Take a look at the Xiegu G90, perfect for home and bushcraft/prepping use
@noozybkkАй бұрын
This is so good. I'm just getting into amateur radio and thinking about getting a license so I am trying to find as much UK content as possible...love the fact you struggled with windows :) I had the same issue when I did some online exams a few years ago. As a lifelong linux user, I had no access to a windows machine.
@weldingwales8225Ай бұрын
Think you very much for taking the time to put this video out. I've learnt more about my options in the last ten mins than I've been able to find elsewhere over months. I live out in the Scottish highlands and my end goal is to be able to operate a 2m repeater from the mountain behind my house. There are no repeaters anywhere even remotely close by. To be honest there's not much of anything close by. A repeater where im planning could service most of Sth and mid Skye and link Westeross and Kyle on the mainland. Good stuff. Thanks 👍
@MirrorstarАй бұрын
That was great. I am just about to sign up for the free course. It has given me a good idea of what to expect. I did once start a correspondence course in 1998 but had to end it halfway through due to redundancy. My wife died recently. So I am getting back into my old hobby's to take my mind off things.
@willstonvelo81002 ай бұрын
Did you send some morse code there hmm
@nigeljackson20692 ай бұрын
Yep watch the video! I was very interested in this hobby and as an aerospace team leader thought I would be a good fit…..I failed only 2 points shy ..gutted, it’s not the technical questions that catch you out it’s the common sense ones and I obviously must not have any…well according to the RSGB exam…. Problem is this is really only about passing an exam and nothing to do with radio… I wonder how many people like me the RSGB loses every year that are potentially good fits to this hobby….but no worries….it did put me off ….feels like I am not good enough to be in the elite club… but that’s rubbish… I have an engineering degree…letters after my name but I am somehow inferior… lol… some marriages are not meant to be…did make me laugh listening to a guy on 2m band saying there was no one on lol …..I walked away , sold the radios and antenna…yes get as much support as you can before you end up losing a hobby ….
@teslar12 ай бұрын
What studying did you do beforehand. I followed Essex ham and their content covers everything likely to be in the exam
@richardjones79845 күн бұрын
If it's like a driving test, luck is a big factor. So just keep taking the test until you pass. With multiple choice they give trick questions and knowing the wanted answer comes from practice. I used to be a teacher and all the kids knew this.
@jasonbrazier28642 ай бұрын
Fantastic video thanks
@APOKOLYPES2 ай бұрын
thank you for sharing this info!
@clivewi91032 ай бұрын
Not a bad video, just one note, 1 Kilowatt is just a little bit more than the 4 watts you can use on the CB Band, if you have the advanced licence, but not mentioned in the video is having access to frequencies below 20 Meters allows world wide communication which is not the case on the CB bands on 11 Meters. Going to a club to take the exam appears to be a lot less fuss than doing it on line. Everything you learn in the foundationis the minimum you need to know to operating an amateur radio.
@johntatman81823 ай бұрын
Indiana knows the horse chestnut as a buckeye we knew they were poisonous I didn't know there was any different not known the sweet Chestnut I learned something chestnuts can roast on an open fire LOL
@Kathleen-Wellner4 ай бұрын
My colloidal silver turned yellow ! Has this happened to anyone else?
@JohnnyDanger36963Ай бұрын
yes.
@Kathleen-WellnerАй бұрын
What does that mean?@@JohnnyDanger36963
@billienomates16064 ай бұрын
Congrats on getting your licence mate.
@billienomates16064 ай бұрын
I found the following KZbin channel of immense assistance when studying for my Foundation licence....Essex Ham Team, as mentioned in this particular video. They have a lot of vids to assist in this endeavour and more, worth a look.
@andrewhondo4 ай бұрын
nice fat wood i find my own all the time good video subbed
@union3104 ай бұрын
Where did you purchase the Nano unit?
@union3104 ай бұрын
My brother taught me how to do this with large leaves, said he learned it in the jungle in Belize, not sure what a Stoker was doing there 🤔
@union3104 ай бұрын
how have you got on with the set up?
@Signedpeach4 ай бұрын
73 pronounced seven three, not seventy threes
@yrath5034Ай бұрын
shut up.
@adamap27965 ай бұрын
Well read 👍
@markgregory39665 ай бұрын
Shouldn't both of your hands be on the brake side of the rope so then at no point your are letting go of the rope, stay safe
@BrandonWendt24 ай бұрын
The short answer is no.
@markgregory3966Ай бұрын
Yes they should wrong answer
@smithers1395 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏 good heads up for the training 73
@petercarter90345 ай бұрын
Thank you for posting
@bill-20186 ай бұрын
Welcome to the hobby. Come on you budding new amateurs, give it a go. I've been on radio since 1974 and took the old C&G Test with only written answers. I'm still doing radio 50 years later. G4GHB.
@breakfastbuddy56 ай бұрын
can you use ac ?
@JohnnyDanger36963Ай бұрын
generally no.
@reflectiveadventures6 ай бұрын
I did this challenge in the summer, wasn’t easy with the cost of living crisis….also ended up cooking with flavoured water like yourself 😂🤦♂️
@allthatsrandom17 ай бұрын
I did mine via essexham. M7FHH
@gtretroworld7 ай бұрын
Good to meet you tonight at the club buddy. Just Subscribed so i won’t loose you again. Neil M3VWN
@Greencloud87 ай бұрын
Does the jar have to have a plastic top
@ShlisaShell7 ай бұрын
Damn, you brought a tear to my eye. Not because of your beautiful fatwood. Brother Bill is so missed.
@tonym7cvk4307 ай бұрын
Nice build chap enjoy the hobby 73 M7CVK Tony
@iloveinfinitecaylus98437 ай бұрын
When i put sd card in my phone it only plays the audio of what i recorded anyone know why its not showing the video?
@CocolinoFan7 ай бұрын
That's bs, I don't want to install Windows....
@Mac-UK7 ай бұрын
I just came across Essex Ham, great source of information. They have nicely put videos on Foundation license. I'll be taking exam within few weeks hopefully. Somehow at nearly 50 I discovered the world of ham radio and for now listening on rtl-sdr and I love it! :) Good luck tou, I already know 73, so till hearing maybe :)
@peterarmitage53577 ай бұрын
If your going to make comments about amateur radio, get your facts first, many don't study radio frequency and principles, most of you can't even build any electronic circuits, why is that!!. Because you only study online exam pass papers, so your actual knowledge is zero, and the trend these days seems to be blocking the frequencies with stupid compitions, cq cq and radio report 5 and 9... 73s.. and thats it... absolutely pathetic, I enjoy listening to the real amateur radio enthusiasm of people who have experience and knowledge of there subject..
@bill-20186 ай бұрын
I partly agree with you, but it's bringing new people in. Very few people build anything, not even simple stuff like SWR meters. I have great respect for those amateurs who built the G2DAF rx and tx. I did the old C&G exam in 1974 where answers had to be written, not answers given in multiple choice like now. Last year I found the paper I did by going online. How did I pass? I love building stuff since before being licenced making 3, 4 and 5 valve receivers and started aged 14 with a H.A.C. one valve kit that got me interested. My best project has been my 4 Watt ssb/cw tcvr now adding 60m so putting it into a larger cabinet and proper h.f. 6 Watt mosfet's for better efficiency at the higher frequencies. I'll run them at 5 Watts. Maybe try adding 70 MHz and possibly 144 MHz. 472 kHz and 136 kHz, who knows? But everything QRP. Lots of stuff made here, resistive type SWR meter, one valve xtal c.w. tx on 7.030 and 5.262 MHz and power supply, 1944 Wireless 19 Set got working, Racal RA17L to repair. I built a Pixie on 5.262 MHz, and a T.W. TopBander repaired. H.f. dipoles and inverted vee and 2 element collinear all h/b. Years ago I made a frequency counter from a kit using Ferranti i.c.'s. I did buy an FT817ND for portable as it's small to get on a motorbike. I remember showing a Pye Bantam which I had converted to 4m to amateurs in the pub and had to repair it first. One amateur who I know had passed the exam with distinction said he wouldn't know where to start. Who on paper would an electronics employer take on? Learning parrot fashion to memory doesn't mean people understand a subject. 73, Bill, G4GHB.
@ciaranmcmanus38408 ай бұрын
Ive read somewhere the test can be taken using a laptop if you download the App or specific software ,
@jeffgrigg9178 ай бұрын
One thing I would be intrested to know, how does the Essex Ham training compare to the exam, may be you could do a talk on that it may help Essex Ham
@jeffgrigg9178 ай бұрын
Congrats on passing your foundation, I am alo walking your foot steps and studying with Essex Ham, thanks for the info on how the test go's hopfuly I will speak to you one day on air 73
@ciaranmcmanus38408 ай бұрын
Can you study online with Essex ham using cellphone
@GrasshopperOutdoors7 ай бұрын
@@ciaranmcmanus3840 Well you certainly can't take the exam on a cell phone and I would suggest that although the internet is accessable via a cell phone you really need the screen area to view the content properly. So I would say, try and borrow a laptop running windows operating system (Or Mac is also supported). If you can't borrow one then maybe your local Amateur Radio Club or even the local Libry can help.
@GrasshopperOutdoors7 ай бұрын
That will be good, at present I am only on VHF and UHF but will be on HF in the near future, possibly with a Xieug G90 or Xieug X6100
@Hiram88668 ай бұрын
Great to hear you are a Linux user. I wonder if Webex would run under Wiine. Otherwise I'd have installed Windows in a VM and run it that way.
@javijee_2 ай бұрын
Webex runs on Linux using java (or it used to do). The other software will need windows. I would not risk the exam using WINE. Running Windows on a VM should be fine.
@prestonakin66188 ай бұрын
Definitely a different approach than what I was taught or have ever used
@BushcraftNFun8 ай бұрын
Hi my friend!! Just popped in to say hi!! Hope you are well. Life has been busy and we havent done a video in awhile. Both me and Rick have big gardens and try to grow as much of our own food, pretty much enough for the whole winter. Its mid December and ive got romaine lettuce started in my living room under lights and just planted some dwarf kale. Ive got a small greenhouse that has allowed me to start some things earlier in the spring. I started my potatoes and cabbage in march and had a good harvest. Corn to me is a waste of space for the amount of food you get off it. I buy what i dont grow from a couple of mennonite farm stands for a reasonable price. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas Chris and a Happy New Year!! ATB Heather & Rick 🎄
@GrasshopperOutdoors8 ай бұрын
I too have not been making videos much, rather just getting on with stuff, though I have a few video ideas. I have strayed a little onto radio and gardening now that the shed has a new roof. This coming year I will be growing a lot more I hope. I have already planted garlic and as some of my onions started sprouting, I put a few in a sheltered spot and they are doing well. We have had snow but back to rain and more rain now, the kale sweetens up after a spell of cold weather, we grow it all through the year, our cold is not so severe as yours, just too much wet. A few more days and the sun will begin to return but still plenty of cold weather, not to look forward too. I got a few daylight LED lights so I will be trying to bring some veg on early in the shed as an experiment. Nice to hear from you and wishing you all the best for the new year
@MadDogSurvival9 ай бұрын
Can’t beat having a slave unit in the kitchen 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻😎
@cooldad49 ай бұрын
Great video thanks, I just pass my foundation exam today; like you I learned with essexham , I was a bit disappointed with my score of 21! I knew my weak point and studied harder on them; not one of them was in any of the questions 🤔.
@sameoldbmx9 ай бұрын
🖖🏻 I have a wireless door bell 3 rings run like hell haha oh I do door access as a job so intercoms can do one. 👍🏻
@agesadventures9 ай бұрын
Great setup!
@GrasshopperOutdoors9 ай бұрын
It will be when ever I get a wood stove in ☺☺
@WyeExplorer9 ай бұрын
Hey, good to see you got a handle on the coms - I'd be wiring it up to the wrong room. I trust you're well out there. Mark
@MadDogSurvival9 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed watching! Very interesting and informative. What a great hobby. Nice one mate, keep us updated on your next progress please 👌🏽👍🏻👍🏻😎
@andyoutdoors43509 ай бұрын
Nice one brother your well on your way now atb Andy
@AllanCookg7vqv10 ай бұрын
Nice to see you making the Ant, Well done young man De G7VQV Allan In Southampton IO90HX
@StepsbyKaatje10 ай бұрын
It has been a while that I saw a video of yours. Interesting what you're doing. Not that I can really follow it all. i'm not into radio and getting on the air. But glad to hear from you! Have a great evening and I hope you don't get blowen away by the storm... All the best, Kaat
@StepsbyKaatje9 ай бұрын
@@GrasshopperOutdoors I'm glad you're ok. And I know the feeling about not always wanting to be online.