Ham Radio at the most REMOTE place on Earth
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 9. 07. 2024
- It's cold, it can be in complete darkness and weather conditions make it almost impossible to operate from. So how did Paul VK0PD / VK2PAD manage to successfully operate an amateur radio station from Casey Station in Antarctica? Paul shares his photos, experiences and life living and working down one of the most remote places on earth.
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0:00 Introduction
2:19 Casey Station overview
3:52 Noise on 20m on base
5:02 Hobby hut shack
8:13 Homebrew foot switch
9:20 Antarctic sunsets and sunrises
10:40 Improvised desk microphone
11:57 Some of the jobs to do in Antarctica
15:51 Weather forecasting in Antarctica
17:30 What happens to your antenna in a blizzard
20:12 V-Beam antenna experiments
23:00 More Antarctic activities
31:29 Diagnosing antenna faults
33:45 The flight out.... or was it?
35:14 Boeing C17 landing and flight
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Hopefully everyone enjoyed it. I definitely enjoyed my time there talking to everyone around the globe.
Thanks Hayden for organizing the talk, it was a lot of fun.
Thanks again Paul đ
Do you remember the reason for a person to have a commercial fog machine in the hobby hut? (Itâs on the work bench thatâs behind the radio at 5:31)
@@sniper_echo160 we use it to conduct fire training drills for the fire team. It just got put there ready to be hidden in a building for an exercise
Great job by Paul and the rest of the Australian Antarctic Team in keeping an Australian presence down there and with the important research that goes on. Hopefully Paul's stories inspire more people to seek some modern day adventure and provide some vital service for these expeditions. Thanks again Hayden for bringing us some great content.
Great presentation from Paul: I know Bill & I enjoyed making contacts with him during his time on station
This was really cool! Thanks for sharing.
Great stuff , very interesting . Thanks for sharing Hayden đđ
Great adventure! Thanks Hayden!
I have chatted with hams in Antarctica a time or two. I also worked Easter island and Christmas Island the same day.
Love this video - awesome to get some insight to how things work down there
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very COOL, LOL Thank a lot for sharing
We used to fly all over the war zones in the C17s. The heated floors were the best. My team had two pillows and two poncho liners when we took off. As soon as the lights came on (out of missile range) we hit the floors, made up two beds, and rotated the sleeping the entire flight. The other passengers looked at us funny getting on the planes until we claimed our sleep zones. Good times at the end of combat tours!!
Very cool Hayden, thanks for posting this presentation. I need to make one of those foot switches!
Certainly using your ingenuity with that build of the foot switch hey!
No sunlight? I'd be up all night !
Fantastic presentation. Maybe we need to train some expeditioners to get their licenses to keep the activations up. Thanks for sharing. 73's
Outstanding talk.
Hayden R O C K S. One very interesting content...thx for making this happen. 73's de Your Friend Uncle Guenter
Thanks Guenter, good on you mate
Very nice presentation!
I worked Ham Radio from the top of the world, at Alert (VE8RCS), NWT Canada during each of my three-six month tours.
Best contact was to the South Pole, without an amplifier; sounded like the operator was next door.
Thanks mate!
Great talk!
Good to see a 7300 there, great work.
Not bad weather ... "our top wind speed this year was 117 knots " ... like 216Km/H .... !!! that's not bad for Antartica?!
Awesome, no way would I be jumping in that Ice Bath!!!
It would be a tad bit chilly for sure!
I keep hoping for JS8 down there. I could at the least relay through some of the really good JS8 stations in Australia. The stations can be 24/7 with a message box so you'll come in there and find someone got to you at the best time. And, you can do rag chews, whatever you want.
10/10 great video
Very interesting presentation đ Nice to be able to see what goes on in places the rest of us don't get to see đ
C-17 Globemaster can land on 3000 feet (900M) of dry runway
Phenomenal presentation!
Paul did a great job
Excellent video! Iâd like to show this on my CZcams channel which helps encourage people to come in ham radio. Iâll be sure to credit your channel in the description. Itâs very very interesting material and I think great for people to understand the challenges of working in Antarctica!
Great video my friend!
Larry
de K7HN
Great presentation mate.. Stay Warm, keep Safe and will see you on the bands.. 73
Thanks, you too!
Things have really changed since my days down south. Not being able to use the quads for Recreation would really piss a lot of people off.
Too much beaurocratic nonsense nowadays.
This should upset a few flat earthers đ
Noise what would be giving ya noise down there if theres nobody there
Generator controls, scientific experiments, peoples cheap electronic devices. The list goes on and on.
@@paul_daniels ahh not good didnt think there b much there but as u say the research stuff ect
Best of luck and have a great xmas
Good dx đđ
Frequencies dont observe location, RF comes from multipule sources, including the atmosphere
People hooting their car horns when stuck in traffic on the freeways during rush hours.
@@billscow đđ thought they still had flying carpets down there đđđ
Just a bunch of guys playing with toys.
Great video, thanks. Tell me, Paul, where do I get qsl from you for the vkff contacts I had with you. Great to work you too.
74 de Geoff vk3sq
G'Day Geoff, you need to get on to David who is my QSL manager. He has all the info on how to get a QSL card on his QRZ page,callsign EB7DX.
73,
Paul