My dad loved Ham radio. He developed Alzheimer's and went into a memory care facility. They put a momento outside the patient's door to help the patient identify their room. We put my dad's personalized license plate outside his room, WA8ATS. After my dad had forgotten who his sons were, my brother asked, "Dad, do you remember WA8ATS?" A look of knowing suddenly came to my dad's face and he said, "W-A-8-A-T-S, Whiskey, Alpha Eight, Alpha, Tango, Sierra." My dad must have said those words a million times. They were burnt in his brain. Not even Alzheimer's could erase them.

Okay, this video has convinced me. I'm officially getting into ham radio now. Heading to my first club meeting tomorrow! Should be good fun.

I talked with a fella who was ice fishing. He had a nice fishing shack with an IC-746 and a G5RV. We talked for about an hour while he caught fish.

Very nice. I've been a ham for 25+ years and still get amazed when working DX on HF bands. You can work the world with just a simple wire antenna and a 12 V power source.

Love that desk, reminds me of many years ago in my first utility engineering job assisting our operations center (SCADA). Excellent video thank you Larry!

Great station, great contacts, and great video, Larry. Was a pleasure to see your station in action. 73~KF7TOV

Thanks Larry! That was fun to watch.

I suddenly became very, very interested in this.

Hi thanks for sharing. I only picked up my first call sign a few days ago. And I too have picked up many DX contacts from all over the world. Using just 10w and a wire dipole strung up in the garden! Awesome, 73s M6WXD

I am so glad this popped up in my feed. I will be watching all your videos

Great vid, and thank you! I am looking at getting into HAM radio and have not been able to find any vids that show someone using the radio and showing us what fun you can have, and was happy to find your vid. I have been mildly interested in HAM, and when I saw your vid, I became much more interested. Please keep making vids that show us the fun and which will entice new people to start. The technical vids people are creating are great and helpful, but there need to also be many more vids showing the fun. For instance, operators keep saying, “you can do so many things with this or that radio” but they don’t always tell us exactly what those things are. If we’ve never engaged in ham, we are in a nebulous cloud of not having a clear idea of what we can do. So thanks, and please make more vids! :)

P.S. Nice editing as usual. Loving the screenshots of QRZ. I do that all the time while listening to the ham bands! Booming Austrian station there as well.

I can't wait to get my Ham radio licence! Loved the video Larry!

I enjoyed looking at your radio desk combination. Very nice.

that's a really nice cabinet setup youve got

Thanks for making this Video Larry. I've been DXing since the 90s and have recently given up work so looking to take exams in the near future. In the meantime, doing background like watching this video etc. Keep posting Larry. 73

Thank you, Ham radio is 'timeless' it's always exiting.

Crikey you have a amazing set up there. It looks like the bridge on a ship👍

Awesome stuff, Larry. This is exactly why I just earned my Tech and General license two days ago. I think DX is super interesting. I’m sure my setup will be nowhere as nice or as good as yours, but I’m hoping to at least reach out to someone from overseas at some point when I get it all set up.

I've worked in telecommunications for the past decade. This seems like a hobby I can see myself getting into. Thank you for the video, sorry im late to the party!

There is nothing like some good DX! The thought of your voice bouncing around the earth and landing thousands of miles away... it doesn't get any more cool than that! 73 de K0LWC

Hello Larry (I think there was a sitcom with that name in the 70s!) just saying that I'm glad to see a new video posted by you, especially one with actual on-air time using your awesome station. I've been a subscriber for over a year and you've even helped me on one occasion with advice on cleaning pots in radios. As an SWL I too have been noticing conditions in 20 meters to be superb. Also it seems every time I watch your videos I notice even more bits of your station, in particular the device with the dual channel VU meters. Must know what that is! Again, great seeing this ... 73!

I love watching you work DX Larry; the little thumbs up to the camera are great too :)

That's a nice setup there, after 25 years of thinking about it, I'm going to get my ham licence. Used to love qsl'ing on the fm cb years ago. Thanks for posting

Seems to be a very awesome hobby. 40 years old and I'm looking for a new hobby, especially during the winter. Will research and learn more.

This is a great video. I shared it with my four sisters to see if it will motivate them to become ham operators. Thanks for you help!

I've been looking for a real world HAM radio video and this one is the best by far. No silly chit chat just diving in to see what it's all about. This video has prompted me to go to the HAM radio store and find out more. Great job!

I love ham radio! Great video. See you around the bands! 73 from HI8ESF

Interesting vid clip and nicely edited too. I've always been interested in radio but Ham equipment is damned expensive at least here in UK it is. I satisfy myself with HF listening now and use a Trio-R1000 receiver i bought used 23 years ago. Still working perfectly. I made my own end fed longwire antenna (about 60ft) from braided copper wire and get stations all over the world.

Simply too beautiful the way you fixed the radios in your shack. I've particularly enjoyed seeing the FT-847 in operation. 73 - PY4CK

nice setup you got there, cheers form Ontario.

Just got a sub and like from the UK! Looking forward to getting used to HAM radio comms! Warm regards DP

Love these. Studying for my tech, going ahead and buying the GMRS license and currently learning about the gear I currently have. This type of communication I find just fascinating.

Wow, this brings back so many memories of my time in the Army a Radio Operator. I should pick this up again and turn those skills into a hobby. Looks like a ton of fun!

Larry, thanks. This was very useful and interesting. I go for my general in 3 weeks.

This is so cool. One day I hope to have a similar setup.

Hi. Thanks for sharing. I am a new ham, and just got my General as well. Installing my HF rig (IC-7300) this week. Looking forward to it. Thanks.

He uses a stereo audio amp to amplify his receive signal. Of course both channels have the same audio because the signals are in mono. He also uses an audio equalizer. Takes a lot of effort to build a station this elaborate, but certainly it's a labor of love if u have the room for it plus an antenna farm that would justify it!

CQ CQ CQ Unlicenced transmission from Seattle. You have an awesome setup! I'm currently studying for the Technician exam, after seeing this video....I know what I want to do in the future. Thanks for sharing! 73

This is a beautiful upload dear and thank you for sharing it with us too dear.

A very good video . I managed to setup a pro whip antenna which I got from ebay for £22 and used it with my atu was able to make contact to a few stations even tho the bands are flat at the moment . its a great feeling it is when your able to make DX contact to some station in another country 73's

I think this just goes to show that we live in an ever increasingly smaller world. Internet has made that apparent but this adds a very tangible feeling to it all.

You station is very impressive! Thanks for a great video

Really nice station. Good vid shows my favorite types of layed-back DX contacts.

This looks like fun! :D love the video! Understood most of it with the Aviation Alphabet!

I've been endlessly interested in Ham radio and SW listening for years. Thought about trying to get into it a few times but it's always looked so incredibly complicated and very costly. Beautiful looking/sounding rig you have there!

"Victor has a wall map just like I do" LOL :-) This is a nice video :-) Thanks

I am a new Technician in Prescott, WI and I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your vids. Nice shack btw! KD9APF Jason

I love your setup. It looks great. De N2ETA

nice shack, great video. The Austria QSO, OE6MBG, had an amazing signal! 73s, ex WA5FMV.

What a great channel. Thanks for the content. I'm a private pilot and have always been interested in radio. Just about to take my Technician test!

This is sooo cool! Great video!

Hello Larry, that looks like very expensive equipment. I just got the idea to find something and learn with my kids on how to communicated with people from countries far from here. They are girl scout and I thought they might find it interesting. Awesome upload thank you por posting and best wishes for you take care and be well

Great radio Shack and great video!!! best regards from Chile (CE), good Dx´s XQ6UMR Guillermo.

Love your videos! Keep it up! Hope to work your station one day. One day, maybe you could post a video about setting up in the field.... I am going to try this for the first time in the fall for a special event and am blank on simple antenna and battery ideas....

Larry, I enjoy your videos and you have a beautiful ham shack! w0xs

DX... this is so rare among American hams on KZfaq . Congrats, hope more hams in the us start to DX

Love your station setup!

Great looking shack Larry and terrific QSOs on 20m. Hope to catch'a on the bands one of these days. ....73 .de KG9FA.

Hi Larry, such a nice set-up.

Hello, my father is CT1AKL from Oporto, Portugal , he passed away 11 years ago, i have good memories from DX meetings with many hamradio enthusiasts around the World, many late nights with my father. Best regards

wow.. I like your station man!! your the real THE MAN!! AWESOME..

This was awesome man.

What a sweet Hamshack 👍Great console!

Looking at getting into ham radio, and came across your video. I am in louisville Ky, and I have family in Minnesota Lake.... small world, but a connected world. 👍

Nice video Larry. Thank you for sharing. Have fun. 73, Paul.

Great video. Don’t know why I waited so long to learn more about something I’ve been in love with since I first heard a radio broadcast. Thx from your newest fan You know I assumed all this would just die off with the Internet. Not so. Instead it’s helping it maybe

Really enjoyed this! Nice clean, well-made video that's to the point. Not shaking all over the place. Exactly what I wanted to see as a newbie interested in Ham. So fun to see the photos of people and their rigs online! My dream is to transmit around the world on 20m, and one day work up to CW. I'm going for my Technicians license here in Seoul next month (I can get my US license from here, apply it here in Korea, and wait a month for the gov't to give me the go-ahead, etc). I am studying for the test with the help of a really great Android app someone put together. Unfortunately, I think I will have a lot of difficulty with all of the RF noise and whatnot around Seoul. My home is literally 3 meters away from the junction of two big power lines, so I think I'll need to set up a mobile rig. Some day, I hope we can talk! Derek (originally from central Iowa... just South of you, but living in Seoul these past 12 years as a university teacher).

I am taking my test soon. DX is what really intrigues me most.

Nice video.. Nice rig you have!

It's nice to listen these conversations. I hope we can make a contact in the future, I'm on my way to get my callsign. And of course trying to get the tools.

My first Ham Radio Video, Thank You very Much My Friend. Looks like a Great Hobby.

An OUTSTANDING VIDEO!!! 👏👏👏👏---> Greetings from The Netherlands (Europe)

BROTHER LARRY I like how you did this video nice intro,,great to see a pro at work show how its done,,just amazing the foot hills of the alps, so refreshingnto see good video good audio,& full description great comments on this page too,,

Very nice setup you have there, had my license for about a year now and right now I just have 3 mobiles working 10, 2, and 15 meters

I just passed my Tech and General exams over the weekend. I can't wait for my name and call sign to come up in the FCC database. I don't have a radio of my own yet. But Im sure the local club that meets once a month will help me work some DX!

I am a new HAM from the south of India, Kerala. I am just starting,very interesting, this video was very informative

This is very encouraging RHG. Thank you! 73 :)

Really nice setup. FB & 73 from your neighbor in WI. WK9S

Oh man is that a Yaesu 847? That's my first radio picked up a year and a half ago! Sitting right next to me. Love that thing.

This is so cool, wow! Love it. I would love to do that too

Very nice shack and set-up :-)

Nice video Larry. I posted it on our Facebook page Tri-County Radio Association for our new members to see. I love the console you have. Thanks Art /K2ADC

WOW I got the thrills back, oh my god it's been 30 years since I left my Yaesu be purchased by another amateur, thanks for posting this video, nothing compares to Ham radio, internet is not even close to it, VOICE over text. Nice set up RadioHam ! I will be going back to my old ham radio hobby.

Amazing communication hobby indeed. This is fun ❤️

As mentioned, DX'ing is just one aspect of amateur radio - there are many others from construction to experimentation, etc . . . and of course you can make friends around the globe. I enjoy it as well.

Amazing video Lary. 73 from Greece SV1RWT...!!!

Nice rig... congrats on 10,000 subs

Killer setup, Larry

hope that guy in ukaraine is okay

I don't have license and radio yet, and cant wait to get both of them. Thanks for vid

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

Love the WSM antenna in the background!!!

Larry, How did you set up the 19" rack gear. It looks like one hell of an operating station (could be a video in this). As always a greate show. 73 G0PIB

Great video.. Greetings from 9A3FKV, QTH: Mrkopalj, Croatia! 73

Another great video!

wow what are the chances. After 7 years I find this video because I'm thinking about getting a ham radio and I hear you are in MN. Same here! I'm originally from Chile, but I have been living in MN for the last 12 years.

Larry, I am curious about your antenna setup. Have you done a video on your antennas? Jim KK4DJX

Hey Larry, thank you for the video. That's some impressive tech you got there, the reception is basically flawless. But what's that double-channel hardware that's on top of you rig? I see 2-channel EQ and 2-channel S-meter, but why would you ever need it?

Awesome console. Nice station working on 20 meters. Great conditions. This is what its all about.