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Radio Amateur Training Planning and Activities Committee. Live Amateur Radio Presentations Weekly via Zoom and Recorded Videos on YouTube- www.ratpac.us
Join us live on Wednesday at 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific- www.ratpac.us/zoom
18.02.2026 15:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Stealth (& Portable) Antennas. Join us live tonight, Feb 4th, 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific, for a live Zoom session- www.ratpac.us/zoom
tiny.cc/stealth-ant
The "New" DX Marathon Program - Mark Wohlschlegel, WC3W. Live via Zoom Wednesday, Jan 21. 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific www.ratpac.us/zoom
21.01.2026 14:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
FreeDV- Radio Autoencoder (RADE) Technology recording- youtu.be/3ibeDfdiarA
16.01.2026 19:02 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Jan 14- FreeDV- Radio Autoencoder (RADE) Technology- Mooneer Salem, K6AQ. 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific- www.ratpac.us/zoom
14.01.2026 17:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Looking for something to do on the radio? Here is a list of several upcoming EOTAs (Events On The Air)- tiny.cc/eota
14.01.2026 17:31 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Winter Field Day - Marvin Turner, W0MET; Presentation Recording youtu.be/DrhU2U2PCQA
11.01.2026 15:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
RATPAC returns from Holiday Vacation on Wednesday, Jan 7th, with "Winter Field Day Update" by Marvin Turner, W0MET. Join us live via Zoom at 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific at www.ratpac.us/zoom
05.01.2026 20:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
RATPAC returns from Holiday Vacation on Wednesday, Jan 7th, with "Winter Field Day Update" by Marvin Turner, W0MET. Join us live via Zoom at 9 PM Easter / 6 PM Pacific at www.ratpac.us/zoom
05.01.2026 20:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🎄"Holiday Ham Radio Gifts- 2025" recording now available- youtu.be/tzftA8xZlfo
There is also a minute-by-minute guide.
Calling all Technician Class & Newer Hams- Great 10 Meter Voice Opportunity this weekend. drive.google.com/file/d/1-Cp3...
11.12.2025 20:58 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Recent recordings-
Grid Down: DC Power Budgeting Marty Woll, N6VI youtu.be/5nJVPR7PtJk
NARA (National Amateur Radio Alliance) Follow-Up Mikel Turner, W4OPS- youtu.be/Px--9EZc1NY
VHF / UHF SSB for Emcomm Marty Woll, N6VI- youtu.be/Aoo7Qt4zCfQ
VHF / UHF SSB for Emcomm- Marty Woll- N6VI. Join us live via Zoom tonight (Nov 12) at 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific Time- www.ratpac.us/zoom
12.11.2025 14:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0DX Marathon & DX Marathon Sprint- recording available -https://youtu.be/kE0txj4soRU Sprint starts in just a few hours (00:00 UTC Oct 18) and runs for 10 days.
17.10.2025 20:26 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Join us live via Zoom tonight at 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific Time- www.ratpac.us/zoom
DX Marathon- Sprint
The DX Marathon is a year-long event where hams attempt to work as many different DX stations and CQ Zones worldwide in each calendar year.
RATPAC Sessions will resume after a summer break, on Wednesday, Sept 10th. Join us live via Zoom with Working the "Easy" Satellites! by Clint Bradford, K6LCS.
9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific- (www.ratpac.us/zoom.
As usual, all sessions will also be recorded and posted a few days later.
KM9G
"Temporarily Offline Ham Radio"- Steve, from YouTube channel Temporarily Offline, shares his passion for ham radio. His channel blends hands-on experiments, gear reviews, and real-world operating to make amateur radio fun, accessible, and modern.
Wed, May 28 www.ratpac.us/zoom
Amateur Radio Logging Software- General & Contesting video recording now available- youtu.be/INGMfu4Z114
23.05.2025 17:55 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Making CW Contacts: Expand Your Modes of Operation- recording of the session- youtu.be/QHVeSH21CNY
15.03.2025 13:57 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Join us live via Zoom for this week's RATPAC programs-
*** Wednesday, March 12th- Making CW Contacts, Expanding Your Modes of Operation
*** Thursday, March 13th- Creating a Go Kit That is Right for You
9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific www.ratpac.us/zoom
Join RATPAC live via Zoom for the next two weeks' programs.
* Feb 19 An Early History of Radio
* Feb 20 Amateur Radio Podcast
* Feb 26 The IEEE MOVE Disaster Response Trucks
* Feb 27 Coaxial Cable & Connectors
7 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific. www.ratpac.us/zoom
Palomar Engineering - Optimizing end-fed antennas
RATPAC Video Recording-
youtu.be/6o0tw8fkN0Q
This week on RATPAC-
Wednesday, Feb 5- The Portable Operator's Guide to Computing Battery Capacity
Thursday, Feb 6- Six Amateur Radio Activities You Can Do With Youth
Live via Zoom at 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific - www.ratpac.us/zoom
This week on RATPAC-
Thursday, Feb 6- Six Amateur Radio Activities You Can Do With Youth
Live via Zoom at 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific - www.ratpac.us/zoom
This week on RATPAC-
Tuesday, Feb 5- Computing Battery Power
Wednesday, Feb 6- Six Amateur Radio Activities You Can Do With Youth
Live via Zoom at 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific - www.ratpac.us/zoom
RATPAC Video Recordings
Andy's Ham Linux Distribution v26 Update- Andy Stewart, KB1OIQ Software youtu.be/muFsmlw3W84
Amateur Television- Joel Wilhite, KD6W youtu.be/m4usmkX32Zo
Tonight- Andy's Ham Linux Distribution v26 Update. Andy Stewart, KB1OIQ live via Zoom Jan 29th, 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific www.ratpac.us/zoom
29.01.2025 16:18 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tonight- Andy's Ham Linux Distribution v26 Update. Andy Stewart, KB1OIQ live via Zoom Jan 29th, 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific www.ratpac.us/zoom
29.01.2025 16:17 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
On Bands with K9LA- A tour of Effects of Solar Cycle Cycle 25 Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA. Recoding- youtu.be/JijTIi_OuwY
How the Ionosphere Really Works Eric Nichols, KL7AJ. Recording- youtu.be/VClrJPOOuVw
Next two weeks on RATPAC:
Jan 22, 2025 On Bands with K9LA- A tour of Effects of Solar Cycle Cycle 25
Jan 23, 2025 How the Ionosphere Really Works
Jan 29, 2025, Andy's Ham Linux Distribution v26 Update
Jan 30, 2025 Amateur Television
Join us live at 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific at www.ratpac.us/zoom
