Adventures in Microwave Ham Radio

[@smeuse]

Is this at 1.5 speed or something? Something is weird about the audio.

[@chfourchfour]

yeah it sounds normal-ish at 0.75x speed

[@mikesradiorepair]

@@chfourchfour Agreed. Sounds like a normal human at 0.75x speed.

[@tecknolt2695]

Yes has been sped up 2X, the original Zoom went for 2 hours

[@HamRadioDX]

Yeah slightly sped up. You can slow playback using KZbin

[@allanjones4283]

Kudos to you!!! 🙂

[@barrychapman9813]

This takes me back de Barry G4DIP

[@haxwithaxe]

Your videos on microwave stuff has me seriously considering getting some 10GHz gear. I want to give a tethered balloon mounted passive repeater a try.

[@HamRadioDX]

10 GHz passive repeater? That sounds intriguing

[@haxwithaxe]

@@HamRadioDX 10GHz EME is roughly the same thing :) In the US were limited to 500ft for the balloon so it won't be as good as short NVIS but it should be a lot closer to a 2m repeater for coverage. I'm thinking a colinear with a stacked yagi pointing down at a transceiver for general operation and some extra tethers to keep it from spinning and another stacked yagi for point to point. Another thought I had was using a G-line feed line as a tether. You VK guys are full of cool inspiring ideas. Once I saw one of your microwave videos after seeing VK3YE's passive repeater videos it clicked.

[@allanjones4283]

Do you think Australia missed an opportunity to overhaul the HAM exams whilst overhauling the licence system??

[@cthoadmin7458]

Is there an issue with the ham radio exams? Aren’t they fairly similar to the examination and qualification systems in other countries? What exactly would you change, and why?