New intro music, on the money👌. Kind of mesmerizing watching Don work, I could watch these videos 100 times. Excellent video!

That turned out great.

Great stream 73's de n2akj

Bailin? Ya bailing hay? You are referring to a balanced to unbalanced transformer(toroid). Does anyone speaking English say: "bailanced" to "unbailanced" ? NOPE.

I love this antenna; I purchased it a year ago and it works really well. W1REJ. I have my center mast made from 6x6 PT post and then reduced to 4x4 mounted on top hinged for drop down. The ends are in trees.

Because your club did this work and made videos like this is why I got my Ham radio license. I can hear this tower now.

lol.. you guys couldnt find a non coporative fox... at an inconvient time.

4 years to late. Great video.

H, I do not know the difference in the electrical properties but I would use DiElectric Grease instead of Vaseline on your antenna mating surfaces.

As a previous mountain climber, I did not see a problem with his technique. I have used the same to get a cat out of a tree.

Yes, it's certainly nice to have a bit of fun and having various hams all around the area sending in reports This kind of activity from members of your radio club and other non-members. I wonder if any of you are into chasing SOTA or PORTA parks on the aire I've enjoyed the video and I'll be watching for more 73s G0HDA

Merry Christmas de KE6IVK Smokey 73

Great job Brian !!

He keeps mentioning a gray line, what is it?

What Fun you can have as a ham radio operator.

You could get 2-3 operators at predetermined spots with yagis to triangulate on him. The stationary operators with a simple yagi and give the bearing from thier position would also work. Great training opertunity.

The 2670 is more then capable of turning those cans. I have both the IFR 1200S and the 2670R. I'm not bashing anyone here. I had a learning curve when I got mine too. Get the manual if you don't have it and practice. Thanks for all the videos and it's nice seeing everyone turn out to work at the repeater site. 73 de N9JOD

Mer4y Christmas!!!

Thanks for the summary for the year and all of the neat videos. Merry Christmas.

Thanks guys

Looks like something I would want to do with my truck. Thank you for the information. KQ4ZHM 73.

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Thanks for keeping on producing all the field videos. Started with the repeater site rebuild videos, staying for the biweekly-ish updates

Any chance for more info on the mast and how you secure it to the ground ?

I enjoyed the video. I'm sure you know, now, if you didn't know then, that you could have done better direction finding with the HT by blocking the antenna with your body and rotating around. DFing is a lot of fun. It gets especially interesting when a lot of club members participate. We used small yagis, short antennas, even dummy loads to help find the fox. I love how you got taunted by the fox. It takes a group in places like Atlanta. Some of the foxes knew how to use a yagi to bounce signals off different buildings to get reports from different directions every time he transmits. Usually he is just about tripped over before he is found. Keep up the fun, and keep sharing videos of your fun activities. They are always inspiring.

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do you have a video showing more about how you have that mast secured to the ground ?

Do yourself a favor and put up a real antenna and not that junk you are using. 🙄. I see more “antenna troubles at the repeater site” videos coming up soon. Hams never learn. Always go cheap and pray it works.

Hi - useful report. Mine came without a battery - just wondering if you know a source for the battery and, how is the battery charged - 73`s Steve M0MOG

The food….. I see what I missed… merry Christmas folks

And all had a great time.

Merry Christmas from OZ1IOM Allan in Denmark

Was a great time, dinner was wonderful!

Thank you for such a resource. I have been looking for parts like this.

Merry Christmas!

Looking forward to the uses.

good job Chris

The 85 watts yaesu ft3185rasp . Would be a good radio to get longer range

I have several buddys that talk on a Icom ID-5100 as Their Main VHF/UHF Base & Really Like them as Do I & I Came a Peach fuzz away from Buying a new one last year But i Really Liked The look of the Icom ID-4100A Better & after 6 Months or so of Searching i managed to track down a Used But NIB & so i Bought It & use it Every Day as my Main VHF/UHF Base over my Yaesu Ft-991 That is just Gets Used for HF now Days ! Well Unless/Untill i want to do Wires X ! I Got to Get a Switch Box..lol.

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With that Icom still being their current offering, this feels like a shot across their bow.

Our club we had a lafy paas the extra this morning. K7lko. I bought her breakfast as a great job. And as a joke. I tolde her just a few months ago i was programing her ht as a tech.y baby girls is all grown up. Hahah. Possitive attitudes the new folks.

Excellent vid

Some verry good ideas Chris.

I used to use a razor knife to cut the foam to get a little tighter fit in a similar project.

Is anyone not going to mention he has a BUCKET O PISTOlS. Brugh who keeps there pistols in a 5 gallon bucket?😂

That was a really nice thing you two did to help out another ham. It was really interesting to watch how you were able to build this on a budget. Thanks for producing and sharing your content!

A ham clock would be cool on the 2nd monitor.

Can the batteries be increased to make it last longer and would it be better to wire them in series or parallel?