WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:03.160 Hey, Before we get started, be sure to head over to ham radio 2 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:09.960 two dot com forward slash email dash sign up to join my email list of 3 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:14.400 over nineteen thousand subscribers, where I like to send emails about upcoming events, 4 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:18.359 upcoming shopping deals, keep you updated with all the stuff going on with my 5 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:22.839 videos. Once that list reaches twenty thousand, I will be doing a giveaway 6 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:28.719 of another HF radio sign up today and thank you for the support. What 7 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:35.600 is the wildest story you've ever heard from neighbors about your Ham radio? What 8 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:40.359 have you been accused of or heard others other Ham radio operators that you live 9 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:46.000 nearby or are in your club or something like that. What's the weirdest story 10 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:51.159 you've ever heard about how your ham radio is causing interference? This one caught 11 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:56.920 my eye. This is another Reddit post, so check this out. This 12 00:00:57.039 --> 00:01:00.640 actually comes from Reddit, but it is a post somebody posted on Reddit. 13 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:04.799 It's a repost from a next door ad. Now we have next door in 14 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:08.519 our area. My wife gets on there sometimes and she tries to she uses 15 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:14.560 the by sell things sometimes and she gets like weather reports and news reports whatnot. 16 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:19.640 But what a bunch of cry babies on next door? I refuse to 17 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:23.040 install the app. I had it installed several years back, and oh my 18 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:26.400 gosh, I mean, if you really want to see a dumpster fire of 19 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:30.560 you think Facebook groups are bad, Wow, there's some wild stuff on next 20 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.359 door, and a lot of it. I mean, you wonder if people 21 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:36.959 just sit around and make this stuff up for drama. I don't know. 22 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:40.680 But here's a good story that I found that I thought was interesting. Lady 23 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:45.439 on nextdoor making some wild claims about radio operators. Now it sounds like this 24 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:48.959 guy who posted this is not even not even ham, which is cool. 25 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:53.480 There's people posting in this amateur radio subreddit that and they'll say they're not Hams. 26 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:56.879 So he says, according to this woman, trees that brush up against 27 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:01.439 her antennas can broadcast signals through their roots to other trees and can cause you 28 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:07.599 to hear everyone's conversation, which apparently is filled with some illegal activities with young'uns. 29 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:09.319 We'll get to that here in a minute. Now. I'm not experienced 30 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:12.919 with ham he says. This is the original poster, but I do regularly 31 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:16.719 UCB and the fact that she didn't mention Mark Sherman makes me think that perhaps 32 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:21.400 she needs a visit to the sixth psychiatrist. Okay, but am I wrong? 33 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:25.199 Can trees do what she's claiming that they can do with ham radio? 34 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:28.960 Okay? So yeah, once again, I've said it in a couple of 35 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:31.360 videos before. I'm like, no one calls it a ham. It's called 36 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:36.599 a radio. A ham is something you eat at Thanksgiving or Christmas, Okay, 37 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:38.879 And if you're not smoking your ham, then you're probably cooking it wrong. 38 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:45.159 So it's not called a ham radio as a slang term. Amateur radio 39 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:51.120 is the proper term per the FCC able l it tu ia ARU and these 40 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:53.680 guys amateur radio. But we call it ham radio for slang, which there's 41 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:57.840 nothing insulting about calling it ham radio. But no one calls a radio a 42 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:00.319 ham. A ham is a piece of meat. So I'm gonna read this 43 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:05.719 and I want to say that I've read through this already, and I want 44 00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:08.800 to say that I am not making fun of this lady. I don't know 45 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:13.639 who this lady is. I've no idea, Okay, And presumably she's serious. 46 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:16.039 It could be a joke. It could be she's joking around, or 47 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:20.000 maybe it's maybe it's a dude joking around, pretending to be a woman. 48 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:23.759 I don't know, but I don't think. There's a lot of comments in 49 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:27.960 this thread that are making fun of her, but there's a lot of other 50 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:32.000 comments that are sympathetic to her. There seem to be some psychiatric issues going 51 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:35.759 on here, which she talks about. She brings up the fact. So 52 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:38.680 let's look at this, and I'm interested to see what you guys think about 53 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:39.879 this. And I want to know what the weirdest thing you've ever heard, 54 00:03:40.199 --> 00:03:44.080 the weirdest thing you've ever heard about Ham radio doing. In other words, 55 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:47.360 what if what accusation has been made that a ham radio will do that you 56 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:50.479 know for a fact it won't. So, as some of you know, 57 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:53.319 I've been hearing some pretty disturbing things in my neighborhood lately, well for the 58 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:58.599 last five years anyway. I have been the psychiatrist several of them now actually, 59 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:01.000 and it has been determined as of right now, I am not schizophrenic. 60 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:04.240 So how am I hearing these things? Then? Okay? As soon 61 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:06.960 as I read that, I'm like, Okay, either this is some money 62 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:14.639 somebody playing around and just causing drama, or perhaps they have real mental issues. 63 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:16.959 And if that's the case, again, I'm sharing this because I want 64 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:20.480 to ask the question of what's the weirdest thing you've ever heard? Okay, 65 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:24.079 so we're gonna keep reading. Hen I think I've figured it out today, 66 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:27.279 and I have asked a friend of mine who has the equipment to give a 67 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:32.000 shout out to our local area repeaters running CB and Ham Radio, HAMM Radio. 68 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:35.040 You don't have CB repeaters. I've never seen a CB repeater. I 69 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:38.759 always thought it would be cool to set up a repeater on eleven meters. 70 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:42.199 I'm not sure that there's any legality behind it. Maybe there is now that 71 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:46.079 CB has FM, now that eleven meter FM is legal in the United States, 72 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:48.079 maybe we could set up an eleven meter repeater. I don't know what's 73 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:50.240 the legal term behind that. I don't even know. I haven't even looked 74 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:53.519 it up. I always thought it'd be cool to have a repeater on CB 75 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:56.560 back in the day when I was running a lot of AMCB. But she 76 00:04:56.639 --> 00:05:00.360 says local repeaters running CB and HAM Radio and tennis to please check to see 77 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:03.759 if their trees have gotten tangled up in them, as I noticed one of 78 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:09.839 the neighbors has an antenna making contact with their trees. Physical contact not that 79 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:13.279 the not that the antenna is talking to the tree, at least I don't 80 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:16.240 think that's wouldn't mean she says that the antenna is making physical contact with the 81 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:19.079 trees, so the trees are grown, tree roots are growing around it, 82 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:21.839 or maybe there's an antenna leaning up in a tree, something like that. 83 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:26.319 I'm not entirely sure if this works the same way as it does with am 84 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:30.439 broadcasting towers. Whatever organic material comes into contact with the antenna, it behaves 85 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:33.839 as an amplifier and speaker NOE. Since the kind of trees we have in 86 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:39.439 our neighborhood have an underground network of connected root systems, it's entirely possible that 87 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:43.680 this could be the source of the voices that not only I but others can 88 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:46.000 hear. So please, if you have these antennas in based systems, check 89 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:49.199 your trees and antennas. Make sure the power is turned off fro your antennas 90 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:55.680 before trimming any suspect branches. We don't need crispy critters that used to be 91 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:58.800 friendly friend and family, if you get where I'm coming from. In other 92 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:00.480 words, she didn't want any squirrels of something dying, okay, because the 93 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:04.439 antenna is transmitting it has been proven, No, it hasn't that trees can 94 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:10.160 be used to power low energy lightning and speakers. So I'm putting my money 95 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:15.160 on this being the cause of everyone's unhappiness locally here in Valley Junction side note, 96 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:18.240 and if you click on side note, she goes on to talk about 97 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:25.000 how there are there is some trafficking and miners and children going on, and 98 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:30.680 that's the topic of conversation that she's hearing supposedly coming through the through the trees 99 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:35.759 because the trees are touching the antennas and the trees are acting exemplifiers. Okay, 100 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:41.079 antenna building can be fun. 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Some of the M 107 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:06.399 seventeen guys are starting to order boards from PCBA, and they've been really happy 108 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:09.759 with them so far, so I'd like to know how your experience goes. 109 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:12.519 But if you do order from them, be sure to thank them for sponsoring 110 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:15.319 Ham Radio two point zero. So I first read this and I'm like, 111 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:16.920 Wow, this would make a good story and we can get a good laugh 112 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:18.399 out of it. But no, I don't want to do that. I 113 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:20.439 don't. I don't want to do that. I think it's uh. And 114 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:24.160 if you go read some of these comments down here, Like I said, 115 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:27.959 a lot of them are very sympathetic. This one right here. Worst thing 116 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:31.199 I ever talked about on Ham Radio is convincing some lady she wasn't schizophrenic by 117 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:34.959 connecting the antenna of my radio to a tree in her backyard. She's at 118 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:39.120 least concerned about her friend, friends, family, and neighbors trimming trees that 119 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:42.800 make contact an antenna. Misinformed, the little ignorant, but not spiteful or 120 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:46.839 hateful. Yeah, that's probably true. So these these yes, this guy 121 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:49.839 says schizophrenic. Spoiler, there is no psychiatrist. Okay, yeah, So 122 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:55.959 leaving that aside for the moment, I hope that this lady is seeking professional 123 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:59.079 help. But let's talk about the topic at hand, let's not talk about 124 00:07:59.160 --> 00:08:03.920 her. No, trees do not retransmit or amplify your antenna. Okay, 125 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:11.920 your antenna is not amplified. Technically speaking, your radio and your amplifier transmit 126 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:16.079 on a co axe to the antenna, and the radiating signal comes from the 127 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:20.160 radio itself. So you've got a radio, maybe an amplifier after the radio. 128 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:24.800 You don't have to have one. Radio co acts leading from the radio 129 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:28.519 to the antenna, and the antenna is transmitting the signal out. The antenna 130 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:31.519 itself doesn't transmit. The antenna itself is often just a wire. It could 131 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:35.960 be aluminum, it could be metal, It could be plastic of some sort. 132 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:41.559 It could be a stranded wire of covered by insulation. It could be 133 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:45.159 a bare wire. You can make antennas out of anything. Ham radio operators 134 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:48.639 often have fun trying to see what we can make antennas out of. So 135 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:52.120 it's kind of a thing that hey say, will this antenna and you try 136 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:56.240 to hook your coax to something that might or might not act as a good 137 00:08:56.279 --> 00:09:01.639 antenna. But trees are made of wood, organic vines. These are not 138 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:05.080 conductive element. So no, your trees are not going to retransmit data or 139 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:09.840 anything like that. She's hearing voices. I don't know where they're coming from, 140 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:13.840 but I will I will not speculate. I'm not licensed to speculate on 141 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:16.600 that, but I am licensed in the world of ham radio, and I 142 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:20.399 can tell you that what she's saying here is not possible. One time Callum 143 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:24.679 had I think he talked about this on a live stream. He had someone 144 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:28.879 in his neighborhood that was complaining about interference from his radio transmissions when he was 145 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:33.799 running the radio. And I don't remember the exact story. You might ask 146 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:35.159 Callum about it. He was talking about it on one of the live streams 147 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:39.000 he appeared on. But something about how the radio signals when you talk. 148 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:41.360 When I talk on the radio, now I key down and talk, those 149 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:46.039 radio signals can kind of hang around the air and they can cause interference several 150 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:48.879 hours after you've keyed the radio, and after you're done with the radio, 151 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:52.879 and after you've moved on, those radio signals will hang there in the air 152 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:56.600 for a little bit and cause interference later on down the road. No, 153 00:09:56.120 --> 00:10:00.320 no, they don't that that's not possible. With this lady with this Reddit 154 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:05.440 post is saying is not possible either. You're not going to cause interference by 155 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:07.799 letting trees grow near your antenna. For the most part, you don't want 156 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:11.240 trees growing near your antenna because if a big storm comes through or the tree 157 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:15.320 collapses for whatever reason, you don't want it coming down on top of your 158 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:18.639 antenna and damaging your antenna. You don't want your antenna coming down on top 159 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:20.960 of your roof or your neighbor's roof and damaging that. Okay, So it's 160 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:26.679 always wise to put up antenna's outside of the area of tree branches and power 161 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:28.919 lines and all that kind of good stuff, just to keep everything from damaging 162 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:33.639 your equipment and to keep stuff from hitting your equipment and making it fall over 163 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:37.600 and damaging somebody else's equipment, property or person. You know, if a 164 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:39.480 person standing in the backyard and your antenna comes down and hits someone on the 165 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:43.159 head, that's bad news. But I want to hear, what's the weirdest 166 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:48.279 thing you've ever heard a ham radio causing? You know, some people say, 167 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:50.480 oh, well, yeah, this guy's got a ham radio antenna. 168 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:54.240 So it causing my car to start in the middle of night, or my 169 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:56.240 horn to blur in the middle of the night, or this or that or 170 00:10:56.240 --> 00:11:01.559 that whatever. What's the weirdest thing you've ever been accused of or you heard 171 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:05.799 someone been accused of because they have a ham radio in their backyard or a 172 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:07.960 tower or a nintenna in their backyard, and they must be causing this weird 173 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.039 interference that's happening over here, and you're just like, that can't happen. 174 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:16.279 Go get your hand radio license and you'll learn about how stuff actually works as 175 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:22.399 far as radio transmissions, radio waves, bandwidth, propagation, signals, towers, 176 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:24.399 antennas, and that kind of good stuff. If you like this video, 177 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:28.440 check out these videos over here. Seventy three guys, thanks for watching today.