In this episode we give you the buyer's guide to holiday cheer.  The team put their heads together to come up with many suggestions for the workbench, ham shack and portable ops plus a few stocking stuffers.  If you are buying for a loved one, best ham radio buddy or yourself, you are sure to find many great suggestions in this show ..read more

In this episode we bring back Rick England, KC6UFT, the designer of the 18650 battery tester.  In a previous episode, Rick told us all about the need to test 18650, and other batteries, under load to determine their health.  Rick has refined his tester design and shares his experiences and learnings with us on this episode.  You will learn all about the proper way to test these popular lithium batteries and plans for making the testers available ..read more

In this episode we have two great interviews.  We kick things off with Dr. Scott Wright, K0MD, who clues us in on the latest hapennings in the world of contesting.  Technical innovations, operating tips and ways to encourage new hams to take up contesting.  Scott is a great ambassador and spokesperson for amateur radio.  We also interview Don Johanneck, a technican at Digikey, who redesigned the original Digikeyer project kit designed by the founder of Digikey, Ron Stordahl 50 years ago.  Digikey is one of the largest electronics parts distributors and is named after R ..read more

Yes you heard that right.  The very first HRWB live on the air operating event will be Sunday December 3rd from 10 AM to 2 PM PST.  We will have multiple stations operating on multiple bands and modes.  Come join the fun ! For more details go to https://hrwbota.com ..read more

In this episode, Thomas K4SWL, Mark N6MTS, Rod VA3ON, Mike VA3MW and Vince VE6LK join George KJ6VU to talk about the projects on their workbenches and take a deep dive into Field Day 2023.  The crew discuss what they did for Field Day, what worked and what they would do differently in 2024.  ..read more

In this episode we catch up with our good friend Bill Meara, N2CQR, the host of the SolderSmoke podcast.  SolderSmoke is a haven for those of us interested in home brewing our own radio equipoment.  Bill shares his experiences both at the workbench and also operating around the world.  SolderSmoke was one of the inspirations behind the HRWB Podcast and we appreciate all that Bill and his team have done to bring great content to the ham radio community for the last 20 years.  ..read more

In this episode we catch up with our good friend and show regular Thomas Witherspoon, K4SWL, to find out how things are going in the disaster recovery from hurricane Helene.  We are also joined by our good frend Josh Higgins, K7OSH, from the Hoodview ARC and discuss what we should do, as amateur radio operators, to prepare for disasters.   ..read more

In this episode we meet Adam Kimmerly, K6ARK, and avid outdoorsman, hiker, and ham radio operator.  Adam has achieved Mountain Goat status by earning over 1,000 points in the Summits On The Air program.  In addition to his outdoor adventures, Adam, a professional mechanical engineer, has designed some very innovative antennas, CW paddles and other cool ham radio accessories.  Adam also has a very good YouTube channel.  You can find him by going to "K6ARK Portable Radio" on YouTube.  You can find Adam's products on his web site at k6ark.com   ..read more

In this episode we learn all about the Mastodon social media network.  Mastodon is becoming very popular in the ham radio commnunity.  Christopher M0YNG is an expert in Mastodon and hosts the popular mastodon.radio space for ham radio and SWLing.  ..read more

In this episode we talk with Vance, N3VEM, all about ham radio, POTA and rocketry ..read more