Amateur Radio Roundtable

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 14, 2026

Fri, 15 May 2026 08:52:27 -0600

This is a recorded interview with Martin F. Jue, founder of MFJ Enterprises. Martin gives Tom a Knight T-150 transmitter. This was Toms novice transmitter in 1964

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 15, 2026

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:37:10 -0600

Tonight we review the Corinth MS hamfest. Hambot gives away a vhf/uhf HT plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 1, 2026

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:57:22 -0600

Tonight Brett talks about SDR, Hambot gives away 2 prizes, We comment on the upcoming Corinth, MS hamfest, plus more. Internet problems took the show down at about 1 hour 12 minutes in.

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 18, 2026

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:24:28 -0600

Tonight we review the Russellville, AR hamfest with Guest John Evans. Tom shows his buys and the repair of that equipment. One of the purchases was his first ham radio receiver he had back 62 years ago.

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 4, 2026

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:58:27 -0600

This is a rerun of Nov 18, 2025. We are now on a biweekly schedule therefore we will have a new show everyother week. We will have a rerun on weeks were we did not have a show. We have moved to Wednesdays. next live show is Wed March 18.

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 4, 2026

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:30:56 -0600

Tonight we unbox a starlink and set it up. We review a nano vna and discuss 4 different type antennas. Hambot gives a Grundig shortwave radio to a lucky viewer.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 17, 2026

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:40:44 -0600

Tonight we show the Orlando hamcation plus another Hamfest out west

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 10, 2026

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:29:20 -0600

Tonight we look inside shortwave station WBCQ.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 3, 2026

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:39:53 -0600

Tonight, Bill Brown tells us how to recover radiosonde and use it for ham radio, Brett talks about the possibility that meshtashic is breaking fcc rules.

Amateur Radio Roundtable

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:12:37 -0600

Tonight ham pictures of winter field day and of the ice storm, open phones to viewers. plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 20, 2026

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:34:14 -0600

Brett shows us a new hamfest and does a walk around. Tom discusses some new show projects. Massive winter storm about to hit across the south. Winter field day, plus more .

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 13, 2026

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:12:17 -0600

Tonight, special announcement regarding our disput with restream, We also talk about winter field day, plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 6, 2026

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:14:40 -0600

Tonight lots of video freezing. Discussion about restream. Meshtastic,

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 30, 2025

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:12:59 -0600

Tonight nothing special planned. we talk about Meshtastic, ham radio chrismas gifts, passing of Jim W6LG and more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 16, 2025

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:54:55 -0600

Tonight a demo of antenna modeling software MMANA-GAL, Bret updates us on new frequencies on the 60 meter band, and Tom talks about Meshtastic

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 9, 2025

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:53:18 -0600

Tonight Alan W2AEW joins us. Tom shows how to check a capacitor using a scope, News, plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 2, 2025

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:33:17 -0600

Tonight we talk about dx and dxpeditions, we discuss mestastic, and a short ham trivia.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 25 2025

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 23:00:49 -0600

Tonight ham radio trivia. plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 18 25

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:54:10 -0600

Tonight Tom discussed a number of antennas. We also show many different baluns and discuss.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 11 2025

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:12:57 -0600

Tonight Glen reviews the Nixa MO hamfest. Brett shows us several splicing alternatives, and Tom talks about a coaxial sleeve vertical dipole, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 4, 2025

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:01:07 -0600

Tonight the entire show is reviewing the great Stone Mountain hamfest in GA.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 28, 2025

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:42:04 -0600

Tonight do we need qst, a look at other free ham magazines, fun pic of stupid things, plus more. 0 Comments

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 21, 2025

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 21:36:20 -0600

Tonight Tom is back with his voice. Tom talks about Cx and Cy devices. Glen and Michael Knight KK4IOH give us a recap of the hamfest on Crowley Ridge in Arkansas.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 14, 2025

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:39:46 -0600

all cohost are out tonight. Tom brought up the video for unofficial short live video to give update on his voice. It went out after about 3 minutes. lol. this is a rerun from Aug. See you live next week. Tom

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 7, 2025

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 08:42:46 -0600

Tom makes a short appearance since his disc surgery. Voice was pretty bad during the show but other times it sounds normal. Brett talks about a company asking the fcc for frequencies to be used for satellite cell service that are used by hams. Brett also shows us a visit to a local ham fest.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 30, 2025

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:22:02 -0600

Tonight Tom is still out with voice problems. Bretts has the show. 2 segments. 1. Using rain gutters as antennas, 2. Hamfests.

Amateur Radio Roundtable 9 24 25

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 23:37:55 -0600

Tom is still out . Voice is still bad from surgery. Tonights guest is ARRL lawyer discussing HOA antennas

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 16, 2025

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:48:14 -0600

Glen gives us a review of the Mena, Ar hamfest. Brett discusses lightning protection, Tom is still out from repair of a disc in his neck. Plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 2, 2025

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 23:03:08 -0600

Tonight Bret does the show from wyoming. Tom makes a short appearance but he can not talk. He had neck disc surgery this morning.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 26, 2025

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 08:20:04 -0600

we review the new ic-7300 mkII, look at show projects, 7 band 49 ft vertical ant matcher, bringing new live back to old non working equipment, and satellite operation using the S.A.T. , and review so new test equipment.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 19, 2025

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:55:07 -0600

Tonight we review the Huntsville, AL hamfest, we show off the items we purchased. Bill brown shows us a pico balloon launch he did at hamfest.

Amateur Radio Roundtable August 12, 2025

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:32:29 -0600

Tonight we look at a free program that will allow you to use your laptop to control nano vna. It makes the work easy. We also talk about metor scatter.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 5, 2025

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:56:54 -0600

Tonight Brett shows us how to receiver slow scan TV from the ISS. We look at the nanovna and the tinySa. Magnetic loops, egg beater antenna plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 29, 2025

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:06:03 -0600

Tonight we discuss with Mark Brown N4bcd the up coming Huntsville, AL hamfest. Also review the shows 7 band vertical project

Amateur Radio roundtable July 22, 2025

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:57:14 -0600

Tonight we discuss the Hamquest 25 hamfest at Lebanon, TN

Amateur Radio roundtable July 15, 2025

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 09:35:35 -0600

no live show tonight. this is a rerun from Jan 15 about end fed antennas. I think you will enjoy.

Amateur Radio roundtable July 8, 2025

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 23:04:17 -0600

Tonight Tom gives update on the all band HF they we are building.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 1, 2025

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:43:10 -0600

Tonight we visit a number of field day operations, we show how to tune a coax trap, plus much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 24, 2025

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:24:36 -0600

tonight brett show us a new radio he will use on pota and field day. Tom shows our new ham radio action figures. We also discuss hamfests.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 17, 2025

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:06:50 -0600

Tonight update on w5kub-120 and 121, we look at states license plates, solar storm affecting HF this week, plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 10, 2025

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 09:21:04 -0600

Tonight we talk about, hamfests, field day, building and launch of two new pico balloons, work bench accessories, and build a functional work bench.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 3, 2025

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 21:57:36 -0600

Tonight discussion how best to do a fox hunt. Also news, steppir is closing, The new yaesu ftx-1

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 27, 2025

Wed, 28 May 2025 13:53:13 -0600

Tonight we discuss SDR with co-founder Andy Carpenter of SDRPlay.

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 19, 2025

Wed, 21 May 2025 08:37:33 -0600

Tonight review of Hamvention 2025 plus much more

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 13, 2025

Wed, 14 May 2025 07:55:20 -0600

Tonight we talk about the building of various antennas and a remote motorized tuner, Also update on w5kub-119 about to make the first lap around the world, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 6, 2025

Tue, 06 May 2025 22:24:30 -0600

Tonight, FCC delete,delete,delete, Review of the atu-100 and the yaesu ft-891, and update on w5kub-119 pico balloon plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 29, 2025

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:46:49 -0600

Tonight antennas, pico balloons, chrome os flex and AI

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 22, 2025

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:10:18 -0600

Crowley ridge, AR ham swap, update on w5kub-119, build a 100 mW transmitter, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 15, 2025

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:51:51 -0600

Review of the Memphis, TN Freefest, update on w5kub-119, exploding a yoko balloon, plus more .

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 8, 2025

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:43:48 -0600

Tonight POTA, update on w5kub-119, several hamfest visits including the Corinth, MS hamfest.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 1, 2025

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:11:57 -0600

Projects to build, status of flight w5kub-118, crazy pictures, plus more .

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 26 2025

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:19:04 -0600

tonight we test ethernet speeds using ethernet, lamp cords, extentsion cords, and just twist splice of ethernet cat 5. Plus PICO balloon updates .

Amateur Radio Roundtable Mar 11, 2025

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:25:19 -0600

Tonight we review the Russellville, AR hamfest, discuss new all band resonance antenna project, plus more..

Amateur Radio Roundtable Mar 3, 2025

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:30:46 -0600

due to Presidential address to congress tonight, we did not have a live show. In place we are rerunning this show about end fed antennas.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 25, 2025

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:42:35 -0600

Tonight we discuss Meshtastic, how to use, how to construct. Also update on our next pico balloon launches from the Arkansas River Valley hamfest, plus a recap of Hoxie, AR hamfest, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 18, 2025

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:08:58 -0600

Tonight Brett checks in from the airport in NY. Glen gives us a report on the Hoxie, AR hamfest. Tom talks about the pico balloon launch coming up march 8

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 11, 2025

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:38:12 -0600

Tonight we see the recovery of a pico balloon that went around the world. Also tom show us and discusses his next two flights which will launch at the Ark River Valley Hamfest in Russellville, AR next month. We will also give a recap of Hamcation. Plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 4, 2025

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:46:16 -0600

Tonight DigiPi. our guest is Craig Lamparter KM6LYR

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 28, 2025

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:38:16 -0600

Tonight Russian wired radios, worlds smallest general coverage receiver, crazy free electricity gadgets, shack pictures, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 21, 2025

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:20:18 -0600

Tonight 3D printers, trap antennas, workbench microscope plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 14, 2025

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:41:44 -0600

Tonight Bob Brehm ak6r, cheif engineer of Palomar-engineering talks about end fed antennas. Hambot gives away a Heil handbook.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 7, 2025

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 11:13:04 -0600

Tonight we are using our new webcast software. Hambot gives away tickets to the Orlando Hamcation, We answer viewers questions about j-poles, and we show off our ham radio Christmas gifts.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 12, 2024

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:32:45 -0600

Tonight locating rf interference from wal-warts, Check a fuse with a smart phone, Elmers answer questions, plus much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 10, 2024

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:51:45 -0600

Tonight International beacon project, The quiet zone in the U.S. no transmitters allow. Visit from editors of The Dipole

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 3, 2024

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 10:34:50 -0600

Tonight we build traps for a 20 meter/10 meter antenna. Design traps and use a spectrum analyzer and tracking generator, or you can use an antenna analyzer to design the trap. We look at using the wouxun 220 mhz HT as a mobile, and discuss the future of the show.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 26 2024

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:40:07 -0600

Tonight Brett talks about black friday for ham radio. Glen talks about the hobby of electronics. Tom is still out.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 19, 2024

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:02:32 -0600

Tonight Dr Duino. Also tom talks about his trip to Rome plus some upcoming ham radio projects

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 22, 2024

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:48:40 -0600

Tonight we show you a project where you can use a droid phone as a 2 meter HT. plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 15, 2024

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 13:49:06 -0600

Tonight measure RF power with a scope. Brett talks about grms, Tom reviews all those free power generator youtube videos. Plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 8, 2024

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 13:22:53 -0600

Tonight Brett takes us to a local hamfest. Tom works on a trapped dipole for 20 and 10 meters for a balloon flight. Glenn is back with us

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 1, 2024

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:52:49 -0600

Tonight we have Parachute Mobile. Jump out of a plane and make vhf and HF contacts. Carlos Felix K9OL is our guest. Tom also talks about building some new solar panels for our next pico balloon flight around the world.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 24, 2024

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:10:25 -0600

Tonight tom builds a 220 mhz yagi, also shows new traquito tracker. Bill Brown joins us.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 17, 2024

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:11:25 -0600

Tonight Tom talks about building a 220 mhz remote base, Brett takes us to a couple hamfests.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 10,2024

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 09:37:00 -0600

We did not have a show last night on sept 10th due to the presidental debate. This is a rerun from May 28 where we repair and convert an all american 5 radio to a transmitter. We also talk about getting on 6 meters with some simple but effective antennas. See you next week.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 3 2024

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 21:49:48 -0600

Tonight Tom reviews the Shelby NC hamfest, shows his portable operation in NC. He also shows the construction of a motorized LC antenna tuner. Glen Popiel repeats his Huntsville AL hamfest forum on microcontrollers.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Auguse 27, 2024

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:07:09 -0600

Tonight tom talks about yoperating portable in North Carolina, we try to show glens forum but have tech difficulties. Brett is trying to do the broadcast remotely from WY.

Amateur Radio Roundtable August 20, 2024

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 14:39:55 -0600

Tonight we talk about the Huntsville, AL hamfest, pico balloon launch, plus more .

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 13, 2024a

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:31:38 -0600

Tonight we discuss using hrd as a HF remote base. Also phone lines open for callers.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 13, 2024

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 21:42:24 -0600

Tonight we talk about remote HF base. plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 6, 2024

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 22:38:27 -0600

Tonight we talk about end fed halfwave antennas, random lengths, ununs, and baluns. We also put AI to the test about ham radio.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 30, 2024

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 11:16:23 -0600

Tonight upcoming Huntsville AL hamfest and we review the past Nashville, TN hamfest.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 16, 2024

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 22:21:31 -0600

Tonight Glen and Brett are out so we decided to webcast a rerun. Tonight we talk with Astronaut Doug Wheelock .

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 9, 2024

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:13:50 -0600

Tonight we are broadcasting remotely from the blue ridge mountains of NC. We have guest from the upcoming Greater Nashville and TN hamquest.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 2, 2024

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:41:34 -0600

Tonight we pay tribute to our veterans by showing viewer pictures of their military service. We look at completed show projects of LC tuner networks, Update on MFJ, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 25, 2024

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:00:13 -0600

Tonight we discuss field day, Glen buys a new house and moves away, Brett has field day videos, Tom talks about a new project which is a simple LC tuner network with RF ampmeter.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 18, 2024

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 21:37:52 -0600

Tonight build an RF amp meter, hamfests, surprise box from MarkP, field day, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 11, 2024

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:08:41 -0600

Tonight build the Bias-T. plus we take a visit to world famous shortwave station wbcq. 500,000 watts

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 6, 2024

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 10:13:35 -0600

Tonight, we look at building the 6 meter vertical dipole, the vhf contest, some big upcoming hamfests, building a bias T, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 28 2024

Tue, 28 May 2024 21:06:08 -0600

Tonight we open and repair the all american 5 receiver. Then we convert the receiver to an AM broadcast transmitter. We also have a discussion about 6 meters, the upcoming arrl vhf contest, how to build an antenna and get on 6 meters.

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 21, 2024

Wed, 22 May 2024 09:24:42 -0600

Tonight review of hamvention 2024, pico balloon race to the atlantic, Brett sings another song for us.

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 24, 2024

Tue, 14 May 2024 21:24:26 -0600

Tonight hamvention plans, silent key of good friend, coax loss measurement, exploding balloon, and much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 7, 2024

Tue, 07 May 2024 21:02:19 -0600

Tonight we build a 6 meter j-pole, also test rg-8x with analyzer to see how it matches specs. Ham news, announcements, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 30, 2024

Wed, 01 May 2024 12:58:40 -0600

Tom shares secret ticket fold to win prizes. We take a look at hamfest24 in Corinith, MS plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 23 2024

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:29:38 -0600

Ham radio discussion. Tonight we talk ham radio license changes over the years. upcoming hamfests, is cw coming back?

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 16, 2024

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:01:01 -0600

Tonight we discuss a number of hamfests coming up, Brett talks about the call letter assignments and the 10 u.s. call regions. Tom talks about ham radio furniture for your shack.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 10, 2024

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 10:28:45 -0600

We review the memphis Freefest. Tom puts glen on the stand and charges him with stealing Tom's secret fold for fleamarket tickets. Brett sings a ham radio song.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 2, 2024

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:43:35 -0600

Ham radio discussions

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 26, 2024

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:21:55 -0600

Ham radio discussion. Presentation on PICO balloons and high altitude balloon chase

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 19, 2024

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:50:47 -0600

Tonight we revisit the West TN hamfest and swapmeet. plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 12, 2024

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:27:45 -0600

Tonight shows us a dummy load he built. Brett talks about switching and linear power supplies. plus much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 5, 2024

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 23:46:29 -0600

Tonight we review the Russellville, AR hamfest.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 27, 2024

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 13:37:52 -0600

Tonight tour of MFJ enterprises plus hamfest updates.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 20, 2024

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:38:06 -0600

Tonight i have a tour of Ameritron factory and a tour of MFJ metal shop and silk screening process. want to also discuss the new congress bill that is being submitted to allow ham antennas in HOAs.will also discuss the missing AM radio tower and equipment from Jasper AL hamfest updates plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 13, 2024

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:02:00 -0600

Tonight jim gives us a review of a new baofeng, Glen is back from Hamcation, lets see what he will report, upcoming hamfests, and much more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 6, 2024

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 10:24:40 -0600

Tonight grms antennas installed with drone, anniversary of our show being swatted, upcoming hamfests, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 30, 2024

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:48:30 -0600

Tonight gmrs repeater/antenna system, ssb propagation,hamfest announcements, homebrew antenna t-match, build a coax colinear antenna, plus much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 23, 2024

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:27:00 -0600

cheap voice ider, temperature controlled fan for your equipments, What to say and not to say on the air, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 16, 2024

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:03:19 -0600

Tonight we hear from AF8A talking about HamSci and the upcoming eclipse. Toms tests and evaluates different coax for leakage. plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 9, 2024

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 22:28:32 -0600

Tonight tuning the motorola uhf duplexer. making a 1/4 wave open stub, measurements, w5kub-113 update, Jim shows us a tripod antenna he made.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 19, 2023

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 22:13:40 -0600

Tonight homebrew amps, restoring heathkits and much more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 12, 2023

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:19:53 -0600

Tonight Jim Heath W6LG joins discusses antennas, Brett tells us about the national electrical code. Tom gives update on w5kub-113, plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 5, 2023

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:38:59 -0600

Tonight Jim Heath W6LG joins as on of our new crew members. Jim will discuss tonight SWR . Tom discusses building the fan dipole and the Standford Univ study how to make it better. We also will have an update on w5kub-113 plus much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 28, 2023

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 22:52:24 -0600

Tonight Brent talks to us about lightning protection, we have a segment on restoral of vintage equipment, unboxing of the Inovota Quadra, update on w5kub-113 plus much more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 21 2023

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 00:26:45 -0600

Tonight Brent talks to us about ham radio deals during black friday Tom does ham news, and also gives us an update on w5kub-113 that has been flying now for 410 days. Plus much more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 14, 2023

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:20:32 -0600

Tonight Brent talks to us about power over ethernet. Tom does ham news, and also gives us an update on w5kub-113 that has been flying now for 404 days. Plus much more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 7, 2023

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:54:04 -0600

Tonight Brent talks to us about an antenna project, we take a look at receiving some Ku band tv, show the curve tracer and how it is a great piece of test equipment, we honor our vets for veterans day, plus much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 31, 2023

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:25:39 -0600

No live show tonight since its halloween. Tonight we have a rerun from 2018 with Katie, Dave Casler, and Emmett Hohensee.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 24, 2023

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:19:22 -0600

Huge technical problems first 30 minutes of the show. Tonight we tour the studio, the lab, and operating position at w5kub. We also take a look at the assembly of the new Ku band dish and a peek at the generac generator.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 17, 2023

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:11:33 -0600

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 3, 2023

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 22:13:40 -0600

Tonight we tour Fair Radio surplus in lima, ohio, report on w5kub-113 about to hit 1 year of flight, the upcoming fema emergency test and much more .

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 26, 2023

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:41:04 -0600

Had internet outage tonight so no live show. This is a repeat of an show featuring Astronaut Doug Wheelock.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 19, 2023

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:42:09 -0600

tonight updates on w5kub-112 and 113, repair of satellite antenna installation, give away of mastrant , findlay Oh hamfest.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 12, 2023

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 23:44:06 -0600

first 30 mins is preshow music. If you dont want to hear it please forward to the start of the show approx 30 mins in. We are doing this because our show has a 2 hour spot on world wide shortwave radio station WBCQ on 7490 Khz. Tonight, we review an unboxing of the Owan digital meter and compare it to Fluke meters and the Harbour freight $3 meter. Plus much more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 5, 2023

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 22:36:51 -0600

Tonight ft-8 automatic, recruiting new hams, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable August 29, 2023

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:53:39 -0600

Tonight we discuss VPN, update on w5kub-113, ham news, and much more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 22, 2023

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 09:10:23 -0600

30 mins of pre show music. please fast forward if you want to go directly to the show. Tonight we give a recap of Huntsville, AL hamfest, an update on w5kub=113, and Glen gives us his forum that he did at Huntsville.

Amateur Radio Roundtable August 15, 2023

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 10:00:38 -0600

Tonight wifi antennas, update on w5kub-113, plans for huntsville, and much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable August 8, 3034

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 08:56:58 -0600

Tonight we have a segment on 6 meter expeditions. Tom talks about the show project of a remote base, Huntsville Hamfest, and much more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 1, 2023

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 07:55:27 -0600

Tonight Rich tells us about next month CQ, we have Mark Brown talking about the upcoming Huntsville, AL hamfest, Tom discusses 2 new projects, and an update on w5kub-113

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 18, 2023

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 11:39:16 -0600

Tonight we are coming to you from the blue ridge mountains of NC. We discuss our visit to the Jackson County Amateur Radio Service, and also portable operation, plus more We had extremely low internet bandwidth tonight. please excuse.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 11, 2023

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 08:27:26 -0600

tonight update on w5kub-113, sun spot cycle 25, satellite operation, build a 49:1 UnUn and more

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 4, 2023

Tue, 04 Jul 2023 17:56:53 -0600

Due to today being July 4th we dont have a live show. This is a rerun of a show on May 25th.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 27, 2023

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 09:40:41 -0600

Tonight next months CQ magazine plus we visit several Field Day sites across the u.s.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 20, 2023

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:42:51 -0600

glen and Tom discuss different things.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 13, 2023

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:53:59 -0600

Tonight Q and A with Glen and Tom plus ham radio news.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 6, 2023

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 14:33:40 -0600

Ham radio discussions.

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 30, 2023

Wed, 31 May 2023 20:59:27 -0600

We look at next months CQ plus a rememberance of Chip Margelli K7JA now SK

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 23, 2023

Wed, 24 May 2023 10:58:45 -0600

Tonight we discuss Hamvention and invite our viewers to call in. Also Tom has a mystery that needs to be solved.

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 8, 2023

Wed, 10 May 2023 20:31:40 -0600

Tonight satellite station with auto rotation antennas, Armed Forces crossband test, Dayton hamvention webcast plans

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 2, 2023

Wed, 03 May 2023 21:13:38 -0600

Tonight we talk about the new FCC rule for RF Exposure. Plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 25, 2023

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:24:56 -0600

Tonight Michael Kalter from Hamvention is with us. Also Rich Moseson from CQ is with us. We are testing a new broadcast equipment tonight and streaming simulcast to Twitter, Twitch.TV, youtoube, facebook and Trovo.live.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 18, 2023

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:35:28 -0600

Tonight Rich talks about this months CQ. Tom gives an update on w5kub-112 and 113, Glen falls asleep during the show.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 11, 2023

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:50:01 -0600

Tonight we look at Memphis FreeFest, building a satellite station, and Riley Hollingsworth is back with us, plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 28, 2023

Wed, 29 Mar 2023 09:37:00 -0600

Big show tonight.Russellville, AR Hamfest, Satellite antennas and much more. There is 30 minutes of preshow music before the show started.

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 14 2023

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 22:10:19 -0600

Big show tonight.Our guest tonight is Eric Guth 4Z1UG the founder of QSO Radio Podcast. Tonight we will talk about the upcoming Ham Radio Expo plus Dr Duino joins us. and much more

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 7, 2023

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 14:58:27 -0600

Big show tonight.Our guest tonight is Eric Guth 4Z1UG the founder of QSO Radio Podcast. Tonight we will talk about the upcoming Ham Radio Expo

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 29, 2023

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 11:20:00 -0600

Big show tonight. Next months CQ magazine, build a 49:1 UnUn, update on w5kub-112, plus more Amateur Radio Roundtable on W5KUB.COM at 8:00 PM Central

Amatur Radio Roundtable Feb 21.2023

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 10:23:44 -0600

Big show tonight. We will discuss Flight k9YO-15. Did the military shoot it down? We also have some guest on the show from "all things unexplained", and see the retro VFO plus much more. We will open phone lines tonight. Amateur Radio Roundtable on W5KUB.COM at 8:00 PM Central

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 14, 2023

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 12:27:54 -0600

use a scope and signal generator to tune an antenna. Glen reports from Hamcation, Tom builds a retro VFO, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 7, 2023

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:22:25 -0600

Tonight China balloon, new products, SAT satellite system,

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 31, 2023

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 09:30:41 -0600

Tonight update on our ham radio balloons, we talk about more shack pictures, license plates from each state. Ham radio the old days.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 24 2023

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:30:21 -0600

Tonight is the night. We start off with Katie doing Shack Pictures that are over 50 years old. Then Mike and I are need your help. Please join our show tonight Tues 8 PM Central on W5KUB.COM and share with us your experiences with the SAT.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 17, 2023

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 23:49:02 -0600

Big show tonight at 8:00 PM Central on W5KUB.COM Our guest tonight is Clint Bradford K6LCS talking about how to work the easy satellites. Michael Cauly is also with us and will talk about Hamcation 2023. plus much more

amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 10, 2023

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 23:55:48 -0600

Big show tonight at 8:00 PM Central on W5KUB.COM. Katie is back with us tonight. Our guest tonight is Todd Mckinney KN4TPG who just returned from Antarctica and launched our pico balloons there. There is 30 minutes of preshow music which is retained for our shortwave listeners. Please forward 30 minutes for the show.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 3, 2023

Tue, 03 Jan 2023 22:51:45 -0600

Big show tonight at 8:00 PM Central on W5KUB.COM Soldering iron trigger position for heat solved (well sort of), next months CQ magazine, build a retro VFO or signal generator with the esp32, a 240 volt 40 amp suicide shower head?(you tell me if its safe), Balloon updates, visitors in the back yard, and much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtagle Deb 27, 2022

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 11:36:43 -0600

Its the holidays and everyone is with family. Tonight is a rerun from last Dec 29 featuring the whole gang. Glen, Bill, Alan, Katie, Riley, Rich, and Tom

Amateur Radio RoundtableDec 20 , 2022

Sun, 18 Dec 2022 14:42:31 -0600

Its Christmas week and everyone is out. This is a rerun of a program with Astronaut Doug Wheelock

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 13, 2022

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 22:56:53 -0600

Tonight we talk about scope probes, our ham balloons, wwvh, and much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 6, 2022

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 23:39:19 -0600

Tonight we get the SAT. also update on our ham radio balloons. Ham radio news. plus more. Show starts 30 minutes in after the music.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 29, 2022

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 22:36:04 -0600

Tonight big storms. Glen has no power. We have Rich from CQ talking about next months magazine. Tom introduces us to a new way of doing satellite using the S.A. T. We also update you on the many balloons we have flying including those launched from Antarctica. Our format has changed a little and we play music for the first 30 minutes before the show starts for our shortwave listeners. If you dont like the music please fast forward 30 minutes.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov, 22, 2022

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 23:05:24 -0600

Tonight build a curve tracer for your scope, Antarctica ham radio balloon launches, and Satellite operation. Plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 15, 2022

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 23:13:39 -0600

Tonight Rigol dsa815-tg spectrum analyzer, Building LP filter, update on Antarctica Ham balloon launch, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov, 8, 2022

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 22:47:02 -0600

No live show tonight due to election day. This is a rerun from Sept 30. Our guest was ZL1BQD talking about the first ham in Paupa New Guinea,

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 1, 2022

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 21:50:18 -0600

Tonight update about our ham radio balloon launches from Antarctica. Reviewing a new spectrum Analyzer the Rigol DSA815-TG, plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 25, 2022

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 08:11:26 -0600

Tonight our guest Rich w2vu editor of CQ magazine to update us on whats coming up next month. We give an update on w5kub-112 and 113 and we will also update you on our ham radio balloon launch from Antarctica in a couple weeks. Tonght we open the phone lines and zoom for viewers

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 18, 2022

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:33:40 -0600

Tonight our guest is Todd Mckinney KN4TPG. We will be discussing his trip to Antarctica and the launching of 2 pico balloons there for our show. We will also upday you on w5kub-112 and 113. Plus much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 11, 2022

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 11:44:50 -0600

Tonight an update on w5kub-112and 113. Rich W2VU joins us and tells us whats in CQ magazine next month. Dale Klonin KC3TAU tells us about his involvement in ham radio rescue during hurricane IAN. Tonight during the show after the show we all get on HF and work each other. All will be webcasts.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 4, 2022

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 08:37:56 -0600

Tonight an update on w5kub-112 as it makes its 4th trip around the world. We will also look at an upcoming experimental flight that will be running new software, a 100 mW power amplifier, and solar arrangement to operate from sunrise to sunset, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 27,2022

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:20:52 -0600

Tonight Glen Popiel shares us his new book Arduino the next Generation, we update you on w5kub-112. FYI there is 30 minutes of music on this one. Show starts in the 30 minute mark If anyone is listening to these podcasts please send an email to tom@w5kub.com

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 20,2022

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:02:21 -0600

Tonight repairing your frozen antenna rotator, see the new 100 Mhz dual trace scope, and update on w5kub-112 in the Artic, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 13, 2022

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:16:00 -0600

Tonight working satellites and EME with a very modest station. Unboxing the IC9700, JT65, update on W5KUB-112 over Russia, and much more .

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 6, 2022

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 11:28:38 -0600

Tonight Jon Hudson G4ABQ founder of SDRPLY will be with us from the UK. Update on w5kub-112 flying over russia, plus much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 30, 2022

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 11:00:10 -0600

Tonight first ham in Papua New Guinea. Roly ZL1BQD from NEw Zealand our one man dxpedition, Rich W2VU editor of CQ magazine, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 23 2022

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 10:16:31 -0600

No live show tonight. Kathy and I have come down with covid and its pretty rough. This is a replay from March 3.

Anateyr Radio Roundtable Aug 16, 2022

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 21:00:01 -0600

Tonight its going to be a light show and will invite viewers in early. Mostly discussing and planning our trip to Huntsville this week

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 8, 2022

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:26:24 -0600

Tonight Glen shows us smd soldering, Kathy introduces us to Hambot and how he works. Tom reviews the new Evolve III laptop for $58. plus more..

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 2, 2022

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 21:36:42 -0600

we had technical difficulties tonight so this is a rerun from April 12, 2022 with Riley Hollingsworth the new head of the Volunteer Monitoring Program.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 26, 2022

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 15:18:29 -0600

Tonight Alan talks about using a spectrum analyzer, glem talks about smd soldering, CQ magazine update for next month.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 19, 2022

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:19:42 -0600

Tonight Mark Brown N4BCD chairmam of Huntsville AL Hamfest will be with us. we explode a pico balloon, and Glen does smd soldering

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 19, 2022

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 21:16:06 -0600

Tonight Mark Brown N4BCD chairmam of Huntsville AL Hamfest will be with us. we explode a pico balloon, and Glen does smd soldering

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 12, 2022

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 09:13:03 -0600

Tonight our guest is Bob Heil k9EID.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 5, 2022

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 08:40:15 -0600

Remote from the Blue Ridge mountains in North Carolina. This is a rerun from feb 16, 2020 with Martin F. Jue of MFJ

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 28, 2922

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 18:01:06 -0600

Tonight we will discuss field day across the u.s. and visit sites

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 22. 2022

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 19:51:03 -0600

Tonight we will discuss our latest flight of w5kub-112 at record altitudes, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 14, 2022

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 10:16:02 -0600

Tonight we will discuss our latest flight of w5kub-112 at record altitudes, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 7, 2022

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 09:23:28 -0600

Tonight we have a big surprise. You wont want to miss it. We will also see more hamvention 2022, visit shack in a box, see some of our viewers projects, plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 31, 2022

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 11:10:21 -0600

Tonight we look into next months CQ magazine, get an update on w8bi-11 off the coast of Japan, Glen talks to us about a new breadboard system, and Alan has a tektips topic, plus more. SHOW MORE

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 24, 2022

Wed, 25 May 2022 10:12:33 -0600

Tonight ham radio and the Civil Air Protrol, recap of hamvention 2022, and much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 17, 2022

Wed, 18 May 2022 09:26:10 -0600

Tonight we hear your stories about hamvention.. also will test our remote base during the live show. Lets see who we can contact. plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 10, 2022

Wed, 11 May 2022 09:48:37 -0600

Tonight update 9:1 UnUn, strange antennas, amd more

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 3, 2022

Wed, 04 May 2022 08:57:06 -0600

Tonight update on w5kub-110 , shack pictures, and perpetual motion machine

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 26. 2022

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 11:15:04 -0600

Tonight update on w5kub-110 on its third lap around the world. Martin Jue founder of MFJ enterprises joins us

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 19, 2022

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 10:16:21 -0600

Tonight update on w5kub-110 on its second lap around the world. Open mic night for our viewers to join in by zoom or phone.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 12, 2022

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:43:52 -0600

Tonight Riley Hollingsworth the Dir of ARRL volunteer monitors p;rogram. Update on w5kub=110 on its second lap around the world, Memphis Hamfest, and a city council wants to regulate RFI by ordinance. Plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 5, 2022

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 10:07:17 -0600

Tonight an update on w5kub-110, April Fool Hamfest, and more

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 29, 2022

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:14:28 -0600

Tonight an update on w5kub-108 balloon, and our newly launched w5kub-110. Tom finishes the buck=boost power supply, plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Mar 22, 2022

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:15:30 -0600

Tonight an update on w5kub-108 balloon, w5iua tells us about hams.live a way to easily navigate sdr receivers, and we build and test the potato powered transmitter.

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 15, 2022

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:18:39 -0600

Tonight an update on w5kub-108 balloon , and convert a computer power supply to a bench supply, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 8, 2022

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:31:10 -0600

Tonight an update on w5kub-108 balloon about to complete it first lap around the world. Glen will surprise us with a topic. Rich W2VQ, editor of CQ Magazine will be with us and talk about next month's articles.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 22, 2022

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 13:34:05 -0600

Tonight we talk about some accesories for your soldering station, updates on w5kub-108 and 108, hamvention, F22 scrambles to intercept balloon

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb, 15, 2022

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:57:16 -0600

Tonight Russia calls NASA, Glen talks about hamcation, Tom gives us a report on the recovery of w5kub=106. plus much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 8, 2022

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:05:49 -0600

Tonight we show you a free remote base software you can use. Alan has his TekTiop segment, Tom updates you on the launch of dual balloons for a trip around the world tomorrow morning. Plus much more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 1, 2022

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:38:30 -0600

Tonight Raisa shows us how to use the big shot to put up an antenna, CQmagazine is here. Glen talks about the Jackson MS hamfest and Winterfest. Tom shows the new Metcal soldering station and updates us on w5kub106 and w5kub-107

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 25, 2022

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:52:26 -0600

Tonight Raisa shows us how to use the big shot to put up an antenna, Michael Cauley from Hamcation is back with us, Tom talks about next balloon launch and also a remote base

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 18, 2022

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:52:40 -0600

Tonight our Alan talks about nano VNA, we also introduce you to Hambot and show how he works. Also give again a digital multimeter.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 11, 2022

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 10:48:57 -0600

Tonight our guests are Michael Cauley Chairman of Hamcation, we also have Raisa R1BIG from Russia. Tom updates us on w5kub-105 pico balloon

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 28, 2021

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 09:56:51 -0600

Tonight Rich talks about next months CQ, Raisa teaches us how to make simple contacts in 10 languages, Tom discuses an arduino wspr transmitter, plus more

SOS-MAYDAY on 20 meters repeat Dec 21, 2021

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:31:20 -0600

Due to Christmas this show is a repeat of Aug 17 regarding a hams experience trying to escape from Cuba and the emergency distress signal he had to send.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 14, 2021

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:55:34 -0600

tonight we go to Russia with Raisa and do some portable operating. plus much more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 7, 2021

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:31:31 -0600

Tonight LDG joins us and talks about l-match tuners plus much more .

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 30, 2021

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:25:15 -0600

Tonight we look into next months CQ magazine with Rich W2VU, Raisa R1BIG from Russia takes us to a lake where she puts up and tests an end fed antenna, Tom updates us on W5KUB-104 balloon that is going around the world. Plus more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 23, 2021

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:33:53 -0600

Tonight portable operation, satellite operation, and arduino cw decoder plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 16, 2021

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:53:10 -0600

Tonight we add a new member to the team. Raisa R1BIG from Russia joins us. Alan talk about ocilloscopes, Tom discusses back up power, Glen tells us about circuit board design with eagle.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 9, 2021

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:43:35 -0600

Tonight its a tribute to our veteran ham radio operators, Tom also talks about the loss of balloon w5kub-101 and 102 and next steps. Glen gives us a tour of a Tupelo, MS hamradio swapmeet.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 2, 2021

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:02:48 -0600

Tonight Tom Talks about building ana 7 port coax switch. He gives an update on balloons w5kub-100 and 101. w5kub-102 will be launched by this weekend. Join Katie, Glen, Bill, and Tom for the show.

Amateru Radio Roundtable Oct 25 2021

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:58:45 -0600

Katie has trouble connecting tonight. Tom updates us on the next flight of w5kub-101 around the world.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 20, 2021

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 21:33:32 -0600

Tonight shack pics, raspberry Pi, super het receivers, high altitude balloon launch, ham swap meet review

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 12 2021

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:19:16 -0600

first 30 minutes music. please fast forward to show. Tonight Allan talks about super het receivers, Tom talks about our next flight w5kub-100 to break the glass ceiling of 45000 ft.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct. 5, 2021

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 21:13:44 -0600

Tonight we discuss antennas and remote operation

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 28 2021

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 18:55:50 -0600

Tonight remote from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 21 2021, 2021

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:41:00 -0600

Tonight join Bill, Glen, and Tom. Very informal show tonight. We look at crazy electrical situation, discuss the East TN hamfest, and much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 14, 2021

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:44:39 -0600

Tonight we talk about random lengths for antennas and what lengths to avoid, we discuss our new web broadcast system, and Alan talks about RF monitors. CQ magazine also gave and update of what is coming up in next months magazine.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 7, 2021

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 10:52:46 -0600

Tonight Tom talks about the East TN hamfest where he is keynote speaker in 2 weeks. He shows a video of our high altiude launch and recovery. Alan shows us how to tune a hybird radio.

Amateur Radio Roundtable August 31 , 2021

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:13:29 -0600

With us tonight Katie, Dwayne, Glen, Bill, Tom. We talk about the new chat room for the show, lighting tips for your work bench, review Shack in a Box, the Geochron Clock, and much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 24,2021, 2021

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:16:28 -0600

We review the Huntsville AL hamfest, talk about ham radio for people of special needs,

Amateur Radio Roundtable August 17,, 2021

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:06:44 -0600

Tonight MayDAy on 14.300 khz. Hear the story of Alex W7HU who after 2 attempts by homemade boat he made it to the U.S. from Cuba. He had ham radio on board and had to put out distress signal.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 10, 2021

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:20:11 -0600

Tonight the Young Ham of the Year presentationh, Novice shack pictures, and much more

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 3, 2021

Wed, 04 Aug 2021 09:53:34 -0600

Tonight Huntsville hamfest, tektips, review of a pen meter, and shack pictures.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 27, 2021

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 09:54:45 -0600

Tonight, we show the 5 part qrp transmitter, talk about the Cuban jamming of 40 meters, Show how to do signal direction finding using the TDoA function or kiwiSDR.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 20, 2021

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 07:42:01 -0600

tonight Glen, Tom, Katie, Dwayne, and Bill hold open discussions about different things. Viewers are invited to call in .

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 13, 2021

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:19:22 -0600

Tonight Alan talks about rf switches in tektips, Tom talks about building a qrp dummyload and wattmeter. We have special guest in the studio tonigh, Dwayne Allen WY7FD

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 6, 2021

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 23:42:36 -0600

Tonight Katie talks about her clubs field day. Tom talks about our recent high altitue balloon which hit 108,725 ft.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 29, 2021

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 23:30:49 -0600

Tonight Bob Heil, K9EID joins us.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 22, 2021

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 10:18:52 -0600

Tonight Steve Frazier KK4VPT , the President of the Delta Amateur Radio Club joins us and talks about the upcoming field day. Steve also is a volunteer that will be in the air chasing our near space balloon launch. Alan talks about filters, and Tom gives details of the planned near space launch for July 3

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 15, 2021

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:48:53 -0600

.tonight we visit with Jay Miller KK5IM and his out of this world ham shack. We also had a number of technical difficulties tonight.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 8, 2021

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:49:59 -0600

Tonight, Joe shows us some new kits. Alan talks about his find of a simpson 260 meter at a local hamfest and the refurbishing and calibration, Tom gives us the scoop if a tree will work as an antenna,. The last half of the show is the Gathering or show after the show where we invite viewers to zoom in and join.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 1, 2021

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 12:21:35 -0600

Tonight Dave Paul KC9VVT joins us and shares a video and discussion of a near space balloon. Alan in TekTips talks about different ways to get an antenna in a tree for portable operations. The second half of the show was open to viewers to join on zoom.

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 25 2021

Wed, 26 May 2021 09:39:34 -0600

Tonight next months CQ magazine, Young ham of the Year, update of our balloon experiments, and open meeting with various viewers connecting with zoom.

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 18 2021

Wed, 19 May 2021 10:27:02 -0600

Tonight an update about Huntsville AL hamfest, Jason talks about the upcoming youtubers virtual hamfest, Tom gives and update about our around the world ham radio balloon plus much more

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 11, 2021

Wed, 12 May 2021 10:11:41 -0600

Tonight we talk about the Barry Goldwater ham radio museum event, Tom gives us an update on the progress of testing the new high altitude ham radio balloon, and we discuss famous people in ham radio

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 4, 2021

Wed, 05 May 2021 09:43:16 -0600

Tonight we talk about using a tree as an antenna, and give an update on our next experimental high altitude ham radio balloon.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 27, 2021

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 11:21:32 -0600

Tonight we go live with Paul Daniels VK0PD down in Casey Station, Antarctica.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 20, 2021

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:27:34 -0600

Tonight Alan talks about the new guidelines regarding RF exposure. We have the two search and rescue teams that recovered w5kub-11, Martin F. Jue is with us tonight. LMS certificates, use a tree as an antenna and more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 13, 2021

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:56:16 -0600

Tonight Katie does shack pictures, She also gives away a prize. Tom talks about the new balloon launch of w5kub-27 a zero pressure balloon.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 6, 2021

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:57:15 -0600

Tonight tektips talks about split operation, we look into next months cq magazine, and Tom discusses the new super balloon we will be launching in a few days.

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 30, 2021

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:42:47 -0600

We were unable to have a live show tonight so this is a replay from Jan 26, 2021

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 23, 2021

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:02:53 -0600

Tonight Katie show us some shack pictures. We also give out a prize (call sign plaque) to a viewer for the next 4 weeks. Tom talks about being part of the KA6LMS special event that starts tonight. Also an up date on our new experimental beta balloon that will go around the world. Plus we have just been given the clearance from the FBI to discuss something that happened to our show over 2 years ago.

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 16, 2021

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:25:17 -0600

Tonight Katie and Tom inform us that they will be special event stations ka6lms/7 and ka6lms4 next week. In Tektips, Alan explains Phase locked loops, Glen Popiel talks about arduino, and Bill Brown gives us updates on the balloons.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Mar 9, 2021

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:08:35 -0600

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Amateur Radio Roundtable March 2, 2021

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:47:21 -0600

Tonight Huntsville Hamfest is a go, alan talks about DB's, and tom shows the new home brew pico balloon that was built today.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 23, 2021

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:20:01 -0600

Tonight Mitch Stern talks about a new on line ham fest called Ham Con, Rich W2VU tells us about next months CQ magazine, We give away another HF antenna, we talk about our next balloon launch , and much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 16, 2021

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:59:30 -0600

Tonight Martin F. Jue founder of MFJ in the studio

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 9, 2021

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:20:15 -0600

Tonight we talk about the high school roundup with Sherri Edmondson KJ4MOB and Gary Johnston KI4LA and the Dixie Heights High School Amateur Radio Club from Edgewood, Ky. We open up the phone lines and Bill, Glen, Alan, and Tom answer your questions. And we discuss our balloon launches.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 2, 2021

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:19:58 -0600

Tonight Eric 4Z1UG is our guest and will talk about QSO Today ham radio Expo. Alan will talk about field day and Bill and Tom will update you on our balloon flights. We are also giving away a HF antenna to a viewer.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 26, 2021

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:59:48 -0600

Tonight Rich Moseson Editor CQ magazine tells us whats in next months magazine. Alan updates us on how to safely couple a transmitter to a scope or analyzer , and Tom and Bill talk about our w5kub-23 balloon going around the world.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 19, 2021

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:49:15 -0600

Tonight we have Roly, ZL1BQD, a one man dxpedition, talking about his 45 years of dxpeditions. Katie does some shack pictures, Alan gives us a class on diodes, and tom updates us on balloon w5kub-23

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 12, 2012

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 15:12:49 -0600

Our good friend Astronaut Doug Wheelock made a surprise visit to the show.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 5, 2021

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:57:49 -0600

Michael Kalter W8CI hamvention spokesperson talks about hamvention 2021. Katie shows us some shack pictures. alan talks about coax lengths and swr. Tom and Bill discuss our next pico balloon launch.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 29, 2020

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 12:05:55 -0600

Tonight the full gang is back. Katie talks to rich of CQ, Riley Hollingsworth, retired special counsel to the FCC and now head of the volunteer monitor service gives us an update. Alan talks about SDR, and Tom gives update on our balloons.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 22, 2020

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:06:41 -0600

Tonight Katie is back. And Jason KC5hwb is also back. Alan talks about switching and linear power supplies. Katie talks about ft8 and Glen shows us an arduino RTTY decoder. Tom gives an update on balloon w6kub-22

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 15, 2020

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:17:22 -0600

Tonight Paul Verhage KD4DTH talks about high altitude balloons. Tom gives an update on w5kub-22 pico balloon.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 8, 2020

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 10:07:47 -0600

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 1, 2020

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 10:56:30 -0600

Tonight we have Bill Mims W2WCM of the Vienna Wireless Society to talk about a special event coming up this month about the first voice wireless transmission. Alan talks about Smith Charts, Tom and Bill Brown discuss the construction and launch of our next pico ballon w5kub-22 please subscribe and please join our ham radio facebook group of over 11,000 hams at https://www.facebook.com/groups/w5kub our live shows are every Tues night at 8:00 PM Central time on w5kub.com

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 24, 2020

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 10:00:10 -0600

On tonights show, Katie talks to Rich about next months CQ magazine. Alan discusses IMD, Glen shows us his arduino rotor control box and Bill gives us an update on our pico balloon that is traveling around the world.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 17, 2020

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 12:20:35 -0600

Tonight Alan talks about different type signals and how their wave form looks. Bill Brown gives us an update on the w5kub-20 balloon which has just passed China. Glen Popiel gives us a look into his new arduino book.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 10, 2020

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 09:37:50 -0600

Tonight we have a special tribute to all our ham radio operators that are veterans. See their pictures. Also Alan talks about multimeters, Tom gives an update on our latest pico balloon launch which has now reached africa.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 27, 2020

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:36:53 -0600

Tonight Katie talks with Rich W2VU of CQ to get a look into next months magazine. Alan talks about swr in TekTips, Martin Jue, Tom and Glen Popiel join in the discussion.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 20, 2020

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:19:56 -0600

We had technical difficulties tonight oct 20 so this audio is a rerun from March 31, 2020

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 13, 2020

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:46:46 -0600

Tonight Katie talks with Rich W2VU, editor of CQ magazine, In TekTips, Alan, W2AEW goes over how to operate an oscilloscope, Tom and Bill talk bout the pico balloons and our next launch.

Amateur Radio Roundtable

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 22:30:11 -0600

Tonight Katie talks with Rich W2VU, editor of CQ magazine, In TekTips, Alan, W2AEW goes over how to operate an oscilloscope, Tom and Bill talk bout the pico balloons and our next launch.

Amateur Radio Roundtable 9 29 20

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:10:45 -0600

Due to the presidental debates we did not have a show tonight. But we are playing this show from June 11 2019. We are testing our new shortwave transmitter and freq of 6160 khz. we are now heard every Tues night on WBCQ between 10 pm and midnight eastern time.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 22, 2020

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 09:46:18 -0600

Tonight Katie shows us some shack pictures that you sent in. Alan talks to us about CW, and Tom gives an update on next balloon launch.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 15, 2020

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:35:05 -0600

Tonight during TekTips, Alan talks about how to use powerpoll connectors. Skip Morris, K5FC, talks about his new dream retirement shack, the many different stations he has restored, and tower safety. Skip had a tragedy putting up his towers and one of the tower workers lost his live as the tower fell.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 9, 2020

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 12:57:57 -0600

Tonight Katie is back. Also we have a new addition to our crew. Alan Wolke W2AEW joins us with a new segment we call TekTips.

Amateur Radio Roundtable August 25, 2020

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:54:13 -0600

Tonight Rich w2vu tells us what will be in cq next month. Joe shows us some new kits, and Tom and Bill talk about our next balloon.

Amateur Radio Roundtable August 18, 2020

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:36:04 -0600

Big gang tonight Full house.Tonight Dave Casler, Bill Brown, Katie Allen, . We have a live appearance from the search team for w5kub-21 they are Dale Town N5VX and Bob Williams K4BWM. Also Michael Cauley W4MCA General Chairman of Hamcation and Mike Banigan KJ4UDO awards Chairman of Hamcation will give us an update. Tom talks about the loss os balloon -21 and the soon coming launch of our next balloon.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 11, 2020

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:19:28 -0600

Tonight hosts include Tom, Bill Brown, Glen Popiel. We talk about teh QSO virtual hamfest, show shack pictures, and give updates on w5kub-21 balloon. viewers also called in.

Amateur Radio Roundtable August 4, 2020

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:25:34 -0600

Tonight we talk about wspr. Our guest is Jim Willis KX4TD. Katie and Glen are back with us. We also get an update on our next balloon launch.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 28 2020

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 08:20:30 -0600

Tonight Rich w2vu tells us about next months cq magazine. Tom talks about our future balloon launch and Glen Popiel shows us a new arduino learning tool..

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 21 2020

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 22:44:56 -0600

tonight Bill Brown, Glen Popiel, Joe Eisenberg. Joe talks about a new ft8 kit, Bill updates us on a big balloon launch last week and the status. He also reports on w5kub-18 that we may be losing hydrogen and also getting some icing causing our balloon to lose some altitude. Tom talks about some nuclear options to keep our battery warm if we launch with a battery next time.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 14, 2020

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:54:40 -0600

Tonight Tom is streaming the show alone from the house in Tuckasegee, NC. He gives an update on w5kub-18 and also talks about and answers questions about RTTY

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 7, 2010

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 13:53:22 -0600

Tonight Dave talks about how to measure power with an oscilloscope , Mark N4BCD gives us an update on how the Huntsville field day went. Tom and Bill Brown talk about our balloon w5kub-18. Glen Popiel also joins us.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 23, 2020

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 10:25:58 -0600

Toms shows some simple 6 meter antennas to build. we also give a report on w5kub-18 balloon on its 3rd lap around the world. Tonight the gang is all here. Tom, Katie, Bill, Glenn, and Dave.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 16, 2020

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:38:53 -0600

Tonight Bill Brown, Tom medlin,

Jim Hannibal

we discuss some net ham radio products.

Joe Eisenberg is also with us and talk about kits.

tom gives update on w5kub-18

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 10,2020

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 15:15:31 -0600

Tonight Glen Popiel, Bill Brown, Dave Casler, and Tom. talk about our balloons around the world. We also opened the phone lines.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 2, 2020

Tue, 02 Jun 2020 22:55:14 -0600

UPdates tonight on our balloons that are traveling around the world. Tom , Kathy, Bill Brown, and Glen Popiel. Special guest Joanne KM6BWB

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 26, 2020

Thu, 28 May 2020 20:25:47 -0600

Tonight Tom, Martin F. Jue, Dave Casler, Bill Brown, Glen Popiel, Rich Moseson . We look at next months cq magazine, give and update on the w5kub-18 balloon, and talk about ham radio the old times.

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 19, 2020

Fri, 22 May 2020 11:34:12 -0600

Tonight the whole gang is here. Dave Casler, Katie Allen, Bill Brown, Glen Popiel, and Tom with special guest Riley Hollingsworth, retired special counsil to the FCC and now leads the ARRL Volunteer Monitoring Program. ham radio,ham radio crash course,ham radio 2.0,dave casler,ask dave,icom,kenwood,dmr,dstar,fusion,arrl,swl,amsat,iota,baofeng,hoshnasi,flex,pico balloon,high altitude balloon

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 12, 2020

Wed, 13 May 2020 14:14:26 -0600

Tonight Jason Johnston talks about a live virtual hamfest coming up in 2 weeks. Joining tonight are Dave Casler, Bill Brown, Glen Popiel. Tom gives an update about our balloon attempt to circle that world

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 5, 2020

Wed, 06 May 2020 22:59:14 -0600

Tonight the gang is all here. Katie, Tom, Glen Popiel, Dave Casler, and Bill Brown joins us.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 28, 2020

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 21:02:09 -0600

Tonight Katie is back with us. Rich Moseson from CQ talks about next months magazine. Dave Casler tells us what he has been up to. Tom gives us an update on the next attempt to launch a balloon around the world. And Tom and Martin Jue, founder of MFJ, talk about the old days of ham radio.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 21, 2020

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:37:52 -0600

On the show tonight Tom w5kub, Dave Casler KE0OG, and Ashhar Farhan VU2ESE we talk about how ham radio in india and the U.S. has designed and built an arduino based ventilator for around $100 and it is being approved to use by the medical field. Tom talks about the loss of W5KUB-17 balloon over China. And we open the phone lines.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 7, 2020

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 13:23:41 -0600

Tonight Tom w5kub and Bill Brown, wb8elk talk about the pico balloons we are launching and trying to get around the world.

Amateur Radio Round Table March 31, 2020

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 08:00:34 -0600

Tonight Katie and I talk with Bill brown master of high altitude balloons. He has a special guest Joanne KM4bwb who works with a STEM program and has recently launched a pico balloon.

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 24, 2010

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 09:51:53 -0600

Tonight Glen Popiel KW5GP joins us.

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 17, 2020

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 08:10:57 -0600

Tonight Hamvention officers Michael Kalter and Jack Gerbs bring us the news that Hamvention is cancelled this year. Tom updates us on balloon launches and the recovery of balloow w5kub-13 in Poland by a Polish ham club. Katie and Glen Popiel join us.

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 10, 2020

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 22:15:10 -0600

Tonight balloon update and viewers call in. Sorry but we had computer problems and the show was broken into 3 different files

Amateur Radio Roundtable March 5, 2020

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:38:30 -0600

I speak at the West Tn Amateur Radio Society on this episode.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 18, 2020

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 09:57:04 -0600

Tonight Katie talks about Hamcation in Orlando, Bill Brown our Master of High Altitude Balloon is back with us talking about recent launches. Tom talks about his involvement with friend Edurard YO3ICT as they plan and built the next Roundtable balloon launch. We also show some new tooks needed to build the super tiny tracker.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 29, 2020

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 09:35:23 -0600

This week Katie talks with Rich, W2VU, editor of CQ magazine about next months issue. Tom goes into detal about our high altitude long duration balloon launch.

Amateur Raadio Roundtable Jan 21, 2020

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:12:52 -0600

Tonight Katie and Dwayne are back. Katie covers some contacting that she was working. Dwayne shows us how to add a phase switch to any headphone set. Michael Cauley from Hamcation is with us again and giving away 200 super prize tickets to some lucky viewer. Tom gives an update on the next balloon launch, and a secret program that is taking his time.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 14, 2020

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:57:43 -0600

Katie is back with us tonight. Michael Cauley the chairman of hamcation will be with us and give away another 100 super prize tickets to someone. Tom fills us in on the upcoming high altitude long duration balloon launch.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 7, 2010

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 09:59:39 -0600

Tonight we talk about CQ's 75th anniversary with Rich Moseson, W2VU. We also have hamcation on and will give away 100 super tickets to a lucky winner. These tickets can be mailed in to win the main prizes. you dont have to attend to use these tickets. Dave Casler KE0OG is back with us tonight.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 31, 2019

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:23:17 -0600

Tonight Tom talks about our next high altitude balloon launch. Plus we had lots of callers from around the world.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 17, 2019

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:11:07 -0600

Dave Casler KE0OG is back with us tonight. Tonight we have the team from Bhutan DXpedition on the show.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 10, 2019

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:29:25 -0600

This week Tom W5KUB and Martin K5FLU talk about novice days and the old days. We also opened the phones for viewers.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 3, 2019

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 09:58:06 -0600

This week we talk about the winner of the Carole Perry award. We also talk about the up coming Hamcation in Orlando. Joe, K0NEB also talks about 3d printing.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 26, 2019

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 10:51:18 -0600

Tonight Katie talks with Rich Moseson W2VU about next months CQ magazine. Tom shows us how to build a 1/2 wave vertical end fed antenna and 3 ways to match it. We also open the phone lines for viewers to call in.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 19, 2019

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 09:30:03 -0600

Tonight Katie talks with Jocelyn Brault and Neil Rapp about YOTA. We also talk to Mike Smith about the Stone Mountain hamfest in GA. Tom and Martin Jue give you a behind the scenes of MFJ and we watch how they build the products.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 12 2019

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:06:48 -0600

this week Katie talks about HRO in Plano, TX, Dwayne Allen WY7FD talks about station automation, we have a tribute to our veteran hams, and Tom shows us how to connect a high quality mic on a smart phone.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Nov 5 2019

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 09:19:05 -0600

Tonight Katie, Tom , and Martin Jue founder of MFJ. We go behind the scenes at Ameritron.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 29, 2019

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 01:17:25 -0600

This week Katie checks in from Phoenix, Rich tells us what is in next months CQ magazine. Pat talks about meteor scatter, and Tom presents a 3/8 wavelength 40 meter vertical.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 22, 2019

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:06:25 -0600

Katie Allen, Joe Eisenberg, Emmett Hohensee, and Tom Medlin are here this week. We talk about kits, winterizing your antennas, some homebrew projects, and more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 15, 2019

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:20:43 -0600

This show, Katie Allen Wy7YL shows us shack pictures, We talk to Mike Smith about the Stone Mountain GA hamfest, and Tom talks about using a tree as an antenna.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 8, 2019

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 09:35:30 -0600

We had to reschedule Riley Hollingsworth. His internet stopped working. On this show, Tom and Martin Jue discuss Toms 3 ft magnetic loop plus many other thing.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Oct 1, 2019

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:02:03 -0600

Tonight Katie is back and talks about some ham radio events she attended. Tom and Martin Jue talk about many subjects in ham radio, callers called in from as far away as Australia.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 24, 2019

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 09:43:31 -0600

tonight Rich from CQ talks to us about next months magazine. Tom shows the construction of a new 3 ft magnetic loop and his results. Plus call ins from our views

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 17 2019

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:00:41 -0600

Tonight Bill Brown , master of high altitude balloons" talks to us about some balloons and how they are doing. Tom W5KUB talks about the building and testing of 2 different magnetic loop antennas.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 10, 2019

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:11:46 -0600

We will be discussing Fractional Wave Loops with

K5RPM. Easy to build and very effective. (Design by

K8NDS) Dave will also give us an update on his

configuration and operation of the new RigPi station

server. Joe , K0NEB will also be with us and talk about

some new kits.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 3, 2019

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 09:12:21 -0600

Tonight Emmett Hohensee, W0QH chief engineer of radiowavz joins us. We talk about new antennas for satellite, and also discuss some stealth antennas for HOAs. Tom also shows some hints to help you.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 27, 2019

Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:39:10 -0600

This show, Tom W5KUB and Jason KC5HWB from ham radio 2.0 youtube series are your hosts.

we talk to Rich W2VU and get a peek inside next months magazine. We also talk about building a fan dipole and the new stanford study on fan dipoles which help you to tune them plus, Tom show us a repair on his Alpha 86 amplifier

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 20, 2019

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 08:10:42 -0600

Katie Allen takes us to a ham radio wedding at HRO, Bill Brown, master of high altitude balloons gives us an update on balloon launch. Toms interviews young family who won the main prize at Huntsville AL hamfest.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 13 2019

Wed, 14 Aug 2019 09:26:20 -0600

tonight huntsville trip, visit martin jue's office and see his vintage equipment, plus we take you to hollywood where tom gives you a behind the scenes on the studio of last man standing

Amateur Radio Roundtable Aug 6, 2019

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:20:33 -0600

Tonight Joe Eisenberg K0NEB talks about a ham fest he visited plus some kits. Katie joins us and we have a special guest do a live drop in to the studio (Katie's husband Dewayne) We also talk about lightning and high rf protection of second rigs that are connected. Denny from Digicomcafe tells us how to check in the net using a server connection.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 30, 2019

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 10:14:28 -0600

This show we hear whats in CQ magazine next month. Then Martin F. Jue, founder of MFJ discusses with Tom ham radio the old days, plus we talk about HOAs and antennas you can use effectively. Tom also shows his status on his satellite station and running down some interferrence.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 23, 2019

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:56:09 -0600

Tonight Tom, Katie, and Josh. With special guest Clint Bradford K6LCS who talks about satellite and Space Station operation.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 16, 2019

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 10:19:22 -0600

On today's show we have Mark Brown N4BCD the chairman of the Huntsville AL hamfest talk about the upcoming hamfest. Katie does shack pictures, We take calls from our viewers.

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 9, 2019

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 07:59:44 -0600

Tonight NU3Q talks about special events and building a go box. KD5DLJ talks to us about DigicommCafe and what he is doing on social media to promote ham radio. Tom will be discussing his recovery of all his antennas after a massive tree disaster, He will also update us on setting up the new satellite station. Plus much more Lets see what surprises Katie, Howard, Josh, and Jason have tonight. If you have a topic and would like to be on our show please contact us.This show can also be heard on shortwave on 5130 khz.We invite you to join our facebook group of over 7500 hams at

https://www.facebook.com/groups/w5kub/

Amateur Radio Roundtable July 2, 2019

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 00:07:36 -0600

Katie and Tom talk with Allan Weiner , radio pirate and now licensed station owner. Then we talk to Bill Stearns and James Wilson about the Boy Scout Jamboree.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 25, 2019

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 17:17:15 -0600

Tom , Katie, Dave Casler are here with Rich Moseson w2vu editor of cq magazine who will talk about next months magazine, then Bill Brown WB8ELK our Master of high Altitude Balloons talks about a big launch in Iowa last week, and we also discuss the launch of our next balloon.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 18, 2019

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 10:20:47 -0600

Howard Nurse W6HN talks about the rigpi, Joe Eisenberg K0NEB shows us some new kits, Pat Schouten K7LNP discusses solid state amplifiers. We touch on our balloon launch, and field day.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 11, 2019

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:48:57 -0600

Katie will be showing us

some of her photos from Hamvention.

Chip Margelli K7JA will be talking about

field day. and Pat Shouten K7LNP will be

discussing amplifiers. You will have to tune

in to see what Josh, Jason, and Dave have.

Hambot will be giving a prize to one of our

viewers. Always simulcast on shortwave

on 5130 khz.We invite you to join our

facebook group of over 7500 hams at

https://www.facebook.com/groups/w5kub/

Amateur Radio Roundtable week update June 8 2019

Sat, 08 Jun 2019 12:06:11 -0600

Just an update. Hamvention, balloon launch, hello to our listeners, and more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable June 4 2019

Wed, 05 Jun 2019 14:04:20 -0600

Join us tonight (Tues) on live ham radio Amateur Radio Roundtable at 8:00 PM central time on W5KUB.COM Tonight Jason KC5HWB talks about upcoming Hamcom and shows us the flex 6500. Plus much more. Phone lines and chat room open to our viewers. Please also join our ham radio group of over 7500 members at https://www.facebook.com/groups/w5kub/

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 27, 2019

Wed, 29 May 2019 09:34:20 -0600

Tonight Dave Casler, Bill Brown, Joe Eisenberg, Rich Moseson. We talk about whats coming in CQ magazine, Joe shows some kits, We talk hamvention and the massive tornado that struck Dayton area last night.

Astronaut Doug Wheelock interview hamvention 2019

Fri, 24 May 2019 13:04:34 -0600

Tom talks with Astronaut Wheelock during hamvention 2019

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 21, 2019

Wed, 22 May 2019 08:32:45 -0600

Tonights show is all about Hamvention 2019. Co hosts include Bill Brown, wb8elk, master of high altitude balloons, Katie Allen WY7YL, Jason Johnston, and Tom Medlin W5KUB. Astronaut Doug Wheelock launches the w5kub-3 balloon.

Amateur Radio Roundtable May 7 2019

Wed, 08 May 2019 07:08:56 -0600

This week we welcome back Dave Casler. Tonight Howard Nurse the developer of the mfj RigPi will talk about the new product now released and ready to purchase. Pat Schouten K7LNP reviews a new very inexpensive sdr transceiver for about $120 , We give an update on our High altitude balloon and the launching of our next one this coming Monday, and we are all excited and talking about heading to the Hamvention 2019 next week.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 30, 2019

Wed, 01 May 2019 13:38:18 -0600

Tonight Katie, Tom ,Bill Brown, and Rich Moseson. We talk about next months CQ, Katie gets a new mobile rig, Bill tells us what happened to our balloon and updates us on the next one, and the gang talk about Hamvention.

Balloon update April 25 2019

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:35:58 -0600

Update on our high altitude balloon. We have traveled over 14000 miles but hit some big storms off the coast of Japan. it was going up and down. We have lost contact with it through aprs at this time so we dont know if its still up or down. We will have to wait 3 days until it gets near Hawaii to see if the aprs station there picks it up.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 23, 2019

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:32:27 -0600

Tues April 23 live hamradio show on w5kub.com at 8:00 PM central. This week, hamvention officers with us and breaking news, We will have an update on our high altitude balloon, plus much more. Phone lines open and chat room for our viewers. Our show is always simucast on international shortwave on 5130 khz. If you have ideas or subjects for the show please contact us. We invite you to join our large ham radio facebook group of 7000 members at https://www.facebook.com/groups/w5kub/

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 16, 2019

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:30:19 -0600

Katie and Pat join us again as we talk about 6 meter transverters, our balloon launch update, breaking news about Hamvention, and much more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Test Balloon is in the air

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 12:04:13 -0600

The weather has cleared a little today and we launched a test balloon. Its designed to stay up only about 21 days but it should circle the earth. We hope in the next couple weeks to launch our real high altitude balloon. It could stay up for a year.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 9, 2019 Balloons

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:38:25 -0600

Tonight we review our pending launch of a high altitude balloon and look at some that are circumnavigating the earth. With us tonight are Jim Brown Wb8ELK the Master of high altitude balloons, Martin F. Jue, K5FLU , founder of MFJ, and Pat Schouten K7lnp.

Show update April 4, 2019

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 22:10:19 -0600

Just a quick update of whats going on and future events.

CAA-500 prize for our supporters

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 20:02:23 -0600

The hamvention webcast will cost us over $3000 to stream. Please help if you can. For every $10 you donate we will put your name in the hat for this special prize.

Amateur Radio Roundtable April 2, 2019

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 22:24:54 -0600

Tonight Katie Allen, Martin Jue, Rich Moseson, Josh Nass, Ryan Flowers and Tom Medlin. We talk about home brewing, whats new in CQ magazine, and The old days. We also open phones and take viewers calls.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Mar 23, 2019

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:44:21 -0600

Riley Hollingsworth, retired Special Counsel to the FCC discusses the new Volunteer Monitoring program. Pat K7LNP talks about 6 meters. Phone lines and chat open to our viewers. We invite you to join our facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/w5kub/

Amateur Radio Roundtable Mar 19 2019 Josh, Tom , and Jason

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 08:54:38 -0600

Tonight Josh, Jason, and Tom. We talk about Flex, building a 3/8 wavelength vertical, and our balloon launch.

AR Roundtable News Mar 18 2019

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:36:58 -0600

updates and upcoming events on Amateur Radio Roundtable.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Mar 12, 2018 shack pictures, dvmega cast

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 11:11:21 -0600

Tonight on Amateur Radio Roundtable. Katie has shack pictures, Tom shows off the new DVMEGA Cast which is a self contained IP radio that will do d-star, DMR, and Fusion. watch on w5kub.com at 8 PM central (0100 UTC Wed)

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 26, 2019 kits, hollywood, dvmega

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:22:45 -0600

This show features Jason KC5HWB from Ham Radio 2.0 who recently got to operate the ham station in the studios of Last Man Standing. Joe K0NEB shows us some new kits. Tom W5KUB shows off the new DVMEGA Cast. Watch the show live on w5kub.com every Tues night at 8:00 PM central.

Amateur Radio Roundtable News 2 22 19

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:02:16 -0600

Up coming events and segments. We would love to hear from you. Send us an email to tom@w5kub.com

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 19, 2019

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 01:58:03 -0600

Tonight Katie, Josh, Tom and special guests. Hamcation recap, working remote using the rigpi from a cruise ship, the new dvmega cast, plus more.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 12, 2019

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 10:27:05 -0600

Josh Nass KI6NAZ hosts the show tonight while Tom is somewhere on a cruise in the caribbean.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Feb 5, 2019

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 15:44:33 -0600

This week Ashar Farhan the man behind the uBitx and the Bitx40. Tune in for Tom , Katie, Dave and Hoshnasi.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 29, 2019

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 23:51:11 -0600

This week Tues Jan 29 our guests will be Rich Moseson, W2VU, editor of CQ magazine giving us a look into next months magazine. Dave Casler will be giving us a recap of Quartzfest. Martin F. Jue, founder of MFJ, wil join in the discussion with Tom and Josh, about may different aspects of
ham radio over the past 60 years.

Amateur Radio Roundtable 1 22 19 Winter Field Day & Pico Balloons

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:03:09 -0600

In this show we have Chip Margelli N7JA talking about Winter Field day. Also we will talk about Chip and his appearance on the Jay Leno Tonight Show where he did the CW vs Text shootout contest. We also talk with Bill Brown WB8ELK who is know as the Master of High Altitude Balloons. We discuss launching a pico balloon for the show in a couple weeks and will be tracking it each prior week on the show. Some of these balloons have been up over a year and around the world 40-50 times while reporting their position with aprs or wspr.

Astronaut Wheelock and Tom answer viewer questions. from hamvention 2016

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:47:20 -0600

Award winning Amateur Radio show featuring guests from around the world. Astronaut Doug Wheelock answers your questions. We guarantee this interview is out of this world.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Martin F. Jue

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 19:40:18 -0600

Our friend Martin F. Jue stopped by the studio today and we talked about ham radio the old days. Hear how Martin and Tom got their licenses and built their equipment back in the early 1960's

Amateur Radio Roundtable Astronaut Wheelock 6/21/16

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 19:31:58 -0600

Tom interviews his friend Astronaut Doug Wheelock. Doug was in Star City, Russia and had to get up at 4:00 AM local time to be on the live show. Tom talked to Astronaut Wheelock 30 times in one month while he was in the International Space Station. Three of those contacts were from Toms mobile.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Sept 18 2018 show

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 14:32:10 -0600

This week Martin F. Jue K5FLU, founder of MFJ enterprises

Introduction to our Listeners

Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:13:29 -0600

Award winning Amateur Radio show featuring guests from around the world. Ham radio, news, new products, discussions, hamfests, and more. This podcast is the audio version of our live Ham Radio video show on Tues nights on W5KUB.COM at 8:00 PM Central Please send us an email to tom@w5kub.com and let us know who you are and where you are. We would love to hear from you.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 15, 2019

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:18:15 -0600

This week, Jason Johnston, KC5HWB of HamRadio 2.0 joins us. Katie, Tom , and Josh, will be talking about upcoming ham radio events, operating, and some projects. Don't forget our our 40 Meter Roundtable net at 5:30 PM Central Time on 7180 every Tues. Join us on the live show every Tues night at 8:00 PM Central time on W5KUB.COM. Phone lines and chat room are open for our viewers. We also simulcast the show audio over shortwave at 5130 KHz from a shortwave station in Maine. We invite you to joing our facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/w5kub/

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 14, 2019

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:59:49 -0600

Martin F. Jue, founder of MFJ talks about the old days and getting his business started. Dave Casler shows us his bitx40 HF transceiver. Tom and Katie are also here.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 14, 2019

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:55:12 -0600

Big crowd tonight Join Tom W5KUB and Katie Allen WY7YL discuss all aspects of ham radio with Emmett Hohensee, W0QH, Chier Engineer of Radiowavz, Dave Casler, KE0OG, and Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 14 2019

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:49:32 -0600

Tonight Tom talks to Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH , special counsel to the FCC retired.

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 11, 2018

Sat, 12 Jan 2019 15:35:27 -0600

This week Emmett Hohensee, W0QH, chief engineer of Radiowavz joins us and talks antennas. Katie has more shack pictures. Tom shows some new tools for the workbench. This show is live every Tues night at 8:00 PM Central time on W5KUB.COM (0200 UTC Wed)

Amateur Radio Roundtable Dec 18, 2018

Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:59:03 -0600

This week Rich W2VU, editor of CQ Magazine talks about next months magazine. Dave Casler and Katie Allen join Tom. We discuss the Orlando Hamcation and the Morristown, TM hamfest. Tom takes a trip to FT Benning, GA and visits the army basic training graduation. Plus much more. This show is webcast live on W5KUB.COM every Tues night at 8:00 PM Central Time. (0200 UTC Wed)

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 1, 2019

Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:32:31 -0600

This week Martin F. Jue , founder of MFJ, talks about the old days, Dave Casler, and Katie Allen join Tom Medlin in a New Years day ham radio show with guest from around the world. This show is live on W5KUB.COM every Tues night at 8:00 PM Central time (0200 UTC Wed)

Amateur Radio Roundtable Jan 8, 2018

Sat, 12 Jan 2019 11:29:24 -0600

Please excuse the audio during the first 1 min. I had a mic problem

This week Katie Allen, Tom Medlin, Josh Nass, and our guest Michael Cauley from Hamcation. We have shack pictures, the police are called on Josh for operating in the park. Josh discusses his Ham Radio Crash Course.Plus much more.