Didn't go to Hamvention in Xenia, Ohio this year? George Thomas, Gordon West, Don Wilbanks and Amanda Alden have you covered including views around the event, an interview with the design engineer of the Kenwood TS-890S, highlights from the Hamnation Forum and viewer submissions for #ImNotWilbanks!

Hosts: Bob Heil, Gordon West, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, Valerie Hotzfeld, and Amanda Alden

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Bob Heil, Gordon West, and Valerie Hotzfeld are live at Dayton Hamvention 2018!

Hosts: Bob Heil, Gordon West, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, Valerie Hotzfeld, and Amanda Alden

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Morse Code at Google I/O, Tropospheric Ducting, Tales From the Transmitter Site with George, more LOTW with Valerie, and more!

Hosts: Bob Heil, Gordon West, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, Valerie Hotzfeld, and Amanda Alden

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Michael Kalter on what to expect at this year's Dayton Hamvention, what to look for when buying a low-cost radio, remembering the amateur radio operator who installed the first TV in the White House, George's journey to a transmitter site, Bob's final Pineboard modifications, more LOTW with Val and more!

Hosts: Bob Heil, Gordon West, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, Valerie Hotzfeld, and Amanda Alden

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Bob Heil and Chip Margelli recap the Visalia International DX Convention, crossband repeater mode on an ICOM IC-2730a, where to get parts for your Pineboard Project, Bob's performance at the Fox Theater in Visalia, DIY MMDVM on a Raspberry Pi and more!

Hosts: Bob Heil, Gordon West, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, and Amanda Alden

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The search for the next ARRL CEO, remembering Clyde Haehnle, register for Contest University 2018, revisiting LOTW with Val, events at Hamvention 2018 and more!

Hosts: Bob Heil, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, Valerie Hotzfeld, and Amanda Alden

Guests: Ray Novak and Tim Duffy

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Bob's experience at the OzarkCon QRP Conference, FCC License Counts from the ARRL, using an MFJ 259c Antenna Analyzer and more!

Hosts: Bob Heil, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, and Amanda Alden

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Repairing a stuck rotator at the top of a tower, celebrating Samuel Morse's birthday, George tests out heat shrink solder sleeves, the W4R Special Event celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club, and more!

Hosts: Gordon West, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, Valerie Hotzfeld, and Amanda Alden

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Updates on the Pineboard Project, fixing and maintaining your Anderson distribution box, taking the appeal of code further in the UK, testing and calibrating your MFJ tuner kit, and more!

Hosts: Bob Heil, Gordon West, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, and Amanda Alden

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Pine Board report with Bob Heil, tower safety, Amateur radio on another popular TV show, George Thomas completes the MFJ tuner kit, interfacing your radio with your computer with Valerie Hotzfeld, Bob interviews Paul Wieloszynski K4PEW about Simplex Amateur Radio, and more!

Hosts: Bob Heil, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, Valerie Hotzfeld, and Amanda Alden

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Keeping track of your pets with Gordo, Summits on the Air, building your own tuner kit with George, a viewer video at the Birmingham Alabama HamFest, your questions with Amanda and more!

Hosts: Gordon West, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, and Amanda Alden

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Garry K9WZB and amateur radio month in Lake Havasu City, AZ, more of your Pine Board projects with Bob Heil, ARRL "Amateur of the Year" Valerie NV9L and QSL cards, and more!

Hosts: Bob Heil, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, and Valerie Hotzfeld

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Battery quality, checking your coax cable, distracted driving laws and ham radio, upgrading a rig's display with an Arduino, Quartzfest 2018 Youth Day and more!

Hosts: Gordon West, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, and Amanda Alden

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The Yuma City HamFest, Val talks to Jerry WB9Z just back from the Bouvet DXpedition, the North Carolina QSO Party, a new FT8 user in the desert at Quartzfest 2018, and more!

Hosts: Bob Heil, Gordon West, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, Valerie Hotzfeld, and Amanda Alden

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Looking inside your trap antenna, School Club Roundups, Ray Novak from Icom talks about what's new from Icom, Jeri Ellsworth AI6TK at QuartzFest part 2, and more!

Hosts: Gordon West, Don Wilbanks, and Amanda Alden

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Amanda interviews the Lea family and their Space X Falcon Heavy Special Event Station, 3Y0Z Bouvet Island DXpedition aborted due to unsafe conditions, Randy K7AGE talks to Jeri Ellsworth AI6TK about her RV at QuartzFest, George shows how to install a BNC connector on an RG-142 coax cable, and more!

Hosts: George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, and Amanda Alden

Guest: Randy Hall

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• NEW AMATEUR RADIO ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
• ARISS: BOOK EARLY, DON'T GET LOST IN SPACE
• NAVAL HONORS FOR AUSTRALIAN AMATEURS
• RADIO SCOUTING
• NEWFOUNDLAND HAM BECOMES RAC'S ATLANTIC DEPUTY DIRECTOR
• CONTACT WITH THE CONCORDE
• HAMS HELP CELEBRATE RADIO STATION'S 95 YEARS
• THE WORLD OF DX
• IN SEARCH OF YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR 2017

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• NO RADIO SILENCE IN ANTARCTICA
• THIS 'COMEBACK KID' IS AN OM
• HONORING A HEROIC HAM AND HIS CREW
• SHORTWAVE FEST LONG ON AMBITION
• NEWEST RADIO INTERFERENCE UNDER THE SUN?
• TWO SILENT KEYS FOR THE CENTURY
• THE WORLD OF DX
• A VERY MERRY "CHRISTMAS HAM"

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• TAKING 630 METERS FOR A TEST DRIVE
• DISTINCTION FOR A YOUNG DXer
• SCOUT CAMPS GET ON THE AIR
• WORLD OF DX
• HISTORY ON THE USS HORNET
• SAILING TOWARD SIGNALS IN SYDNEY
• ROUNDING UP CONTACTS FOR SCHOOL HAM CLUBS
• A SPECIAL REQUEST FOR A FRIEND'S SPECIAL PROJECT

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EXTRA

• IN WASHINGTON, D.C., HAIL TO THE HAMS!
• SILENT KEY: NYC MARATHON'S ALLAN STEINFELD W2TN
• A WORLD RADIO DAY PREVIEW IN LONDON
• HONORS FOR HAM IN MAUI
• HAM RADIO GOES IVY LEAGUE
• NETS OF NOTE: THE YEAR OF THE ROOSTER
• AUSTRALIAN HAMS MARK HISTORIC WW2 BOMBING
• WORLD OF DX
• NOT-SO-POETIC LICENSE

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