Welcome to Pacificon 2024!

[@michaelspiva854]

Morning. I passed my technician license on the 12th and waiting for my call sign from the FCC

[@stevearrowood7430]

Congrats and go for General while you're in study mode! KM6VAY

[@michaelspiva854]

@@stevearrowood7430 I want to but I want to get my feet wet first with technician and hopefully get a good radio to learn on. Budget is a bit tight because got a little girl on the way in about 2 week and with a 2 year old now that gets into everything I have, I want to make sure I have everything for them first

[@Bobbert153]

@@stevearrowood7430 I agree. I was a tech and couldn't hear much of anything on those bands. A friend who has a huge array of antennas suggested that I study for a few days and take the general test. I DID and that opened up a whole new world! Bob KM6PAX

[@JackIsles7]

Congrats! I agree, go straight for your general. I did mine two weeks apart 👍

[@thestonerguy5276]

That was great, I felt like I was there! Thanks for lugging your gear around the halls so we could see what was going on (not to mention the fellow who built the attenuator for cell signals) 👍

[@airgapped]

Thanks Josh. Loved the broadcast! Came out great. Thanks for the interview of the 44net VPN. When we go live, we should get you and Dennis demoing to show off what it can bring to the Ham community and what it solves with network communications.

[@joenichols5253]

Josh it was great to meet you i was at Pacificon. Thank You for all you do for Amateur Radio Joe KJ6YTA

[@Buzzygirl63]

You're an amazing ambassador for amateur radio, Josh... I wish a channel like yours would've been around when I got my ticket but, then again, KZbin was still a few years in the future anyway! 73

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Wow, thanks!

[@cindysicchiohenderson2478]

Aw man, I was there Saturday and was hoping I’d spot you but somehow missed you! Great little convention. A lot of value packed into it. My 8 year old loved the electronic kit building, she has officially soldered!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I didn’t stay long on Sunday.

[@bobsuruncle4a]

It was good meeting you at Pacificon. It was a good turn out, lots of good informative talks.

[@SendLead]

Hey Josh, thanks for coming by our San Ramon fire communications vehicle today. It was great to meet you, and hope we make it into one of your videos

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Thanks, you too!

[@RSwrightMD]

Congratulations Josh on your new Flex radio on order. You won’t miss the Japanese OEM.

[@ted356]

Very interested in SATNOGS. Thanks for sharing!

[@hamradios-wd8nvn]

Thanks for being PacifiCon so I don't need to go.

[@AlvinMcManus]

When is it going to come back to the south bay, specifically San Jose or Santa Clara???

[@deepfrieddeals]

For better internet performance, streamers generally have multiple LTE modems going with different providers and they bond them with a service like Speedify.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Sure. It doesn’t seem to matter in these conversations halls though. Too much attenuation.

[@christophersmith1155]

Did you do any EME moon bounce on the super moon.

[@RickeyBGood]

I have a yagi. It operates on 10, 15, 20 and 40. I know that the optimum height is one half wave above ground. What about the height of this multi band antenna. I am most interested in 20 and 10 meters. I have a 40 Rohn tower. Another question? Dipoles are usually half wave. Wouldn't a full wave be better if you have the space?

[@rj44319]

I order the NA6D board....seems slick!

[@deepfrieddeals]

That one guy was wearing a Bourbon Junkies tshirt.

[@YoshiLecaros]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@russellyeley2561]

Replay is good so far.

[@CoaxAndCampstools]

Last year the hotel told me I got the last “convention rate room” at $130/night. Without the rate it would have been $930/night. Yikes.

[@rossw9764]

Saw you and loved your average looking ham disguise.

[@BadgerNNN]

Looks like you need a badge that says streaming live. lol What rig streaming setup you using?

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

It’s kind of custom rig using a Sony FX30

[@BadgerNNN]

@HamRadioCrashCourse nice, 2 separate ones? Was pretty cool seeing the 2nd camera inlay.

[@MaryBrownForFreedom]

Try SO4R for VHF contesting LOL talk about common mode to fight... You should visit the Central States VHF Conference one year, all things weak signal terrestrial and eme and satellite... not much for vendors but the talks cover a lot of interesting stuff, someone usually brings an EME setup to demo and maybe a rover will be there doing contacts beyond line of sight on VHF+

[@YoshiLecaros]

Hey man, the simplex repeater, the CSI radio, or the new ZUMspot compact are not the "icing on the cake" Lol! This new Transcoder board for M17, may be an Universal Transcoder device, with firmware and hardware I guess, will be a real Challenge! You must to record something about that dear Josh please! 73 budy God Bless you!

[@FlandersKen]

❤

[@gregiep]

Speaking of chargers, I have two Stihl battery chargers (string trimmer and leaf blower) just a few feet from my FT-710. Makes no difference if they are plugged in or not.

[@AlvinMcManus]

I cannot make it to pacificon so I much appreciate this video. 73 Kn6ZVI

[@teisler]

Great video of the event. It was great to meat you in person and get the chance to thank you for helping me pass my exam by watching your videos. Thanks for the stickers!! KO6EMS