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NIGHT OF FUN MOSTLY INVOLVING HAM RADIO TRIVIA ON HIS CHANNEL.  THIS
IS A GOOD TIME OF LIGHTHEARTED CAMARADERIE, AND KYLE INVITES VIEWERS
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRIVIA GAME.  WHETHER YOURE INTERESTED IN
PORTABLE ACTIVATIONS, CONTESTING, STATION AUTOMATION, OR OTHER MEANS
OF OPERATING, CHECK OUT KYLES CHANNEL FOR HELPFUL TIPS AND AMATEUR
RADIO FUN.  HOWS DX A TRIBUTE TO K3ZO AND A LOOK AT INCOMING QSL
BUREAUS IN EARLY JANUARY 2023, AMATEUR RADIO LOST AN ASSET TO OUR
GREAT 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 AND
ANTENNAS TOGETHER, BOUNCING IDEAS OFF EACH OTHER.  THEY WERE ABLE TO
LEARN AND GROW TOGETHER.  DOCUMENTING THE PROCESS IN 2012, KYLE
DISCOVERED STEVES, WG0AT, VIDEOS ABOUT SUMMITS ON THE AIR SOTA WWW.
YOUTUBE. COM/ GOATHIKER.  HE SPENT HOURS WATCHING STEVE CLIMB
MOUNTAINS WITH HIS TWO GOATS AND ACTIVATE SUMMITS.  KYLE SAW THE FUN
AND EXCITEMENT OTHERS WERE HAVING WITH THIS ASPECT OF AMATEUR RADIO,
AND HE WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT.  KYLE TOOK THE PLUNGE IN SEPTEMBER
2015, GOING ON A ROAD TRIP TO COLORADO AND ACTIVATING HIS FIRST SOTA
SUMMIT.  HE RECORDED THE ENTIRE PROCESS STRUGGLES AND ALL AND
PUBLISHED THE VIDEO IN OCTOBER 2015.  THATS WHEN KYLES LIFE AS A
HAMTUBER BEGAN.  KYLE ENJOYS SHARING HIS PORTABLE ACTIVATIONS.  HE
REGULARLY ACTIVATES LOCATIONS THROUGH PARKS ON THE AIR AND SOTA.  HE
HAS RECORDED AND PUBLISHED VIDEOS OF NOT ONLY THE ACTIVATIONS, BUT
ALSO SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES HE HAS BEEN A PART OF IN PREPARATION FOR
ACTIVATIONS.  RECENTLY, KYLE DID A ROVE, SPENDING 9 DAYS ON THE ROAD
ACTIVATING 25 PARKS AND FIVE SUMMITS ACROSS EIGHT STATES.  HE
DOCUMENTED THE ENTIRE JOURNEY, TAKING THE TIME TO SHOW SOME OF THE
INTERESTING THINGS
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