dixie Heights High School Amateur Radio Club from Edgewood, Ky. We open up the phone lines and Bill, Glen, Alan, and Tom answer your questions. And we discuss our balloon launches.

Tonight Eric 4Z1UG is our guest and will talk about QSO Today ham radio Expo. Alan will talk about field day and Bill and Tom will update you on our balloon flights. We are also giving away a HF antenna to a viewer.

Tonight Rich Moseson Editor CQ magazine tells us whats in next months magazine. Alan updates us on how to safely couple a transmitter to a scope or analyzer , and Tom and Bill talk about our w5kub-23 balloon going around the world.

Tonight we have Roly, ZL1BQD, a one man dxpedition, talking about his 45 years of dxpeditions. Katie does some shack pictures, Alan gives us a class on diodes, and tom updates us on balloon w5kub-23

Our good friend Astronaut Doug Wheelock made a surprise visit to the show.

Michael Kalter W8CI hamvention spokesperson talks about hamvention 2021. Katie shows us some shack pictures. alan talks about coax lengths and swr. Tom and Bill discuss our next pico balloon launch.

Tonight the full gang is back. Katie talks to rich of CQ, Riley Hollingsworth, retired special counsel to the FCC and now head of the volunteer monitor service gives us an update. Alan talks about SDR, and Tom gives update on our balloons.

Tonight Katie is back. And Jason KC5hwb is also back. Alan talks about switching and linear power supplies. Katie talks about ft8 and Glen shows us an arduino RTTY decoder. Tom gives an update on balloon w6kub-22

Tonight Paul Verhage KD4DTH talks about high altitude balloons. Tom gives an update on w5kub-22 pico balloon.

Tonight we have Bill Mims W2WCM of the Vienna Wireless Society to talk about a special event coming up this month about the first voice wireless transmission. Alan talks about Smith Charts, Tom and Bill Brown discuss the construction and launch of our next pico ballon w5kub-22 please subscribe and please join our ham radio facebook group of over 11,000 hams at https://www.facebook.com/groups/w5kub our live shows are every Tues night at 8:00 PM Central time on w5kub.com

On tonights show, Katie talks to Rich about next months CQ magazine. Alan discusses IMD, Glen shows us his arduino rotor control box and Bill gives us an update on our pico balloon that is traveling around the world.

Tonight Alan talks about different type signals and how their wave form looks. Bill Brown gives us an update on the w5kub-20 balloon which has just passed China. Glen Popiel gives us a look into his new arduino book.

Tonight we have a special tribute to all our ham radio operators that are veterans. See their pictures. Also Alan talks about multimeters, Tom gives an update on our latest pico balloon launch which has now reached africa.

Tonight Katie talks with Rich W2VU of CQ to get a look into next months magazine. Alan talks about swr in TekTips, Martin Jue, Tom and Glen Popiel join in the discussion.

We had technical difficulties tonight oct 20 so this audio is a rerun from March 31, 2020

Tonight Katie talks with Rich W2VU, editor of CQ magazine, In TekTips, Alan, W2AEW goes over how to operate an oscilloscope, Tom and Bill talk bout the pico balloons and our next launch.

Tonight Katie talks with Rich W2VU, editor of CQ magazine, In TekTips, Alan, W2AEW goes over how to operate an oscilloscope, Tom and Bill talk bout the pico balloons and our next launch.

Due to the presidental debates we did not have a show tonight. But we are playing this show from June 11 2019. We are testing our new shortwave transmitter and freq of 6160 khz. we are now heard every Tues night on WBCQ between 10 pm and midnight eastern time.

Tonight Katie shows us some shack pictures that you sent in. Alan talks to us about CW, and Tom gives an update on next balloon launch.

Tonight during TekTips, Alan talks about how to use powerpoll connectors. Skip Morris, K5FC, talks about his new dream retirement shack, the many different stations he has restored, and tower safety. Skip had a tragedy putting up his towers and one of the tower workers lost his live as the tower fell.

Tonight Katie is back. Also we have a new addition to our crew. Alan Wolke W2AEW joins us with a new segment we call TekTips.

Tonight Rich w2vu tells us what will be in cq next month. Joe shows us some new kits, and Tom and Bill talk about our next balloon.

Big gang tonight Full house.Tonight Dave Casler, Bill Brown, Katie Allen, . We have a live appearance from the search team for w5kub-21 they are Dale Town N5VX and Bob Williams K4BWM. Also Michael Cauley W4MCA General Chairman of Hamcation and Mike Banigan KJ4UDO awards Chairman of Hamcation will give us an update. Tom talks about the loss os balloon -21 and the soon coming launch of our next balloon.

Tonight hosts include Tom, Bill Brown, Glen Popiel. We talk about teh QSO virtual hamfest, show shack pictures, and give updates on w5kub-21 balloon. viewers also called in.

Tonight we talk about wspr. Our guest is Jim Willis KX4TD. Katie and Glen are back with us. We also get an update on our next balloon launch.

Tonight Rich w2vu tells us about next months cq magazine. Tom talks about our future balloon launch and Glen Popiel shows us a new arduino learning tool..

tonight Bill Brown, Glen Popiel, Joe Eisenberg. Joe talks about a new ft8 kit, Bill updates us on a big balloon launch last week and the status. He also reports on w5kub-18 that we may be losing hydrogen and also getting some icing causing our balloon to lose some altitude. Tom talks about some nuclear options to keep our battery warm if we launch with a battery next time.

Tonight Tom is streaming the show alone from the house in Tuckasegee, NC. He gives an update on w5kub-18 and also talks about and answers questions about RTTY

Tonight Dave talks about how to measure power with an oscilloscope , Mark N4BCD gives us an update on how the Huntsville field day went. Tom and Bill Brown talk about our balloon w5kub-18. Glen Popiel also joins us.

Toms shows some simple 6 meter antennas to build. we also give a report on w5kub-18 balloon on its 3rd lap around the world. Tonight the gang is all here. Tom, Katie, Bill, Glenn, and Dave.

Tonight Bill Brown, Tom medlin, Jim Hannibal we discuss some net ham radio products. Joe Eisenberg is also with us and talk about kits. tom gives update on w5kub-18

Tonight Glen Popiel, Bill Brown, Dave Casler, and Tom. talk about our balloons around the world. We also opened the phone lines.

UPdates tonight on our balloons that are traveling around the world. Tom , Kathy, Bill Brown, and Glen Popiel. Special guest Joanne KM6BWB

Tonight Tom, Martin F. Jue, Dave Casler, Bill Brown, Glen Popiel, Rich Moseson . We look at next months cq magazine, give and update on the w5kub-18 balloon, and talk about ham radio the old times.

Tonight the whole gang is here. Dave Casler, Katie Allen, Bill Brown, Glen Popiel, and Tom with special guest Riley Hollingsworth, retired special counsil to the FCC and now leads the ARRL Volunteer Monitoring Program. ham radio,ham radio crash course,ham radio 2.0,dave casler,ask dave,icom,kenwood,dmr,dstar,fusion,arrl,swl,amsat,iota,baofeng,hoshnasi,flex,pico balloon,high altitude balloon

Tonight Jason Johnston talks about a live virtual hamfest coming up in 2 weeks. Joining tonight are Dave Casler, Bill Brown, Glen Popiel. Tom gives an update about our balloon attempt to circle that world

Tonight the gang is all here. Katie, Tom, Glen Popiel, Dave Casler, and Bill Brown joins us.

Tonight Katie is back with us. Rich Moseson from CQ talks about next months magazine. Dave Casler tells us what he has been up to. Tom gives us an update on the next attempt to launch a balloon around the world. And Tom and Martin Jue, founder of MFJ, talk about the old days of ham radio.

On the show tonight Tom w5kub, Dave Casler KE0OG, and Ashhar Farhan VU2ESE we talk about how ham radio in india and the U.S. has designed and built an arduino based ventilator for around $100 and it is being approved to use by the medical field. Tom talks about the loss of W5KUB-17 balloon over China. And we open the phone lines.

Tonight Tom w5kub and Bill Brown, wb8elk talk about the pico balloons we are launching and trying to get around the world.

Tonight Katie and I talk with Bill brown master of high altitude balloons. He has a special guest Joanne KM4bwb who works with a STEM program and has recently launched a pico balloon.

Tonight Glen Popiel KW5GP joins us.

Tonight Hamvention officers Michael Kalter and Jack Gerbs bring us the news that Hamvention is cancelled this year. Tom updates us on balloon launches and the recovery of balloow w5kub-13 in Poland by a Polish ham club. Katie and Glen Popiel join us.

Tonight balloon update and viewers call in. Sorry but we had computer problems and the show was broken into 3 different files

I speak at the West Tn Amateur Radio Society on this episode.

Tonight Katie talks about Hamcation in Orlando, Bill Brown our Master of High Altitude Balloon is back with us talking about recent launches. Tom talks about his involvement with friend Edurard YO3ICT as they plan and built the next Roundtable balloon launch. We also show some new tooks needed to build the super tiny tracker.

This week Katie talks with Rich, W2VU, editor of CQ magazine about next months issue. Tom goes into detal about our high altitude long duration balloon launch.