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Hope you enjoy it as much as I am. I went out yesterday and did my first digital POTA activation! Thanks for watching.

He did a great job! For more info on how you can operate from the Battleship North Carolina please go to AC4RC.ORG.

Thanks! 😃I try. I fail and I try some more. But I always want to show the whole truth. Thanks for watching.

No problem at all. Hope you have a great week and thanks for watching.

Let me know when and I’ll head to a park and we can have a nice P2P QSO. Hope the rest of your trip is great!!!

I have it wired directly to one of my trucks batteries. The up side is it’s always ready to go. Downside is that I can drain the battery. Thanks for watching.

I took a grounding wire from the antenna mount to the frame and then tied the radios grounding lug with a wire to the same bolt on the frame.

Thanks ,I'll do that then ,KD9WTH 73

No. It’s unplugged anytime I am powering the radio on. Thanks for watching.

I can appreciate that. I thought the same thing too. But it looks like they sacrificed battery life to watts

The IC-705 with the included BP-272 battery pack only puts out a max of 5 watts. It will do up to 10 watts with a larger battery or 13.8vdc. The FTX-1F with the internal battery does 6 watts, and up to 10 watts with a external battery or 13.8vdc. So technically the FTX-1F puts out 1 more watt at low power, and does the same power output with an external source.

ohh. yet again I am learning sir. Thank you. Im glad that Yaesu literally 1 upped them.

To each his own. I like 80 and I have some nets I am on. Plus rag chewing with some buddies. So if I can figure out a way to make it work I would like to. The unicorn of 1 antenna for everything you do. It’s part of the fun too. So the experiment is worth it. Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for watching.

How so? Is it much different?

I should have more coming on it in around the first week of September. Thanks for watching!

In my experience with them then only thing that matters is making them evenly spaced out and the more of them tithe better. Thanks for watching!

I agree. I have been very please with the performance of it. To get around it not working on 80 meters I a Ham stick that I can screw on to the same mount. Just have to take the ATAS off first. I have also been toying with the idea of an external tuner. I have a spare MFJ 939 I can use and just keep it in line. Then if I need to I can use it. Haven’t tried it yet through. As for the toolbox mount, well I don’t have many other options to keep it out of the way. My truck is pretty tall as it is. I don’t want to put it on the fender because I feel like it would block my vision. I am also found to be doing a lot of bonding this fall. Thanks for watching!

Next time I take it off the truck and play I will give it a shot! Sounds like it will work. Thanks for watching

K3EE and thanks for watching.

The link is in the video description. And I think they are around 250. Thanks for watching.

You can run an inverted V with any wire configuration. They are ofter used that way with Dipoles or off center feed dipoles. But I often use my end feed half waves in an Inverted V and love the results. I have one at the my house and it is in an inverted L. Just throw the wire up and see what works. Thats how I do it and I am ofter surprised. Thanks for watching

@@Blackabeard Thank you

@@basicinfo.9315 no problem. If you ever need anything else please look me up on QRZ.com. My info is good there.

Thank you for watching. Earthing will be most important. But if the balcony is metal maybe you could attach it there. Best of luck my friend.

I think they are the 3/4 spacers. and they came from home depot

@@Blackabeard Thank you Blackbeard. Now I know how I will set up antennas on my pickup and did you ever do any bonding of truck bed and cab to frame or are you satisfied with the results of your setup? 73.

@@jeffreyashman9751 Good luck and happy radio !

Yes it does! No problems sense I changed it out. Thanks for watching!

We are using a Chameleon MPas.

​@@BlackabeardCool!

@@jamesabc372 I’ll post the video maybe later but my instagram has them

​@@Blackabeardok have great day.

Thank you for the idea!!! I will give them a look and see what I can find. Thanks for watching.

​@@Blackabeardit's light and easy to break down use 14 gauge it doesn't get tangled like 18 ,20 guage wire.😊

@@jamesabc372 wise words

​​@@BlackabeardAlso I have a alpha Delta light duty tripod. I like it because,using ve3dal loop antenna, the 1 inch PVC will fit in the tripod sleeve. Must use some weight to keep tripod from turning over. Ve3dal ,his tripod has spikes on bottom of the legs.

@@jamesabc372 I would love to see some pictures of that. Sounds like it would be easy to get on the air with.

I bought them from a random vendor at Dayton Ham Fest thing. I will tryadn find them and post them. thanks for watching.

I think I found them. I am not sure though. www.americanradiosupply.com/oversized-nut-for-so-239-uhf-bulkhead-connectors-nickel-plated-brass/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwkJm0BhBxEiwAwT1AXNcLamA8T0FNzncDMVRGeEX6nAKBeBCGGMdHw2MlHhqAam-3vsXWIxoCOkMQAvD_BwE

Sorry. It’s like my second video

I have more. How many do you need? The internal on the dx10 will not tune my random wire for 160 so I use an external for that.

You are welcome! And thanks for watching.

I have the bonding strap to do it. I tried once to get to it and got distracted and now it is way to hot. I will update once I find a cooler day in the fall. PS thats the reason I have not done anything with my new Yaesu ft500 either. It is still in the box because it needs to go in my truck and it is just to hot. Thanks for watching !!!

Well I don't have a lot of grounding at all. But everything you read will say you have to ground the crap out of it to make it work. I have part of a video that shows it will work just fine on without a lot of grounding. Best of luck and thanks for watching.

It is so hot. But we are making a go of it through the storms and all

I have never before seen an ice vending machine... wow that is something else.

I love them. 20 pounds of ice for $3.00 USD.

I have not tried the ground rod yet. How long of one are you using? I mean more grounding mean better antenna so I’m going to give it a go. Thanks for watching.

What is “Magic Carpet”?

@@slackleashdogtraining3598 The Magic Carpet is wire window screen. www.homedepot.com/p/Phifer-36-in-x-84-in-Brite-Aluminum-Screen-Roll-3000043/100390092

Well I am not sure. I personally don't do it to duplicate anything on purpose if I do, but to make a video from my point of view. Or how I did something. In my life I have seen a lot of ways to skin a cat. And it is nice to find a new way every now and then. Thanks for watching and have a great day!

When they sent their new radio for review it was sent as a FCC complaint radio for the amateur bands. It is still dirty. And I agree we should all do our due diligence to ensure we are legally using our equipment should one be inclined. But I hope everyone loves their own life how they want. Thanks for watching.

@@Blackabeard You can look up the FCC cert ID. If it's part 15, then it's GMRS. If it's part 95, then it's ham. I've never found a ham cert ID for any radio.

@@Blackabeard For example, I just looked up the FCC cert for Tidradio TD-H3. It only applies to GMRS, even though the radio does ham frequencies.

it was a great time and you did fantastic! Good luck next week on your upgrade. I can't wait to hear you on doing your own POTA !!

Well it will work. But the more metal around it the better. It does need a ground plain of some sort. Either radials or the magic carpet are the most used. But I have just plopped it down in my side yard and made contacts. So it worked. If i can help with anything just let me know. I am down to try most things.

@@Blackabeard I'm considering it or a wolf river coils mega

@@KE8ODY-WV-Ares-Ham-Dad-3O4 I have a few friends that have the WRC and th like them. The main difference is automated or manual extending the whip. here are some base measurements should you go that route. 20M =210" =204" 17M =162" =159" ISM = 140% = 1340 12M =118» =120" 10M =105" =101" Again If you are not using a Yaesu rig that has the ATAS interface then you will have to buy the program box for it. If your radio will do the ATAS then all you do Is press the tune button. Both are great options. One you can use it mobile and well not so much with the other. One note on the WRC, all my friends that have verticals with loading coils use radials to increase their ground plain. Not mandatory but it does help.

@@Blackabeard I have a yaesu Ft-710 so atas would work idk how I'd mount it and I hear they require mad grounding

@@KE8ODY-WV-Ares-Ham-Dad-3O4 Mine is grounded with a 16 gauge speaker wire to my frame. So sure if that is a lot or not, but certainly more than your deck would provide. I also not sure if you can go wrong either way. You can always do a redneck grounding wire. You make a ground wire that screws on to your antenna and the other end you wire a house plug to it making the ground wire the only connection. Then plug it in. Not a suggestion but an options I have heard of in peoples shacks. If you don't want to use ti mobile then the WRC would be my decision for sure.

Thank you. I love it too. I have not dismounted and used it much but when I do I love it.

I had the same thought, way later in the day. But so far so good. If I see anymore problems thats my plan.

Jeremy thanks for that. So far I love it!!

I would probably go with the Quansheng. Mostly because of the open source programming you can do with it. And I have not heard a bad word about it yet. Plus the fact that is natively a FCC approved Amateur Radio also helps sway my decision.

It is still a bit of a dirty radio. But much better than the first one. When I am not careering my yaesu it’s still the radio I grab

Thank you. I like it a lot.

It is pretty awesome.

Thats how I felt too. Not trilled but the pen thing is kind of cool. And I don't have the crafting knife either. The rechargeable batteries seem interesting. But for sure not what I was expecting at all. thanks for watching....

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!

Yes and yes. Some days I just keep pushing buttons until it sounds better. HIHI. thanks for watching.

Depending on your noise levels you may not want a full 10db and 4db is the answer. It's the same as a backing off a variable RF gain control for particular signal strength vs noise. I use that setting for 90% of the time. It's better for me for weak signal work on my FTDX 3000 than 10db or 20 db increases.

@@Sedona-cl6eg thanks for the advice! This is my first radio with filters so it’s taking some time to get in the swing of it. Thanks for watching!

@@Sedona-cl6eg A bit like fiddling while Rome burns ? I much prefer to use to RF gain to lift the noise floor. Sadly on my ic7300 the RF gain is a joke , a sick joke at that .

PS you have a great radio in the ft 3000 much better than my ic7300 where your RF control works great , i know this as i had one . Unfortunately the ergonomics is a bit jumbled up . But undoubtedly a more controllable receiver.

I made some radials that I have used in it. But there wasn’t much of a difference. How are the ones they make? Do they increase performance?

@@Blackabeard I would say I agree with you 100%. Not a huge difference. Keep up the good work!

Thanks I am trying. My gaol is just to pass the limited information I have so people can learn from it, learn from my mistakes or Help me learn through the comments. I really do appreciate the interaction.