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AmateurLogic.TV

310 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratings

A monthly podcast covering Ham Radio equipment, events and personalities.

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Episodes

AmateurLogic 191: Tool Time

March 16, 2024 10:00 - 740 MB Video

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

Ham College 110 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 48

March 02, 2024 10:00 - 617 MB Video

E9F Transmission lines: characteristics of open and shorted feed lines, coax versus open-wire, velocity factor, electrical length, coaxial cable dielectrics. 49:59

AmateurLogic 190: Hamfest, Friends & LA ARES

February 17, 2024 10:00 - 1.12 GB Video

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

Ham College 109 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 47

January 27, 2024 10:00 - 471 MB Video

E9E Matching: Matching Antennas to Feed Lines, Phasing Lines, and Power Dividers. 42:12

AmateurLogic 189: Headset Hacks

January 20, 2024 10:00 - 1.06 GB Video

George hacks a gamer headset for radio use. Emile has video from Swamps On The Air. Mike begins his BitX 40 build. 1:04:20

Ham College 108 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 46

January 06, 2024 10:00 - 580 MB Video

E9D Yagi antennas, parabolic reflectors, circular polarization, loading coils, top loading, feed point impedance of electrically short antennas, antenna Q, RF grounding. 47:13

AmateurLogic 188: Christmas Celebration and Hotspot Upgrades

December 16, 2023 10:00 - 742 MB Video

AmateurLogic’s Annual Christmas Extravaganza. Tommy upgrades his N5BOC Hotspot with a new Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and it’s fast. Emile updates his hotspot with the WPSD Project. ALTV’s 2023 Gift Guide for last minute shoppers and slackers. Sampling the tastes of the holidays. 1:18:01

Ham College 107 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 45

December 02, 2023 10:00 - 311 MB Video

E9C Practical wire antennas, folded dipoles, phased arrays, effects of ground near antennas. 42:25

AmateurLogic 187: Buck/Boost, Balun & M5 Ham Radio

November 18, 2023 10:00 - 444 MB Video

Tommy builds the M5 Ham Radio project. George makes a high quality 4:1 Balun. Mike assembles a Buck/Boost converter device for use with QRP operations. 58:56

Ham College 106 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 44

October 28, 2023 10:00 - 241 MB Video

E9B Antenna patterns and designs: E and H plane patterns, gain as a function of pattern,antenna modeling. 38:09

AmateurLogic 186: 18 Years of AmateurLogic

October 21, 2023 10:00 - 866 MB Video

AmateurLogic.TV celebrates 18 years on the air. George reviews the Craftsman Battery Powered Soldering Iron. Jocelyn demonstrates the MFJ-1898 Portable HF + 6 Meter Antenna. Emile introduces Outlook Package Message Manager. Mike explores OpenWebRX +. Announcing the winner of our 18th Anniversary contest and Icom IC-705 prize package giveaway. 1:26:43

Ham College 105 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 43

September 30, 2023 10:00 - 500 MB Video

E9A Basic Antenna parameters: radiation resistance, gain, beamwidth, efficiency, effective radiated power. 57:59

AmateurLogic 185: Unwrapping The Layers of an Unun

September 16, 2023 10:00 - 801 MB Video

Mike exposes an Unun. Tommy renews his FCC License step by step. Emile hits the Pi Bullseye. Announcing our 18th Anniversary Contest with an Icom IC-705 and a package of great accessories from MFJ. Contest details are available at https://amateurlogic.tv/contest 1:19:47

Ham College 104 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 42

September 02, 2023 10:00 - 392 MB Video

E8D Keying defects and overmodulation of digital signals, digital codes, spread spectrum 51:57

AmateurLogic 184: Huntsville Hamfest 2023 & Emile’s Adventures in Space

August 26, 2023 10:00 - 847 MB Video

Visits with friends at Huntsville Hamfest 2023. Plus Emile’s adventures at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. 1:22:32

Ham College 103 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 41

July 29, 2023 10:00 - 324 MB Video

E8C Digital signals: digital communication modes, information rate vs. bandwidth, error correction. 47:43

AmateurLogic 183: Field Day & Friedrichshafen

July 15, 2023 10:00 - 1.1 GB Video

W5AXC and W5SLA Field Day Events. JPC-12 40-6 Meter Vertical Antenna. Friedrichshafen 2023 1:30:00

Ham College 102 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 40

July 01, 2023 10:00 - 431 MB Video

E8B Modulation and demodulation: modulation methods, modulation index and deviation ratio, frequency and time division multiplexing, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing and balanced modulators, detectors, mixer stages. 58:29

AmateurLogic 182: Cheap Tricks for Field Day

June 17, 2023 10:00 - 740 MB Video

Tips and tricks for a cheap old field day. Bluetti EB3A Portable Power Station. Building a high quality 1:1 balun. 1:16:04

Ham College 101 - Extra exam questions - Part 39

June 03, 2023 10:00 - 397 MB Video

E8A AC waveforms: sine, square, and irregular waveforms. AC measurements, average power and PEP of RF signals, Fourier analysis, analog to digital conversion: digital to analog conversion, advantages of digital communications. 57:37

AmateurLogic 181: George & Mike’s Excellent Adventure

May 27, 2023 10:00 - 1.16 GB Video

George & Mike cover the premiere Hamfest of the season, Hamvention 2023. Visits with friends and vendors. Plus some great new finds you may not be aware of. Hamvention is always a fun, entertaining event and this year was no different. 1:39:34

Ham College 100 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 38

April 29, 2023 10:00 - 398 MB Video

E7H Oscillators and signal sources: types of oscillators, synthesizers and phase-locked loops, direct digital synthesizers, stabilizing thermal drift, microphonics, high-accuracy oscillators. 59:40

AmateurLogic 180: Cheap Old Geaux Baux

April 15, 2023 10:00 - 638 MB Video

Emile builds a Geaux Baux. Software for NanoVNA analyzers. Dual Band Satellite Yagi, The Sequel. 1:20:24

Ham College 99 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 37

April 01, 2023 10:00 - 343 MB Video

E7G Active filters and op-amp circuits: active audio filters, characteristics, basic circuit design, operational amplifiers. 51:22

AmateurLogic 179: Tales From The Transmitter

March 18, 2023 10:00 - 971 MB Video

George takes to the swamp for a 50 Kilowatt ‘Tales From The Transmitter Site’. Tommy explores BlueDV OTG. Mike builds a dual band Yagi for working the satellites. 1:20:47

Ham College 98 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 36

March 04, 2023 10:00 - 326 MB Video

E7F DSP filtering and other operations, software defined radio fundamentals, DSP modulation and demodulation. 1:00:07

AmateurLogic 178: USB Relays, Nano VNA, WFD Rearview

February 18, 2023 10:00 - 697 MB Video

Easily and cheaply control relays over a USB port. Nano VNA explorations. Brutal Winter Field Day rearview mirror edition. 1:06:31

Ham College 97 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 35

February 04, 2023 10:00 - 326 MB Video

E7E Modulation and demodulation: reactance, phase and balanced modulators, detectors, mixer stages. 48:54

AmateurLogic 177: Quarter Wave Stub

January 14, 2023 10:00 - 836 MB Video

George demonstrates how to cut a quarter wave stub to notch out interference. Emile packs for 2023 Winter Field Day. Mike explores W0CHP PiStar Dashboard. Plus, mysterious solar powered antennas installations are popping up. How could this be cryptocurrency miners? 1:27:11

Ham College 96 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 34

December 31, 2022 10:00 - 402 MB Video

E7D Power supplies and voltage regulators, Solar array charge controllers. 1:01:03

AmateurLogic 176: A Very Merry Christmas

December 17, 2022 10:00 - 865 MB Video

Tommy uses Chirp open source software to program his transceiver. Emile discusses a tactical net in the Slidell area using Amateur Radio, GMRS and FRS. No ALTV Christmas episode would be complete without some comic entertainment. In the spirit of the season we present ‘Cheap Old 2022 Rear End Review’ and ‘AmateurLogic.TV Crazy Cheap Close-Out’. 1:38:57

Ham College 95 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 33

December 03, 2022 10:00 - 338 MB Video

E7C Filters and matching networks: types of networks, types of filters, filter applications, filter characteristics, impedance matching, DSP filtering. 51:19

AmateurLogic 175: Oh The Humanity

November 12, 2022 10:00 - 824 MB Video

Kay Savitz, K6KJN joins us to discuss the Internet archive.org special project that’s creating a huge online arena of Ham Radio resources. Learn what’s available and how you can enjoy it for years to come. Tommy updates us on the latest version of the VC4SL battery charger. Emile’s got the scoop on Pi-Star’s Brandmeister DMR API update. Plus a short tribute to our good friend and a truly great Ham, Andy Anderson, AA0WX. 1:25:44

Ham College 94 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 32

October 29, 2022 10:00 - 327 MB Video

E7B Amplifiers:(part 2 of 2) Class of operation, vacuum tube and solid-state circuits, distortion and intermodulation, spurious and parasitic suppression, microwave amplifiers, switching-type amplifiers. 54:01

AmateurLogic 174: 17 Year Anniversary

October 15, 2022 10:00 - 689 MB Video

Join the AmateurLogic crew as we celebrate 17 years. Announcing the winner of the Icom IC-705 portable transceiver and MFJ 8-Band Compact Antenna package. RSP Spectrum Analyzer, Open-Weather on-line satellite image decoder, Irwin Vice Grip Wire Strippers, and a visit from Peter, VK3PB. 1:19:42

Ham College 93 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 31

October 01, 2022 10:00 - 512 MB Video

E7B Amplifiers:(part 1 of 2) Class of operation, vacuum tube and solid-state circuits, distortion and intermodulation, spurious and parasitic suppression, microwave amplifiers, switching-type amplifiers. 1:11:47

AmateurLogic 173: Space Age Hamfest

September 17, 2022 10:00 - 915 MB Video

Huntsville Hamfest was back full strength this year and we visited with lots of friends. Here’s our wrap up of the 2022 Huntsville Hamfest. Also, AmateurLogic.TV celebrates 17 years October 15, 2022. We’ve teamed up with Icom America and MFJ again for another great anniversary contest. Prizes include an Icom IC-705 transceiver, MFJ 8-band compact HF Antenna and Power Supply. Get all the details on how you can register to win. 2:50:00

Ham College 92 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 30

August 28, 2022 10:00 - 464 MB Video

E7A Digital circuits: digital circuit principles and logic circuits, classes of logic elements, positive and negative logic, frequency dividers, truth tables. 1:03:53

AmateurLogic 172: Cheap Hacks for Your Shack

August 13, 2022 10:00 - 625 MB Video

A super cheap Hotspot. Thrifty Old Digital Update Roundup. Modding Pi-Star to include M-17. DVMega Globetrotter opens up your digital possibilities. 1:16:00

Ham College 91 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 29

July 30, 2022 10:00 - 371 MB Video

E6F Electro-optical technology: photoconductivity, photovoltaic devices, optical sensors and encoders, optical isolation. 50:38

AmateurLogic 171: Field Day 2022

July 16, 2022 10:00 - 1.05 GB Video

Field Day up North. Field Day down South. A Rockin Field Day out West. Cheap Old Field Day segment. An Apocalyptic Field day. 1:34:04

Ham College 90 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 28

July 02, 2022 10:00 - 287 MB Video

E6E Analog ICs: MMICs, IC packaging characteristics 42:03

AmateurLogic 170: Emile’s Cheap Old Hamvention

June 18, 2022 10:00 - 1.12 GB Video

Old Man. Follow George and Emile as they explore Hamvention 2022. Mike continues his controversial discussion with ‘To Ground, or Not To Ground’. Tommy shows how to use ‘Terminal Mode’ for easy D-Star network communications without a repeater or hotspot. 1:52:40

Ham College 89 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 27

May 28, 2022 10:00 - 429 MB Video

E6D Toroidal and Solenoidal Inductors: permeability, core material, selecting, winding, transformers, piezoelectric devices. 56:54

AmateurLogic 169: Not Another Friday The 13th

May 14, 2022 10:00 - 655 MB Video

Driving a ground rod using water. Windows 3.0, GEOS, CPM, GEM and MS-DOS on a microcontroller. APRS FI explored. On our way to Dayton. 1:07:42

Ham College 88 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 26

April 30, 2022 10:00 - 371 MB Video

E6C Digital ICs: Families of digital ICs, gates, Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs). 51:15

AmateurLogic 168: Type ‘N’, VarAC Chat, Bluetooth Photos

April 16, 2022 10:00 - 718 MB Video

A new type Type ‘N’ connector installed. VarAC enhanced Chat client. Transferring photos over the air from a bluetooth phone. 1:16:02

Ham College 87 - Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 25

April 02, 2022 10:00 - 377 MB Video

E6B Diodes 50:11

AmateurLogic 167: AmateurLogic Unbagged

March 19, 2022 10:00 - 881 MB Video

George explores a Jameco Electonics Grab Bag. Mike installs Dragon OS Pi 64. Tom Apalenek, WA2IVD visits Quartzfest 2022. Tommy reviews the B3603 Power Controller. Importance of ESR in Capacitor Testing. 1:40:40

Ham College 86 - Extra Class Exam Questions - Part 24

February 26, 2022 10:00 - 470 MB Video

E6A Semiconductor materials and devices: semiconductor materials; germanium, silicon, P-type, N-type; transistor types: NPN, PNP, junction, field-effect transistors: enhancement mode; depletion mode; MOS; CMOS; N-channel; P-channel