By Scott Westerman – W9WSW How many of us remember Jim McKay’s introduction to ABC’s Wide World of Sports? “The thrill of victory… And the agony of defeat!” Such are the joys and frustrations for enthusiasts of Radiosport. Radiosport, the term coined for the dogged pursuit of the many certificates…
By Scott Westerman – W9WSW The best way to build your network is before you need it. That’s why we practice emergency communications skills at events like Field Day and participate in Radiosport. That was the motivator for the famed Rocky Mountain Hams to build a state of the art…
The American Radio Relay League‘s Ward Silver’s terrific webinar on leveraging contesting as training for public service communications.
Great to see the Star Trek crew use VHF to beat the bad guys in “Beyond”. 6 meters turned out to be the Magic Band, “when all else failed”.
Listen to an audio version of this message. “Prioritize people who care, in the end they will be the only ones there.” Giving hearts can be trapped in un-productive relationships. The flip side of compassion can sometimes be a tendency to hang on to someone when you should be letting them…
For years, the Electro Voice RE20 was the studio standard we radio announcers loved. It seemed to enhance the bottom end of our voices, giving us a three-pack-a-day throat without the cigarettes. Today the SURE SM7B and the Heil PR40 often supplant RE20s in the control room. But NPR uses…
Space fans with 4th generation Apple TV’s are in for a treat with a new NASA streaming app.
As heard on 5985 khz on June 26th.