Author: Scott Westerman
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Revitalizing Your College Ham Club
Matthew Beiz recently asked the members of the Collegiate Ham Radio Operators Facebook page for ideas on how to build interest in our essential avocation among a young audience dealing with lots of technological distractions. Here are a few thoughts from our work to rebuild the Michigan State University Amateur Radio Club:Go where the action…
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Early Television
From 1945, a documentary aimed at returning service men and women, describing the advances in “electronic television”. Thanks to N8FMQ for the link!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUOsQ0Xu96M
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The Thrills and Agonies of Radiosport
By Scott Westerman – W9WSWHow 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 and awards available to those who love…
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Meeting the Media – 7 Steps to Building Productive Relationships
By Scott Westerman – W9WSWThe 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 broadband microwave network to facilitate high…
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How contesting skills can prepare you for public service communications
The American Radio Relay League‘s Ward Silver’s terrific webinar on leveraging contesting as training for public service communications.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b00yUN7qQEs
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VHF saves the day in Star Trek Beyond
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”.
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Prioritizing People Who Care
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 go.This came home to me big time…
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The story behind “The NPR Sound”
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 Neumann U87 mics, considered the…
