FIELD TESTING AN EFHW ANTENNA WITH THE XIEGU G106

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 36

  • @Davidm-M0TPT
    @Davidm-M0TPT Рік тому +3

    It was great to see you and some of the members of the club, Props Stuart G5STU and Mike 2E0LWI driving for over 3 hours to take part :)

  • @janhenkins
    @janhenkins Рік тому +2

    Wow, I'm surprised at how well the G106 has been performing! I bought one myself after the (in)famous negative test by a prominent Tuber, but still have to test it in anger. It seems that I made the right decision to buy it. Simple, but excellent value from what I can hear in this clip.
    Thanks for a great video, Mat!

    • @TechMindsOfficial
      @TechMindsOfficial  Рік тому +2

      I think it’s a great little rig Jan, no frills but solidly built with a decent scope. I’ll do a more detailed review on it soon. I havnt seen any other video apart from MLS where they test it on an analyser and sig gen, performed well for the size. Cheers

  • @welshbikepackingadventures
    @welshbikepackingadventures Рік тому +1

    Great to watch this! Nothing like playing pota with friends, 73s

  • @Ossie12pints
    @Ossie12pints Рік тому +1

    Great video, I love seeing people enjoy radio together and just having such a great time!

    • @TechMindsOfficial
      @TechMindsOfficial  Рік тому

      Cheers Glenn! Always good to catch up with fellow radio enthusiasts!

  • @G5STU
    @G5STU Рік тому +2

    What a great day playing radio and meeting the gang, thanks for making the video Matt - I really want another one of those burgers now!

  • @kd9kck376
    @kd9kck376 Рік тому +4

    Honestly for the price and "Quality" of the XIEGU G106 (seeing as multiple units have had greatly different quality between multiple youtubers, and it seems to be highly related to the closed source firmware as well.) it would be better to buy a Ubitx (which can put out 10watts and is fully opensource meaning better support and hack-ability.)

    • @Randrew
      @Randrew Рік тому

      "it would be better to buy a Ubitx"
      Dunno, man. Being a DIY junkie myself, I might well buy the $209 uBitx kit and put it together myself for fun. But a built uBitx V6 with the nicer display costs more than the G106 and still looks clunkier.

    • @kd9kck376
      @kd9kck376 Рік тому

      @@Randrew Not sure how, since the Ubitx is only $209 (full kit) while th3 G106 is $319 plus you might end up with one that has issues due to the poor quality control.

    • @Randrew
      @Randrew Рік тому

      @@kd9kck376 Well, I went looking for pre-built uBitx V6 prices for comparison and they ranged from 300 to 350 - with the nicer display on the higher end. That's why I said *I* might go for the full kit, but I wouldn't expect everyone to who might like a G106 to be comfy with the number of components in the uBitx kit.

    • @techguy9023
      @techguy9023 Рік тому

      @@Randrew the ubitx kit is plug together the parts-no soldering. Adding the Nextion display involves downloading software and plugging it in basically. Not an appliance but it's not stuffing a board and soldering components and winding lots of toroids. The basic kit might take 30 minutes.

  • @IrishHamRadio
    @IrishHamRadio Рік тому +1

    Hi Matt,
    I've watched a lot of your great videos, most of which are in the workshop/shack where you are describing/reviewing/building different technologies/experiments/equipment...
    It's really nice to see this more casual out and about portable content, where you're meeting other Ops and having fun (or "the craic") as we would say! 😁
    Love the channel and am learning from it all the time. 👌
    De EI5IMB (Dave).

    • @TechMindsOfficial
      @TechMindsOfficial  Рік тому +1

      Thank you Dave! Appreciate the nice comment and I'm glad you enjoy my videos!

  • @StuartM0TTQAmateurRadio
    @StuartM0TTQAmateurRadio Рік тому +2

    I think Kev was the star of that vid!

  • @Randrew
    @Randrew Рік тому +1

    Man, it looked so pleasant out there.
    ARRL Field Day last June was a decent day for propagation but hell on our stamina where my local club set up. The high temp reached 103 F (~39 C) and the last of us bailed out by 5pm from exhaustion. Someone tell me again just WHY we USA-ians have our Field Day in June?

    • @junyangxx
      @junyangxx Рік тому +1

      No worry, there is a winter one as well. 🤣

  • @stewartrv
    @stewartrv Рік тому +2

    Nice change of location (and Music). Is Stuart G5STU your stunt ham? 🤣

    • @TechMindsOfficial
      @TechMindsOfficial  Рік тому +1

      Hahaha yep he sure is, looks nothing like me though lolol 😂

  • @beaseac
    @beaseac Рік тому +1

    Dude, you're driving on the wrong side of the road!! 😜

    • @Randrew
      @Randrew Рік тому +2

      "Be careful driving, Honey. The radio says there's someone driving the wrong way on the M4."
      "Someone!? They're ALL going the wrong way!"

  • @topasz73
    @topasz73 Рік тому

    You tested some different mobile Sticks Like the Ampro , did you use any counterpoises to make them resonant? 73 DM6AT

  • @ianadamson7370
    @ianadamson7370 Рік тому +1

    Hi everyone. Enjoyed the video, it's good to play radios out in the countryside. I've a question for you - the black pipe type item on top ot the radio , is it just a piece of plumbing pipe ? If so what is the item description or part number please. It's a great idea to direct the sound from upfiring radio speakers . I need one for my Xiegu G90

    • @Randrew
      @Randrew Рік тому +1

      I noticed that too... it has a nice look to it.
      I made a sound director for my 7300 from paper-backed craft foam board. Glued some rubberized magnets along the bottom to hold it to the radio case.

    • @ianadamson7370
      @ianadamson7370 Рік тому +1

      @@Randrew Sounds like a good idea to Andrew , your homemade item to reflect the speaker sound to the front of the radio

  • @cocosloan3748
    @cocosloan3748 Рік тому

    WTF are you guys doing 🤣

  • @dodgydd
    @dodgydd Рік тому

    You changed your signature music again! 😢😢

    • @TechMindsOfficial
      @TechMindsOfficial  Рік тому +2

      It’s only for this video as this was a kind of different video to my normal content.

    • @dodgydd
      @dodgydd Рік тому

      @@TechMindsOfficial /mops brow 😉😉

    • @kyhwana
      @kyhwana Рік тому

      Whew, the previous intro music was great, please keep it!

  • @Frank_K4FMH
    @Frank_K4FMH Рік тому

    Oh no! Different music…😢

    • @TechMindsOfficial
      @TechMindsOfficial  Рік тому +1

      Only for this video :)

    • @Frank_K4FMH
      @Frank_K4FMH Рік тому

      @@TechMindsOfficial I get it, lol. Many just absolute love your intro/outro music...

  • @bga2594
    @bga2594 Рік тому

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