Josh is a PRO interviewer. Being a TOP engineer he is very familiar with super satellites. Keep up the great work Josh. Excellent video and interview.
@HamRadioCrashCourse
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@cowetareserve
2 жыл бұрын
AGREEEEEED! He got me from zero to owning a disabled baofeng that can listen and monitor local frequencies! He’s a hero for all the knowledge!
@scotthansenmtbt4110
3 жыл бұрын
My first HF rig was and still is the Yaesu FT817nd...I learned HF with a qrp rig and I’m so happy I did. It taught me how to make contacts without power and how important it is to have the right antenna setup.
@RT-qd8yl
Жыл бұрын
I learned the importance of that as well, but as the poor little 10yo kid I was, nobody told me how expensive antennas were. I was *so* unprepared. 😂 Now 95% of my antennas are all DIY.
@riobravomultimedia4104
3 жыл бұрын
That dude is awesome! I’m a newbie(KI5MGC), and he’s like the Lebowski of ham on the video...I could listen to way more of him. He’s easy to understand too! P.s. big bend is not south Texas, that’s west Texas!
@AZREDFERN
8 ай бұрын
I just made contact with the ISS Christmas morning with a Baofeng and a 48.8” Abbree. First space station I’ve ever contacted. First time I tried. Now I’m hooked!
@spotterinc.engineering5207
3 жыл бұрын
Love this stream!! I ordered my Arrow antenna tonight. New Technician as of 10/13/2020 - KN6LIT
@catguta
3 жыл бұрын
Driving across the country, my main HT boxed up for repair, my cheap backup radio silent, as always, and stumbled upon this video just before pulling out, and set it up to listen to. A 150 miles later, and I am psyched! Took notes on my kneeboard all the while. Great stream! Thanks!
@jakecarpenter9254
2 жыл бұрын
I take my Technician license exam on the 21 of March. That being said, I'm not even a new born baby to this stuff. I can say that for a extremely newbie to HAM, this video is very easy to understand. Thank you for speaking in Basic common language and concepts. I find too many HAM KZitem channels are mostly a bunch of guys with their firearm displayed in one half of the screen and then their radio in the other. Then most of the guys try to spew out a bunch of terms that don't make any sense to the newer HAM people. Oh which is kind of awkward when trying to get my nephew (who is a 13 year old with autism) into HAM radios. Thank you so much for making a clean, educational, and engaging video! You did a very tasteful job at making this video. You rock!
@bluebailey4884
3 жыл бұрын
Been a Ham for only 10 months and got into working the birds right away..Good group of guys on the late night (morning) passes in New England
@HamRadioCrashCourse
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Thanks for watching!
@cowetareserve
2 жыл бұрын
Love the sentiments on online toxicity. If you find awesome niche communities; like all of you reading this; it’s often squashed by the need for learning. Like me here; I rarely comment here because I often feel the need to hush, lurk, and learn 😂 Josh and some of y’all are mad lad geniuses when it comes to this field. I want to get to your levels of competency!
@ywhistlee
Жыл бұрын
Nger
@MaryBrownForFreedom
3 жыл бұрын
One of the high orbit linear sats is still occasionally online. AO-7 has a bad battery and is only on in daylight, when eclipsed it is not on.I have heard it occasionally... I have to much antenna gain to use it though... I worked DL88 via tropo, DXpedition was there and I managed to snag them. My longest terrestrial contact on 2m! I am in EN24 in MN. Same opening I just missed working Cuba, I couldn't get past the wall of east coast stations. That was the tropo opening of the century! And it was a blast but little sleep!
@bkudell
3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't make the stream. I was taking my General, passed - 100%. Now I need to get a radio. :-P I like Sean's minimalist approach.
@josephdone2713
3 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! This was excellent.
@HamRadioCrashCourse
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@ronblack2404
3 жыл бұрын
Purchased GoSatWatch, have no idea how to use it ,settings- features. Was surprised little mention of this App on KZitem so no help there, hopefully someone will do a KZitem video, This was a fantastic subject, thank you Josh and Sean
@theretiredplayr1483
3 жыл бұрын
My second contact ever was with the new ISS repeater with a baofeng F-8HP with a Nagoya 771 antenna
@johansmitphotography
3 жыл бұрын
My first 3 contracts where through sats😁😁
@Tiburon.hd1
3 жыл бұрын
Are you serious? Can I make contact with a signal stick ?
@theretiredplayr1483
3 жыл бұрын
@@Tiburon.hd1 yes, you can do what I did and just kind of angle your antenna while listening to the repeater to whatever sounds the best and once you start fading out you just turn your hand a little bit. You don't have nearly as much gain as a directional antenna but I've done it.
@Tiburon.hd1
3 жыл бұрын
I will try it, thank you so much !
@Jim.Hummel
3 жыл бұрын
Stellar stream ;-) So sorry I missed the live version but the blessing in disguise is being able to scroll back to repeat something I missed or pause to take notes. It's amazing that although the practical application of working satellites is a bit difficult, it's a pretty accessible part of the hobby equipment-wise. Sean seems like the perfect Elmer for this...so willing to share and is patient for this yet has tons of experience. Thank you so much for all the information & excitement!
@HamRadioCrashCourse
3 жыл бұрын
I agree 100%! You nailed it.
@c1sbc
3 жыл бұрын
This was a good one. Thanks to you & @SeanKutzko. 73s de W1SBC
@KC2BKM
2 жыл бұрын
In my top 5 Greatest KZitem Ham related Videos of all Time. Very useful and entertaining. Thanks. You Know your an old guy when your understand the reference to Readers Digest. Should have had The Grateful Dead playing in the background.
@kx9x
5 ай бұрын
I was wearing a Steal Your Face shirt, so I was representin’.
@KC2BKM
5 ай бұрын
@@kx9x Rumor has it there will be a POTA award for activating Parks by Sat SSB and FM.
@stridermt2k
3 жыл бұрын
I really like how the channel hits so many interesting topics, and this is no different. Great information! 73 de N2NLQ
@HamRadioCrashCourse
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!!
@bthemedia
3 жыл бұрын
1:06:25 “twisting wrist” - is that also to adjust the antenna-in-hand elements that are 90-degree rotated for TX/VHF/2m vs RX/UHF/70cm tuning? Yes 1:09:20 thanks! 15:15 Arrow vs Elk antennas
@philtuckerm0dpk212
3 жыл бұрын
This is so exciting. Thank you so much for doing this.
@americaswayout4489
3 жыл бұрын
If you have had any experience with how the satellite is structured or at least some in the past, you will know they have a number of transponders usually having a 30 megs bandwidth. Anyway years ago playing with a c-band large dish satellite I found you could attach a 0-30 megs receiver and tune the baseband output and find all kinds of activity even what was then long-distance telephone. Anyway, I came to realize what a satellite did was create with each transponder another 30 megs of bandwidth for communication purposes plus adding in the line of sight benefit and reliability. Anyway, there is an uplink somewhere at the frequency of the input of the satellite that is a kind of signal that other signals are piggybacked onto it be it SSB, FM, or digital or some other form of modulation. I am talking about a geostationary version but probably is true with all of them. Anyway if we could get authorization to do it and could get on the satellite the entire 30 megs of the bandwidth of reliable use would be available. This could be like the repeater hookup via the internet. Just a thought but wouldn't it be great to have this hookup from all over the world. Some of you engineers out there figure out how to make it work and we can ask for it. Many present satellites have unused transponders and only one is needed?
@thomashardy9994
Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed that. I may take my HT with whip and try to hear a satellite.
@ronblack2404
3 жыл бұрын
Josh, can you look into what Sean uses for a splitter to connect the headset to the radio to the recorder, an amazon link to the splitter, cables headset, earbud etc. saying use a splitter cable just made it more confusing, ready to buy the gear but need help doing it right. Love to see a part 2 of gear close up, and assembled. Thank you, KA7MUB. Grid CN86FN
@HamRadioCrashCourse
3 жыл бұрын
Will do!
@K6ARK
3 жыл бұрын
Check my recent video on QSO recording. The Sony recorder has a "monitor" function which means you don't need a splitter.
@tedbrady634
3 жыл бұрын
Really nice!
@HamRadioCrashCourse
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@peterwoods1846
3 жыл бұрын
Great video looking forward to working satellites from Vk. Cheers Vk2Bit
@applejacks971
3 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: KE0PBR checks in on our net on Monday nights here in Nebraska, saweet!!
@djd8058
3 жыл бұрын
Great stream and interview. Thanks
@richardtwyning
3 жыл бұрын
Am I correct in thinking that the IC-705 can be set to handle the split frequency uplink downlink rather than needing two HT's?
@ChrisN8PEM
3 жыл бұрын
Nice video as always Josh, and thank you Sean for your time. I have been trying to work the birds - seven ISS passes with no luck! I appreciate your recommendation to start with the AO-91. If you do a second video, I have two questions: 1) I think everyone would love to know what used HTs are well loved by the sat hunters. I picked up an Icom W32A. But if I was in the market for a full duplex HT, I'd want more options than the $400 Kenwood or the non-major brand Wouxons. 2) I built a home brew Dave Tadlock dual band Yagi. Since I haven't had any luck with the ISS, I am wondering if my antenna is a problem. I'm starting to work through how to test it. But any thoughts/ recommendations for how to 'test' your equipment before the pass comes overhead? 73 Gents de N8PEM
@jplacido9999
3 жыл бұрын
You should use MFJ-269 or equivalent. Or if you are able to, a nanoVNA would help. That way you can check swr and bandwith.
@ChrisN8PEM
3 жыл бұрын
@@jplacido9999 Thanks for the reply. I've checked the SWR and it looks good on both bands. I've heard the ISS twice but most of the time I don't hear anything. I am now only doing passes above 60 degrees and trying only AO-91 and ISS. I have no issued hitting repeaters with this set up that are 6-7 miles away. Thoughts?
@N8XMD
Жыл бұрын
Truly awesome interview!!! Thank you both so much!!!
@HamRadioCrashCourse
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@rustytalon5187
4 ай бұрын
Definitely enjoying
@coachcannonstm
3 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this video. Sean provided some great information and a lot of questions I had were answered with this vid. Thanks for this!
@carson3210
3 жыл бұрын
This will be a go to video! Thanks Josh!
@jampskan5690
2 жыл бұрын
this man has very good hair genes
@AussieNexus7408
3 жыл бұрын
I’m gonna get a baofeng uv-5r gonna get my license as well so excited 73 to y’all
@ssmith7163
2 жыл бұрын
Was wandering if you go to even greater lengths to get at the point where 4 grids meet? Great video series that happened to pop up while researching an arrow duel element yagi. Just started the DX engineering satellite series.
@jakecarpenter9254
2 жыл бұрын
What would be considered a more "Solid performer" for handheld HAM radios, outside of the Baofeng?
@seandrake7534
6 ай бұрын
I get what you are saying about wait to talk until you hear someone But if everyone waits until they hear someone then how will you ever hear anything is there a master person that starts it
@chazrw2chz290
3 жыл бұрын
Great Video.. was vey enlightening
@jjrobiso
Жыл бұрын
Getting into ham and satellites is really interesting to me. What if you had a constantly rotating antenna trying a qso? Like 150rpm? Would it negate polarity issues or would it cause more issues?
@ghz24
Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure it's easier to design a circularly polarized antenna (like a helical) then you only suffer a 3 dB loss due to polarization mismatch no mater what the angle of the linear polarized signal. I was wondering why they weren't already using this.
@Tiburon.hd1
3 жыл бұрын
Can I make contact with FT3DR and a signal stick ? At least for now while my arrow arrive ?
@jasonwhite7569
Жыл бұрын
I see this is an older video, but found it to be very interesting. Question - hope someone see this - there was some discussion of using true dual band radios. I have the Yaesu FTM-6000 which isnt a true dual band radio, but does permit split frequency channel programming (Tx on one freq, and Rx on another). This should work in this case, no?
@HamRadioCrashCourse
Жыл бұрын
If you can rx on one band and listen on the other at the same time, yes.
@applejacks971
3 жыл бұрын
I wish HRO and Gigaparts had a 30 day layaway :( I'd like to get one of those Kenwoods secured before they run out of them.
@gailbrown8815
3 жыл бұрын
Woops...missed this one. How do I contact the club in Plains, MT???
@mumi009
3 жыл бұрын
An HT model from Wouxan has full duplex.
@jjrobiso
Жыл бұрын
Couldn’t you just use 1 baofeng and just use dual listen?
@HamRadioCrashCourse
Жыл бұрын
You can. But it’s not advised. See the downlink radio will also be playing your voice. So if you’re not hearing yourself on the downlink. You know you’re making it to the satellite.
@jjrobiso
Жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioCrashCourse thanks! Getting my tech license Saturday thanks to you. I live in Indiana so my area is pretty popular with satellites
@thelinuxlearningcurve5394
9 ай бұрын
OMG! I know that look... My dad had the same look! ROFLMAO
@ghz24
Жыл бұрын
Instead of twisting your wrist why not go circular polarization and get minus 3 dB constantly. Is cp forbidden?
@HamRadioCrashCourse
Жыл бұрын
Likely the loss of forward gain.
@ghz24
Жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioCrashCourse I guess if you need every bit of gain, but -3 seems better than -20. Could also make the antenna 3dB higher gain but maybe the narrower beamwidth is an issue.
@PaulieShortcuts
3 жыл бұрын
I know this is an old vid, but I wonder if Cubans were using this while the military was jammin their HF?
@HamRadioCrashCourse
3 жыл бұрын
Doubtful.
@THESPORTINGCAMP
2 жыл бұрын
The birds are HOT!
@johnnettles8867
3 жыл бұрын
Dont know where to write you so Ill post it here, The Technical books DO NOT COME WITH THE CD I wrote them about it and they sent me another book without the CD, but I am ready for the test
@HamRadioCrashCourse
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you really need the cd anyways.
@ma3ek
3 жыл бұрын
Could you list HTs which are fully dual band (including D72 and UV8D) or will work great with satellite
@HamRadioCrashCourse
3 жыл бұрын
Those are them. 🤣 there are not many.
@ma3ek
3 жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioCrashCourse I don't get it. So what is the difference between these two and FT-2D for example. To work with satellites you need transmit on one VFO (TX) and monitor second (RX). This is something what FT-2D can't do?
@HamRadioCrashCourse
3 жыл бұрын
Nope. The ft2dr is not full duplex. Again. Very few radios are full duplex.
@ma3ek
3 жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioCrashCourse OK. I've learned more, thx 😊. Is it worth to add extra 50USD and buy UV9D Plus instead UV8D Plus? I don't care about additional RX capabilities but I've heard about much better reception (different chip)
@BobtheTraveler-WD8NVN
3 жыл бұрын
Great Video !! de WD8NVN
@GothicMud
2 жыл бұрын
almost every every video Josh makes his mic is clipping on peak audio
@theretiredplayr1483
3 жыл бұрын
I live in EN40
@christophermehrman6313
3 жыл бұрын
Hey does anyone have the link or info to get licensed remotely?
@HamRadioCrashCourse
3 жыл бұрын
Hamstudy.org/sessions
@christophermehrman6313
3 жыл бұрын
Thx josh
@wild-radio7373
3 жыл бұрын
🤜🏻👍🤛🏻♡♡♡
@HamRadioCrashCourse
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you’re here Aname!
@wild-radio7373
3 жыл бұрын
@@HamRadioCrashCourse I am very much looking forward to doing this!
@pratwurschtgulasch6662
3 жыл бұрын
why is it not called bacon radio or turkey radio, but i would rather be called ham radio than amateur radio, nobody wants to be called an amateur lol
@holgerstraelen8956
3 жыл бұрын
HAM RADIO means actually HOME AMATEUR RADIO. That's why it is called in short 'ham radio'. We are called Amateurs 'cause it is our hobby. We aren't Radio Program Broadcasters. That's the way it is. 73 = greetings Holger, DK3PA in JO31 (Germany)
@pratwurschtgulasch6662
3 жыл бұрын
@@holgerstraelen8956 i see. the only problem that i see is, the word amateur to me is 5% associated with someone who doesn't do something professionally, and 95% associated with someone that is very bad at what they are doing, aka. amateur. maybe it's time to change that name to something else ;)
@jplacido9999
3 жыл бұрын
@@pratwurschtgulasch6662 in fact, the origin of the amateur expression leads to "someone who LOVES what he is doing" In portuguese, the equivalent word is "amador". Portuguese people also use "amador" (amateur) in a depreciative manner. I get you. But it is ignorance of the original meaning. The correct word that translates your feelings exists in portuguese: "Curioso" (the one who is only curious of the matter"). Meaning that he tends to do things in a bad quality patern because he's messing with things without the proper knoledge (just venturing in to see if it comes out well, but just by chance). Amateurs (in particular, radio amateurs), sometimes know more of a subject than the so called "professionals" That's because they love a particular subject, and they try to know everything about it (professionals just know or remerber what they need on a daily basis). But beware: some amateurs tend to think that because they do a lot of research they know it all, but its is dificult to surpass the "tricks of the trade" real professionals dominate Don't expect to see a amateur programming a military satcom manpack radio with all the bells and whistlers.
@pratwurschtgulasch6662
3 жыл бұрын
@@jplacido9999 that's a really good reply and thank you for all this clarification. i work in an unrelated field but i only have an associates degree but i'm very good at my job because i love the work (self-taught) and because of that i'm better at it. every now and then i encounter someone with a master's degree who sucks and all i can think of is that it shouldn't have taken you 6 years to learn this stuff. while the meaning of amateur may have changed in a negative way, it could have been a lot worse :)
@americaswayout4489
3 жыл бұрын
@@pratwurschtgulasch6662 In the very early days, even before any kind of phone activity the Professional CW operators did in fact make fun of folks at home sending code, so your ridicule of the name bears true and just stayed.
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