AmateurLogic.TV
310 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsA monthly podcast covering Ham Radio equipment, events and personalities.
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AmateurLogic 191: Tool Time
March 16, 2024 10:00 - 740 MB VideoCan’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 VideoE9F 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 VideoOur 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 VideoE9E 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 VideoGeorge 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 VideoE9D 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 VideoAmateurLogic’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 VideoE9C 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 VideoTommy 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 VideoE9B 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 VideoAmateurLogic.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 VideoE9A 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 VideoMike 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 VideoE8D 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 VideoVisits 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 VideoE8C 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 VideoW5AXC 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 VideoE8B 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 VideoTips 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 VideoE8A 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 VideoGeorge & 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 VideoE7H 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 VideoEmile 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 VideoE7G 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 VideoGeorge 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 VideoE7F 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 VideoEasily 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 VideoE7E 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 VideoGeorge 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 VideoE7D 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 VideoTommy 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 VideoE7C 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 VideoKay 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 VideoE7B 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 VideoJoin 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 VideoE7B 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 VideoHuntsville 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 VideoE7A 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 VideoA 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 VideoE6F 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 VideoField 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 VideoE6E Analog ICs: MMICs, IC packaging characteristics 42:03
AmateurLogic 170: Emile’s Cheap Old Hamvention
June 18, 2022 10:00 - 1.12 GB VideoOld 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 VideoE6D 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 VideoDriving 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 VideoE6C 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 VideoA 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 VideoE6B Diodes 50:11
AmateurLogic 167: AmateurLogic Unbagged
March 19, 2022 10:00 - 881 MB VideoGeorge 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 VideoE6A 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