Emergency Communications For Families

From recent cellular outages to power failures, storms, and everyday disruptions, many families rely on smartphones as their only way to communicate — until they can’t. In this video, we break down simple, practical emergency communication options that families can realistically layer into their emergency plans without getting technical or overwhelmed. 

Understanding VHF Propagation

If you have you ever wondered how radio waves from a radio transceiver are able to travel the distance that they do, then this is for you. This is an easy to understand yet thorough teaching of how VHF radio waves propagate - these principles can also be applied to UHF. 

The presentation covers topics including VHF frequency range, line of site principles, propagation characteristics such as refraction, reflection, diffraction, scattering, multi-path, tropospheric ducting, and earth-moon-earth (EME). Yes, you can use the moon as a reflector! How cool is that?

10 SWR Myths Exposed

TheSmokinApe debunks 10 of the biggest SWR myths that have been passed down from operator to operator over the decades. Watch to gain valuable insight on how to optimize your antenna system and how not to get a false sense of performance based on a low SWR.