The End of the Beginning…

Thank You Very Much for listening to the Ham Radio 360 Podcast.

In this real quick, last episode, I take the opportunity to ‘say’ good-bye.

I appreciate the opportunity to have served you and the Amateur Radio Community over these last few years.

73 Y’all

Caleb (Cale) Nelson/K4CDN

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,

Cale Nelson/K4CDN

73 Y’all

[00:00:00] The following is a presentation of the Six Arrows Radio Network.

[00:00:09] Welcome to the Ham Radio 360 Podcast with your host K4CDN, K4CDN, Kale Nelson.

[00:00:20] All right hello and welcome in the Ham Radio 360 Podcast again, this is it. I don't plan to release any more amateur radio podcasts unless it just gets stirred up about something, I guess. If you're curious about what's going on with me, I encourage you to visit 6arn.com.

[00:01:41] There's links to the website as well for that, but it did. So thank you for contributing to that point. I want to remind you

[00:03:02] that George and Jeremy are continuing the Workbench podcast as well as John is continuing to instant message, whatever. Am I okay? Is my family okay? Everything is so much better than it's been in years and this particular part of my life, this hand radio 360 thing has gotten to a point where it's just it don't fit the plan anymore. So that's why I'm cutting it loose. It's nothing personal. There's

[00:04:22] nothing going on. My wife and I are happy listener along with me. So there's 99 shows that you can go back and listen to. I want to encourage you to do that because it may be something you don't even know about in the hobby that we've

[00:05:40] talked about that will maybe inspire you to try that or maybe even encourage you

[00:05:45] to pick up that opportunity. So a lot are all there. That's current as of today. If things change between now and whenever, I may not be aware of that. I'm not looking to babysit any of this, but I do want to make it available to you who's out there looking to learn more and contribute to the amateur radio hobby. So again, thank you guys so much. It's been a lot of fun. For more information, visit 6arn.com,