The problem with too much HAM RADIO!

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The problem with too much HAM RADIO!

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Күн бұрын

I was too eager to play with numerous radio setups in one day, it was a very hot day as well, that's my excuse for making a pigs ear out of both radio set ups. I did however look back on the day with a sense of enjoyment, I just wished I'd told my face that on the day.
Equipment used:
Icom IC 9700
Icom IC 7200
M1ECC antenna
Diamond 5 elelment 144mhz yagi
Diamond? telescopic mast
Caravan jockey wheel clamps
I also used got to try out the All Powers S300 Power bank which performed well on the day charging laptops, phones and powered the LED lights at night. The S300 is an affordable power supply, feels well built and the design of it means it easily fits in the back of a busy car or truck.
Here are the official website's links and there's a 30% OFF discount code: CP30 S300 power station: tinyurl.com/4hh...
I'm a licensed amateur radio operator from the United Kingdom. My KZbin channel features videos focusing on operating portable radio from various locations plus how to videos, tutorials, insights and conversations in the hobby.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 2M SSB
07:46 Camping location
10:21 Antenna problems
12:10 Should I give up?
13:17 M1ECC antenna set up
14:47 All Powers S300 review
16:37 Cooking time!

Пікірлер: 76

@elduderino4557 10 ай бұрын

I love that you keep it real Carl. One of the main reasons I keep watching your videos matey. I’ve learned a lot from watching how you do things and your experiments. Hope to get you in the log some day. MW7WDP

@problemwithauthority 10 ай бұрын

Just returned from a camping trip on Vancouver Island, but never took my radio out of its case. The dew point was such that moisture condensed on everything, and didn't want to damage the IC-7300. Was still enjoyable though.

@Tommyr 10 ай бұрын

I'd say not too bad of a day despite your few issues Carl! Enjoyed it! 73!

@brianfields4479 10 ай бұрын

Well done carl. With all respect, sun hat, insect spray and a simple resonant vertical ant, away from buildings, sheep, people etc, And qso what you find, there's nothing worse than watching a radio video, where the person is just editing to give 5 seconds of Loads of contacts. You might aswell video yourself working a contest all day long, how boring would that be hi. A simple pre tested ant, a psu, wine, grub and relax. Next time carl, see how much gear you can leave at home. My portable setup, is a ebike, 20m vertical and battery, less is best. Keep on trucking carl, and please youself not the masses . 73.

@scottt5314 10 ай бұрын

Great to see you having fun ..I've just come back from the Brecon Beacons and should have taken my radio gear. we did use pmr 446 on our way but you could transmit for miles from where we were staying .. love the channel keep up the good work

@johnnorth9355 10 ай бұрын

Hands up all those who have been gifted a Balun only to find it does not work as planned ? I can't function in heat as well Carl so you have my sympathies. Still food and wine must have saved the day ?

@wayneskiba1237 10 ай бұрын

What a great setup,Carl, and great scenery to boot! You look like you are having a great time with all the gear like one person said, a worst day playing ham radio is still better then the best day at work, and your out in nature enjoying the weather, you sure did a great job showing how to have alot of fun with portable ham radio, keep'em coming Carl, throughly enjoyable. Thank you for sharing.

@TangoRomeo121 10 ай бұрын

To paraphrase the old saying, the worst day playing ham radio is still better than the best day working! Keep up the good work Carl!

@caulktel 10 ай бұрын

Carl I really like your videos in fact it was watching you operate your IC-7200 that caused me to buy one also, love that radio. Keep up, don't give up.

@M0SZT 10 ай бұрын

I love my IC 7200, it's a bit hardy and it has such fantastic audio on the receive and the front speaker is a solid sound.

@MI7DJT 10 ай бұрын

Chin up Carl. Every day playing radio is a learning experience. Enjoyed watching :)

@gnidrologeddie 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for all your videos Carl, I thoroughly enjoy watching, and I'm learning a lot. Don't take this the wrong way, but seeing you having a hard time with antennas not tuning, or dealing with bad conditions is reassuring for me. Seeing so many youtube videos where every QSO is with rare dx at 5w does not represent my experience with radio, even when using the most suitable setup. You are presenting reality, and having fun with it. Great stuff !!!

@m0aze611 10 ай бұрын

It’s a shame Carl, I’ve had to accept that 2 meter activity is not what it used to be. I shan’t be changing my 2 meter multi mode as I can’t justify the cost versus use. I was looking for a new mobile rig and again thinking very hard whether worth it. Once the A/B licences was abolished, not bemoaning that I miss turning the set on and chasing a free channel. 40 years ago was great to go up Snowdon to take part in competitions. Don’t be too down about it plenty of fisherman go out and catch very little. 73 Mike

@willian.direction6740 10 ай бұрын

Gday Carl when you held up that dipole antenna for "80m" , I thought mmm not much wire rolled up there for a leg on 80m. This portable stuff these days mostly revolves around parks or peaks, and some contests don't attract many ops anymore its easier to sit home and play FT8.

@knotsofast777 10 ай бұрын

Hello from north Georgia US, Carl. Many excellent radio and amatuer sites on KZbin but your own welcoming us to share your adventures, ideas and experience on your beautiful, purpose-perfect property is the place I look forward to landing every chance. You reminded me that knowledge is an unlimited license to get out and DO what we love. That we can see the outcomes as they occur is a privilege and steps up knowledge for many of us. Thank you sir and long may you enjoy it too :-)

@M0SZT 10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much glad you like the adventures 😊

@scousedavies565 10 ай бұрын

Not a Ham but retired professional here. The "CQ DX" calls from Italy tickled me. When I first went to Saudi Arabia in 1978 we didn't have telephone service anywhere so we had to rely on CB radios and the sounds of "CQ DX" coming from Italy stick with me today, 45 years later! Ironically, I had gone there to commission an HF aeronautical system covering Saudi, Syria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Yemen and Sudan. We had a couple of million dollars worth of kit to deal with and had to struggle through rubbish on CB to contact the office 10 miles down the road

@stevemunro8559 10 ай бұрын

We have all been there. It seems to me that the lockdown back to radio operators are drifting away again. Maybe take a break until your radio MoJo has returned. You never know the next time you may have an absolute blast.😊 it happens to us all.

@kennethausten 10 ай бұрын

Had a load of newMW7 in Wales during COVID. Plus we setup a 4m FM nets in Merthyr Tydfil. It's all gone dead now.. One mw7 has given up , sold all the gear. rest I Never hear. Radio club almost non existent, many never returned. Result of Lockdowns.

@Jay-M7CVO 4 ай бұрын

The guy on radio didn’t seem too pleased when his signal was a 5-3 , 73

@wayneskiba1237 10 ай бұрын

By the way Carl, the cooking segment was also very tasty and enjoyable!

@Drewboo1968 10 ай бұрын

As a fellow Baldy Codger, I can't recommend a head covering enough on sunny days. I never hit the outdoors without one. A single case of sunburnt chrome dome taught me my lesson 🤣🤣🤣 All the best M7GSS/KD9PBT

@MW7MWZ 10 ай бұрын

Yep, absolutely couldn't agree more. Always have a Buff stashed somewhere in case emergency head cover needed!

@moviestudioland 10 ай бұрын

I ten to fix vintage Ham Radio gear from 1960's. HF only. Don't care much for 2m or 440. Been there and done all that in the 1990's. HF is what is really interesting. But carry on. You have a proper outing there and you are happy and having fun. And a good meal at hand too.

@UDX-340 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this one..

@petemillis4666 10 ай бұрын

Your videos are excellent, even when things don't go to plan. And the food is making my mouth water. Good job. 73 M3KXZ

@hallofieldday 10 ай бұрын

11:00 A week without you is a bad week :)

@arthurtwoshedsjackson6266 10 ай бұрын

0:03 was he saying that to you , Carl 😂😂😂😂

@M0SZT 10 ай бұрын

Ha no, there was two contests running and this op was having banter with folks because they were using incremental not age

@markramsay6399 10 ай бұрын

Very enjoyable video indeed. Thanks, Mark (2E0MSR).

@theradiorover 10 ай бұрын

The trials! At least you got a nice meal out of it. 😊 Fraser MM0EFI

@kennethausten 10 ай бұрын

I do very little ham radio. I am retired. I find too little time for it. Been little time for portable as always other jobs that take priority at home. Never mind. HF was not even Switched on this weekend. Today I am out walking. So I used the handhelds on dmr, and FM Repeaters, plus echo link on the Android and zello. Not a dicky bird. Gb3bC dead as a DoDo. That's on Echolink as well. Looks like your doing well. I am in a Gregg's at this moment. Heading back home shortly. Good luck.

@AndyWragg 10 ай бұрын

Hi Carl, hope you are well. Nice to see you out and about. My radios haven't seen the light of day for ages now. I just don't have the spark for it. I think the last thing I did was test out TARPN on 4m with one of my local friends. We got the chat service working so we could exchange text messages in real time. The local emcom group fizzled out and with it my interest in Radio (for now). 73.

@M0SZT 10 ай бұрын

Yes I’ve been through that as well, had a renaissance lately and the wallet is smoking.

@dxcomander 10 ай бұрын

Carl, why don't you just put the end fed up on an inverted v...work well that with the mast on the truck.

@M0SZT 10 ай бұрын

Yes mate I’ve recently learned about setting up that way, I’m a creature of bad habits 🫣

@neilgodfreybartley3143 10 ай бұрын

❤ Brilliant 🤞🏾😎

@Maurice-uy4wn 10 ай бұрын

Try 10 m I don’t know why no one is using it. I found it by 11 m is booming so it stands to reason that 11 m should be good for overseas across the pot. Good luck have a good one 73

@FIL357 10 ай бұрын

I went /P last night for a 4 metre net. Absolute bust. - power cable broken, too dark to repair !! Can’t win ‘em all!

@keithchambers-oq6nb 10 ай бұрын

40 metres seems to be the best for a chat than 2 metres, 2 metres where I live is dead unless a lift is on the go. Shame as at one time it’s was a great natter band of an evening. I have only the basic of radiosQRP on hf and vhf, home brew, simple wire antennas, it’s challenging but great fun when you get through against those will more equipment and antennas. Look at SOTA or POTA…

@tonym7cvk430 10 ай бұрын

Good morning Carl I have only been licensed since January last year, I have both HF/vhf/uhf equipment I am lucky in my home location 2/70 is fairly active (Wiltshire) I get good access into the repeater network. I have only managed 1 ssb contact on 2m but I am still learning the ropes, HF wise I can’t complain my set ups are mainly vertical and inverted V wire antenna. I have a 4 element beam for 2/70 which I will try when I get back home it’s like fishing one never knows who or what you get. M7CVK Tony

@M0SZT 10 ай бұрын

Nice one, yes it’s like fishing! 😊

@MakeDoAndMend1 10 ай бұрын

Hi Carl. Just found your channel. I have had too many bad days on Radio. Mainly lack of good equipment in my collection. It can be a money pit as well. Cheers from old George ps how do you get to a point where people give you stuff to review on here.

@M0SZT 10 ай бұрын

Cheers, I’ve noticed after I got to around 12k subs but there’s also viewing figures that indicate if a channel has real viewers and not just paid for subs

@m7trsradio 10 ай бұрын

Great work Carl. Think I should pitch at the side of you sometime. I will do QRP. We can eat a curry and have a couple of drinks. Love the stuff you do. Great work dude. 73

@M0SZT 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@KB1UIF 3 ай бұрын

Hi, Im curious if you ever experimented with slinky antennas? The last time i visited the UK, i bought a couple to experiment with, but I have not yet gotten around to it. 73.

@M0SZT 3 ай бұрын

Not yet but they do look fun

@KB1UIF 3 ай бұрын

@M0SZT I have a VNA, so it will be interesting to see how the resonance changes as they get stretched out. My main antenna is a 270-foot OCF at about 30 feet. So, the slinky would be purely experimental.

@johnflowers1976 10 ай бұрын

Hi ,That looks like Merriton Low? I did very well in a backpackers from there yesrs ago. If 'CKR are on in the same square though, your receiver front end will just be constantly in compression and your resulting noise figure will be terrible, you'll not hear much over the whole band (been there, done that..) Keep at it though, perhaps pick a 2m location nearer Buxton? Some days it just doesn't go to plan, but not every day. Keep your spirits up, keep trying and thanks for the great videos. 73 G0JLF.

@James_Bowie 10 ай бұрын

I'm always waiting for you to "kook" something, even if it's a radio. :-)

@M0SZT 10 ай бұрын

I’m pretty good at pressure testing the finals in radios

@101blog 10 ай бұрын

Liked that, pitty there wasnt much action on the 2M(Backpackers ????) could hear you perfectly well that location is in use by all the ACs guys at least 2 every week! How much noise does the power bank puit out ... my Jackery is pritty quiet even on HF .. Maybe a head to head is in order?!

@M0SZT 10 ай бұрын

It would be useful to measure noise on the 3 power banks I have and your Jackery

@MrVertigo1971 10 ай бұрын

Have you ever considered doing a video dedicated to cooking only? I pretty much enjoy seeing you stir the pot. 😂

@M0SZT 10 ай бұрын

Maybe one day I'll do a 80% and 20% radio video and ask for feedback

@gtretroworld 10 ай бұрын

I was recently talking to a few local operators to what had happened to 2m as it has fell off a cliff since i was last using it just over a decade ago. Since returning to the hobby i have pretty much gone full circle and started playing with 11m.I will probably get it in the neck for saying this but maybe it could be an option to give you a little variety along side the ham bands or maybe not, just a idea..Anyway great video and if the wine was just so the food looked great..Chin Up Carl 73’s

@M0SZT 10 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed the 11m SSB nets at the weekends a few summers ago!

@gtretroworld 10 ай бұрын

⁠@@M0SZTWell there is no time like the present Carl….Today i was rag chewing with a few old boys on 11m then did a bit on 10/20m,no harm done at all and a bit of variety.

@DXCommanderHQ 10 ай бұрын

Pain is good for you Carl! :)

@robertroche4220 10 ай бұрын

Hi - I'm really impressed with your organisational skills - the amount of planning you must have to do to organise your one person field trips. It looks like you're not too far from me (I'm in io83xb) - looks like on 'the tops' along the Leek - Buxton Road? Are you involved in any local clubs - with all your kit you could be a one person club! I'm recently returned to ham radio with a very modest qth only setup. Regards Rob G1VXD

@M0SZT 10 ай бұрын

Cheers Rob, yes the location is near the Roaches. I tried to set up Potteries radio club (focused on outdoor radio mostly) with a friend however I I think it would need at least 3 or 4 people to dedicate the time which we didn't have.