Thanks for sharing your operating practices! I specially like the way you set up wsjt x

Chris, A great description of your peripheral construction. I admire the owner-operator stations. Good work. Kurt W6PH

Incredible. Shame about the cost! Phew.... OMG the operator who donated all of his equipment into a sandy salty electronics hell ! How did he control his anxiety? It's like taking DJ equipment and laptops to Burning Man.....

What an amazing trip. Truly a once in a lifetime experience! KD8MVW

Great summary! Those artifacts and wildlife at the end are quite amazing. 73

Heartbreaking. Thank you for producing this video, Dave. I'm now in the process of replacing fire extinguishers and power strips throughout my home and shack after watching this vid.

I tend to ignore (CQ-None) those stations who start with signal report - ignoring sending their grid square. I routinely operate portable, no internet access usually, so I can't (don't want to) rely on a Internet connection to "complete" a QSO. After all, if your station DEPENDS on Internet why not just eliminate the radio part altogether?

Thanks Grant! - KJ7E

This is great. Not feasible for mere mortals with limited funds like me though.

Very useful information for a new to RTTY operator. Thanks 🙏

It's possible to detailed the better the antenna switches devices, interfaces software ? thanks 73's / ct1bsd

Tnx. 73, Berkin - TA3J

Thanks for the nod, Jay! I hope you continue to enjoy and improve at contesting. Perhaps you'd like to come operate with us in Louisiana? 73, W5WZ

Great tips! Thanks for sharing! 73, Tom VA2NW

Mel, tnx for the great idea!

I made several adapters. Power pole-XT-60, stock T plug tx comes with- power pole, 5150 barrel- power pole.... Everytime I come across a connector I make 2/3 different adapters for it and throw it in the bag.

I do not see anywhere that it says how much it costs to join the CW OPS academy. I see where to become a member, IF you already know 25 WPM... but I want to learn CW. any help will be greatly appreciated. NS9T

So if you have never got the Rig Setup to properly function how are you able to transmit? Seems you went through that section pretty fast. I noticed you kind of sped through the com port setup.

I just downloaded the manual for N1MM+ and printed it up… All 757 pages, now that’s serious documentation!

You connected it incorrectly. A choke should be in series with the transmission line. Read K9YC’s choke cookbook for the correct way to add a choke. Liquid electrical tape will insulate the cores, but you want them to dissipate heat. A common mode choke attenuating rain…where did you come up with that theory?

Great video! de W2CSI

Thank you for making this video very easy and informative.

Great stuff, tnx for sharing 73 🎙Ira

Amazing!

How about the guys with 100x100ft garden 😀, which I would have thought are majority of operators. Congratulations on your station.

This really needs to talk about more and shown to a lot more hams. Very Important info.

Wow! Just wow. That's an awesome station. 73, VO1MX

You have a beautiful home! In the shack, what I like best is the radio station control board. (desk) 5:12 - Did you purchase that from a radio station?

Fantastic presentation Rob, thanks!

Windows Process Explore Link is still good

Another drive I've now come across is 'Cypress' and its 'advanced' tab is different from the FTDI one. It has buffer size selections and no option to enable or disable legacy enumerator. Edgeport has the same advance tab as Cypress.

Just got one. Ham radio is one of the applications I was looking for. Thank you. KE0RKP

radio moscow would play Kenney Ball's tune midnight in moscow. I also loved radio south africa their theme music was nice. back in the old days short wave was great. not much left. 9455khz radio miami international is good. I still have my montgomery wards shortwave/bc receiver. still works.

Thanks for posting this! I’m wanting to add 160m capability here, will likely have to go with a Beverage on the Ground. Will need a second radio as well.

This was truly fascinating, thanks! It was posted almost 2 years ago, so I'm wondering if there have been any further development? I notice that Array Solutions no longer carries the Shared Apex antenna. But whether it's that one or the experimental new one demonstrated at the end of the video, I would love to get some more information on these. I happen to have a healthy amount of land in the mountains, a super quiet environment, and no neighbours, so I'd love to experiment and see what I might cook up here. Cheers!

Thanks Mel! Another excellent program.

Bob, this is pretty much what I have planned for my 160m inverted L. I currently have a 6BTV over 32 ten-meter radials fed by buried coax. I’m going to use a switch and a short length of coax to run to the base of a 5/16 λ wire with a 15m vertical run (the best I can do) and place an otherwise unused MFJ-901B T network antenna matcher in a weatherproof enclosure at the inverted L’s feedpoint. I’m hoping to use the existing radials and run it on not just 160m, but 80m as well. Avoiding the 1/2 λ on 80m will hopefully get the impedance on that band down to something manageable for the matcher. I’m pretty sure it’ll play on 160 just fine. It’s still 20°F and snowy here in Alaska, so there’s plenty of time to ruminate further! 73 DE KL7JBB

Thnx so much - well done WC9D

Great info I have not heard elsewhere. Thank you.

Thanks, just a question why did you choose WS7I? How do you decide which to connect to?

And phone ops, DO NOT just throw your suffix out...when I am V26B, I'll ignore you

Listen, listen, and listen some more QSX/UP!!!! de AA3R

HF receive antennas is a real interest for me. Thank you for this.

What an effort, congrats and thanks for the 30m CW QSO. 73's de Patrick OT5Q

My old callsign. Glad to see it being used so effectively! de K0IN/x-N5NW, x-W8MU, x-KM7W

Fantastic presentation, Chris. I enjoy contesting albeit with wires and low power, but I picked up a number of things would certainly help in the future. de KA9EKJ

wow my dream station congratulations. 73 from kb2uew

thanks, fantastic explanation 73 from kb2uew

All killer no filler as usual Christopher 👌

I have done my fair share of DxEpeditions and contesting, i agree some european stations are as well as some stateside ops are the worst for not listening or not wanting to listen to the DX, the best most respectfull operators without doubt are the Japanese, in a pileup they are a pleasure to work. Nice stepup you have by the way !