This reminds me of my late dad , he was an amateur radio lover. I still remember is call sign ZS2PO. Thank you for sharing this and bringing back beautiful memories of my father.
Nice to see this old WW2 receiver and transmitter still working and transmitting and receiving good quality signal. It's nice to see dedicated users of this equipement taking good care or the equipment and keep it working in good condition. Bravo
Precioso el vídeo , nos lleva a esos tiempos de la radio que no conocimos ,y la velocidad de la telegrafía sin necesidad de descodificadores , así da gusto comprender todo el QSO , un saludo de EA1IRO 73
Friend, this was the coolest thing I've seen in a long while! I am inspired to make a kite antenna now. That gear is made of unobtanium here in the states though. You are now my personal hero!
I love a good kite-antenna video. Kevlar-reinforced wire is new to me, I'll never forget, because my dream is HF with a kite antenna on a little rowboat, on a little fresh water lake. (Just me, a rabbi, and an encyclopedia salesman; sorry, that's another joke.) II never thought anyone could get a spontaneous QSO on the longer waves. Only in Europe? Your sending on the straight key sounds machine generated (that's a compliment). WW2 surplus radios look like new, I'm sure they been through the war, and then it took a labor of love to get them all shiny and perfect, again. I see you have another kite video :))
I can't stop watching the videos. I love the old equipment. The video makes me smile a little too. What a difference between portable work today.... and back then. 73 DE YO6DXE.
Awesome vodeo, thanks. Probably would be easier to setup and end fed half wave on a fiberglass telescoping mast. :) Was fascinating to see a kite antenna.
Very nice. It's been 40 years since I did any code copy. I'm so rusty but I still recognize the cadence and form of the letters even if I can't copy them anymore. Very interesting.
Can you imagine being one of the 3 men tasked with carrying and operating a radio intellegence setup like this in the field. You had too be Mules as well as Infantrymen along with Radio operators.
God dag, sir...jeg likte videoen din! Jeg er fra statene og tjenestegjorde i den amerikanske hæren i 10 år som signalsoldat. Jeg tilbrakte to av årene mine i Baumholder, Deutschland. Jeg er fascinert av fungerende radioer fra historiske krigstider. Jeg ville absolutt elsket å få tak i radio som ble brukt i USAs væpnede styrker. Dessverre er de vanskelige å få tak i. Takk for at du delte.
Dear Helge: You are a very brave man; to raise a wire under that stormy sky. You could have been "immortalized" as Benjamin Franklin Thamks for sharing that beautiful equipment. Regards. Edgardo LU1AR
It's good to see this type of gear in use. Your videos are always excellent. Amazing how well preserved your former Wehrmacht radios and transmitters are! I wonder if the antenna wire is light enough to be raised aloft by a drone?
It takes a strong drone due to the weight of the wire length. It would be very limited in useful antenna time as most drones don't have much than 20-35 minutes of flight autonomy from batteries. The kite is a better long term setup, when the wind cooperate , of course.
