Smallest (ever?) HF transceiver? Let's take it out for some SOTA

[@bobmueller4653]

You should 3d print an enclosure that makes it into a wrist watch!

[@gliderrider]

Or a keychain.

[@debbiecurtis4021]

I'd buy one

[@Randrew]

Hmm, how about a printed thumb-tip holder for the radio with a flat contact on one face, another printed fingertip "key" with a bump contact on it. Run a fine wire from radio to fingertip. Then key by tapping your thumb and finger together. A cold-day glove variant would keep your hands warm on those blustery mountain tops. Observers might think you're just fidgeting your fingers while instead you're having a conversation ;)

[@persons8979]

In-the-ear transceiver?

[@aarongriffin81]

quadriplegic version: In the mouth transceiver and the tongue presses the roof of the mouth to key and swap the speaker for a phone vibrator for deaf people to do CW. The tongue key is akin to quadriplegic using a mouth device to communicate.

[@gblan]

I'm brand new to ham. My son is disabled and can't pass the ham test so we got Wouxun KG-805G GMRS radios. Love 'em. I was an Electronics Tech in the Navy, over 40 years ago, and thought I'd give the Tech cert a whirl. Passed easily and now I'm learning about the different things that can be done in the hobby. This, to me, seems the most fun. Gotta work on the Morse!

[@AnotherPilot1]

I had great Navy-contract Electronic Instructors in the late 70's...got a great education from them...utmost respect!

[@anonyninja7737]

FYI THERE ARE MEDICAL WAVERS AVAILABLE FOR HAM LICENSE!!!

[@awaismushtaq5719]

I pray your son gets well soon, sir! My prayers

[@haramanggapuja]

Year some ago before the plague, I set out to do a bunch of POTA/SOTA actos. Being 75 I figured it was my way to get out of the house, off the couch and into the world while I still could. Got a couple nice QRP packable boxes, antenna set ups, all that. Then the plague hit and, well, you know the story. Your video inspires me, now that I'm vaccinated and can bite people, to get the hell out and do some crazy stuff like you've done. I love the mini pixie thingie. Before the essential tremor hit, I was building tiny radios myself. Never got as goofy as your stuff but, well, crazy is as crazy does. Thanks for the sweet and inspiring video. Stay safe and sane, amigo. 73 de W8IJN

[@pcramil]

Looked you up because your callsign feels vaguely familiar, and you didn't show up in any of my logs. Might have heard or even talked to you on a repeater in 2020 after I first got licensed. I have since moved from Vandalia, but it's good to see you've done some activating since leaving this comment, and hope you're doing well. de WR4Y (formerly W8SGV)

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

That is just crazy. Well done sir.

[@52Warlock]

I can't LIKE this enough!!! Well done. Well done.

[@va3sfa]

And I thought my new QCX-Mini is small.. Great job on the micro-pixie! It’s amazing how many contacts you have made.

[@TheTechPrepper]

Well done, Adam. You certainly have a gift for taking SOTA to the next level.

[@davidnunkt4751]

Just awesome, this is real hamradio to get the most out of nearly nothing. There are so many pixies out there but never seen more than one qso on any video. This vid will go viral. Best 73 de DL1DN

[@Chris.Schulz]

If I keep watching your videos I am going to have to leave the flatlands. Love all the hiking. Love the open landscape. Great videos!

[@beefstuart8769]

Newish ham here but long time backpacker, I just got into SOTA (VHF) and now this is my inspiration to learn CW. Well done man! 👍

[@K6ARK]

CW is an amazing tool for SOTA, and learning it well enough to make SOTA contacts isn't all that difficult once you get over the initial hump. Do it! You'll be glad you did.

[@miketaylor6700]

What a fantastic little rig!! Thank you for putting the contacts and info scrolling across the bottom.. that helps me to learn!!

[@GroverCleveland43]

You are great to watch partly because you exude fun. I love these little radios and have a couple in Altoids cans. My QRO friends just don't understand.

[@n5wxw462]

Wow! That's incredible @K6ARK great work. This is really an inspiring video.

[@n5pa]

Unbelievable Adam! 19 contacts with 850 mw! You do have elevation in your favor that us low-landers do not have! Great little radio!

[@edmoreno9308]

Always entertaining, fun, educational and amazing videos. Great job Adam!

[@Ei2iP]

Man this is nuts, compared to all the gear we have in our shacks, you are a Legend, Adam, de Ei2iP

[@pufango4059]

Excellent ,just learning the code and could understand the subtitles ! Hurray it’s starting to make sense !

[@Ruben-8689]

Amazing and exciting experience.....! 73 and congratulations from Buenos Aires, Argentina

[@delicious_lunch3823]

Wow. Wow. This is absolutely insane! Fantastic work!

[@oh9boc-un9df]

Thanks for this video. This is where my "craziness" started. I have not built anything before, now the 1st antenna building kit is ready except for tuning. It's your fault and I thank you for that.

[@temporarilyoffline]

Fantastic Job... I can't wait to swear over building this thing!

[@KM4ACK]

That is crazy small. Well done! 👍

[@derekcopsey6989]

Fantastic, I'm going to have to take up, learning morse.

[@danmorgan3685]

WOW! That's some impressive work with such a tiny radio. I came here from the HAM Radio Crash Course channel.

[@AB1Vampire]

I like the plant and pottery explanations you gave . Leave only footprints take only pictures. 850 mW, wow!

[@vk3xe]

That is my kind of ridiculous fun, glad to see it went so well for you

[@KU9L]

Oh, so much fun! I made my first Qrpp rig in 1982 as one of my class semester projects in community college, only with dinosaur 2n2222a parts I could see to solder without a microscope, LOL. Makes my tuna tin projects seem huge, LOL. Best, Dave, KU9L

[@kylesnavely6165]

What an amazing build. Thanks for the content.

[@tonyk1amt806]

What a cool micro radio! I appreciate you showing the morse as it comes in, as I'm just now learning morse, and it's helping my confidence. I can just barely copy your sending with no side tone. Cheers KJ7SHW

[@HakanKoseoglu]

Fantastic, and I was thinking I was carrying small amount of kit with a SPixie, FT-818 and an ATU. I really need to learn a lot more.

[@dexterslaboratory5155]

Smaller the station the more beer you can carry

[@paulinmt2185]

FB! Could even copy your fist sans sidetone. Used to do 80M

[@gerd7827]

Ok, thanks for your answer. I'll wait patiently :-)

[@branvinivideo]

Beautiful!

[@TR6Telos]

On top of a mountain you feel like a king, with a radio you feel like a God.

[@mnpd3]

That's even smaller than those CHICOM Pixie kit transceivers that output 300mw. I found a source for those some years back for $3 apiece and bought a couple dozen kits. Still got most of them, gave a few away and actually built just one. Used it to make a single contact on daytime 40m just to say I did. You now have me interested in this peanut!

[@aldewitt9]

Adam, loved this. So cool!

[@OM0ET]

Great stuff! I wish I know CW... Life would be much easier :D Good luck and HNY! 73, Paul.

[@Wheelabarraback]

One of the most amazing videos I have seen on KZbin for some time ! Well done 👍

[@tim46767]

Yes! Home brew, sota and qrp rules!

[@w1tggradionerds882]

wow I have to check this one out.

[@bbowling4979]

Very cool little rig! Do you publish the schematics and gerbers anywhere by any chance?

[@persons8979]

Very, very cool.

[@stevecrawford3551]

That pixie is amazing. Too small for me. Thanks for sharing. 😀

[@backcountryamateurradio]

This made my day. Can’t believe it worked! Haha! Awesome!

[@kao354]

It is ridiculously funny and imressive to see how all this works! Thank you for the video! :-)

[@LandNfan]

Wow! How incredibly small, especially compared to my circa’72 novice rig, an SX-101A and DX-60. Your whole rig is smaller than one tube from my old xmtr.

[@bjornw8852]

Thats realy crazy. Nice little radio. Do you have some documents for us? (schematic, PCB,...). Vy 72

[@K6ARK]

The schematic is basically just a Pixie transceiver, but with SMD components. I'm planning to have some manufactured so I haven't shared the Gerber files, but if you're really itching to build one, send an email directly and we can work something out.

[@cwguy8960]

That was great! So fun to make contacts with such a minimalist radio. Always like your videos - keep them coming!! // NØDET

[@milekokotov1964]

Amazing! Another proof that Amateur Radio is very interesting hobby with various different activities... With amateur radio, you will never be bored! 73 de Z33T

[@Derrick6162]

Well done, thanks for sharing.

[@patring620]

Enjoyed it.

[@frequencywatchers]

THIS IS SIMPLY AMAZING!

[@NebulaHatesWatchdog]

6:04 Couldn't you use an ipex connector? Was it just making do with what you had, or would one of those not fit this application? It seems like it would certainly be small enough.

[@randyvanvliet226]

So awesome and so much fun... 2.6 grams leaves lots of room for lots of camera, tripod, and lens, in the pack!

[@HALEdigitalARTS]

...and a few Altoids?

[@apburner]

Would love a board and list of parts. This would be a great kit.

[@Liberty4Ever]

I have some Pixies but have never seen the Micro Pixie. So cool. Thanks for sharing, Adam. 73 de NI4B

[@branvinivideo]

Super cool, well done!

[@briangroh444]

Insane. Incredible work.

[@GigaBrand]

Would love to see a video on that tiny radio you built!

[@CornelLazar]

Amazing ! I really need to learn CW...it's so fun

[@ReedAB8AS]

Amazing as usual. Thanks for sharing.

[@jackhaefner9237]

Adam, great prez at FDIM today. Very inspiring. Jack, NG2E

[@K6ARK]

Thanks so much, Jack, appreciate it.

[@TheFimbriatus]

That is awesome. Is there any chance you could share schematic? Or even better, if it’s gonna be commercially available I’d happily buy one.

[@graphitepencil]

The next level. Well done.

[@davidkopeckyok4kop]

It's amazing, great job Adam!!! HNY & 73

[@RobMacKendrick]

The only thing almost as delightful as jumping cactus is goatsheads. Because evolving in the desert makes organisms bitter and vindictive. Great video! I love QRPp rigs. You can modify them forever. They're like Lego for grown-ups. (Or kids; why not?)

[@photoguy73]

Outstanding! I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your video. I started in HR 63 years ago, BT, (before transistors). I dreamed of doing what you are doing, but the technology wasn't there yet. Got into QRP with the HW-7 and HW-8. Built all the Elecraft QRP radios. Built the Rock Mites, then ATS 2, 3 and 4. Pretty much stopped there. Always CW only. I love your setup. I would probably have a miniature paddle and keyer though. You are living my dream, carry on sir. 73, N7SR

[@M0RSF]

Nice summit and scenery. Awesome video and well done on the QSO’s. All the best for the New Year and keep up the good work. 73 Chris M0RSF

[@MarcdHotman]

Im subscribed and have activated the bell, only saw this today after a friend showed me. KZbin recommendations suck.

[@K6ARK]

Ain't that the truth! It's really annoying - I experience the same thing all the time. 🤷

[@MarcdHotman]

Thanks for the great videos. I wanna do this it looks fun.

[@dxexplorer]

You are going to get me addicted to this hahaha.

[@rfdave3980]

Well done Adam. You have some micro phonics going on there, ceramic caps? Interesting only ~800mW Kool S2S contacts.

[@herbk8489]

great job Thanks much K2LNS

[@johnsinclair3067]

I just finished building your "shouldn't be your first soldering project" random wire antenna today. I learned two things: time to go to the eye doctor for a new eyeglass prescription (the well inside the BNC was tough to see at 2.0) and you, Sir, have some mad soldering skills on display in that beauty you created. Well done! 73 KO4HZH

[@K6ARK]

Lol, thanks. Worth noting, this is not something you can solder with an iron. This is solder paste and hot air or reflow oven territory. With that, it's doable, but still very difficult as a result of the really tight component spacing I forced to keep this thing as small as possible.

[@YV5EN]

Adam, that was amazing. This is what I call enjoying the QRPp outdoor. Keep QRPping 73 es 72, from Edwin YV5EN

[@johnwest7993]

I'm a No-Code Extra who is working on my code so I can build and use ridiculously simple radios with bizarre, experimental, phased tiny wire antenna arrays on the side of the mountain here in CO. CW is a big part of the fun of being a ham and I don't want to miss out on it.

[@jberk8529]

That was amazing, great job!!!

[@stridermt2k]

I have to get my CW chops up!

[@playtym2893]

little new to morse code. UR means you are? what about S2S and at 8:45 TNX 73 (goodbye) T TX E E. and AGN is again right?

[@M7FWJ]

S2S appears to be Summit-to-summit (someone else doing SOTA answering him), no idea what TX is other than transmit, E E is used as another way of saying goodbye, and yes, AGN is again.

[@playtym2893]

@@M7FWJ cool thanks!

[@shadowlab9543]

cool little piece of kit

[@1wattradio802]

That's something i wouldn't mind having kicking around.

[@guitarist975]

love the anza borega when i was out in san diego

[@michaelscoofield]

Finally you will need to bring the magnifier with you on the hill...😂 great job, I like it!

[@mindfulmunchkin1215]

This is awesome !

[@ben2e0omr]

Got to be the best Sota activation ever!!!

[@chriscomms.2399]

I need your help because I just have too many questions to post 😂 I am getting into Ham a little late in the game but I do have my GMRS license. I too have made tiny transmitters and I have a couple of very small 40 meter kits that I purchased already built. I just need help on the antenna. If you have time or if your in the Palm Desert area, lunch and beer is on me. I just need to pick your brain. Thanks !

[@BatColonyEvictor]

Good stuff Adam!

[@theheresiarch3740]

Any chance you've got a schematic kicking around for the micro pixie? I'd love to see how it's put together, I've really been wanting to make a similar single-board micro transceiver.

[@PhantomWoIf]

amateurradio is great in that matter, only such a tiny transmitter/receiver and it makes communication over a longer distance possible. if it was internet it would need servers, computers, lots of energy, lots of maintenance and all that. how far were these people away you had these CW QSOs with and what antennas were they using in these QSOs ? if they used large antennas, that probably made it possible for them to hear you when they probably couldnt have heard you if they had a simple dipol or alike. by the way, as a man i wouldnt go there 2:55 - 3:06 without underarmor 🍒🛡

[@stridermt2k]

Thst is so insane! It was a thrill to watch you make contact after contact on such a...a... Wow. Must bone up on CW

[@NitinVarmaManthena]

Where can I buy one?

[@srinivasnyayapathi9083]

This is what I call Field Operations.........😍😍

[@Steve-GM0HUU]

👍 Well done. Thanks for sharing.

[@uslines]

Nothing silly at all. Absolutely fantastic! What the whole game is about. True cw QRP Zen. Minimalist radio possible outdoors AND in (for those who are housebound). Couple bucks worth of equipment, not a couple of G's. Congratulations fm F8WBD Dick.

[@andrewd4890]

Neat work and you were indeed fortunate to find a day with short skip on 40m. It has been so long for so long! Anyhow well done and it blows away my full size pixie, the $5 kit! BTW I did hook up my Pico keyer to the pixie just to be able to use a paddle and I monitored the transmitter using an ft817! Hard to send on a paddle without some sidetone! 73 Andrew VK1DA another SOTAnatic

[@cyia_RA3...]

Good evening, can I please have a diagram of this transceiver with a list of components. And the type of printed circuit board. Thank you in advance

[@KD9ZHF]

You're so crazy. Love it.

[@HannoBehrens]

A small micro button/switch would be a bit easier as a key than that. Not as minimalistic but you do stress your fingers and wrist with that and that's not good and not worth it. There has to be a softer, better way than banging two wires together. But what a feat! Kudos! Also a little sidetone is just a SMD buzzer, that's adding very little to the rig. AGBP 73 DL7HH .-.-.

[@5x9withQSB]

That's crazy thanks for sharing!!

[@Champerion]

I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took a choya spine to the knee.