Thanks for being a part of The European Ham Radio Show Walt!

Thanks for sharing a bit of your history with us. You're my favourite KZread channel, Walt, and I'm 100% sincere writing this. I've learned more from you about ham portable operation and home made antennas than from anyone else. Best 73s from temporarily salty Alain in Brittany. No great DX this time, but I'll be back in July with more antennas to try thanks to you. Congratulations for the QST article too!

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

Alain, thank you so very much my friend!

Hi Walt. Congratulations on the QST write up and have fun at Hamvention! Subscribed to The European Ham Radio Show and will be joining Salty Walt's Ham Radio Coast Guard. Ignore the haters and keep up the good work. Love the channel and have learned quite a bit in the few months I have been watching.

Salty Walt! Excellent! About your rant: I am retired now but I had a job where I dealt with the public every damn day. Most are regular people but there are a few that are really quite odd. Ham radio attracts a lot of those people. They hide behind their radio and pretend to be experts about nearly everything. These guys have no life and they have repelled what few friends they might have had. That why they have a "cloaking devise" (the radio) so they don't have to interact with actual humans. Trolls hide under a bridge, odd balls hide behind radios. Pay them no mind. They are not worth it. Your videos teach the rest of us lots of things and it is obvious to any normal person that you have a passion for the hobby. Full Steam Ahead!

@OH2023-cj9if

Ай бұрын

Same in the UK, I have met a few predators you wouldn't want near your family. Awful people, all experts but know FA. I have a full licence but hardly use radio ad there are no normal people about. At least on CB you could get normal people who didn't want to sit telling you how much money they have or who they know, or what radios they have. It's boring. Stick to CB and Meshtastic.

@markh1938

Ай бұрын

I’ve often said for a hobby/service that involves communication we often suck at doing that at least face to face.

@MarkPentler

Ай бұрын

If you want to do generalising then CBers are all absolute morons with no knowledge about the key radio technologies they are using. See? Rubbish, isn't it. I've met plenty of fantastic CBers AND amateur licence holders, and this really isn't the best way to go about trying to make things better. Some of us ARE trying, you know...

Thanks Walt for the video and appropriate rant. Don’t know what’s wrong with some individuals…. HamVention was quite an adventure when I attended on 2019 - the displays, the vendors, the give-a-ways and the “pork chop sandwich”! I attended several of the seminars, which as a beginner ham, were confusing but a learning process. The more you see and checkout the more one learns. Please keep safe, enjoy the trek and the show. Looking forward to hearing about your adventure. AC3EA

Thanks for your effort to share info. I love to experiment with antennas. I've been a ham 59 years and learn something new almost every day. I really appreciate your approach to your channel. Your info helps me to decide what to try next. I travel a lot in the RV to locations all over the U.S. and sometimes next to salt water. Ignore the simple minds and keep on chugging. You regularly prove you are correct. I saw a similar negative response by the gatekeepers to above ground radials. Well, 125 countries later on 160m, with just 2 above ground radials, I dare say they were incorrect. This was on CW before FT8. The longer you have been around, the more inaccuracies of old wisdom you will see corrected if you have an open mind. Thanks again for your efforts they are really appreciated here. 73's Dave K4CA

Walt, I love your enthusiasm for the hobby and encouragement for us to push on for the General ticket as well as to give it a try and push your comfort level to "learn".

Keep rockin it Walt. I think what most people like about your channel is that you are the kind of Ham that would be fun to hang around and play radio with. Hope to say hey to you at Dayton.

I don't know about anyone else complaining; I have learnt a great deal from your channel and put it into practice!

Thanks Walt, Love your "informed, suck it and see" approach. Fits my modus operandi perfectly (learn something new every day!) I promote your videos to new radio amateurs in the UK. Cheers.

Walt you are still genuine, open, honest, and someone that I feel I could get along withand I am hard to get along with. 😊

From VK2, and as a non-, but soon-to-be amateur radio operator, I love your channel. As others have already said, the enthusiasm, the knowledge, the attention to detail, the flaws and faults (there's not many of those), are all out there. Keep going and Congrats!!

Congrats on the QST article Walt! That's awesome! 73 John K2DXK

Congrats on QST! "Compliment Sandwich" is more polite than what I learned in military leadership circles. We called it a "Sh*t-Filled Twinkee." Sure, a SFT is sweet at first, but then... "What is this? I don't like it." The end of a SFT may be sweet, too, but the recipient has already tossed it and moved on. The lesson: Don't pass out SFTs! Either praise or critique, not both. 👍 Just thought I'd share a fun memory. 😂 Keep up the good work!

New ham radio operator here really enjoy you showing your enthusiasm for the hobby! Got a Xiegu G90 for mobile based on your channel!

Looking forward to reading the QST. Love your videos and thanks. Keep it coming, please. 73, KF0NNQ.

You are being very consistent and persistent in making videos and that is one of the keys to success! For me you have been a great introduction to what is possible to do without complicating stuff with expensive gear and complicated setups. Re. rant: Its your channel, your prerogative. Your content is a privilege not a right. Keep on ham'ing!

Hey Walt, Don't know how I missed this one but better late then never. I appreciate the Sunday afternoon tip. I'll be sure to subscribe and watch. Have fun at the Hamvention. One day I'll make it there. 73 my friend. I Forgot to say congratulations on the QST article. Always a thrill to se your name in lights, in this case print!, Looking for the Radio show ling now but didn't find it. Not to worry, I know how to search. Cheers!!

Even though I can't I love your rant It keeps me on my toes He helps us out There is no doubt He's K4OGO! 😁😃🙂

Hi Walt, sorry to hear about the nasty comments. I’m very new to Amateur Radio, got my UK Foundation licence a few months ago. I bought a G90 after seeing the success you’ve had with it, made an EFHW and within minutes of first power up was talking to someone in Bulgaria, some 2000k distance. Got the Xiegu DE-19, I really enjoy FT8 (I can mess with it remotely using VNC). I’ve managed to display the G90’s waterfall on my Mac using the I/Q out into a 192khz audio interface using SDRAngel - you get 4 times the bandwidth that’s displayed on the tiny G90 screen! As for antennas, I have a real obsession, learning and experimenting every day Thank you for the inspiration.

Great update! Keep up the good work! I appreciate the time and effort you put into your channel and videos.

Walt your channel is great! I learn and get great ideas from watching!

I enjoy your explanation of antenna building. Great channel. I enjoy your videos!

Thanks for the great video! I always enjoy your antenna experiments and learn something as well. I think in ham radio, nobody know it all and there is always something new to learn and in many of your videos, it appears you're learning along with the audience which I think is pretty cool. Don't pay attention to the haters, there are people who will complain no matter what. Only concern yourself with those of us who believe in you, not the ones who don't. Keep up the great work you do and have a blast in Dayton!

Have fun at Dayton, I know you will. Safe travels. I miss the Richmond Frostfest, I know it's tiny compared to Dayton but I keep hoping they will bring it back.

I have theory that most people in this hobby are used to being "the local nerd" in their social circles. They are used to being the one knowing things about technology, the one that other people asks about technology. When you put a bunch of these people, that are used to being the one who knows stuff, in a room together - or on social media together - sparks fly more often than in other situations. Some can be a bit arrogant. There are justs as many great, interesting, creative and humble people in the hobby though, willing to learn, inspire and experiment. Thanks for some great videos.

Walt…love the show, love the content, love the presentation…great stuff

Thanks Walt, I enjoy your channel. I have been a ham for less than a year, I have done some SOTA and plan on doing more, also POTA and LOTA. I hope to have a QSO with you some time. Steve, ZL1SPR

Hi Walt. I sent you an email sometime ago, and you've not answered!!! 😂😂 Great article in QST. I'm looking forward to the next one. I have spent 17.5 hours watching KZread in the last 7 day's, mainly ham and camping. Living on a 25² mile rock there is lots of salt water. Keep up the good work.

I love your channel and always learn from you. There are all kinds of people, don't let the few ### ##### bring you down. You do a slam good great job on this channel and anyone trying to bring you down is just plain stupid. Keep it up!! Robert K5TPC

Keep up the good work! I'm studying for my license(s) and trying to decide what radio to buy for HF. Just bought a GMRS Mobile and antenna and I haven't got them set up yet but already looking forward to experimenting with Ham antennas. You and HRCC are inspiring me to go broke! 🙃 Thanks for all the info and 73.

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

Thank you!! 73, Walt

Well said Walt!! I love the content you bring us. Each video you post, you're using a different type of antenna/balun. My opinion is that you're showing us what we can do, if we put our minds to work, & get busy. The types of baluns out there is staggering, as you have shown. I think it is awesome that antennas made from a few lengths of wire, coax & balun can get a radio signal vast distances. You possibly know I'm in Port Pirie South Australia. What I'm about to tell you, I think you might have a laugh. I was at a family member's house one Christmas Day. I had with me, my Icom IC-718 radio, Kenwood AT-120 tuner, about 10 feet of coax, PL259 on each end, home made 1:1 balun, & long wire antenna, about 33' long. I set this up, & threw the antenna up one of the trees. The partner of a sister of mine said : " Good luck getting out past the power lines!!" He came back out a few minutes later, & he was surprised to hear I was talking to another operator about 2,000 miles away, up far north Queensland (VK4). He tried big noting himself about working on a fishing trawler, & using a 100 watt radio. I just laughed, Told him the Marine band has fixed channels, & us amateur radio operators do not have "channels" as such. To me, the hobby is a never ending learning experience.

Walt we are going to Hamvention as well (my wife & I). We will be wearing "Ham Radio Basics" shirts so we will be easy to spot. Looking forward to meeting you !

Nice job with QRT magazine . Steve Goodgame is really good. I love budling antenna's . I keep learning and having fun. I wrap my own Toroid's and mess up . I do get many right and work great. some times I bring my tools and wire stuff to a park. make the antenna and tune it. get it on the air. I know many European hams . they a great bunch. miss winter months. UK comes into NY quite well for me. now Barisal and many south America stations come in. been shorter DX for me like Texas and Florida and Organ that how 10 meters was today. not as bad as days before . 73's

Keep up the good work Walt, love your videos..👍

I really enjoy your channel , thnx Walt .

Keep moving forward 😎 great video Walt. Hope to hear you down the coax! kQ4OHB

Have fun at Dayton! I haven't been there either; maybe after I retire!

Love the channel Walt. Thanks for the content buddy

Thank you Walt. All the best M7LDK

Congrats on channel success. Do what makes you happy. Anyone has a problem they can go start their own channel.Really want to spin them up just talk about how great CB radio is. Have fun at Dayton.

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

10-4! Hahaha thank you my friend

I decided I can't quite make Dayton, and probably not Huntsville, either, so probably Orlando will be my first "big" ham event. I hope you wind up going to that, too, because I would really like to shake your hand!

Hope to see you @ Dayton, love the emphasis on home made antenna.

Love your videos Walt! I really hope to make contact one day on the air. I just received my Tenn Tennas 49:1 unun today!

Love your enthusiasm, keep it up 👍

Keep it up Walt. Love your stuff!

Hi Walt, don’t worry about ranting every now and again. It’s good for the soul. Your channel is my favourite. I’ve adopted loads of your ideas and always had fun and success. Keep up the good work, it’s much appriciated.

Enjoy Dayton and congrats on the QST article!

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Awesome to hear Walt!

See you in Dayton Walt! Great Article in QST.. I made the cover of the field day guide. Big orange pumpkin in the middle of the picture. I was at the Ridge ARC Field Day on Lake Murry in SC. As Sc Section manager I was privileged to travel the midlands of SC and visit 9 clubs last field day.

Your videos are very helpful for me.

*Good stuff Walt*

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

Thanks for all you do.I watch every episode of your channel as do many of my local Ham buddies.

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much my friend!

Thanks for the heads up on The European Ham Radio Show, Never heard of it before. ‧ 556 subscribers ‧ 34 videos

Good morning Walt, I’m retired and like you I also watch a lot of KZread videos. I totally enjoy your videos and I have learned so much from you. I look forward to each and every one of your videos, thanks for sharing them and being part of my daily routine.

Damn...it's almost like getting your picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone...only better! That's pretty cool man. Have fun at Dayton and yeah, don't deal with the clowns.

Enjoying the channel and cheap wire antenna videos. 73 N5PHX

LOL, the, "Why did you delete my comment" guy. That guy can make his own YT channel if he so desires. Outstanding response Walt! By the way, the 20m EFHW is starting to become my favorite antenna for Parks on the Air. AI5NQ

Have fun , go and enjoy it for yourself, don’t worry about us.

Hey Walt - it's fine with me if you skip replying - I comment just so you recognose my appreciation of your content. Another 20 or so years and you will be fully qualified to be like me - a grumpy old man who rants at the drop of a hat lol. ( I always try to do it with good humour).

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

You’re awesome my friend!

Walt, I am new to all this. Your channel is my go to for learning. Keep up the great work. The way you work with ham radios is how I want to get into it. It’s a practical approach. Thanks Walt.

Congrats on the magazine spot. That’s awesome.safe travels on your trip. And you stay you that’s what I like .

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

I've said it before and will again: Your approach to radio and antennas is as genuine as it gets. Congratulations on being in QST. Keep up the good work. Having said all of that, now let me gripe.... I'm kidding! Cheers!

God bless you, I love your channel and every time you make a video i learn so much , keep the good work my friend from KC1SXC. 73!

Walt, I really like your channel and you're doing such a great job for newcomers. But.... hmmm, wait.... nothing negative to say! You do have a great channel. Great encouragement for the new operator. Wire antennas and a relatively inexpensive transceiver can equal success. Yes you are privileged living next the ocean, and that's part of the fun of this channel; seeing how it is for a radio-amateur in that environment, and using that mighty body of water to your benefit. Keep doing your thing!

This band new ham loves your channel!! This is a great place to learn new stuff to have fun!! Thanks Walt!! K06DGE

The first video of yours I watched was the HOA Karen a year or more back! Been enjoying them ever since. Finally realized I wasn't a subscriber so fixed that and then watched this video. That was the most polite rant I have ever heard, lol! Will be at Dayton for the first time as well so hope to say hi. Thanks for what you do.

Keep rocking!

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

Thank you Tim!!!

👍👍

Walt, your channel is just fun to watch. Your doing a great job..keep it up.

Hi Walt, Looking forward to meeting you in Dayton !!! Keep the videos coming, you do a great job !!!

Great video Walt. I watch a lot of your content and I always come away learning something new. It's sad there are so many people out there that can't seem to offer positive feedback. 73's from KI5PRK

The best communities are the actively managed ones - something many ham communities have yet to learn. Thanks for the great content Walt. Hope you meet you at Dayton.

Hmmm, me thinks I will print out your QST article and get your autograph. So when you stop at the Media office (our little shipping container), I may get you to sign it. Looking forward to meet you.

"Compliment sandwiches"....love it. I've seen commenters that do that on other channels and now I have a name for it. 👍

Your channel you can do what you want with it

4:05 Good day, Walt. I do enjoy your youtube channel. I also enjoyed the great article in QST this month. Thanks again, and keep up the good work. 73 Jim N5CXP.

See you there OM!

Walt, I have a few KZread channels, and we always say that when the trolls show up, that means you made it! My Ham channel is one of my new ventures. I may also go to Dayton. I wish one of the vendors would host you at their booth for a meet and greet. You were a star before you thought of KZread, just a great personality. Thanks for the videos, and I hope to see you in Dayton. 73s.

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

Oh wow, thank you so very much my friend. Hope to see you there!

Love your channel

Hi Walt! Wow, so somebody sent you a "comment-bomb" in a complement sandwich! Today I learned something, for sure! Please carry on just being yourself, we enjoy your exploits. The one thing that helps me is that as a noob I get despondent rather quickly, and then you show up with your pool noodle counter-poise and show us that you just need to carry on and do it again! Thanks again and 73, Jan M7HNK

We appreciated you and your videos Walt. 73

Doing a great job Walt, I keep enjoying your videos. 73 Nic

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

Rock on Walt and ignore the clowns! Keep it vertical!

Go get ‘em Salty Walt! LOL! Have fun in Dayton! 73!

Enjoy Hamvention Walt, and give my love to Xenia. Can't make it there any more from the UK. Pro Tip: take waterproof footwear and water wings for the Flea Market if it's been raining!

Some people are jerks.. hate it. As for me.. I am soooo looking fwd to hearing you on the air and having a QSO with you!! Keep doing what you are doing and keep doing it YOUR way!! We love it!!

Saw episode was great

P.S. Congratulations on you getting into QST magazine. You deserve it Buddy.

Hope to see you at Hamvention! (The other Walt) NE4TN

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

I’m looking forward to it Walt!

Walt, you're great!

Good Job Walt, don’t let them give you any griff in Dayton

Wasn't a rant mate. Great work keep it up 👍🏽 73

Thanks for sharing walt. Couple of things came to mind, as we know yt is open to people's opinionsthats for sure, and many think we have to be connected to yt , because its part of the hobby hi. I wonder how folk would get on if there was no yt, would ham radio survive. I always remind myself, it is just a hobby, and without yt radio goes on, as i just demonstrated in my record video, on my very small channel. 73 zl3xdj.

Hey Walt. No compliment sandwich here, you truly have a great KZread channel. I disagree with you sometimes, but, agree or disagree, you always make me think. We are both old radio guys. If I was your dad (or PD) I’d remind you you only get offended if you let yourself be offended. I did talk radio for 26 years. I learned that everyone is a critic and I learn something from every one of them. Learn to eat the meat and spit out the bones. Sad ham Al, WBØAL

As Im sure you already know Hamvention is no longer in Dayton,it is in Xena at the Greene County fair grounds. I got to go the first year it was held there. I lived in Cedarville at the time and the fairgrounds was 10 miles from my house so one Bucket list item off the list. Enjoy the Hamvention. Love your channel. Keep doing what your doing.

@chrisnmichelle0218

Ай бұрын

I grew up in a suburb of Dayton, so it'll always be the Dayton Hamvention to me 😅

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Hope to see you there!

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

See you there!

Well done on your channel success Walt! I really enjoy your channel and have gotten some great ideas from your content. Until now I had never heard of a "comment sandwich" so that is a new term to me. Just put your comment band stop filter inline (common moron choke) and block that negativity! There is enough of that in society without having to deal with it on a personal level.

Hi Walt. Firstly...how on earth can anyone justify being downright nasty to you? I don't understand it, because your channel is amazingly informative, interesting, innovative, & inspirational. You genuinely like to help people, & that's the spirit of amateur radio. Secondly...you don't bum yer chat, as they say in Ireland, ie, you never try to be what you are not, or try to talk yourself up? What your channel does, is teach people about thing's, backed up by you getting out there & trying & testing antenna's, baluns, unun's, etc, etc. So it's backed up by the facts of your experimentation. Thirdly....I am probably a bit of a rambler when it comes to messaging, but that's because, I enjoy your channel, & appreciate what you are doing, Buddy? And I like to let you know that something has worked for me, that I learnt from your channel? I may ask a question in a general term, but honestly, I understand you have a very full life, & if you are not able to reply, that's fine by me, there's only one of you, Buddy? Fourthly...please keep doing what you are doing, because it works, & it works well. Many thanks. Best 73 de Pete GI0FZT.

Keep up the great hobby...

@COASTALWAVESWIRES

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!