Last Friday, I got an email from Gary, KN4AQ, the producer and host of Ham Radio Now. He wrote:
I’d like to invite you to participate in a HamCasters episode of HamRadioNow this Sunday evening, November 19, at 9 pm Eastern, 6 pm Pacific, 0200Z (Monday morning Zulu). I’d like to get as many hams who produce or regularly participate in ham radio podcasts, YouTube shows, even lowly blogs – as many as I can squeeze onto Skype (their limit is 25) – on the show.
Here’s the result:
The “hamcasters” appearing on this episode include:
- Sterling Coffey N0SSC (Phasing Line Podcast, YouTube star)
- Dan Romanchik KB6NU (ICQPodcast, author, blogger)
- Curtis Mohr K5CLM (Everything Ham Radio Podcast)
- Onno Benschop VK6FLAB (Foundations of Amateur Radio Podcast)
- Sam Reynolds KM4WDK (HamKID YouTube show)
- Bill Stearns NE4RD (Linux in the Hamshack, Amateur Radio Newsline)
I’m not sure this episode is a real contribution to amateur radio, but it was fun to do, and I think you might have fun watching it, especially if you’re thinking about doing a podcast or YouTube videos. My bit starts at the 29:15 mark, and I’ve cued up the video to start there.
One of the topics we discussed was the length of most ham radio podcasts. Despite the general agreement that most that ham radio podcasts are too long, this one lasts for two hours and 15 minutes!
Bob K0NR says
Dan,
There was some interesting stuff in this video…but it went rather long.
All communication channels have a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), podcasts included. Long podcasts/videos tend to have degraded SNR.
73, Bob