Learn CW. QRP POTA. KH1 2 watts.

[@hgjobe]

I watched your video because of my interest in POTA. To my surprise I hear WC8L (my call) making a contact with you. Glad you went to the park.

[@KD2YDN]

That’s awesome! Thank you kindly for the Q and very glad to have exchanged. 73!

[@raithjames860]

This is what I have been waiting for, a video with back and forth decoded and transcribed which I can use for my decode training. Learning Morse. Thanks ever so much. Greatly appreciated.

[@KD2YDN]

Comments like this make it worth while. I’m very glad you find it useful! Hope to get a Q soon! 73!

[@TridentMissileTech]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. Good job showing decoder. I think you are the first to show that. Kudos.

[@KD2YDN]

I truly appreciate the kind words. 73!

[@QRPSchool]

Just got my KH1 today and was looking for activations like yours. Very enjoyable! Thanks for braving the cold for all of us… -Cliff (N4CCB)

[@KD2YDN]

Thanks for the kind words Cliff. I think you’ll love the radio! Enjoy and 73!

[@paulgoulet7982]

Great educational Demonstration - keep putting them out please.

[@KD2YDN]

It’s comments like this that will keep me spending the time to do so. I’m very glad you found this helpful and/or entertaining. Thanks for the kind words. More to come!

[@johnsvideo3403]

Nice vid Good audio. Appreciate all the work in putting the actual english exchange. I do hope that rather expensive radio has some memories for sending out that cq. It really looks uncomfortable to hold that in the air like that. Guessing you can lay it down and put an angle adapter on that antenna. I get what they were going for but it just looks uncomfortable. Still cool package for its size.

[@KD2YDN]

You are 100% correct. It was uncomfortable. To be honest, I haven’t used it much yet. Most of what I do is rather hasty and not well thought out. If a free hour comes up to activate, I throw stuff in a bag and go. It’s just the current life style I find myself in. It does have memory I haven’t tapped into yet and that is definitely on “the list.” It’s hard to tell, but it’s rather cold. I find that sending tends to keep my fingers a tad bit warmer than auto sending , or macro sending. Probably a placebo effect? I’ll take it hihi. I do appreciate the kind words. I don’t do this radios capabilities justice. Still learning…. on multiple fronts 😂

[@KD2YDN]

Also worth mentioning, I forgot a few cords and had to record with my voice recorder directly from the KH1 speaker. Hence why I might look so stiff. Trying to position myself appropriately to make sure sound quality isn’t compromised.

[@johnsvideo3403]

LOl. It all looked fine. Because of where they put the controls I had been wondering about operating positions with the radio. I was probably just going thru my own preferences in my head because I am trying to choose between this and all the small radios. I have a 705 and 891 so I have big full featured radio and power radio, what I want is the smaller option radio. Do you have a k2 or used one? I have been going back and forth on how much the weight/performance is between those two. Again you did a great job.@@KD2YDN

[@MentalWhiplash]

Can't wait for my KH1 to arrive. I've been using the MTR4b when travelling and the KH1 will make the travel pack even smaller.

[@KD2YDN]

I have yet to get my hands on a MTR. One of these days. Portability is bliss with this KH1. I’m very pleased as I am sure you will be as well! 72!

[@MoonMan1333]

Nice video. That VE1 station was NS (Nova Scotia) not NH, by the way.

[@KD2YDN]

@@MoonMan1333 Yes many comments on this. Thank you kindly though. It wasn’t till I edited and uploaded already till I figured it out. Oops hihi. Be well. 73!

[@TheFossilChannel]

Dude awesome to see you using the elecraft!. Miss talking with you!

[@KD2YDN]

Same brother! Many good times to come. Once spring hits and school slows down. You should really look into coming to the W2 camp out! Atleast for the day!

[@timkeene2717]

The DC100FK was sending "UP" as in he is listening up freq. That's why he did not hear you. Thanks for the nice video and cool rig. I love Elecraft. 73's Brother Tim - K5DEZ retired Firefighter/EMT-B

[@timkeene2717]

Ooops I meant EMT-I

[@KD2YDN]

@@timkeene2717 Ahhhhh. Ok this makes sense. Thank you very much for that information. Now I’ll know if I hear such a thing again. Forever a student.

[@nianfengli6121]

Good operation. That DC100DFK station, he is calling "UP", so he is in split mode.

[@KD2YDN]

Thank you kindly. Yes as usual, it appears there is more for me to learn when it comes to cw 😂.

[@jamespuckett6457]

Hi thanks for the vid. Learning CW and hope to add it to my POTA activations. 73 K1KAJ.

[@KD2YDN]

Glad you found it helpful. Hope to Q soon! 73!

[@busterhyman6638]

Interesting video , , but did learn something , thanks

[@KD2YDN]

Glad you enjoyed! 73!

[@skepticalmechanic]

Great video thanks!

[@KD2YDN]

@@skepticalmechanic Glad you enjoyed!

[@wkjagt]

I am learning CW, and this is really helpful. I'd love to see more of these. How many wpm are you doing in this video approximately?

[@KD2YDN]

Very glad this video helps. I’m very glad to hear you are learning cw too! In this video I believe I am at 20 wpm. I find that this is a proper rate for SOTA/POTA . The more experienced operators and newer operators find this speed manageable and a happy middle ground. If you like this format, please view some of my earlier videos. I have a bunch like this one. Cheers!

[@wkjagt]

@@KD2YDN oh awesome! 20 wpm is still way too fast for me to copy, but when I rewatch small bits while reading along, I can recognize each individual letter and that really helps and makes it feel realistic to get to this speed at some point. I'd been learning individual letters, and they got easier, but recognizing letters in between other letters, like in a real life situation is really hard. These videos really help. I'll check out your other videos too for sure. Thanks!

[@KD2YDN]

@@wkjagt Awesome! I’ll look you up on QRZ and relay some of the tools that helped me as well. Good luck and have fun always!

[@wkjagt]

@@KD2YDN I'm not on QRZ yet, because I don't have my license yet. But that should be taken care of within the next 2 weeks or so!

[@wkjagt]

@@KD2YDN Update: Just rewatching this video and noticing I can copy things a bit easier now. I'm also licensed now (VA2WLM). Hoping to do some POTA soon. I built a QMX, and currently building an antenna for it.

[@ncphotos]

Great video! de W2CSI

[@davidwalsh1336]

Your 1st qso was from Nova Scotia, not New Hampshire, Easy mistake though. I'm constantly mixing up my H's & S's. GL with ur KH-1. Dave kzc

[@KD2YDN]

Appreciate that! I’ll log appropriately l. Thank you for catching that.

[@ericgulseth74]

Okay, I was confused when I saw VE prefix and it was noted as NH location. I still haven't learned code so i was scratching my head.

[@Bouvier_des_Flemish]

fantastic

[@tanaka2003cn]

hello,that’s a nice rig ! rng on 7MHz?

[@rickzabrodski5767]

My own KH1 is in transit! I am wondering, how much of your QSO QRP success to you attribute to POTA activations? What happens when you just call CQ on a QRP freq? 73 VE6GK dit dit

[@KD2YDN]

I haven’t tried this yet. I have chased POTA stations from home with this whip and pwr settings on “LOW” which I believe is around 2 - 2.5 watts. Signal reports of 589 from FL to my QTH in NY. I never really ask for subscribers, but I might start to just so I can get to 1K and be able to do this sort of thing live. I will definitely experiment. Congrats on the new rig! You’ll love it, that is for sure. Let me know in the future how you like it! 72!

[@ericgulseth74]

2:05 Will it tune? 😁

[@SalvaJ3_GB]

Why 72 instead of 73?

[@KD2YDN]

@@SalvaJ3_GB QRP ops use 72 often. QRO 73.

[@ValleyVagrant]

There e is, 73

[@walshhaddock7255]

'Promo SM'

[@KD2YDN]

I only promote getting outside and using portable radio. I have multiple videos with different modes of travel, communication, and using different radios. Hope to Q sometime, 73!