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HAM MEDIA PLAYLIST KYLE AA0Z COVERING MULTIPLE FACETS OF HAM RADIO SOME
YOUTUBE CHANNELS FOCUS ON VERY SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF AMATEUR RADIO, WHILE
OTHERS TEND TO BE VERY BROAD IN THE CONTENT THEY OFFER.  KYLE KRIEGS, AA0Z,
CHANNEL IS A COMBINATION OF THE TWO.  KYLE AA0Z WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/ AA0Z IS
A REFLECTION OF THE AMATEUR RADIO RELATED THINGS THAT KYLE IS PASSIONATE
ABOUT.  OVER TIME, KYLE HAS DISCOVERED DIFFERENT WAYS TO ENJOY THE HOBBY
FROM PORTABLE ACTIVATIONS TO STATION AUTOMATION.  DISCOVERING AMATEUR RADIO
KYLE WAS FIRST LICENSED WITH A GROUP OF HIS FELLOW ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN
1995.  THEY WERE PART OF THE UNIVERSITY SOLAR CAR TEAM, AND NEEDED A
RELIABLE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SOLAR CAR AND THE SUPPORT
VEHICLES.  THE TEAMS MENTOR SUGGESTED THEY TRY AMATEUR RADIO.  WITH THE 5
WPM MORSE CODE REQUIREMENT HAVING RECENTLY BEEN LIFTED, THE STUDENTS WERE
ALL IN ON AMATEUR RADIO.  IN MARCH 1995, KYLE AND HIS TEAM MEMBERS HAD
THEIR TICKETS IN HAND.  FINDING A MENTOR IN THE HOBBY CAN SOMETIMES BE
DIFFICULT.  IN THE MID 1990S, FINDING SOMEONE LOCALLY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE WAS OFTEN POSSIBLE ONLY BY GOING DIRECTLY TO A CLUB
AND ASKING FOR HELP.  KYLE VISITED A FEW LOCAL CLUBS, BUT NEVER BECAME A
REGULAR ATTENDEE.  FORTUNATELY, HE HAD HIS FELLOW ENGINEERING STUDENTS.
WHILE NONE OF THEM WERE TRADITIONAL MENTORS, THEY EXPERIMENTED WITH RADIOS
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