Portable, Mobile Ham Radio and shortwave inspired videos.
Hopfullly this channel will show you can listen and make contacts with simple antennas and simple transceivers generally with low power no matter what location! Every ham can get into the fun!
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I am not into HAM radio but CB radio. 1200MHZ? I did not know that was possible? I thought you were sending 1 watts to 10 watts. How much is the distance between you and the station you are talking? On what kind of antenna do you work? Many question that I would like to know!
Can't that radio do reverse, with a simple button push, so you could check the input without all those shenanigans ? Or even Direct entry from the Microphone ?
@@sleeve8651 Very true. I just recently picked up the radio and to be honest I programmed the only repeater in the area and the simplex call. Would have to open the manual and like I said it was an impromptu qso luckily I figured out the scan on the GO.
First , nice resto on that Kenwood! And your response is exactly why I do my videos so thanks for watching and dropping a comment but more importantly for keeping a vintage Radio on the the air and for you getting on the air on the 1.2ghz Band. 73
Very cool to see. I just did 23cm and 33cm for the first time in the June VHF contest with Alinco HTs a ham loaned me. It was fun and I hope to see more activity on those bands.
@@MikeN2MAK Great video on the VHF Contest including the 23cm simplex, as I am still in search of that elusive simplex contact on 23cm. I'll keep you posted! Thanks for watching Mike and 73.
Not easy, I know. I'm lucky to have a repeater nearby. May I suggest setting up schedule with a buddy after you convince them to give it a go then hopefully s third, and so on. I searched the used gear for some time for that dual bander so it takes a long term plan. Thanks for watching and 73.
How's 1.2ghz activity by you? What bands, transceivers, and antennas do you use? Comment below and help us stir up activity on these underutilized bands. Check the description for additional content and don't forget to like and subscribe. 73
with the original miracle whip antenna or the wonder wand whip antenna there are lots of videos where operators make contacts between 1500 to 3000km on 20m 17m or even 10m but with this kind of antenna if you don't receive a station at minimum signal S5 it's not even worth hoping to be heard
Very true. I just ordered a new similar QRP antenna so I will be testing that antenna out at some point and after that I will post some videos on it. Thanks for watching and 73.
I set up in my backyard with my IC-718 (at 50 watts), a battery, a solar panel, and my home brew 20 meter vertical. I did ok; I logged 32 contacts just operating sporadically Saturday evening and Sunday morning. There was a lot of QRM during the daylight hours, but was better when the sun went down. I did have a non-field day QSO with VK2CPT in Australia! He gave me a 5-8! Don / W5DON
Great set up. I am also a fan of the 718. Simple transceiver for a FD set up. Great results as well and I agree with you on the band conditions. A buddy of mine netted over a 100 qso on 40m on the overnight. Thanks for watching and 73.
I have the 3.0 and if memory serves you have to enable the service menu first. Press and hold the PTT and the button right below it with the one dot and while still holding turn on radio. Go to menu 68 TXP En and turn on. See if that works.
Both You and I want to use them on 2M.SSB. If you follow the channel especially the VHF Contest videos you'll see I'm on 2 ssb. My plan is to test these radios out portable and maybe even hook them up to bigger antennas and see what we can do with them. It's one of the main reasons I picked this radio up and did the firmware upgrade. I'll definitely do something and report back. 73
How was field day by you? Give us the stats, where'd you operate and what class? Eq and band reports? Check the description for additional content. Like and subscribe for more! 73
Yes it was. There may have been a quick break for a pit stop for a nice milk shake to cool us down for working the upcoming pile up. Ok maybe there wasn't a pile up but the shake was still tasty 😂 73. Thanks for watching
How Summer E skip and tropospheric Ducting by you on the VHF bands? Any good contacts? Comment below. Also check the description for additional content. Don't forget to like and subscribe. 73
Great googely moogely. I'm trying to like this radio. I like the size and weight (I intend to use it as a manpack unit for the SAR team) i love the display being on the mic and the 3 freq stand by (triple watch?). The programming on the fly (like we do in the go) is a real pita though. Thanks for this great tutorial! I was pulling my hair out!
Glad to help out. I am a big proponent of being able to program "on the go" lol hence the name of the channel. All kidding aside it's an ARES requirement. Good look with the SAR Application with the radio. Stay safe out there and 73.
Thank you so much. I was about to give up and return this radio because I couldn't program the offset and have it work in Channel mode. I have never had to program a radio this way but it is working fine now.
How is the VHF activity by you? What modes reign Supreme at your QTH? Let us know and comment below. Check the description for additional content and don't forget to like and subscribe. 73
Great question and you can see it on the video, but spoiler alert! It's the 1.2ghz Band which is 1200 mhz. After that you cross the border into the microwave bands. Passport anyone? Thanks for watching. 73
Good question. This one is not. Lots of Ham radios come with "out of band" for listening. Air Band, commercial shortwave etc. You don't need a license to listen. Thanks for the question and 73.
I worked Field Day 1B QRP in 2023. I made 200 QSOs. You need to dump the hamsticks they are not efficient especially with no radials. A vertical with a good set of Radials - 10-16 will do the trick. Full sized dipole would be OK too. I used a Rybakov antenna for FD. 80% CW, 20% phone in my case.
What's the best & distant (may not be the same) shortwave station you've pulled in on your radio? Comment below. Check the description for additional content and don't forget to like and subscribe. 73
@@Veslanjejezivot Yes. Only difference that I know of on the new 75 is usb-c charging, the addition of the digipeater function and if memory serves the BT. Thanks for the comment. 73
It's 10 meter FM which has the potential for DX! Clear sounding FM with DX! I've posted some videos showing this phenomenon, check it out! Thanks for watching. 73
A lot of hams downplay the Technician license but if you know how to take advantage of it you can have lots of fun on different bands and in different modes.
I posted the links on one of my first UV-K5 videos. It's the one "Kenwood D74/75 vs Quansheng UV-K5 " in the description. Hope that gets you in the right direction. 73
Do you program your transceivers on the face? At home or on the GO? Or are you a strictly PC kind of programmer? Comment below and check the description for additional content. Don't forget to like and subscribe. 73
ARES is spot on. It's important and hence why I promote manually programming. I've heard plenty of times "sorry I don't have that repeater in memory and I don't "often" program this radio on the fly".
The tuning device is just like a regular tuner. The key to success is switch the dial and stop when you hear the noise floor rise on your frequency. Then check swr and fine tune by retracting or extract the whip antenna. Takes time and patience. Hope that gets you started. 73
With that antenna I have yet to make a QSO. It RX very well. It seems to me a give and take on the counterpoise length. I had similar results on the MFJ 1899T some years back before I began posting videos . Sorry if I can't help you further. 73
