Amateur Radio Training Tapes in the SMU Amateur Radio Club W5YF Library

SMU Amateur Radio Club Videotape Library

ARRL Amateur Radio Technician Licensing Video Course for On-Demand Training to Fit Your Schedule!
The ARRL (2001/2) Technician Licensing Video Course is available at SMU's Fondren Library West - Center for Media and Instructional Technology (videotape library). You may view these tapes at the video kiosks at CMIT during their extended library hours. The videos are on reserve at CMIT under Dr. Gosney (our club advisor). People with an SMU library card may check out the videotapes for overnight use too. Besides the videos, you can also see the related ARRL Technician Q&A manual and an optional introduction to electronics book (by Crowhurst). There is NO MORSE CODE test for getting your Technician license. These three tapes (2 hours each) present an enjoyable introduction to amateur radio operations, equipment, and enough theory and multimedia explanations to enable you to easily pass the 35 question multiple choice exam (26 or 75% is passing). The pool of all technician exam questions and answers can be downloaded from ARRL website, along with the answers! The technician licensing examination is available every 2nd Saturday of the month at Love Field in Dallas, among many other sites. You do NOT need to be a U.S. citizen to get your amateur radio license. Got questions? Call us at 214-768-3271... With your Technician license, you can use up to 1,500 watts output power on a dozen bands, work skip on 6 meters into South America, run your own amateur television station, use two-way repeaters, design and build microwave data links, and even send signals through orbiting amateur radio satellites et. cet....

ARRL Amateur Radio Technician Licensing Video Course for On-Demand Training to Fit Your Schedule!

The ARRL (2001/2) Technician Licensing Video Course is available at SMU's Fondren Library West - Center for Media and Instructional Technology (videotape library). You may view these tapes at the video kiosks at CMIT during their extended library hours. The videos are on reserve at CMIT under Dr. Gosney (our club advisor). People with an SMU library card may check out the videotapes for overnight use too. Besides the videos, you can also see the related ARRL Technician Q&A manual and an optional introduction to electronics book (by Crowhurst). There is NO MORSE CODE test for getting your Technician license. These three tapes (2 hours each) present an enjoyable introduction to amateur radio operations, equipment, and enough theory and multimedia explanations to enable you to easily pass the 35 question multiple choice exam (26 or 75% is passing). The pool of all technician exam questions and answers can be downloaded from ARRL website, along with the answers! The technician licensing examination is available every 2nd Saturday of the month at Love Field in Dallas, among many other sites. You do NOT need to be a U.S. citizen to get your amateur radio license. Got questions? Call us at 214-768-3271...

With your Technician license, you can use up to 1,500 watts output power on a dozen bands, work skip on 6 meters into South America, run your own amateur television station, use two-way repeaters, design and build microwave data links, and even send signals through orbiting amateur radio satellites et. cet....

Summer 2004 Update:

Introduction to High-Altitude Ballooning by Michael Gray, KD7LMO - a ~16 minute DVD from Arizona Near Space Research group which promotes science and education using high altitude balloons and amateur radio (see http://www.ansr.org )
Videotape on Grote Reber's role as an amateur radio enthusiast in building the first radio astronomy dish telescope (30 foot!) at his home near Chicago in 1937, making the first radio contour maps of the sky and many other achievements (b. 1911, d. 2002).
R/C model flying video (90 minutes) J-3 Cub (1/3rd scale), Stagger Wing (1/5th scale), Cessna 182 (1/5th scale), and more - from http://www.myflyingvideos.com/mfv_006.htm [received 8/4/2004]
purchase pending - ARRL Digital Signal Processing (Vol. 10) Educational Workshop (#6605 $21) requested from SMU Library An in-depth workshop on getting started in Amateur Radio projects involving digital signal processing, taught by ARRL Senior Engineer Jon Bloom, KE3Z. Best when used in small study groups; may be best shown in 4 installments. 1993 [4.5 hrs]
Got a suggestion for an amateur radio related video? call us at 214-768-3271

ARRL video promoting amateur radio (70 MB MPEG-1), narrated by Walter Cronkite (~5 minutes) [VHS version ready]
ARRL powerpoint slide show (3+ MB), converted to video, showing aspects of amateur radio (" ") [VHS version ready]
short video presentation on amateur radio and high altitude ballooning projects [VHS version ready]
90 minute video on model airplanes carrying amateur television cameras [received 8/4/04]
5+ minute video of club antenna construction project of a 440 Mhz beam antenna by Chaitanya Dabke and friends [VHS version ready]
10+ minute video from club meeting on antenna design basics, from egg insulators and baluns to coax [VHS version]
40+ minute talk by Allen Gwinn on emergency radio and amateur radio at SMU [VHS version ready]
50+ minute talk by Don Smith (Ham-Com) and Jerry Stover (former SMU-ARC President from 1940s) on Internet Radio [mini-DV tape archive]
55+ minute video of IBM's Dr. Robert Dennard talk on approaching the limits of scalability in ICs
[Dr. Dennard (SMU BS-EE 1954, MS-EE 1956, Ph.D. 1997) who invented the single transistor dynamic memory cell (1968) used in billions of chips...]
sundry student amateur television video projects, e.g., Sculpture Tour of Dallas-Fort Worth (55 minutes), First Dallas TXU-Arts Festival (2004)...

ARRL Training Program Videotape Series

New World Of Amateur Radio. Fast-paced introduction to Amateur Radio. Produced by ARRL. Hosted by Roy Neal, K6DUE. 1987 [28 min 30 sec]
Ham Radio In Space. An overview of Amateur Radio's history in space--from satellites to the space shuttles, and beyond. Suitable for audiences of all ages. 1991 [30 min 25 sec]
Your Headquarters At Work. A departmental tour of ARRL's Administrative Headquarters in 1992 in Newington, Connecticut. [22 min 5 sec]
ARRL PSAs. Two 30-second Amateur Radio public service announcements appropriate for club viewing. Those interested in copies for local TV stations or cable outlets may contact ARRL's Public Relations Department for broadcast quality tape. [1 min]
Courage In The North, Handi-Ham Radio Camp. An Amateur Radio camp where people with physical disabilities and sensory impairments experience ham radio and earn their licenses. Produced by Courage Center. 1992 [10 min]
Sharing Amateur Radio with Handi-Hams. Some "dos and don'ts" for interacting with disabled Amateur Radio operators. Produced by Courage Center. 1995 [10 min 32 sec]

Ham Radio In Space. An overview of Amateur Radio's history in space--from satellites to the space shuttles, and beyond. Suitable for all ages. 1991 [30 min 25 sec]
SAREX Space Shuttle Mission STS-51F. Astronaut Tony England, W0ORE, recounts his involvement in the Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment (SAREX) aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, as the 2nd astronaut in history to operate ham radio in space. 1985. [18 min]
SAREX Space Shuttle Mission STS-58. Highlights of the volunteer and student preparation, and actual Space Amateur Radio EXperiment contact made by students of Cheatham County Schools, TN. Narrator, Bob Jewell, AC9R. 1993 [45 min]

When Disaster Strikes. This program discusses the ever-changing role of Amateur Radio in public safety and service, leading emergency communications into the 21st Century. Produced by ARRL and The Martinez California Police Department. 1996 [10 min]
At Any Moment. An overview of Amateur Radio disaster preparedness. An introduction to the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), RACES, and the National Traffic System (NTS). 1983 [14 min]
Field Day Fever. A light-hearted look at this popular ARRL-sponsored activity. Produced by H. Paul Clampit, K5TCK. [25 min]
Disaster Drill: The Big One. Emergency management coordination during an earthquake drill. Includes short pieces about establishing ham radio communications during disasters, voice, packet radio and amateur television. Produced by the Portland (OR) Fire Bureau. 1988 [12 min]
Last Voice From Kuwait. The heroic efforts of Amateur Radio operators during Desert Storm. Produced by Frank Moore, WA1URA, WANE-TV. 1991 [24 min 55 sec]

What Are Those Crazy Sounding Signals Saying? A demonstration of digital communication modes, including Morse code, packet, RTTY and AMTOR. Hosted by Ernest Austin, W7AXJ. 1990 [20 min]
This Is Amateur Television! A how-to primer of amateur television (ATV). Hosted by Chuck Zappala, KE7SA. [30 min]
Packet Radio. Basics on packet radio. Produced by the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Organization. Narrated by Peter Eaton, WB9FLW. [30 min]
AMSAT Phase 3D. A brief introduction to "the satellite for all radio amateurs." Hosted by Roy Neal, K6DUE and Barry Goldwater, K7UGA. Produced by AMSAT. 1994 [10 min]

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Antennas...but were afraid to ask. Informative look at how various antenna designs perform. Presentation made at Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory. 1981. Presenter, Frank Rutter, K3AW (Silent Key). [1 hr 8 min 30 sec]
Spark Gap. A brief history of early wireless communication. [1 hr]

VP8SSI: The South Sandwich Saga. Eight hams embark on a daring DXpedition to South Sandwich Island, 1992. Executive Producer, Sam Brown, WA4IUM; Photographer Terry Dubson, W6MKB; Expedition Team Leader, Tony DePrato, WA4JQS. [25 min]
Journey To Peter I Island: Close To The Edge. Journey to the most isolated place on earth. The 3Y0PI DXpedition included 9 hams from 4 countries, and nearly 60,000 contacts, 1994. Executive Producer, Sam Brown, WA4IUM, South Sandwich Island DX Group. [30 min]

Fastnet Force Seven. EJ7FRL DXpedition to a lighthouse on Fastnet rock, off the coast of Ireland. 1991 [1hr]
The AH1A Saga: Howland Island DXpedition. Amateurs operate from one of the most wanted DX countries. Produced by Walt Stinson, W0CP. 1993 [48 min]

Winning On The Hill. Recounts the N2WK multi-op contest team. What it takes to pull-it-together for the June 1991 VHF QSO Party. Produced by Victor Gauvin, K1JUL for the Rochester VHF Group. [1 hr]
All China Amateur Radio Direction Finding Competition. Chinese hams compete in Radio Direction Finding (DFing) as a sporting event. Produced by JARL. 1982 [30 min]

1935 Tour of ARRL HQ. ARRL HQ as it was in 1935. A historical silent movie, recently narrated by retired ARRL staffer George Hart, W1NJM; master produced by Bob Anderson K1TVF. 1996 [15 min]
The Trans-Atlantic Tests and Station 1BCG. The early days of Amateur Radio. Re-live the 1921 Trans-Atlantic testing and Amateur Radio station 1BCG. Produced by the Antique Wireless Association Club Historian Bruce Kelley W2ICE. 1996 [28 min]
An American Inventor -- Maj. Edwin Howard Armstrong. In the beginning. . . a slide show and commentary (includes a rare voice recording of him). His inventions included the regenerative receiver and other radios. Also produced by The Antique Wireless Association. 1996 [50 min]

9N1MM Marshall Moran Tribute Dinner -- A Jesuit Priest, Fr. Moran tells about his 40 years in Nepal, where he became a ham radio legend. Since 1960, his call - 9N1MM - was heard regularly on 20 Meters. He assisted in medical emergencies in Nepal, ship evacuations at sea, relief to a storm-stricken expedition in Antartica, and even delivered an Easter Sunday sermon by ham radio to a group in Antartica. Produced by Connecticut DX Association. 1988 [56 mins]
Amateur Radio in Elementary School -- Ken Botterbrodt, K2WB (Ex-WA2CVJ), demonstrates Amateur Radio to a class of elementary school students. After explaining ham radio, Ken does a CW demonstration of students names, holds a question and answer period, and concludes with students making on-the-air contacts on HF in the classroom. (1995) [27 mins]
FAIRS in the Former Soviet Union -- Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service (FAIRS), sponsored by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. An outstanding exhibition of an organization making international goodwill through Amateur Radio in the former Soviet Union. (1996) [13 mins]
Genessee County (MI) Radio Club - 60th Anniversary -- 60 years of Amateur Radio history, and community service, is recognized by the Genessee County Radio Club of Flint, MI. (1993) [16 mins]

n.b. volume 11 out of production

Phase 3D Integration Lab. Take a close-up view of the satellite of the future -- Phase 3D -- described by the very folks who have designed and assembled it. Located in a laboratory near Orlando, FL, the scientists and engineers show all the ins and outs of testing the satellite, in preparation for its launch. 1996 [25 mins]
JAS1B/Fuji2. Our Japanese counterparts have been experimenting with Amateur Radio satellites for a very long time. Let them explain their history, and how they helped lay the foundation, with relation to Amateur Radio satellites. 1996 [28 mins]
SANDIA Robotics. Have you ever considered how robots may affect Amateur Radio in the future? Sandia National Laboratories demonstrates several robots but none have any Amateur Radio applications, yet! After viewing these, discuss possible ways Amateur Radio could enhance robot use. 1996 [12 mins]
SAREX at Center Street School in CA. With the help of ARRL, AMSAT, and NASA, Gordon West, WB6NOA, commentates the successful contact with STS-94 in July, 1997. [47 mins]

Videotape - New World of Amateur Radio - 9/14/87 ARRL
Videotape - More About Radios - How to Get Started with Amateur Radio (Hosted by M.L. "Gib" Gibson W7Jie - Zman Productions
ARRL Technician Licensing Course (3 tapes, 2 hours each) plus course manual plus test software (installed at W5YF PC) - at SMU's Fondren Library West - Center for Media & Instr. Technology

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