Ham Radio Workbench Podcast

Ham Radio Workbench Podcast


Latest Episodes

HRWB 177 - Battery Conditioning with Jeff W9KW
March 21, 2023

In this episode Jeff, W9KW, tells us all about battery technology and how to select a battery and properly take care of it. At the end we take a dive into battery conditioners and talk about how usef

HRWB - Special QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo Announcement
March 10, 2023

Come join us at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo on March 25th and 26th. We kick things off on Friday March 24th at 6 PM Pacific Time with the Ham Radio Workbench live stream ! See you there.

HRWB 176 - Building an 18650 Battery Tester
March 07, 2023

In this episode Marcel, AI6MS, explains everything you ever wanted to know about the popular 18650 rechargable batteries. Rick, KC6UFT, talks about his desire to build 18650 battery packs that led hi

HRWB 175 - Vince's Excellent Adventure
February 21, 2023

In thi episode, our very own Vince, VE6LK, tells us about his recent POTA (Parks on the Air) adventures where he operated from several parks in snowy Alberta Canada as part of the RAC Portable Operati

HRWB 174 - Transverters with Dan N7HQ
February 07, 2023

In this episode we learn all about transverters with Dan Quigley N7HQ. Transverters let you operate on higher frequency bands like 2m, 220, UHF, 902 and up with a common HF radio. With Dan's experie

HRWB 173 - Building Repeaters Part 2 - Linking and Digital Repeaters
January 24, 2023

In this episode we continue our deep dive into repeater building focusing on wide area repeater linking and an overview of digital repeater system management. Special "guest" George KJ6VU has many ye

HRWB 172 - Repeater Building
January 10, 2023

In this episode, "special guest" George, KJ6VU, talks all about how to build a repeater system. We explain about the radios, antennas, feedline, duplexers, controllers and more.

HRWB 171 - Five Great Talks from BayCon 2022
December 27, 2022

In this episode we hear 5 great talks from BayCon 2022. The topics include go kit prep, radio coverage modeling, building a remote control keyboard for a radio, replacing the RS232 port with Ethernet

HRWB 170 - Designing the Murphy Bench with Thomas Witherspoon K4SWL
December 13, 2022

In this episode special guest Thomas Witherspoon, K4SWL, joins us to talk about his compact "Murphy Bench" project. A workbench for small spaces. We have several suggestions for design and equipment

HRWB 169 - Holiday Shopping Show with Thomas K4SWL
November 29, 2022

In this episode special guest Thomas Witherspoon, K4SWL, YouTuber and blogger on all things portable operating shares his top picks for gift giving with the whole HRWB crew Rod VA3ON, Mark N6MTS, Mike