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Amateur radio on hf. My radio shack.

Telford & District Amateur Radio Society GB8MD quote simon M3SET. It had been a weekend of difficulties and frustration, yet was also full of excitement and …

May 18, 2014/26 Comments/by

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CT1JRZ says:
May 18, 2014 at 8:31 PM

Enjoy very much de video. Great job. 73 from Portugal CT1JRZ
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teamfab says:
May 18, 2014 at 7:32 PM

Terrible video, far far too DARK………….
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Balthasorus says:
May 18, 2014 at 7:01 PM

Im 12 and i was licensed 2 years ago.
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CBRADIOLOVER says:
May 18, 2014 at 6:36 PM

cb is beter than ham, anybody can do ham it takes a pro to do cb
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Cliff Fox says:
May 18, 2014 at 5:47 PM

The Yaesu Ft-1000 Mark V Field is one of the most popular rigs and has
superb audio. I, myself, cannot afford one.I run a Kenwood TS-570D and it
is an excellent HF radio that is much more affordable and also has superb
audio and Digital Signal Processing tha really helps on the receive. 73 de
KU4GW Cliff
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zachissa77 says:
May 18, 2014 at 5:46 PM

Porta rispetto per chi parla con esperienza anche sugli 11 metri,io darei
la licenza non solo chi dimostra di superare l’esame ma anche per gli anni
di esperienza di radio,ci sono radioamatori che prendono la licenza solo
perche sono diplomati e non sanno niente di radio e questo non è giusto.
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WA5MUF says:
May 18, 2014 at 5:23 PM

Very good! _ _ . . . . . . _ _ WA5MUF
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newtownards1 says:
May 18, 2014 at 4:23 PM

hi,i have the same radio yaesu ft107m,green front great radio,so hope to
get on the air with it very soon,best regards from william,n.ireland
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rsb.obx says:
May 18, 2014 at 3:51 PM

they don’t… it’s 11 meter :[
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KC0TCH says:
May 18, 2014 at 2:58 PM

cobra??? i didnt know cobra made ham rigs.
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WZ4KIM says:
May 18, 2014 at 1:59 PM

Excellent job on this video! Great demo video for people interested in
Amateur Radio! 73 de WZ4KIM.
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KC0TCH says:
May 18, 2014 at 1:03 PM

sexy webcams have nothing to do with ham radio. it is also illegal to send
sexy webcam crap over the airwaves
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thunderballs1971 says:
May 18, 2014 at 12:47 PM

I am just beginning. Is 40 meters popular for DX? 73 KC9KZT
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2627mhz says:
May 18, 2014 at 12:05 PM

Dang nice rig.
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adeshization Adesh Manhar Ramkissoon says:
May 18, 2014 at 11:38 AM

i luv radio shack
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NubsWithGuns says:
May 18, 2014 at 11:10 AM

are you that retarded you dont realize they hook up the same way
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Radioham2e0 says:
May 18, 2014 at 10:35 AM

Thanks for the comments :), and many thanks KC0TCH.
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evans128 says:
May 18, 2014 at 10:27 AM

I thought only sommerkamp made variants with pale coloured front
panels,seems a nice radio to operate,I just passed my foundation
license,eventually I want to get onto hf.
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rsb.obx says:
May 18, 2014 at 10:13 AM

I’m tired of my cobra 2000….i wanna step it up a bit 🙂
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CBRADIOLOVER says:
May 18, 2014 at 9:51 AM

5 miles away? wow son, any time a channel 6’er wants to be heard they can
fire up the 10K watt motor maul an be heard anywhere on the fuckin planet,
do yore homework
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2E0JKD says:
May 18, 2014 at 9:08 AM

GOOD TO SEE A 2E0 9like me) as mad on ham radio as i am..well done m8.vy
good vid.
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KC0TCH says:
May 18, 2014 at 9:03 AM

I am most proud of my DX contact with the Canary Islands.
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KC0TCH says:
May 18, 2014 at 8:55 AM

ooops another typo i meant 857 rather than 957
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toobroke2fight says:
May 18, 2014 at 7:58 AM

Dude, Your an ass…..you have the toys i want! that sucks! I tried to
become legal last summer, but they stoped the testing for the fire season!
I get 95% or better on all the tests online, and i have a mobile
Superstar(think) 10 meter radio thats been adapted to the CB channels and
the very top of 10 Meters. I want to convert it back, but the x-tra power
in the mountains with loggers using CB i could get out of trouble fast! Its
on a 10F steel whip. Works good, but i legally cant TX just RX
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NELLOARA says:
May 18, 2014 at 7:54 AM

107 yaesu mostro bianco sempre una grande ricezione. 73 de iz8eez
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G0IFI says:
May 18, 2014 at 7:25 AM

There’s nothing quite like the glow of radios in a semi-dark shack.
Valve/tube gear is even nicer.
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Rigs / Antennas / Etc.:

Here’s a list of my very modest station at Kilo Three Triple R with links to pages with more information about many of the items (coming soon!):

Home Station: Icom 9700 for Satellites and D-Star and VHF/UHF. Icom 7300 for all things HF including mostly FT8! Icom 705 for HF, DSTAR, portable and mobile operations.
Antennas on HF: 135′ EFHW antenna – 80m through 10m at 40′. 65′ EFHW antenna – 40m through 10m at 35′. 6m dipole at 17’made from leftover BuddiPole parts
VHF / UHF / Beyond: Diamond D-130 Discone antenna with 25-1300 MHz coverage at 20′.
Satellite Antenna Array: AMSAT LEO Pack 16 element 436 MHz 436CP16 and 8 element 144 MHz 2MCP8A with AZ / EL Yaesu G-5500 computerized rotator with Fox Delta ST-2 controller.
Antenna for Portable Satellite: Handheld Elk 2M/440L5 Dual-band Log Periodic antenna (used with ICOM 705, Kenwood TH-D74a or BaoFeng UV-5R.)
Mobile Station: For HF, my Icom 705 has shared custody between my Subaru Forster SUV and my home shack. This gives me all mode / all bands 160m – 70cm mobile rig as needed that includes D-STAR, touch screen and waterfall. HF antenna is a 40-10m Wolf River Coils Silver Bullet Mini with a Diamond dual-band antenna for VHF/UHF. I also use my Kenwood TH-D74a which does surprising well as a mobile radio using the same Diamond dual band antenna – with the added benefit of also having DSTAR and APRS. Likewise, I use my Anytone 878 UV Plus DMR radio. The mobile setup also includes a dedicated mobile openSPOT3 hotspot for DMR that allows transcoded operations for any of the three radios – I am usually on the AMSAT, WW 91 or Nationwide talkgroups on DMR and for D-STAR where I usually hang out on 30C or 1C.
HT: Kenwood TH-D74a added to the shack for 144, 220 and 440 amateur bands D-Star, broadband receive, etc. / Anytone 878 UV Plus radio and a BaoFeng UV-5R (3 of them with 2 in the Faraday Cage.) 136-174/400-480 MHz Dual-Band – BaoFeng is mostly for monitoring and throwaway high-risk operations.
Other: Dual LDG Z-11 Pro II Autotuner for both home QTH EFHWs – And Elecraft T-1 for portable operations with my ICOM 705. I am also the happy owner of the amazing Joplin Amateur Radio Club Antenna Launcher.
SDRs: SDRplay RSP2 and Three NooElec RTL2832U USB Sticks – used with the wideband Diamond discone antenna.
Computers: Main Computer: Homebrew Eight Core, 16 Thread i9-11900 @ 5.3GHz / 64 GB RAM — Ham Radio Computer: Six Core, 12 Thread i7-8700 @ 3.7GHz / 48 GB RAM— Triple monitors: Main 65″ LG 4K HDTV with dual 43″ 4K Sceptre HDTV – Apple iPad Pro.
Software: Windows 10 x64 / PstRotator for Sat Tracking, Rotator control and rig control / Ham Radio Deluxe / Digital Master 780 / HRD Logbook / WSJT-X for FT8 with JTAlert / UZ7HO Soundmodem Software Packet-Radio TNC, etc. / UISS for ISS and APRS contacts / etc. etc. etc.

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Everything! Including my Wonderful Wife Jan (absolutely my #1 favorite way to spend my time), digital photography, mountain hiking, sailing, biking, scuba diving, computers, writing, helping startup companies start and stay started and, of course, for fifty-nine years, ham radio!

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WA4YFH – General
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AA5FR – Extra

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