Wait! Don't Buy This Pocket HF Ham Radio - uSDR Clone!!

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This Pocket uSDR is a clone of the good work of DL2MAN and PE1NNZ. Further is has very inconsistent quality and its difficult to get a good version of this. I consider myself lucky!
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@batica81 Год назад

If unnamed cloners of a "free" hobby project (uSDX) were able to make this, imagine what an actual electronics company could if they cared. I'm pretty sure a decent qrp handheld can be made and be sold for under $200 but if we ever see it, I guess it would be $1200. However the convergence between maker and ham communities is happening, and I'm sure will bring us more interesting stuff. Also, it seems ham radio is becoming very popular in China and that is a good thing too.

@alanwheelock1460 Год назад

Thanks for buying all the cheap stuff and playing with it. Cant wait for your annual Christmas junk stocking stuffer party

@Jody_VE5SAR Год назад

I'll take my $100 and buy the 2023 collector's edition of the ARRL handbook instead... thanks for the heads up! 🙂

@khalstead3 Год назад

Any word on when the 2023 handbook is going to be published? I called them a few weeks ago and they said maybe sometime in late October or November, I thought.

@Jody_VE5SAR Год назад

@@khalstead3 I was able to put my order in last night (there's a link from the ARRL's home page)... and there was no indication it was not in stock... so I'm hoping they're shipping now. I received the downloadable content already.

@primedir Год назад

@@khalstead3 Got mine last week. Looks great.

@khalstead3 Год назад

@@Jody_VE5SAR Awesome! I’ll check out the website.

@khalstead3 Год назад

@@primedir Great! Glad to hear it.

@COASTALWAVESWIRES Год назад

Awesome, now I feel even better about the horrible review I gave this thing on my channel. Thanks for this video. 73, Walt K4OGO

@Blue-Collar-Radio Год назад

A radio like that with good quality control would be awesome!

@nevellgreenough404 Год назад

Interesting development! By the way, the audio quality of the truSDX can be improved somewhat by replacing the plastic ring that mounts the speaker with 2 small screws and nuts (#2-56 or 2mm) through the front panel. The spacing is just about right to pinch the speaker rim in place. This gives the speaker a little bigger baffle to work with. Tnx and 73s, N2GX

@UnderTheBigOak Год назад

I have been waiting a long time for a real hand held HF rig. It's totally possible today. (that radio isn't it, but..) others have commented the same, if a big player in ham gear just saw the opportunity - a hand held HF with all the cool features would be a huge hit.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

The issue is you still need an hf antenna. So you’re not really going to be hand held and effective.

@timmiesloan9850 Год назад

Small size is great. Little to buggy. Maybe someday they'll improve the quality. Thanks for the review

@DonzLockz Год назад

Haha, thats hilarious!😆 It looks like a toy but actually works... sometimes! Hope they get their QC sorted because it would be good if it was reliable?🤷‍♂️

@buzzkillg230rc Год назад

you should play with the TX drive setting and PA Bias min/max too much drive makes your ssb audio sound over deviated.

@dangermandave67 Год назад

What grief are you having with the (tr)uSDX? I've used mine on a couple of SOTA activations and it seems to work OK. Not the most polished piece of kit, but obviously some corners have to be cut to achieve the price and size.

@K0DMT Год назад

Neat little radio. I’m curious about the 2 colors on the screen of the trusdx. Anyone have any info? I bought mine prebuilt and it’s just that blue green color.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Yeah. I bought a two tone screen and swapped it myself. 🤙

@aj2isotadxing Год назад

The question I have is, did you ever make a ssb contact with it successfully?

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

After I aligned it I did. But only one.

@angelscomputers 7 месяцев назад

I like the usdx but my grieve is the no knob to scroll through frequencies and that “clone” has it. Ahhhh. Usdx makes a setting where I can use the volume knob as a vfo knob and I’m sold

@norm_sueb122 Год назад

Thanks for the video!

@Tocsin-Bang 6 месяцев назад

I have a clone which was kind of OK for a month or so then the encoder started playing up, and I had to get a new one. Now I have bought an authorised kit from one of the approved suppliers. The quality is brilliant, I started assembly this morning, but I'm taking it very slowly, I reckon about a wee|!

@tjbjr02 Год назад

Thanks for the video. I’m more interested in that mini straight key. Where did you find that?

@thibeault Год назад

Looks like a CW Morse Nano QRP key.

@tjbjr02 Год назад

@@thibeault Thanks. I'm going to check that out

@gvii Год назад

I'll give them credit for the speaker if not much else. I wish the speaker on my PortaPack was that loud, and I put a decent speaker in there, lol. But I guess if they got the crap worked out, it wouldn't be so bad. But that QC is something else. Ooof...

@danlazer8762 Год назад

As quirky as it is I went ahead and ordered one. I dig small CW rigs and with some tweaking I think this little thing might be fun to play with. We'll see when it arrives in a month.

@conchd Год назад

How did it work for you?

@gallonsofhairspray5451 Год назад

That’s rad anyway! Thanks for the vid

@haramanggapuja Год назад

Josh, I bought one of those & discovered that the speaker magnet locked the band switch relays. Take te speaker out, it worked fine. Speaker in, band switching locked/latched wrong. Then there was that tuning knob/switch thingie. Messing with it, I eventually bricked the little dude. Might have been fun but for the poor design choices. So yeah: WoM (waste of money). 73 de W8IJN

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

That is wild. Thanks for the tip!