Interesting from a jumpers standpoint. Once under canopy, you gotta do something to kill time, especially from 10 grand on down under a square is a long time.
Question….how do you become a “professional” skydiver? Ex-sport hobby parachutists wud like to know….. tnx. 73…W5RH Rick Hiller W5RH *e-mail: rickhille...@gmail.com <rickhille...@gmail.com>* *Cell/VM/Text: 832-474-3713* *Physical: 9031 Troulon Drive* * Houston, TX 77036* On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 7:58 AM Chris Medlin via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > I discovered this guy last night. He is a professional sky diver and is > passionate about Ham Radio… so… what does that mean? > > > > He jumps out of perfectly good airplanes at 14,000 ft and as he floats > down to the ground, he is either making dozens of “parachute mobile” > contacts on 52 direct… or… he is working HF sideband on an Icom 705 (or > 7300) and an endfed antenna. If you get some time today, check out his > channel. His main channel link is below.. and then ive added a couple > others as well for the busy ham who doesn’t need to be bothered with > searching the site: > > > > Main YouTube page: > > Introduction to Life At Terminal Velocity (youtube.com) > <https://www.youtube.com/@LifeAtTerminalVelocity> > > > > 52 simplex over Napolean Michigan: > > https://youtu.be/VN_PZAfJHVI?si=2of03SqQeVcfDDCi > > > > 20M SSB on a IC-7300 over Rochelle Illinois. At around the 5 min mark, he > works WB5CIT in Boerne TX from about 9,000 ft. > > https://youtu.be/srzKnZ1cNaE?si=TVyhAD55jHGnvZcY > > > > Plenty more videos to check out. > > > > 73 and have fun > > Chris/ac5cm > > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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