The excitement, skills and sweat of Field Day 2024 at W5SLA and W5AXC. Find out what worked and what didn't. Plus, Tommy shows the M5 Stack voice keyer for his IC-705.

1:11:52

T1A – Purpose and permissible use of the Amateur Radio Service. Operator/primary station license grant, Meanings of basic terms used in FCC rules, Interference, RACES rules, Phonetics, Frequency Coordinator.

1:11:50

E0A – Safety: RF radiation hazards, hazardous materials, grounding.

49:39

George and Mike’s Excellent Adventure to Dayton Hamvention 2024.

New radios, old radios, mystery radio and friends. Take your best guess at what new radio Icom has under glass. Learn more about the new Flex radios. Visit with good friends we all know. See 60 years of Icom Radio History. And find out about Emile’s Cheap Old Field Day plans.

1:28:36

E9H Receiving Antennas: radio direction finding antennas, Beverage antennas, specialized receiving antennas, long-wire receiving antennas.

40:29

DXing the entire AM Broadcast Band during the 2024 solar eclipse.

Rattlegram, a new digital text messaging mode for HF/VHF/UHF recreational and emergency communications.

Smith charts with the NanoVNA.

1:29:19

E9G The Smith chart

36:52

Can’t find the tool you need? Make it.

Economical heat shrink tubing labels.

Emile’s out of this world NASA adventure.

Mike’s BitX40 build part 2.

Kicking the tires of Icom’s IC-905.

1:23:19

E9F Transmission lines: characteristics of open and shorted feed lines, coax versus open-wire, velocity factor, electrical length, coaxial cable dielectrics.

49:59

Our visit to the Capital City Hamfest in Jackson, MS with a few old friends. A very rare Icom radio stack. Louisiana ARES Winlink forms and tactics.

1:03:11