Ham Radio 2.0 Jason Johnston - KC5HWB

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VE2DX has a no hitch-mount antenna system that he showed off at the Dayton Hamvention of 2024. It should be ready for sale later this year. Let's take a look and see what features it has.

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In this video, Jason provides opinion and insight into why there is so little activity on Ham Radio repeaters. This comes from a challenge that was issued earlier this year, and then mentioned recently in a Reddit article.

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During the Dayton Hamvention of 2024, I got to catch up with Dave from VHQ Hex. He introduced a new mast system that is an add-on to his Hexbeam, which is mounted at the top center of the Hexbeam and allows you to add a vertical antenna or small Yagi for other bands to your Antenna system
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As a follow-up to the previous video that I made about the Maritime Mobile Net trying to lay claim to the 14.300 frequency on 20-meters, I found a couple of more article on Reddit that describe experiences of other Hams trying to use a frequency NEAR 14.300 - not even the same frequency! Check this out...

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