I am not sure I agree with you. Small independent developers and a really well functioning app. This takes a lot of hours of development, and the sales are not as great as the more general app. They still need to get a return of investment on this. That being said it is really expensive. Thanks for commenting though, love your channel!
It’s my second year of using this. I usually run it on the iPad. This past weekend I activated six parks with it. It occasionally loses the connection, but a quick reboot gets it going again. VO1OK
I love seeing the adventures of simplifying and miniaturizing radio and digital operations. Doing this can make a setup so much easier to pack and go, wherever you're going or traveling. 👍🍺Tom - WA7FLY
Absolutely. And since we are having The European Ham Radio Show meetup camping trip this weekend I have an alternate motive for exploring this. Being off grid for 48 hours makes you focus harder on power consumption.
Would love to see a part two that gets a little more granular. I just got a 705 a couple of weeks ago and primarily operate portable, having the ability to easily run FT8 in the field to help activate a tough summit (or whatever) might be the perfect plan B.
Not the same app, but according to the University of RU-vid you can do the same with FT8CN, and guess what, I am going to try that out. Not sure if I will make a video on it though, as it would be very similar to a couple of other videos.
Thank you very much Morten for this video! I'm HB9ZHK, the author of iFTx. I very much appreciate your comments on the app as this will help me to improve it and make it more practical, particularly for mobile use. That said, I would like to point out that there are simpler ways to connect your phone to your radio, a very sleek solution for just a few bucks is demonstrated by Mark, KD7DTS in his video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TV_YUEA8z7Y.html Thanks again for your video and keep up the good work! 73, HB9ZHK
jeg har en icom ic 705 + rm 150 watt forsterker og det er en knall bra radio og har kjørt ca13400 kontakter på ft8 men på vanlig pc ThinkCentre 😊 LA2VLA
Great Video .. Bands have been pretty dismal even from here in the use.. especially 10M .. Loved that FT8 song .. is that available to download.. saw it was AI generated ;D 73
They're now selling a 2-pack on Amazon US for $30. You do need to get a cable, and from what I've heard, the Baofeng cable doesn't work well with this radio ... Or with Baofengs, for that matter. Even if you buy the cable, you get 2 radios for $42.
If the limiting components are the dummy load resistors, just increasing their wattage should increase power capacity, but the caps they use are also low voltage which can be subject to very high voltage depending on the antenna load. An interesting alternative would be to use a nanoVNA instead of the “Tune” switch so you could know why the antenna is out of tune and tune it using very low power.
I haven't been out doing any QRP activations lately , but I got out yesterday , beautiful sunny day, 27c , not much humidity , nice sea breeze , since I was only 75m from shore, tried out a new antenna, the Gabil 735. It was a great activation , only 20 in the log and the guys cutting the grass went else where in the park so I could finish up.. lol
Hello Morten, 29 C. Awe man. You need to come to my neck of the woods in Kentucky, USA and do a POTA activation when it is 32C with a heat index of 39C. That will get you goose cooking. Thanks for sharing this video. 73 Jim N4JAW "Ham on a Bike"
I have spent a couple of summers in the US Midwest and South. It’s a bit hotter than here, but not that much anymore. And I will take you up on your offer the next time I am in Kentucky:)
@@LB0FI Release this song as a separate video on you channel :) It is a catchy tune with sarcastic lyrics. I think it will get many views from hams and few dislikes from ppl with no humor :D And it will end up in many playlists...
I exchanged the 1K resistor and diode positions on the circuit board and added a .1 ufd capacitor from the diode's cathode to the bottom of the sense toroid and mine works a lot better now. Without the cap, the LED is seeing RF. With the cap, the LED is seeing DC, much better.
A 'tuner' does not 'tune' your antenna. It will simply match the cable-end+antenna (whatever impedance this may be) to 50 ohms for your rig. You will see a good SWR on the rig. Depending on your setup, heavy losses may occure due to mismatch in the feeder cable between tuner and antenna - so only a fraction of your power will go to the feed-point of your antenna.
This is likely a knock off of the original Emtech ZM - 2 QRP Tuners ! Which work flawlessly ! First tune for maximum receiver noise, then switch to Tune, key the transmitter, and I've found if it is possible, to use both hands simultaneously, then adjust the variable Caps, while watching the L.E.D. ! Once it goes dark, you're good to go ! As stated in the video, if the L.E.D. refuses to dim, then switch the fixed capacitance into the circuit, and tune as before ! Tuning for maximum noise will actually get you very close to the lowest SWR ! EASY PEASY ! Caveat Emptor ! Obviously, if these are knock offs, it's hard to tell what you'll get ! 👍😉
I have a (Brand New, in the box) Icom 706, mark 1. It was handed down to me from my favorite Uncle (whom got me into ham radio!). I have not even got it set up yet, because I don't have any HF antennas up yet. I already have a Digirig mobile, I use it on an HT radio for my portable Echolink station.
@@LB0FI A New ham, I am not! I have been a technichian for 30 years. I just never got into to HF because I am still having fun with VHF, UHF & Digital modes! But have since wanted to expand my education a bit.
As far as performance is concerned I vote for the horizontal dipole for a couple reasons: First it almost always will have more gain than a vertical. Around 5 to 8 dB unless it’s very low. Second it has a broad pattern off the sides. So you get good gain off the sides. There is a reduction in gain off the ends, so you may want to point the ends in your least desired direction, but only if the dipole is high. More than one dipole can be connected in parallel for more than one band. Longer than a halfwave and you start getting more nulls and it takes very long wired to develop and significantly gain and only then it’s in narrow lobes. Just my 2 cents worth from 60 years on the air.
Thanks for your input. I agree with your arguments to a certain degree, but I believe that a multi band antenna is better for a new ham, simply because the new ham does not have an idea of what the bands are like.
@@LB0FI you are right but sometimes it helps to start simple on one band and learn it then move to another. 40 and 20 are the ones I recommend to most of my radio students. I have helped several new hams build 40, 20 and 10 meter dipoles on one feedline. Usually they get 15 as a bonus. It can be sloping, inverted V, or “flat top”. Keep up the good videos!
I enjoy watching your videos. The telescoping whip is one of my favorite antennas for portable. I spent time tuning mine, and used a sharpie to mark each band, and a small piece of tape on my radials at various lengths for the different bands. If you do this, most times just putting it at your marks will get you in very usable range without an analyzer.
