Ham Radio Media

     I enjoy ham radio media.  There are many times when work, family, or home obligations have me away from my equipment, but my brain and ears are still free.  For me, ham radio podcasts are THE thing that I use to pass this time, whether that's during dishes, lawn mowing, flights, or boring meetings (wait - scratch that last one, my boss might read this.)  I do enjoy a couple of YouTube channels when I can sneak them in  (OH8STN and Ham Radio 2.0 to name a couple) but video is unfortunately more of a commitment than I usually have time for.

     With that in mind, there are a a whole bunch of podcasts that I listen to, and at one time I had considered doing some "reviews" of them, but in reality, giving reviews of stuff just isn't my bag.  For ham radio media, I think reviews are somewhat misplaced anyway, because there is a critical feature of podcasts that I think is awesome:

​Delayed Listening

     Since we can play podcasts whenever we want, we don't need this weird "competition" thing going on.  If the shows were only available live, you might be forced to choose one over the other, but since you can listen whenever you want, I don't feel the need to worry about who is "better" than the next person.  I can just kick back, enjoy, and learn something from whomever I am listen too!

     I think that this is most evident in the fact that many of these folks will do appearances on each other's shows, recommend specific episodes that each other have done if it relates to the topic at hand, etc.  For me, ham radio is about community, and most of these folks have that nailed down, right into the content the provide!

     Having said all that, and in the spirit of non-review, I just want to share the podcasts that I listen to, and encourage you to check them out.  I am providing links to websites for those that have one, but to listen to the actual podcasts, just search for them by name in your favorite podcast player (Here's a couple articles on podcast players for reference:  iOS apps here, and Android apps here.)

    So, to all of you who do all the work making these shows, THANK YOU!  I appreciate all of you and the content you provide!  In no particular order, here's whats in my podcast player:

ICQ Podcast
Ham Radio 360
100 Watts and A Wire
Ham Radio 360 Workbench
Everything Ham Radio
Field Radio Podcast
​QSO today
Ham Talk Live
ARRL The Doctor is In
Amateur Radio Newsline
DitDit.fm
SolderSmoke
Linux in the Ham Shack
The Phasing Line Podcast
Foundations of Amateur Radio
​ARRL Audio News

     As a final thought - yes, even though this is a lot of shows - I regularly find myself opening up my podcast player and realizing that I've listened to everything that is new, and wishing there were more!