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What use is an F-call? — 203 episodes

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Welcome

2

L.A.S. - Lead Arse Syndrome

3

OQRS

4

Retaining two letter callsigns is rubbish.

5

Stop whining and get with the program...

6

Stop and enjoy the electrons along the way...

7

How to roll up coax and rope?

8

The Community Spirit of Amateur Radio

9

Learn from every outing!

10

Super Check Partial

11

Your local repeater is like magic...

12

How do you get gain if you don't change power?

13

Planning for operating portable

14

CODEC2 - 13dB gain, what does it mean?

15

Share your radio skills with non-amateurs

16

A rotator on 4 wheels...

17

A League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

18

Self policing license conditions

19

More on lightning and bonding.

20

Lightning, not just the radio...

21

Digital Voice in Amateur Radio is broken...

22

WIA Awards System

23

How do nets work?

24

The LCD is a living document.

25

Which way is the Grey Line?

26

Remember to stop fiddling every now and then...

27

QRM and morons

28

The Gray Line changes through the year!

29

We need mentors!

30

Programming repeaters.

31

What is your level of preparedness?

32

Raspberry Pi SDR

33

Share your experiences...

34

Learning from listening...

35

The QSL card is not dead!

36

Small Changes can have a Big Effect

37

Tuning mobile antennas...

38

Everyday Terms, think about them sometimes

39

Everything Changes All The Time ... pay attention

40

QRP is everywhere

41

It's not about sitting in a shack talking on the radio...

42

There are more than just Amateurs Listening...

43

Newness should not be a barrier to participation

44

Learn from your mistakes and share them...

45

How much do you gain from more power?

46

How to do a contest?

47

dB and dBm

48

Looking at mobile antennas for HF.

49

Clubs and F-calls?

50

No more bullies

51

Contesting, it's for you!

52

Using Commercial Names on Air

53

The Grey Line

54

dB, dBi, dBd

55

The Maidenhead Locator system

56

The QSL system

57

17 May - ITU day

58

Amateur Radio evolution is dependent on your imagination, not your license.

59

The simple S-unit

60

The bands change all the time...

61

Complacency in your shack.

62

Wear your callsign with pride!

63

Two nets to get started on air.

64

Amateur Radio is Everywhere

65

Contesting, a simulator of harsh conditions.

66

If you don't try, you're guaranteed to fail!

67

As you get more experienced, you'll transmit less...

68

Talk to your fellow amateurs, build a choke.

69

Be Curious!

70

Special Event Stations

71

Curiosity if a great thing!

72

F-calls and computers...

73

F-calls and their restrictions.

74

Bullies have no place in Amateur Radio

75

What is listening 10-up?

76

Making HF contacts...

77

Making HF contacts...

78

The general public knows nothing about Amateur Radio...

79

Silliness is everywhere...

80

Don't be a doofus, be safe.

81

ClubLog.org

82

QSL - Online Logging

83

Share the Fun in the wider community

84

5 Watts, what a blast!

85

Mechanics of Contesting

86

Consider the QRP community

87

DX Cluster

88

VOACAP lesson

89

Make an antenna at different sizes

90

Wire for bulding antennas.

91

We are in the communications game...

92

Contesting is not just on-air.

93

Succession Planning

94

Amateur Radio, a wide range of topics from all walks of life.

95

Standards and Guidelines for Communication Sites - everything you want to know about grounding.

96

Encourage rather than Berate an F-call!

97

If you're in a hurry you make mistakes

98

Each contact is different!

99

Trolls and what to do...

100

Get off your Alpha Romeo Sierra Echo

101

AR Blows me away every day!

102

Why do you hold the License that you do?

103

Where are the F-calls at the conference?

104

Get familiar with Radio!

105

This is your hobby!

106

Your callsign is your identity.

107

Try another station once in a while.

108

Antenna, Antenna, Antenna

109

Think about the possibilities of your F-call.

110

Finding HF noise in your QTH

111

Making Amateur Radio visible to the Public.

112

Becoming a builder or inventor creeps up on you.

113

A crappy antenna is better than no antenna at all!

114

Hook up with the QRP community.

115

You don't need a license to get started.

116

The license doesn't always match the skill

117

Different License Types

118

Amateur Radio Language

119

Build your own community.

120

DC to Daylight

121

Storage for your Precious.

122

Reflect on your time in Amateur Radio.

123

What's in a name?

124

What have I been doing about my DXCC?

125

Go and find your community!

126

The Internet Treasure Trove

127

Turn up and start helping...

128

Cleaning up your shack

129

websdr.org

130

AR, an amazing community.

131

What does learning really mean?

132

Propagation, www.ips.gov.au

133

Magnetic Loop Antennas

134

Regulated freedom

135

Amateur Radio is about Experimentation AND Learning

136

There will always be those who think of it as a lowly F-call.

137

Cavities

138

First Contact

139

Where are all the f-calls?

140

Find the spark that interests you.

141

Talking does not have to be terrifying

142

Experimentation

143

Echolink for when you don't have a radio.

144

Clubs and Associations

145

Looking for a lunchtime QSO.

146

Morse is a useful skill

147

Ask your friends how to start.

148

You're encouraged to experiment.

149

Share your single triumps too.

150

User your radio in different environments to learn.

151

How to get a license.

152

Talk about your projects.

153

Single Points of Failure

154

If you plan to fail, you will.

155

Thinking about hand helds for travel.

156

What is the DXCC

157

What does Amateur Radio mean for you?

158

How well do you know your radio really?

159

Go outside "your" band once in a while.

160

Crimping and Soldering

161

Anyone can contribute.

162

Foundation License DXCC

163

QSL cards in 2 minutes

164

Don't re-invent the wheel, ask an Amateur

165

Operating Envelope Surprise

166

CW Pileup

167

Troubleshooting

168

What do you want to do with your radio?

169

Propagation and Solar Flux

170

Tolerance

171

Tuning your tranceiver 1950's style

172

More Power

173

Experience

174

What have you shared lately?

175

Being Inventive

176

Faith and Generosity

177

Public Relations

178

The spark of curiosity.

179

Setup Remote once in a While

180

Same Old Story

181

Whom have you inspired lately?

182

Encourage F-calls

183

Antennas

184

How did you get into Amateur Radio?

185

Ask around, QRP is not futile

186

You have a license, now what?

187

There is room for experimentation in this hobby.

188

Share your Hobby Around

189

Contests

190

Repeating History

191

Participation is a Promise made

192

The nature of this hobby

193

Education of your community

194

Practice makes Perfect

195

What to buy and how much to spend?

196

Real License

197

This is a community

198

Welcome to the hobby.

199

7130dx net and phonetics

200

Buying your Kit

201

Be Brave

202

This is step 1 of the hobby

203

Your F-call can do more than you think.