This Remote Ham Radio Station is INSANE!

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Even as a club this would look ambitious, but for a private individual it's astounding.

[@HamRadioDX]

Thanks Joe. A lot of hard work and money goes into it!

[@VK2KRR]

Wow that 1296 signal ! :) Excellent work Hayden.

[@John_Smith__]

Now that is an Amazing Site! In a amazing location no doubt! Congrats!

[@HamRadioDX]

It really is!

[@LifeAtTerminalVelocity]

That is a MONSTER tropo link

[@HamRadioDX]

It’s a fair distance for sure! Thanks Carlos 👍

[@albert7ii]

Hi Haydon. Am a total Newby to Whisper. Been up for about a month. Using same Zachtek unit as you do...200 Milliwatt antenna 80-10 LW but only 3 meters above ground at this time ! Have hit: Hawaii... most of the USA....USA Antarctic station in Mc Murdo... German Fed Republic station in Antartica, Various places in VK land, Brazil, Japan.... and of course every conceivable place in Europe.... Sadly..... New Zealand has sofar escaped me. Will raise the antenna to 10 meters and just keep praying, once I have had a chance to Guy the end mast, its very windy here close to the coast Thanks for a very very informative video. Appreciated. Albert EI7II.

[@HamRadioDX]

Excellent Albert! WSPR is a very effective tool for propagation reporting for sure. Glad you've had a lot of success. Raising that antenna a bit higher should definitely help out. 73 and thanks for watching

[@VK3TWO]

I use a field deployment check list so I never forget anything. Priceless!!!

[@HamRadioDX]

There is ALWAYS something you’ll forget haha

[@peterclifford8305]

Great video Hayden! Thanks for the look around!!

[@HamRadioDX]

No worries Peter 👍

[@vk2aafhamradio]

Great stuff, Hayden. Very generous of you to do the 477MHz repeater. The ones in SYD are horribly abused. Great job on the recent ZL tropo. Would have loved to get in on that, my 9el m yagi was on the tower but not yet cabled until the day after. Bugger. 73 de VK2AAF

[@brucel399]

I've done this several times from the summit of Pikes Peak. 2 meters, 70CM, CB, even most recently with GMRS. Its amazing how far you can reach with a 14,000 foot tower under you. KC0AQU CHEERS from Colorado

[@HamRadioDX]

That’s it Bruce! Nothing beats a tower that high!

[@lyledal]

The view from up there is pretty awesome!

[@HamRadioDX]

It really is! Better when there is no wind. Thanks Lionel

[@KaL_Tero_Vet_RET]

Scary...and so windy! My vertigo kicked on immediately!

[@NICKGAR7]

Excellent video. All the stuff I am in to and more! Been a busy week with 225Qs in our local 432MHz contests plus 6m contest tonight! Best regards, Nick M1DDD

[@HamRadioDX]

Thank you Nick. Nice one!

[@aeron-mw7ofs]

Great stuff Hayden , Happy new year matey 👍👍

[@HamRadioDX]

Happy new year thanks Aeron!

[@No7Dumb]

Gotta be happy with that .. happy new year ..

[@HamRadioDX]

Yes very happy! Great contacts hopefully the first of many

[@wertialexander7711]

great wind bro. by the way love your Baofeng

[@Counselor77]

That's awesome! The ultimate Ham shack.

[@Dusty_Ham]

What an amazing site! That is so cool.

[@HamRadioDX]

Cheers dusty

[@bollockszz]

love your work,cheers Vk7 tce.

[@HamRadioDX]

Thanks mate

[@HomebrandFishfood]

Wow that opening was very cool I am yet to have experience any contacts like that on 2m but I also don’t really have the best setup my VHF UHF antenna is just a vertical

[@DonzLockz]

Really cool to checkout all the gear Hayden. Lots going on in there. You could tidy it up a bit though. Lol I would be worried about lightning frying the equipment, do you have anything to mitigate that risk? You standing on the edge made me clench up and freak out. Haha. Good work you are doing there for the community my friend.✌🍺🤓🇦🇺

[@HamRadioDX]

Thanks Don. Lightning hasn’t been a problem in the past. Here in Sth Tas we don’t get too much lightning plus there is another tower nearby that is three times the height of ours so the chances of us getting a direct hit are slim

[@KI4ASK]

Crazy Hayden! Nice views

[@HamRadioDX]

Thanks Joe 👍

[@624radicalham]

Now that's a real amateur radio operator. Puts to shame at least 70% of the people who comment on QRZ

[@HamRadioDX]

🤣 thanks Miami. Some would say “I’m just a dumb old KZbinr in it for the fame”. I genuinely enjoy the hobby and love to share my passion with everyone

[@624radicalham]

@@HamRadioDX Thanks for all that you do. Genuinely mean that. Now if we could only get you to stop using FT8 lol

[@HamRadioDX]

😂 I use other modes, but only when propagation is strong enough 👍 nothing beats SSB

[@624radicalham]

@@HamRadioDX Great to hear that! I'm in my 40s and what attracted me was being able to talk on a microphone and ride the waves of propagation, so to speak. It's been my life long desire and I'm pleased I'm finally able to do it. Just know that your videos trigger the imagination and stir up excitement on a global scale on an international platform. Something that was never possible before KZbin. You've certainly made us dream and have goals and for this, I'm grateful!

[@HamRadioDX]

Thank you for those kind words mate. This is what the channel is all about, get out there, try something new and have fun!

[@DK5ONV]

Hayden you're an UHF / VHF Animal . . . 💯🎸👏👏👏🙋‍♂

[@HamRadioDX]

Thanks Guenter 👍 you’re a legend mate

[@KaL_Tero_Vet_RET]

Agreed!

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

The geological features are interesting enough, let alone the antenna site.

[@HamRadioDX]

I know right! Lots of dolerite rock formations pretty cool

[@richardbean2037]

Outstanding location! 73 de K1HC

[@HamRadioDX]

Thanks Richard!

[@bluefirewiz8835]

Fantastic site tour Hayden, how did you achieve a decent ground for the tower , we have a similar rocky site with repeaters for 6 & 2 , with 70cm & 10Mt to follow this year . Note the cable ties , we cut ours @ 45degree to further deter those bloody flying rats (Cockatiels) . All the best DX for 2022 ,, 73 Gary VK2VU

[@HamRadioDX]

Cheers Gary, We don't have too many issues with cockies down here... The top of that mountain is solid rock... almost... a steel pipe has been smashed into the ground, not the best, but it's all that can be managed. We're not so worried about lightning. We don't have that many storms down here and there is an adjacent tower that is three times the height of ours, so it's more like to get a direct hit. Thanks for watching, 73

[@KD2HJP]

Ok. I'm late to the game here... But holy smokes, what a spot! DE KD2HJP 73 Long Island NY USA

[@HamRadioDX]

Thanks!

[@powellite]

Interesting and worthwhile video tour. Thank you. How / what did you do to acquire the land / lease / rental site? Or perhaps your site is privately owned? Government muti-use contract? You should do a video on acquisition of repeater sites by Hams and the frustrating process to acquire. Thank you. Dan / KL1JP (Alaska)

[@HamRadioDX]

Hi Dan, The site is privately owned. Which makes it much easier - thanks for the video idea, that could prove useful!

[@johnbrown-rm8kc]

whats the name of the QTH .

[@AdamosDad]

Height makes might.

[@NsixVHF]

Wow....amazing! Here in the states, the new hams are almost all ditching the VHF/UHF/SHF bands for HF. They just don't realize how much fun stuff they can do above 30 MHz.

[@mikemcdonald5147]

depends on the state. We just installed three new repeaters. two vhf one uhf. we can link them for weather related emergencies or any reason really. We are also setting up more aprs setups, as well as bringing back packet on vhf.

[@mm7bvp]

Respect my friend I am located in Scotland UK. I wish we were permitted to do this here. Excellent you provide coverage via UHF cb too. What lightning protection do you have in place from the main mast the Yagis are attached to? And also the "flowerpot" given the height and location I figure lightning and other atmospheric conditions are common. Great work, thanks for sharing. 73 Rab MM7BVP

[@HamRadioDX]

Hi Rab, lightning isn't too much of an issue here, but we do earth the tower and equipment. There is an adjacent tower which is higher than ours, so that cops all the hits for us ;) Thanks for watching

[@brianspilsbury8953]

what is your AC source? I see batteries but is that only for backup or are you using solar panels and an inverter system?

[@HamRadioDX]

AC source is power directly to the site. Batteries for backup, no solar.

[@JohnVK5JAK]

At the 4 minute mark you mention an IP switch to allow remote powering of things. What brand/model is it?

[@HamRadioDX]

It's one of these John - geni.us/iqWR88h

[@JohnVK5JAK]

@@HamRadioDX thanx muchly

[@M0IDW]

Big question is though Hayden...Can you see the pub from there ?

[@HamRadioDX]

I’m sure there is at least one pub you can see 😂

[@TheArtofEngineering]

Hayden, being as city life is resplendent with RF crud, why no online HF SDR radio? You could share it with me??? 😃That would be awesome. Or I would live up there as your security!!! hi hi

[@HamRadioDX]

Not a great location for HF there, too much noise and a massive lightning attraction!

[@TheArtofEngineering]

@@HamRadioDX ahhhh other services up there too…. And ⚡️73

[@ejbeekeeper4360]

Thanks for this video. Is this site your property? Are the batteries solar powered? 73 from the Netherlands.

[@HamRadioDX]

Hi EJ. Leased property and no it is mains power!

[@tangle70]

How do you power the site?

[@HamRadioDX]

Mains power

[@tahlbernard3152]

I fail to see any real world value in any of this effort and cost beside just geeking out as an engineer...

[@vicmiller7191]

Nice looking site, hopefully one day I may be able to work you on ft8 on maybe 10 or possibly 20 meters. great video also. Thanks for sharing Vic de KE8JWE

[@HamRadioDX]

Be good to work you too!