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CW POTA at US 2032 with the FX-4CR 

Evan Thorson K2EJT
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I'm back at K-2032.......er........US-2032 (that's going to take some getting used to) for another Parks On The Air CW activation. I'm using the FX-4CR with a fresh firmware update, paired with the BaMaTech TP-III and Wolf River Coils 213" whip. The whip is on my Gabil tripod, and I'm attempting to use Faraday cloth in the field for the first time. I've had VERY bad success with the Faraday cloth to this point, so this is the first activation I used with it. All in all, it worked rather well. The only real issue I had was the wind, which decided mid activation that my antenna needed to be on the ground and not in the air. Aside from that, it was a quick and successful activation. Thanks for watching and 73!
Evan
K2EJT
www.buymeacoffee.com/K2EJT

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24 апр 2024

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Комментарии : 27   
@IanNA4A
@IanNA4A 2 месяца назад
Nice video Evan.
@MikeFikes
@MikeFikes 3 месяца назад
Thanks Evan. Appreciate these videos!
@EvanK2EJT
@EvanK2EJT 3 месяца назад
Absolutely! My pleasure
@o2bnov0307
@o2bnov0307 3 месяца назад
I enjoyed this activation. Thank you for sharing these.
@EvanK2EJT
@EvanK2EJT 3 месяца назад
Absolutely! You're welcome
@jessgypin-ko5ds
@jessgypin-ko5ds 3 месяца назад
Great job on the video. Will help people's code practice
@Frank_K4FMH
@Frank_K4FMH 3 месяца назад
I’ve added some 1 lb hand weights that I can attach to the bottom of each tripod leg…keeps my telescoping verticals up in the air. Cheap solution.
@EvanK2EJT
@EvanK2EJT 3 месяца назад
That's actually a really good idea!
@ve2zdx
@ve2zdx 3 месяца назад
I think elecraft should have invested in building a radio similar to this, instead of the KH1. Listening 😊 73!
@EvanK2EJT
@EvanK2EJT 3 месяца назад
Agreed. I like the KH1......but I don't like the sidetone or the price lol
@Superacerc
@Superacerc 3 месяца назад
Holy smokes that double almost identical callsign threw me off. I was thinking is this one of those short path long path same station echos? I didn't realize it wasn't the same station till you put it up on the screen.
@EvanK2EJT
@EvanK2EJT 3 месяца назад
LOL it threw me for a loop too
@dugbohamradio
@dugbohamradio 3 месяца назад
😂😂😂😂 I have had my MC 750 vertical fall over from the wind too many times . Out West I’m barely lucky to activate sweeping bands from 40-10m in an hour.😂 great audio
@EvanK2EJT
@EvanK2EJT 3 месяца назад
It happens more often than I'd like LOL. I did get a big WRC tripod which helps some, but it'll still blow over with enough wind.
@KD9ZHF
@KD9ZHF 3 месяца назад
@@EvanK2EJT get some easy to deploy guys.
@EvanK2EJT
@EvanK2EJT 3 месяца назад
@@KD9ZHF I can't put anything into the ground or around a tree at that particular park, otherwise I'd have it staked down.
@KD9ZHF
@KD9ZHF 3 месяца назад
@@EvanK2EJT boo.
@johnpfeifer8592
@johnpfeifer8592 3 месяца назад
Nice video Evan. Are you using the 24-3-14 Stable firmware? It seems to work well on CW.
@EvanK2EJT
@EvanK2EJT 3 месяца назад
Yes, and so far it's working well
@w2aew
@w2aew 3 месяца назад
You mentioned a fresh firmware update on your unit. Can you provide a link to the firmware you used?
@EvanK2EJT
@EvanK2EJT 3 месяца назад
bg2fx.com/downloads
@BobGarrett66
@BobGarrett66 3 месяца назад
Any reason you don’t seem to slow down to the speed of the person you’re receiving? I thought that was kind of a standard practice.
@EvanK2EJT
@EvanK2EJT 3 месяца назад
I usually try to. Two things tend to happen that cause me not to. First, it's not easy to change speed on the fly on this radio. If I'm using a radio like the KX2 I just turn the knob and slow down. Can't do that on this radio easily so you have to add Farnsworth. That leads me to point two. I generally don't send with Farnsworth, so when I'm in a groove I may forget to add it. I try, but I don't always remember to.
@MrCowboybud
@MrCowboybud 2 месяца назад
How do you like this radio as far as CW? I have the KX2, KX1 and the IC 705 already, is this radio comparable?
@EvanK2EJT
@EvanK2EJT 2 месяца назад
It's not up to the standards of any of those radios yet. It's not bad, but Yu has some work to do before it's a truly good CW rig. It'll never be as good as the Elecraft radios since it uses relays.
@MrCowboybud
@MrCowboybud 2 месяца назад
Thank you so much for the honest reply.
@EvanK2EJT
@EvanK2EJT 2 месяца назад
@@MrCowboybud No problem at all. Thanks for watching!
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