K9EMP Ham Radio, Prepping, and Adventures

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@dmironyuk 3 күн бұрын

Don't forget the pcv valve☝️

@MountainRascal 7 күн бұрын

Great video; I'm looking at trying the 1 Hour Challenge for fun soon and it's good to see different setups - and thanks for sharing the "failure". It's good to remember sometimes things are just against us and it's all part of the fun.

@Andy-up6li 18 күн бұрын

Hello, Thanks for your time. Can I use 14g magnet wire?

@k9emp 17 күн бұрын

Yes, you can

@tekspeditionplanet9109 Ай бұрын

Good video. What are the benefits of using the computer USB cable versus the green CAT cable that came with the Digirig?

@k9emp Ай бұрын

I've only been able to get the cat control to work with usb cable on the 891. The green cat cable works just fine with my 818.

@nfsusna 2 ай бұрын

Now, how's it do for lightening crashes and power line noise

@k9emp 2 ай бұрын

I haven't been able to test it for power line noise. Lightning crashes won't completely disappear, but they are quieter.

@grigorirasputin5020 3 ай бұрын

Uhhh...I believe we may have some misconceptions regarding the GM-30's ability to do extra channels. As with most CCJ (cheap Chinese junk) radios, I could not get the factory software into my ancient computer. Weeks after purchasing it I learned that RT Systems has software for the GM-30. Tried programming it tonight. Channels 1 through 22 and Repeater 1 thru 8 (I thought GMRS radios were supposed to have a standard numbering system that included 1-22 and Repeater 15 thru Repeater 22?), as I do with all of my radios, I set to encode only a 141.3 tone. Then I got to the DIY channels. What a catastrophe! The DIY channels are hardwired where you cannot change the frequencies, only the Name and PL/DPL codes. My radio/software screen looked a bit different than yours in that you would have DIY 1 being Simplex for 462.550, DIY 2 being 462.575/467.575 Repeater, DIY 3 being 462.600 Simplex, and so on, on an odd-even-odd-even pattern of Simplex and Repeater capability. The odd channels are incapable of Repeater use and the even channels are incapable of Simplex use. Frequencies cannot be changed. Whoever thought up this firmware pattern was definitely not the brightest knife on the tree. As far as the remaining 95 or whatever channels, they can only be programmed to receive. They have no transmit capability, even on GMRS. For me at least, this is a 100% deal killer as far as buying a Radioddity GM-30 goes. Just more CCJ.

@jarmojarvinen1585 3 ай бұрын

Is it the HF POWER which affect in digital mode?

@delta22551 3 ай бұрын

Great Video, just getting into exactly these types of EFHW builds. So just to be clear, when you said you had the wrong size of ferrules and had to order new ones, in your opinion which is the best size ferrule for the 24awg wire, the 10awg or 8awg??

@k9emp 3 ай бұрын

I used 10awg, and they worked perfectly.

@delta22551 3 ай бұрын

Great thanks, hey I was just wondering if you ever use “wire insulators” at the end of your EFHW wires and if so what kind? I’m close to getting my general license and I want to start building portable antennas so I apologize if this is an obvious question, thanks for your time!!

@bulldogbrower6732 3 ай бұрын

That earpiece comes in handy while hunting in the woods. Others in your party can keep your conversation to a whisper.

@saldomino1639 3 ай бұрын

Awesome Brother thank for the advice I usually use my opek vertical antenna for my activations I bought a throw weight from Amazon I will use my EFHW antenna next week for my activation take care Pota on ! 73’ Sal / KM4PPV

@DJTruth_1970 4 ай бұрын

You should check out rugged radios 4Runner A pillar mount that uses the hood hinge bolts to secure, passenger or driver side. Ty for the video

@k9emp 3 ай бұрын

I'll have to look at that.

@alzeNL 4 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this video - i'd admire how you show everything really clearly. plenty of practical advice, i'm looking forward to going out with my EFHW and trying this technique to get it in the tree !

@morning.coffee4891 4 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍👍

@KD9ZHF 4 ай бұрын

I don't think anyone wants to really know where you are. If anything, the app wants to know for marketing purposes. I know they can come find me if they want, & I don't care. They will be sorely disappointed. I'm not that important. Few are. Love the speaker idea.

@swenner64 5 ай бұрын

Why do you need the digirig I run mine off the computer audio

@HollyArms1 5 ай бұрын

Hi my name is Brandon with Black Swamp Club K8BSR. Can you tell me what editing software you are using? I really like the way you did your video! Any info you can give would be greatly appreciated.!

@k9emp 5 ай бұрын

I'm using Adobe Premier Pro. It seems to be the easiest to use. It's not free, but it does work very well, and there's tons of youtube tutorials to teach you everything you need to know. There's other free editing software like DaVinci Resolve, but it has a steeper learning curve, and some of the advanced features have to be paid for. Just a word of warning if you don't have a higher end processor and graphics card in your pc, then the rendering times can be multiple hours. I run it on an MSI Creator laptop (around $1800), and the majority of my rending times are less than an hour for 4k videos.

@ryankc9oza118 5 ай бұрын

I just worked at that site yesterday

@ryankc9oza118 5 ай бұрын

I just activated there yesterday. We have some nice parks around

@kk7gkg 5 ай бұрын

Hey My name is Elijah I am kk7gkg You had a contact with me I was Calling K7UVA with the Utah valley amateur radio club I could tell its me because of my squeaky HF voice. I am only 14 good luck and 73

@k9emp 5 ай бұрын

Thanks. Good luck on your ham radio journey.

@joshuaw.hunley4436 5 ай бұрын

I love those things. Got a bunch of them free with mail in rebate at Menards. I put them on my moon shade canopy.

@ralphnunn3 5 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks for working us - K7UVA. We had a 'potential' ham behind the mic on Sunday morning, which you talked to. His name is Elijah. His brother Jaxon is a new ham.

@k9emp 5 ай бұрын

Hopefully, this got him interested enough to get his tech and general.

@kk7gkg 5 ай бұрын

Hey I'm not new ham@@k9emp

@kk7gkg 5 ай бұрын

Hey i am a ham I am kk7gkg Elijah i need to work on my field day calling but im getting there

@kk7gkg 5 ай бұрын

Im also a General i passed my general on 10/1/23

@ralphnunn3 5 ай бұрын

@@kk7gkg Sorry, Elijah. My bad.

@RobertoRubio-ij3ms 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video. What band were you working? Cheers.

@k9emp 5 ай бұрын

40, 20, 15, and 10

@bhgant813 5 ай бұрын

Would you possibly have a link to the 3D printed file? Great video!

@k9emp 5 ай бұрын

I don't. It's something I threw together in Fusion 360.

@hamradioonthego 6 ай бұрын

Great WFD QRP activation! I did the solo set up last year in the WCF section. This year at a club site both years with a video. Great Channel content. 73

@ColbyHiggs 6 ай бұрын

Great video! Looks like you had fun!

@k9emp 6 ай бұрын

I did!

@neubert500 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video Sir! I think you got excellent results with your FT-818!

@k9emp 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@robertalmario 8 ай бұрын

Good day. What's the exact frequency that you used (40m - 61ft 6")?

@k9emp 8 ай бұрын

I calculated based on a frequency of 7.100Mhz. Also, make sure to check the SWR on 15m when checking with an antenna analyzer. I'm typically fine with an SWR of anything below 1.5:1.

@jimkerr5577 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Your video was very helpful.

@matteng2332 8 ай бұрын

I’ve got one and I love it. 73

@DavidM2002 8 ай бұрын

Presumably the batteries are proprietary. So, if / when the battery dies, the radio is useless. I have seen some battery packs that can be disassembled so the AA size batteries inside can then be replaced.

@Dragon_Camp_Cooking_ 5 ай бұрын

The battery's are available for about 10 bucks I ordered an extra with my radio

@Linus007 8 ай бұрын

The symbol rate is dead, long live Pactor 4!

@AA4FD_Ham_Radio 8 ай бұрын

They voted and passed it today!!!

@j.b.708 8 ай бұрын

You, and everyone else, need to look at the RF safe exposure calculators. GMRS max is 50 watts. That's a high gain antenna. That is almost surely an unsafe amount of RF 2 feet from your face. Might be ok for 4 watts of CB, but it SURE as shit isn't fine for 50 watts of GMRS or anything else. You are also screwing up the radiation pattern. The antenna should be on the roof, with metal between you and the RF, with you not in the radiation pattern, and with the pillars and roof not blocking your transmissions.

@k9emp 8 ай бұрын

It's actually a 2m/440 radio. The rf exposure distance for 2m is 1.9 ft and 2.2 ft for 440. The antenna is roughly 3 ft + from me through the windshield. I'm aware that the middle of the roof is best, but I have other plans for a roof rack and still want to park in my garage. It still works just fine. I can hit repeaters 30 plus miles out without a problem.

@j.b.708 8 ай бұрын

@@k9emp in the FCC-defined "uncontrolled/general public" category: 146 mhz at 100 watts with a 2dbi antenna and you need about 3.4 feet of distance. 440 mhz at 100 watts and a 3dbi antenna and you need almost 3.2 feet. crank your ham radio up to 200 watts at 146 mhz and you need 4.8 feet. that's to be at the EDGE of safe minimum. aimed right at your FACE. people need to stop mounting their antennas on their hoods. your FACE bro.

@k9emp 8 ай бұрын

It's a 50 watt radio. Nobody makes a 100 watt mobile 2m/440. The antenna is 3db on vhf and 6 db on uhf. There is also about a 1 to 1.25 db loss in the coax.

@j.b.708 8 ай бұрын

@@k9emp bro, 50 watts on the 2m band on a 3dbi antenna is still 2.7 feet minimum safe. just admit to yourself that that's not a healthy amount of RF aimed straight at your eyes. goddamn. 70cm at 50 watts and 6dbi is 3.15 feet. like absolute to the edge minimum. you think that's healthy? putting your face at the minimum edge? just admit it. it's a bad location for an antenna. even if to yourself.

@dadud3 3 ай бұрын

@@j.b.708 who cares?

@jwhardig 8 ай бұрын

Good job. Keep up the good information. 73 Jeff N9NJN

@k9emp 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@nyny 8 ай бұрын

BenQ sent that to you? With only a few subscribers to your name, that's awesome. You got a new subscriber, I want to find out what they saw in you haha I watched it all. Personally I do not buy into ecosystems where the bundled apps require location. I think I could do this with a raspberry pi, smaller and cheaper + tons more functionality. Could maybe even generate transcription in real time and send to phone display

@k9emp 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub. I'm not a fan of the location requirement either. I was surprised when I got a message about them wanting to send it to me. I didn't think my channel was big enough yet, but I guess my view count must be high enough.

@nyny 8 ай бұрын

@@k9emp its still super cool. even though I compared to a DIY, what they made is pretty cool and innovative. keep at it! I'm getting started with hackrf. I've been chatting some of the sdr app devs to maybe add transcription modules. The baud rate thing is cool too...I want to see some bbs or cool app ideas. Maybe one day our wifi cards will cover more radio bands to pick up new channels!

@victorydp6449 8 ай бұрын

Nice find. I agree with the color and your assessment of their price point. For a speaker.. high cost and bad color scheme. Put them together and I can definitely leave it. 73 W9JLK

@chipsramek3868 8 ай бұрын

Get your permission slip (for our Extortion Fees club) ... and keep voting ... Next election things will change ... as long as you pay your taxes on time ... Give the UN Government whatever they want.

@mikemcdonald5147 9 ай бұрын

wow those modes are really different. That live learning mode seems the best from your video. AMAZING!!!! Now im gonna have to pick one of those speakers up lol

@mgkaragas 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Ed! I ordered one for my birthday this month. What a difference this speaker makes. I am pretty sure that it's even better once I have it than just hearing your video. 73 Mark K5MGK :o)

@davidnull5590 9 ай бұрын

I'm waiting for the FCC to give ham operators back what is rightfully theirs: everything above 1 GHz. and unlimited power, just like it was until the 1980s.

@k9emp 9 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, that will probably never happen. They will sell off spectrum to the highest bidder as they see fit. The only thing we can do is make the hobby more and more mainstream and try to get more politicians on our side. The more politicians that we can get convinced that our hobby is important will help keep the FCC from selling off our spectrum. Currently, the only way to block the FCC from doing something detrimental to our hobby is getting congress members to pass resolutions to block them or force them to change rules for our benefit.

@nyny 9 ай бұрын

this sounds dangerous! international crime syndicates will love this

@michilumin 9 ай бұрын

Ted, is that you? 🙄god forbid HF ever become anything but a museum where OMs can HIHI about their XYLs in CW. But yeah, agreed, right now we have all these "international crime syndicates" saying "No, wait! We might get a ~fine~ if we ~go above 300 baud.~ Oh well, better dump all this meth in the ocean!" Truly, you're right; the symbol rate limit is not just allowing 97 year olds to dididah in QRO about conspiracy theories and their bum knees, but it is, in fact, saving our children. And we know you took your test when men were men and the FCC would swat your hands with a wooden rattan if you slouched too much while identifying the schematic for a dip meter at the field office. What's next, are the kids (after they get done 'parking' and 'necking') going to download up the "Net-Flicks" on the radio?? We can't have that, and their tickety-tock mee-mees rolling over important QSOs like "RIG IS SWAN 270B INTO HALF WAVE LOOP AT 6 FT MADE FROM OLD HOSE". Computers are scary. Please, take my wife! And thank you for your service.

@k9emp 9 ай бұрын

I hate to tell you this, but they don't follow laws. They they will do whatever they want.

@nyny 9 ай бұрын

@@k9emp yeah I was just trollin a bit, this sounds cool, time to go digital ham

@nyny 9 ай бұрын

Maybe a ham web 🕸️, or bbs kinda thing

@k9emp 9 ай бұрын

BBS is starting to get popular again. I believe there is a BBS feature that was recently released or is still in development for JS8 Call. Julian OH8STN did a video asking for it.

@aaronhope8366 9 ай бұрын

This would be an outstanding improvement. My ham club has been moaning about this for months. The issue I see is that some radios have pretty much firmware restrictions on those data rates. It's probably a radio by radio question, but how do we solve that?

@IdahoLife 9 ай бұрын

Hands down the best digirig/FT891 video out there. Keep 'em coming!

@macuser2469 9 ай бұрын

2.8 khz - 9.686408532184434kpbs @ SNR /10db so say on 145.xxxMhz you could run a 9600bps baudrate still dialup better then 1200,,

@albing1397 9 ай бұрын

The lower 50 KHz of bands should be reserved for CW. The next 50 KHz for low rate. Allow data to extend into existing phone segments by 25 KHz

@k9emp 9 ай бұрын

That's not a bad idea. I would say only extend into the phone portion by 12Khz to 25Khz and only on some of the bands.

@mikemcdonald5147 9 ай бұрын

just found your channel and subscribed.

@k9emp 9 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@ronsstuff2564 9 ай бұрын

This should have been done years ago, I guess it's better late than never.😁 Ron N5TOL

@michilumin 9 ай бұрын

If they vote for it. (I hope so.) The "But it'll kill cee dubya!" crowd is losing their mind. Again, as they have been since the first NPRM on this. Hopefully the FCC sees sense, that there's no correlation between data rate and somehow "killing CW".

@PopeyeKF4LBG 9 ай бұрын

I sure wish this was available. Nice job! 73s de KF4-LBG

@theresaz2023 9 ай бұрын

That’s great!

@AlpineWarren 9 ай бұрын

Serial RTS PTT simplifies setup with just one cable with the Logic Levels DigiRig. CAT Control to NONE in WSJTX, Select RTS and your COM Port. I use the DATA MODE: Digital menu settings for the Ft-891 08-01 Data Mode: others 08-02 PSK Tone: 1500 08-03 Other Disp: 1500 08-04 Other Shift: 1500 08-06 Data LCUT Freq: 300 08-07 Data HCUT Freq: 2800 08-09 Data In Select: Rear 08-10 Data PTT Select: DAKY 08-11 Data Out Level: 50 08-12 Data BFO: USB (Data modes on HF are always USB) 16-03 HF PWR: 30 - Or desired 16-10 Data Mic Gain: 50 Front panel menu settings: Automatic Gain Control (AGC): Off Band Width (WDH): 3000 hz Processor (PRC): Off Digital Noise Reduction (DNR): OFF Front Meter (MTR): ALC

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