Nice video Mike 👍

Hey Mike! I have enjoyed each of our 28 POTA contacts and I look forward to many more. I would love to work you on CW one of these days. Thanks for all of the great content and I wish you and your loved ones all the best for 2025. 73 from K1NEO, Maine.

YOU totally ignored the CONTRAST Button next to dimmer in the function menu. Turn the contrast all the way up and then compare. This is a biased comparison. Come on man… You not showing the contrast level on the 710, makes this biased. 2:52, looks like contrast is set to 10. No wonder it looks dimmer, lol😂

Another great video

Thanks for all of your videos. Now, you have me thinking of goals. I will have to try six meters at some point. I just activated the other day on 30 meters, which was a first for me. Hope to catch you on the air sometime. Happy New Year. 73s de W3CT

Perfect thank you and Happy new year

great video mike! Looking forward to some videos of both the "mobile" and home shacks! - Don't forget we expect to see it in our 2025 LFH Shack Roast ;)

Go for those goals, Mike. My goals include: Kilo award at Lock 32, reach 150 unique activations including 3 missing east coast states (NJ, DE, DC), CW activations and using computer logging at the home station (rum log NG/ LOTW). That should keep me busy.

Great job with the channel and good luck with all your goals in the new year. 73 🎉

Licensed August 2024 one summit . 10 summits in 2025 let’s go . 🎉

Hi Mike just wondering what your favorite all around radio I thanks

Enjoyed the video. Made me review the goals I had set last year and evaluate ones for 2025. Keep up the great work!!

Great job MilKe ! Glad you had fun with RTTY/AM/JS8 call . I got some SSTV pics on 20 meters from a POTA station. Even the ISS sends SSTV . My goal is just have fun with radio ! 73

Those are solid goals. Happy New Year!🎉

Happy New Year

I just recently started using the rybokov antenna..and yes it work… I have a g90 to go with it

Thanks for sharing this video. This is a new antenna for me as well, and looks like it would be fun to build a couple of these for different band combinations (thinking POTA in particular). I'm curious if you tried orienting it vertical as well as horizontal. I have an (unproven) theory that a lot of hams use their existing vertically mounted antennas when they want to play FT4/FT8 on 2m / 6m.

Pretty slick

Nice. I have some 450 ohm ladder line. I am going to try and look up building instructions, and build one or two. Thank you, Neil N2NRL

This is a new antenna to me. When I lived in Wyoming, the sunshine on really cold days was called cosmetic sunshine. It raised your spirits but not much warmth.

Great antenna. I wish I had some 450 ohm window line . I did make a center fed fanes dipole for 10 and 6 meters . Worked ok for FT8 . Match was like 1.5 and 1.6 on FT8 for 6/10 meter bands. I did make end fed 1/2 wave vertical for just 6m . worked super . just a small 1/4 wave counterpoise on ground. 49/1 UNUN on type 61 core . It does 10 meters by switching antenna wire and longer counterpoise. as well as outher bands. I may make that in 10/6 meters to try FT8 . 10 is super open in NY now. The best of my wire antennas' so far is 5/8 wave on 10 meter vertical and adjust end tune I get 10/11/12 meters . I have cut wires for 15/17/20 meters 5/8 wave and all work. with 4:1 UNUN no ATU needed. The 20 meter did tune 1.7 SWR but did not try to lower. I pushed TUNE on my IC 7300 done . Killer FT8 contacts and it was CCA speaker wire . I used up good wire I had on 10 and 6 meter antennas. I learned the 4:1 UNUN has less loss than a 49:1 one. One of many reasons that Coffee And Ham radio Poseidon 25Ft vertical works so well. That green UNUN . If you shorten it a tad. you will tune 10-11-12 meters with no tuner. I have to try 6 meters 5/8 wave . Mostly late spring into summer it open up. I have the 1/2 wave one cut already.Made great FT8 on 6 meters in mid june from Boston NY . I saw Ziggy's video stream. It gave me some ideas and I want to try . Will wait to spring in NY . 73

ND9G, good video.

good job mang!

Awesome video, well done!

This type of antenna is new to me. The 6m band doesn't get much love in the Amateur Radio world for some reason. Not many radios include the 6m band for transmitting. The 6m band is 4MHz wide (at least on the Canada radio band plan). We have a few 6m repeaters in Southern Ontario. If I was going to make this type of antenna I would do a standard 2m/70cm antenna. That is rather common. I would tune mine for 146Mhz (middle of the band for voice).

Which radio do you feel has the more sensitive receiver and which do you think has the best dnr?

I have two bands to go for N1CC Activator! I stopped at a couple of parks during my last VHF Rover effort. Unfortunately, the parks were void of VHF+ activity. I didn't try FT8, though. I wasn't equipped at the time. I'll get there eventually... marathon-vs-sprint. 😉 73! -Scott, KE4WMF

awesome!! Great job Mike, thanks for sharing.. 73🎙Ira

waaay cool, and great band.. 73🎙Ira

another cool mode.. thanks for awesome video.. Hope to work ya across the water.. 73 🎙Ira

What’s the farthest you reached? I’m a tech kc1vrv and I’m excited to try from maine

I’m curious on the steps to connect through a digipeater to accomplish this. It’s style mysterious to me and I need an ah-ha moment. I’m going to watch again to see if it’s in the video. Thanks for sharing this video.

AC unit ground plane ftw! 🤣

Is Emergency mode safe to run on a regular basis? I have a few setups that are just outside of the tuner range, and I'd be okay running 50 watts, but I don't want to fry a 7300 haha

Try that flimsy mast with the coax lashed to the mast in a couple places up top. See if that gives you some counterbalance.

That's a cool kit!

Awesome find, Mike! I have the full Peovi + SideKX on my 705, too. It's a beast and well protected, but I've been debating how to transport it. I'm not personally a fan of the 705 backpack. I've been wrapping the whole thing in a big damke wrap for a while now but had to store the cables and connectors in a separate pouch. I might pick this bag up and try it out. I'm all about having everything in grab and go fashion so that I don't forget things. Maybe we'll give this a try. K3KLB

I was thinking about a bag cooler to fit in a backpack but this camera case probably has better padding.

Nice setup... but you need better antennas!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

that flashlight looks like a thumb 😃

Correction: I use the Shark quick disconnects, not the Tram. The mag mount is a Tram and it's great, but I prefer and use the Shark quick disconnects. amzn.to/3Znp7Sq

You forgot LMR-240 Its my fav for hf and portable. Sturdy enough and low loss yet small. Same crimp cnctrs as rg8x. I also made an rf choke on each end of it. Try it and you will be impressed. Also good for base runs due to low loss on hf and cb. U can get cheap velcro to put every few feet as u raise mast. Keeps coax closer to mast and less weight ) “80 pcs Reusable Fastening Cable Ties 3 Sizes 6/8/10 inch Adjustable Cord Ties Cord Straps Cable Organizer Hook and Loop Ties for Cord Management，5 Colors”