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HamRadioNow is a general discussion show about the world of Amateur Radio. We’re US based, so US centric, but we cast an eye around the world now and then.
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HRN 560: ARRL Forum at the 2026 Santa Maria DX/Contesters Convention
You might remember this is the Visalia DX Convention, relocated this year a few miles down the California coast to Santa Maria. But we’re not doing any DXing or Contesting - this is the ARRL Forum…
HRN 559: Ancient AVcomm ✈ with Captain Steeeve
Is Aviation communications stuck in the past? It's been AM - Amplitude Modulation - on VHF since the 1940s. There have been additions, including some text-based data comm and navigation aids, but…
HRN 558: New Hams (of Any Age)
Dick Norton N6AA (ARRL Southwestern Division Director) sent us this video of the Youth Forum from the 2026 Santa Maria DXers and Contesters Convention. Dick is the moderator, and Violetta Latham KN2P…
HRN 557: ARRL Forum at the 2026 Yuma Hamfest/SW Div Convention
Dick Norton N6AA remains kind of a renegade ARRL Director, part of a minority of Directors who oppose the League policy of muzzeling Directors who disagree with Board decisions. His presentations at…
HRN 556: 14 Years and Counting (?)
We recorded this episode 14 years to the day after HamRadioiNow Episode ONE was released to an unsuspecting public. A hat-tip to that, and we move on. Our first stop, Gary complains about his newest…
HRN 555: What's MARS Today?
Ya know that 'MARS MOD' you use to jeep your radio so you can talk on GMRS? Well, it's really a thing. MARS, the Military Auxiliary Radio System, turned 100 last year. It's changed some over that…
HRN 554: FCC Finally Acts on 60 Meters
Way back in 2015, the World Radio Conference allocated a worldwide ham radio band at 60 Meters. Here in the US we are finally getting that band. A whopping 15 kHz wide, with Phone, RTTY, data and CW…
HRN 553: EmComm Vehicle Display at the 2025 Hamvention®
When you walk in the main gate at the Hamvention, the first exhibit you encounter is an outdoor collection of vehicles outfitted to the gills with ham radio. The banner says 'EmComm Vehicle Display',…
HRN 552: Is There a GMRS 'Travel Channel"?
Last July, East Coast Host Gary K4AAQ/WRPG652 posted a QLog Entry about a GMRS ‘Travel Channel’. after repeatedly answering the question “Is there one” on GMRS Facebook and Reddit forums. He linked…
HRN 551: The Ramble Continues....
HRN Hosts David W0DHG and Gary K4AAQ had just finished recording an episode of the show about how Everybody Wants a Handneld (and why they shouldn’t), and they tried hard to keep it on topic and…
HRN 550: Everybody Wants a Handheld (and why they shouldn't)
In both Ham Radio and GMRS, there's no doubt, almost everyone starts out with a handheld radio. After making basically the same points about that - over and over - while answering questions in…
HRN 549: Dayton Hamvention 2025 SATURDAY/SUNDAY Tour
This episode wraps up our TOUR of the 2025 Hamvention®, but not our coverage. Gary still has a hard drive full of interviews to edit, and those will come out over the next few weeks. And maybe a live…
HRN 548: Dayton Hamvention 2025 FRIDAY Tour
The Dayton Hamvention® is open all day Friday and Saturday, and a half-day on Sunday. East Coast Host Gary K4AAQ returned for the first time since 2017, and found it a bit more crowded. He expected…
HRN 547: Dayton Hamvention 2025 THURSDAY Tour
East Coast Host Gary K4AAQ made it back to Dayton for the first time since 2017. Has much changed? Can he even remember (not really). This is a quick look at the tail end of Thursday, setup-day,…
HRN 546: Big Bear HamEscape - Orange Section Convention ARRL Forum
Richard "Dick" Norton N6AA, ARRL Southwestern Division Director, talks about the state of the ARRL at the Orange (CA) Section Convention.
HRN 545: How to Run♀️a Hamfest
The biggest hamfests are growing - Dayton, Orlando, Huntsville. Many smaller hamfests are struggling, or have closed down. Some clubs have had trouble finding a chair person and staff to put on shows…
HRN 544: Narrow FM, Anyone?
The Western Washington Amateur Relay Association has adopted a plan to migrate all repeaters in their area to'Narrow FM' over the next 10 years.The idea is to increase the number of repeater channels…
HRN 543: Comic Relief
Our guest is Jim Masarra N2EST, cartoonist, animator, graphic designer. You've seen his work in QST (including some covers), and other ham books and publications. On the cusp of resirement, we talk…
HRN 542: AAQ @ 60
January 11, 1965, Amateur Radio Station WN9NSO made its first, shaky 5 wpm CW… attempt… in the 40 meter Novice band. 60 years later, WN9NSO is now K4AAQ, our East Coast Host. Return with us now to…
HRN 541: AAQ vs GPT
David W0DHG and Gary K4AAQ discuss AI chat engines. Specifically, how Gary bullied chatGPT into correct answers about GMRS channel steps (for the record, it’s 12.5 kHz). Somebody in a Facebook group…
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