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RAIN Report Podcast

by Hap Holly

The RAIN Report Podcast is a biweekly audio snapshot of Amateur Radio that includes interviews and virtual forum presentations of particular interest to ham radio enthusiasts, formatted for transmission over VHF/UHF repeaters. Please direct any eMail comments to the podcast author Hap Holly/KC9RP at [email protected].

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  1. The Facts About Microphones - Part 3

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #113, posted 04-20-24. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 12M00S there is a station ID at 06M0S then timer resets approximately every 3 minutes.] Bob Heil/K9EID was the only microphone manufacturer to be inducted into…

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  2. The Facts About Microphones - Part 2 of 3

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #112, posted 04-06-24. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 17M28S there is a station ID at 07M59S then timer resets approximately every 4 minutes.] So what microphone did Bob Heil, K9IED detest the most? We'll find out…

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  3. The Facts About Microphones - Part 1 of 3

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #111, posted 03-23-24. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 18M01S there is a station ID at 08M50S then timer resets approximately every 4 minutes.] The world lost a pioneer in microphone technology on Feb. 28, 2024--Bob...

  4. Your Code Record is Cracked - Part 2

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #110, posted 03-09-24. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 22M22S there is a station ID at 09M58S then timer resets approximately every 4 minutes.] We hope you enjoyed the first part of a truly entertaining after-dinner...

  5. Your Code Record is Cracked.

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #109, posted 02-28-24. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 17M54S there is a station ID at 08M58S then 4 second timer resets approximately every 3 minutes.] When is the last time you heard a truly entertaining…

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  6. Who's Caryn Murray?

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #108, posted 02-12-24. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR, back after a couple months of RNR while Kent Peterson/KC0DGY loaned his voice to this biweekly podcast. Good job, Kent, and mega thanks from both Hap and me for your help. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast...

  7. Two Airman, 26 Years.

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #107, posted 01-27-24. Voiced by Kent Peterson/KC0DGY. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 10M55S with timer resets approximately every 4 minutes.] If you have noodled around the hf ham bands; you already know the chances of connecting with someone...

  8. The International Beacon Project

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #106, posted 01-13-24. Voiced by Kent Peterson/KC0DGY. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 19M42S with a station break at 9M19S and timer resets approximately every 3 minutes.] Today, we are dipping into the RAIN Report archives... Almost 30 years…

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  9. The North Pole Network

    You've connected with RAIN Hamcast Podcast #105, for 1-1-2024. Voiced by Kent Peterson/KC0DGY. Happy New Year! [Total playing time is 20+ minutes. There is a station ID midway through with 03S pauses approximately every 03M0S for timer resets] The RAIN Hamcast Podcast #105 consists of a December,...

  10. Oren Brand/K9KEJ – SK

    You've connected with RAIN Hamcast Podcast #103, for 12-16-23. Voiced by Kent Peterson/KC0DGY. [Total playing time is 15M44S. There is a station ID at 09M34S and 03S pauses every 02M50S for timer resets] In this Hamcast we’ll be honoring the late Oren Brand/K9KEJ, who became a silent key November...

  11. Lingering Questions about the Jonesown Massacre

    [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 15M57S with a 10-second station break after 8M55S. There are 3-second breaks every 2M50S.] For this episode, we’re going to step back to a RAIN Report from early 2004, voiced by Blair Alper/KA9SEQ, reviewing a scary event that took place in South...

  12. Ericka Nelson: Uniquely Enabled

    For November 18, 2023, This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #101, voiced by Kent Peterson/KC0DGY. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 14M31S with timer resets approximately every 3 minutes.] In May, 2022 a legally blind resident of Janesville, WI studied for and passed the Amateur…

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  13. Life Below AM Radio

    You've connected with RAIN Hamcast Podcast #100, for 11-4-2023. Voiced by Kent Peterson/KC0DGY. [Total playing time is 14M25S with a station ID at 8M53S, and 2S pauses every 3M.] If you are an HF officionado, just how low can you go? According to the ARRL website, U.S. hams could not transmit…

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  14. The Nut Driver: The little Tool that Could...and Still Does!

    Greetings to this replay of a RAIN Report from 2017, read by Will Rogers, K5WLR. [Total playing time is 10M35S with a station break at 6M31S.] If you built electronic kits while growing up, especially those marketed by HeathKit, chances are you used a small plastic too called a Nut Starter. Did…

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  15. You Can Make Ham History

    You've connected with RAIN Hamcast Podcast #98, for 10-07-23. Voiced by Kent Peterson/KC0DGY. [Total playing times is 15M57S with a 10-second, FCC-mandated break at 08M45S] Did you write for a ham radio news letter in years past but don’t know the whereabouts of all those columns you wrote? Or do...

  16. Radio Shack Goes 202 in '91 - Part 2

    This is RAIN Hamcast podcast #97: Radio Shack Goes 202 in '91 - Part 2, posted 09-23-23, voiced by Kent Peterson, KC0DGY. [The running times for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 14M28S; with a station break at 8M48S. Short timer resets occur approximately every 2M50S.] In the late 1980s Radio Shack...

  17. Radio Shack Goes 202 in '91 - Part 1

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #96, posted 09-13-23. Voiced by Kent Peterson/KC0DGY. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 14M014S with a station break at 8M46S. Short timer resets occur approximately every 2M50S.] Did you frequently shop at your local Radio Shack store in the 90s?...

  18. He Built A Better Mouse Trap

    This is RAIN Hamcast podcast #64: He Built A Better Mouse Trap, posted 04-02-22, voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running times for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 16M30S/06M22S; timer pauses: 03M38S, 06M22S, 09M26S, 12M21S, 15M19S] What were you doing when you were 20? Tony Berg/K9ASB was…

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  19. Shortwave Comes Of Age

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #95, posted 08-26-23. Voiced by Kent Peterson/KC0DGY. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 15M04S with a station break at 8M24S. Short timer resets occur approximately every 2M50S.] January 15, 1991 was the beginning of Operation Desert Storm for the...

  20. FCC Update - Ben Kob, AK4AV - Part 2

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #94, posted 08-12-23. Voiced by Kent Peterson/KD0DGY, sitting in for Will Rogers/K5WLR for a few weeks. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 10M47S with an ID break at about 5M50S. EchoLink and AllStar timer resets are approximately every 2M50S.]…

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  21. FCC Update - Ben Kob, AK4AV - Part 1

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #93, posted 07-29-23. Voiced by Kent Peterson/KD0DGY, sitting in for Will Rogers/K5WLR, who is mending his wife back to health. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 14M40S with an ID break at about 8M50S. EchoLink and AllStar timer resets are...

  22. A Replay...

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #92, posted 07-02-23. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 13M06S with timer resets approximately every 3 minutes.] This is a RAIN Replay, voiced by Blair Alper, KA9SEQ. In the early to mid 1990s Mark Thompson, WB9QZB penned a column entitled Bites...

  23. Gordon West, WB6NOA His Story - Part 3

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #91, posted 06-17-23. Voiced by Kent Peterson. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 17M56S with timer resets approximately every 2M50S minutes.] This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #91 for June 17, 2023;, voiced by Kent Peterson. Gordon West, WB6NOA is...

  24. Gordon West, WB6NOA His Story - Psrt 2

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #90, posted 06-03-23. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 17M48S with timer resets approximately every 3 minutes.] In this edition we bring you our second excerpt from an autobiographical presentation given by ham radio...

  25. Gordon West—His Story (Part 1)

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #89, posted 05-21-23. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 18M25S with timer resets approximately every 3 minutes, beginning at 2M50S.] ---A replay of RAIN Hamcast 20 from May 29th, 2020--- Just who is ham radio's #1...

  26. Rich Moseson, W2VU – The Man Behind CQ - Part 2

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #88, posted 04-22-23. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 16M32S. Short pauses for EchoLink and AllStar timer resets occur every 3 minutes beginning at 2 minutes 50 seconds.] Editing a magazine of any kind can be most...

  27. Rich Moseson, W2VU – The Man Behind CQ

    We apologize for the lengthy break in the production time of this podcast. Hap’s and Stephanie’s vacation time to Hap’s stomping grounds in northern San Diego county, along with some PC problems combined to a six-week gap. Well, what do you want for nothing but a smile!!! You know what they say…

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  28. RAIN Hamcast Podcast on Vacation!

    The RAIN Hamcast Podcast is on vacation. Look for the next episode on April 15! (During this time we are not on email or other communications).

  29. Take Nothing For Granted

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #86, posted 02-18-23. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 20M34S with timer resets approximately every 3 minutes.] One of the notables that Hap Holly, KC9RP featured on the RAIN Report during its 29-year run was Riley...

  30. The Turmoil Of The 1990s

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #85, posted February 4th, 2023. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 12M23S with timer resets approximately every 3 minutes.] The 1990s had its share of controversy in Amateur Radio. Even RAIN Report columnist Mark...

  31. Ham Radio Now

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #84, posted 01-21-23. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 17M10S with timer resets approximately every 3 minutes.] How many ham radio video podcasts do you watch now? Did you watch any ten years ago? Ham Nation perhaps?...

  32. A New Realization for Ham Radio

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #83, posted 01-07-23. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 12M03S with timer resets approximately every 3 minutes.] HAPPY NEW YEAR! “Technology has not only overtaken us, it has left us far behind; and we're having our...

  33. A Ham's Christmas

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #82, posted 12-24-22. Introduced by Will Rogers, K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 10M with Echolink and AllStar timer resets every 3M55S] Many voices have come and gone over the past 30-plus years that Hap Holly, KC9RP has cranked out ham...

  34. Digital Library of Amateur Radio

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #81, posted 12-10-22. Introduced by Kent Peterson, KC0DGY. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 13M22S with Echolink and AllStar timer resets every 3 minutes, starting at 3M] "When the Archive had this new project they were working on this Digital...

  35. Hamcationing in the Caribbean

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #80, posted 11-26-22. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 10M3S with timer resets at 3, 6, and 9M] Will Rogers, K5WLR continues the thread we followed the last two RAIN Hamcast Podcasts about the upcoming January, 2023...

  36. Otis Vicens, NP4G, From Puerto Rico to Bouvet - Part 2

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #79, posted 11-12-22. Voiced by Eric Guth, 4Z1UG and Will Rogers, K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 19M52S with an ID break at 09M52S and timer resets at approximately every 2M50S] "They’ve been working on this for two or three years; we...

  37. Otis Vicens, NP4G, From Puerto Rico to Bouvet - Part 1

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #78, posted 10-29-22. Voiced by Eric Guth, 4Z1UG and Will Rogers, K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 18M37S with timer resets at approximately every 3M] Otis Vicens, NP4G grew up in Puerto Rico with an appreciation for radio, a love of...

  38. N4KC's Top Five Getting-On-The-Air Quick Antennas - Part 2

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #77, posted 10-15-22. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 20M32S with an ID break at 10M01S and timer resets about every three minutes.] There are any number of HF antennas you could erect as a new ham with a general...

  39. N4KC's Top Five Getting-On-The-Air Quick Antennas - Part 1

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #76, posted 10-02-2022. Introduced by Will Rogers, K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 19M32S with an ID break at 9M42S and timer resets about every three minutes.] Did you put up an outdoor HF antenna soon after you received your first ham...

  40. This is the medical industry's worst nightmare...an inexpensive cure for an expensive illness. - Wayne Green/W2NSD

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #75, posted 09-03-2022. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 17M7S with a station ID break at 8M15S. There are 10-second breaks to reset Echo Link and All Star timers at 2-45, 5-28, 8-15, 11-30, and 14-40.] Are you…

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  41. 400 and Counting! - Eric Guth/4Z1UG

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #74, posted 08-20-2022. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 18M17S with a station ID break at 9M12S. There are 10-second breaks to reset Echo Link and All Star timers at 2-51, 5-57, 9-12, 12-19, and 15-29.] Just who is...

  42. Weather’s effects on VHF/UHF communications (Gordan West/WB6NOA)

    [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 21M36S with an ID breaks at 09M59S and 19-24 with timer resets at 2-43, 5-42, 8-44, 13-07 and 21-36] While propagation on the Amateur Radio HF bands (those below 30 mHz) is subject to the rise and fall of solar activity, the VHF/UHF bands (those…

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  43. Radio for the Rest of Us - Part 2

    This is the RAIN hamcast #72, posted 07-23-22 and voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 27M7S with ID breaks at 09M01S and 17M10S. 10-second Echo Link and All Star timer resets at 2-50, 5-50, 09-01 (ID), 11-40, 14-30, 20-24 and 23-03.] “People feel closer...

  44. Radio for the Rest of Us - Part 1

    This is the RAIN Hamcast Podcast #71, posted 07-09-22. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running time for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 17M11S with an ID break at 09M03S and timer resets at 2-58, 6-06, 11-41 and 14-41] "Is our hobby relevant to most people in our communities?" That's a question...

  45. Compromise Beverage Antennas: They Can Help More Than You Think - (Jeff Mendenhall/W8GNM)

    [The running times for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 19M39S with 10-second timer resets at 02M50S, 05M47S; a station ID at 08M51S; and additional timer resets at 11M46S; 14M46S; and 17M52S.] Do you live under the inflexible umbrella of a homeowner association? Jeff Mendenhall/W8GNM does. In spite…

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  46. The Collins 821A-1: Collins' Largest A.M. Broadcast Shortwave Transmitter (Dennis Kidder/W6DQ) - Part 2

    This is the RAIN hamcast #69, posted 06-11-22. Introduced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running times for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 17M04S with a 10-second ID break at 08M02S; ten-second pause for Echolink and Allstar timer resets at 2-39, 5-27, 8-11, 11-02, 13-57 and 16-01.] In 1964, the Voice…

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  47. The Collins 821A-1: Collins' Largest A.M. Broadcast Shortwave Transmitter (Dennis Kidder/W6DQ) - Part 1

    This is the RAIN hamcast #68, posted 05-28-22. Voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running times for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 14M50S with 10-second timer resets at 2M45S, 5M40S and 12M27S; and ID break at 09M37S.] "In 1964, Voice of America decided to go to Collins and have them manufacture…

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  48. Hamfests, 1993 Oren Brand/K9KEJ Commentary - (a RAIN Replay)

    This is the RAIN Hamcast podcast #67, posted 05-16-22. Introduced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The running times for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 11M55S with 10-second timer resets at 02M52S and 05M47S; and ID break at 08M52S.] The script for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast was read for the 05-18-12 RAIN...

  49. The Man Behind RAIN (Hap Holly, KC9RP) - Part 2

    This is RAIN Hamcast podcast #66: The Man Behind RAIN (Hap Holly, KC9RP) - Part 2 posted 04-30-22, voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The total running times for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 18M17S; ID break: 08M43S; All Star/Echolink timer resets: 02M54S, 05M49S, 11M35S, 14M29S, 17M17S Podcasts…

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  50. The Man Behind RAIN (Hap Holly, KC9RP) - Part 1

    This is RAIN Hamcast podcast #65: The Man Behind RAIN (Hap Holly, KC9RP) posted 04-16-22, voiced by Will Rogers/K5WLR. [The total running times for this RAIN Hamcast Podcast is 17M25S/08M42S. EchoLink and AllStar nodes are at: 02M52S, 05M58S, 11M:41S, and 14M49S] Do you remember the first time…

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The RAIN Report Podcast is a biweekly audio snapshot of Amateur Radio that includes interviews and virtual forum presentations of particular interest to ham radio enthusiasts, formatted for transmission over VHF/UHF repeaters. Please direct any eMail comments to the podcast author Hap Holly/KC9RP at [email protected].

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