2-10-18

Friends,

In 2011 I achieved a nearly lifelong goal; I became an Amateur Radio Operator.

In 2014 I began, as a means to scratch an itch, an Amateur Radio Podcast.

The podcast, then named ‘Fo Time’ was never supposed to succeed. I had no intention of releasing any more than 5 to 10 programs. Almost 4 years later, 90+ shows, and over a 3/4 million downloads, I’m still wondering how I got here.

Through that time, I was a small part of promoting the Amateur Radio Hobby via the medium of podcasting. What began as an experiment soon became a platform for a New Ham Operator to learn the ropes. Along the journey I was blessed with the opportunity to connect with and learn from some of the most brilliant and entertaining people on the planet.

I have been continually astounded by my listening audience and their contribution to the efforts of what became the Ham Radio 360 Podcast and brand. Not only was I afforded the opportunity to learn from the best, I was able to share in those experiences with many others as the brand’s influence grew. Additionally the platform allowed other programs to be birthed for the good of the hobby that will continue to educate and entertain the masses.

However, I began to realize just how much of me it took to produce quality content and maintain the brand. In October of 2017 I took a break from my regular show production with a promise to return in 2018. I upheld that promise but soon realized that the continued pressure to perform and create was more than I was willing to maintain anymore.

With that understanding I have decided to discontinue, in it’s entirety, the Ham Radio 360 Podcast. I plan to maintain the HamRadio360.com Website and Podcast Feed of past shows and content as a contribution to the Amateur Radio Hobby.

I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to have served you and the wonderful Amateur Radio Hobby.

Gratefully yours,

SCW

73 Y’all

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I'm just looking to go back in time when things were simple'r.

Thanks for everything y'all contributed, it was a wild ride!

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Brother Ham Cale-

I have not had the time to follow you, as I have been busy as the volunteer Cinematopgher for my Ham Club. I TOTALLY get what you are saying, feel your pain, and have the same misery. I do soup to nuts, operate 2 Cams 2+ independent Aux Audio feeds (arfcommer creedo, *Buy 2*). It has been a wide and wild ride have spent thousands of dollars out of pocket for training, equipment, allocation of real dollar work time. I truly enjoy it for many deep and personal reasons. I will be meeting with incredibly prolific W2AEW soon, as he is a scheduled Presenter at our Club in a few months. I look forward to speaking with *Yoda* and picking his brain, am I. Perhaps I can GROK his wisdom - if I don't, I fear burning out is inevitable. The Ham community will always appreciate the *Givers* like you, LOL, till you become as they say, "Out of sight, out of mind."

73,
w2nz

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Enjoyed listening for the last couple of years you made the treadmill go much easier.  Thanks Cale.

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For the past year, we have had a *Presentation Series*, some of the guest Presenters have been W2TTT on Ham NYC Marathon Coverage & MESH, W3LPL on his Antenna Farm and his yearly Ham BBQ, W2IRT, W2UDT (that one is not up as well as K1RFD which I am still working on), Tom Gallagher, Mike Lisenco, W2NAF of HamSci (back this Friday) on the contribution of Amateurs toward the study of RF Propagation metrics from the 2017 Total Eclipse, Ria Jairam (very popular) and more.

youtube.fairlawnarc.org is the channel. It has been a tremendous learning experience as I had minimal Video Experience, but some very early 16mm Film Editing with my Dad (RIP) - lotsa pain scraping my knees, falling on my face and aggravating my RSD.