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| Dayton Hamvention 2009  sneak peak: BPL UNREDACTED See what the FCC didn't want you to know about BPL interference |
Dayton Hamvention®
Thanks to
everyone who stopped by our booth at the 2009 Hamvention! Lots of nice
comments about the videos. Several ideas for new programs. And we sold
some DVDs, too!We also shot more forums, including:
Jeff and I also added more video of interesting and oddball stuff from the exhibit halls and Flea Market, and some new products. I'll combine that with the footage we shot last year (but haven't released yet) for another Unauthorized Tour video. Out 2007 Tour video is still available, and has its own unique look at the Hamvention. Meanwhile, Riley's talk at the 2007 FCC Forum is a classic. He talked for about a half hour, and he was funny! Watch the preview - your club will love the program in any year. |
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ARRL/TAPR
Digital Communications Conference
The DCC was three days
of technical presentations by hams on the leading edge of digital
communications: Packet (TAPR's roots), Winlink 2000, WINMOR,
AMSAT, D-STAR, and Software Defined Radio. ARVN recorded it all,
produced in a
massive 6-DVD set. You can order individual DVDs ($15+shipping), or the
whole set ($75+shipping). |
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D-STAR
User Seminar
A seminar for new
D-STAR users,
explaining how to program callsigns and use the Gateway, plus more tips
and operating information. |
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ARDF
USA "Fox Hunt" Championship
ARDF - Amateur Radio Direction Finding - is European style
on-foot fox hunting. This program documents one of the USA
Championship events. It features the techniques, equipment
operation and people. |
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Standing Up for Standing Waves
Understand SWR better than you ever have by "seeing" it,
revealed by a set of lights on a transmission line. This is a seminar
video featuring Bill Hays. |
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Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station
This DVD
documents a contact between the Space Station and schools in Maryland,
North Carolina and Quito, Ecuador in November 2008. This contact was
part of International Education Week, and was the first ISS contact to
include more than one school in a single pass. The entire video
is available here (courtesy of YouTube). The DVD has bonus footage of a
1992 SAREX contact. |
| OtherStuff |
Visit here for some QST articles,
a Christmas poem (!) and non-ARVN video, all from ARVN's prolific KN4AQ. |
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Will ARVN DVDs play on my computer?  and can I stream or download ARVN programs? |
Yes, but... ARVN DVDs are "DVD Movies" - that is, they are the same as the "Hollywood" movies you rent from Blockbuster or Netflix. They should play in a standard DVD player hooked up to your TV just fine (but note that they are in the American NTSC format, so hams in PAL or SECAM areas will need "multistandard" monitors, or computers, to play them. ARVN DVDs do not have regional restrictions). They should also play in computers that have a DVD drive (and this is worldwide, not just in the USA), but there is one hitch. The computer needs an MPEG2 codec to play DVDs (all DVDs, not just ARVN DVDs). Most PCs that came with a DVD drive have the codec installed, but some don't. The Windows operating system (and Windows Media Player) do not have the codec as a standard feature. If your computer can play the Hollywood stuff, it should also play ARVN DVDs. If you need a codec, though, you can find them on the web, probably for free. Google "MPEG2 codec" and you'll see a variety of sources. If Hollywood DVDs do work, but an ARVN DVD doesn't, I'll replace it. Sometimes a DVD player just doesn't like one DVD, but it's happy to play another. If you've tried everything and can't get the DVDs to play, I'll give you a refund. We'll both be sad, because you really wanted to see the program, not just get your money back. So I'll try to make that happen. One more thing: Streaming/downloading. OK, that's two things. ARVN is not set up for that yet. I'd like to do a "pay per view" or paid download. I just haven't had time to figure out how. If you are aware of a service that handles that, point me to it! Keep in mind, though, that the phsycal media and postage for sending DVDs isn't a big part of the cost of the program. The production costs are the big nut, and the audience isn't in the millions to spread it around! So a pay-per-view deal might not be that much cheaper (though maybe that would help us reach MUCH bigger numbers and reduce "cost per"). What to you think?. |
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