HRN 272: A GeoSync Ham Satellite for the Americas (from the DCC)

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We've been hearing about a Geosynchronous satellite for the Western Hemisphere for a while now, but not many details. In this episode from the DCC, project leader Bob McGwire N4HY fills in a lot of blanks. There's no launch date yet, and maybe not quite enough info to start building your ground station (a 'Five & Dime' setup - 5 GHz up, 10 GHz down), but you can start thinking about it.

HRN 271: Welcome to the DCC

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This... well, the second half of it, is TAPR President Steve Bible N7HPR's welcome to the hams assembled in St. Petersburg FL for the 2016 DCC. The first half is Gary talking about the video production. So nothing critical here - just an orientation to give you an idea of what the DCC is like if you attend in person.

HRN 270: Emcomm Extra #1 - Hurricane Matthew Edition

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Gary welcomes David Goldenberg W0DHG to the HamRadioNow hosting crew. David will be a regular co-host for the Emcomm Extra episodes, planned for about once a month (keep in mind that this is a HamRadioNow  plan, and what could possibly go wrong? Anyway, we want to do regular Emcomm shows). And Ham Media gadfly Marty Sullaway KC1CWF just happened to be hanging around Gary's Facebook feed and got dragged in for the ride... not as the 'youth' representative, just as a pretty smart ham. Gary admits that he tried to get some ARRL/ARES leaders from the Southeast coast sections, but all were busy preparing for an actual hurricane.