[NRV Rocketry] Recommended YouTube videos for those of you who are also interested in ham radio and electronics

[Charles Albright]

Just in case any of you are like me and have a double hobby of rocketry and electronics, I want to recommend some 
excellent electronics video bloggers on YouTube. There are three that top my list of favorites: w2aew, EEVblog, and 
TheSignalPathBlog.

w2aew

Presented by Alan Wolke, call sign W2AEW. These are tutorials on basic electronics and ham radio subjects that are well 
organized, well delivered presentations, easy to understand. Enter "w2aew" into the search window and take your choice 
among many interesting videos. Here is a good example about analyzing and measuring common emitter transistor amplifier 
performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NizrzRKQqII

EEVblog

This is the sometimes infamous Dave Jones in Australia. He is quite knowledgeable and definitely says what he thinks, 
pulling no punches as he reviews test equipment, conducts equipment teardowns, and presents electronics tutorials. If a 
piece of equipment is poorly designed or doesn't work properly, he will say so in no uncertain terms. His manner can 
take some getting used to, but he is always entertaining and very informative. His video titles begin with the string 
"EEVblog #" so you can search on that. They start with EEVblog #1 (about 4 years ago) and as of today range up to 
EEVblog #512. Here is a good tutorial example - EEVblog #486 - Does Current Flow Through a Capacitor? (it's a deeper 
subject than it first appears):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppWBwZS4e7A

TheSignalPathBlog

Presented by Shariar Shahramian, a young PhD Electrical Engineer employed at Bell Labs. He is easy to understand and 
very interesting to listen to. Search on "TheSignalPathBlog". There are videos of test equipment reviews, equipment 
teardowns and repairs, and electronics tutorials. His manner is more serious (but friendly) and professional than that 
of Dave Jones at EEVblog. I find his repair videos extremely educational, where he purposely buys broken test equipment 
on eBay and then demonstrates how he repairs it. What I find fascinating is hearing his thought process as he analyzes 
the fault(s) and then uses his vast array of test equipment (his lab is unbelievable) to pinpoint the problem and verify 
a successful fix. Here is a very good example of a combination teardown/tutorial/repair for a malfunctioning Agilent 
synthesized signal generator:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YicXUy_khgk

Take a look at some of these videos. If you have an interest in electronics, I think you'll enjoy them.

Charley, W4AAR