Silly Things I believed When I first Got Licensed

You don't know what you don't know. Here's 5 things I incorrectly believed as a new amateur.
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[@W7LDT]

Happy to see you back this week. After your last video, I thought we would never see you again.!

[@KM4ACK]

I barely survived :-)

[@mattxoverbey]

I felt that with the antenna analyzer. I picked up a rig expert stick when I was still a tech and even then some people I knew thought it was pointless when I could just borrow one from someone else until I got my general. It turned out to be the best investment I could have gotten for my antennas. Not one regret from buying that.

[@kevingaukel4950]

Oh - and Myth 5 is also correct. My go kit always changes, The only thing in common with all of them is a foldable wagon to carry the gear.

[@cidcolead1115]

Spot on. It was a big expense to purchase the MFJ-269 back in the day, but I have picked up expensive antennas that people threw out cause they could not make them work. My ground mounted Hustler 4BTV build from trash got me WAS and DXCC on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters without a tower or rotator.

[@HamRadioN0CKL]

One i believed- "if you get your technician you can have fun on 10m!" (Nobody on 10m) -get General and then fun really begins

[@MrTrentCurtis]

You've hit it out of the park!

[@jjrobiso]

just used my nano vna to diagnose my 2m ed fong. swr was way off. i'm just a technician for the moment, but that helped me understand the principles and procedure for when i upgrade to general. working on 40m dipole for listening to js8call next.

[@KeepEvery1Guessing]

I don't really remember what all I believed back when I got my Novice 61 and a half years ago. But at our club social events (weekly breakfast, Saturday bull sessions, I get to hear questions that imply what others don't know. Spending big bucks on a commercial antenna won't necessarily make things better. A 1:1 SWR is not much better than a 2:1 SWR. Non resonant antennas work. The antenna that you can get up into the air beats the one that you can't. A manual tuner requires that you adjust it often, but the match will be better. And if you've done more than memorize the question pool, and can do asthmatic, then you rig's SWR indicator and a measuring tape will stand in for that antenna analyzer nine times out of ten. (We didn't have antenna analyzers in 19963.)

[@markn4bcd227]

Spot on Jason, especially about the weight of a Go-box. I bought someone else's DC to daylight box and regretted it immediately. Finally sold and built my own. N4BCD

[@kevingaukel4950]

I wish having an antenna analyzer when I was first a Novice. (That's right - I held a Novice 😁). Antenna analyzers were $50,000 back when I was first a ham. (Yes I am dating myself). That being said, Myth 2 was spot on! I had a LOT of DX contacts with a simple dipole and even with a pair of RF whips fed as a dipole. It isn't perfect, but any wire outside is better than not being on the air.

[@dougbas3980]

Very good. I agree no cross band needed yet (after 11 years LOL). Just getting into APRS and it looks very useful. I use backpack for field deployments with a protective frame on the radio. I have one for FT857d and one for ICOM IC-705. I am 77yo, so the packs can still be heavy. A go box would just add some more weight. Glad to be one of your subscribers (and Tech Prepper too). Best wishes, Doug N8VY

[@KM4ACK]

Thanks Doug

[@ChrisKD9YSW]

Great video!!!

[@akiddoo8113]

Battery power- often over stated and rated.

[@oldgeekster1]

Multiple go kits beat the britches off of go boxes. OBTW, get any biscuits in the morning yet? 👍

[@KM4ACK]

@@oldgeekster1 😂yep. Finally got out of the dog house

[@TheMicroTrak]

I did it because they told me that chicks found Hams hot...I was mislead.

[@KM4ACK]

😂😜

[@steveblanchard7293]

Sorry no idea what the hell you are going on about

[@mcgrath16511]

Excellent video! I have one cross and radio that to be honest, the only reason is I got a really great deal on it.. I set it up, saw that yup it works,, that was it! But I guess it is there “just in case”.. great job,,’73.