Parks on the Air: 2024-09-01 Intro & Fort Snelling State Park

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Welcome to my channel!

My name is Michael, or Mikey, and I'm just a nerd who's done the deep dive into ham radio! In this, my "pilot" video, I talk a bit about what I hope to accomplish and convey, and go over how I set up and operated at US-2482 Fort Snelling State Park.

This is the first time I'm creating a recorded-and-edited video, and not a stream, so it's a little rough, no lie. I've got plans for improving it, so please, like, subscribe, comment, ask questions, and all that stuff!

Also: I'm waiting on verification, so the links below may not yet show up as links!

Here's some sites I mention in the video that might be of interest

Learning resources:
American Radio Relay League: http://arrl.org
Ham Radio Crash Course: http://hamradiocrashcourse.com
HamStudy: http://hamstudy.org

Parks on the Air: http://parksontheair.com

Sites related to FT8:
WSJT-X software: https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/index.html
PSK Reporter: http://pskreporter.info
Reverse Beacon Network search: http://reversebeacon.net

Equipment:
K4QCD Dually Antenna: http://k4qcd.com
Yaesu FT-710
Bioenno 12V 20Ah battery
N7DCC ATU-100 EXT antenna tuner
Framework 13 laptop
Heil Pro 7 headphones
DJI Osmo Pocket 3 camera and Mic 2 microphone
Davinci Resolve for editing

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:59 - Location
02:59 - "The Rules"
03:38 - The Setup: Radio and Power
07:17 - Equipment: Mast & Antenna
09:27 - Interlude: It's easy to learn!
10:05 - More about the location
12:43 - After some FT8
14:40 - Before Voice
15:04 - Much later!
16:18 - Coda