The 2 meter band is my favourite band! Always use it portable and have logged many stations. You dont really need an expensive radio with loads of power either! Hope to get you in the log again, 73!
Great video Mike and well said. I should try this more often myself. We are building a new home up a hill which is a great location for VHF/UHF. I also finished building my home brew 2m vertical ground plane which I have tested for the first time today from the new QTH. Was able to reach with 1W from a FT-3DR and that vertical a distance of 11 km to a friend with the same handheld and a rubber ducky. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more of your videos. 73 Kevin, VK4KK
After many years of listening to many frequencies, this year, 2023, I heard my first SSB 2 meter transmissions! I heard these transmissions on 144.200Mhz USB and LSB. It was actually exciting to hear activity on that frequency. I thought it never happened. It took decades to hear something, but it happened! I want to add to my listening chart, 50.125Mhz USB, 222.555Mhz USB and LSB, 432.100Mhz USB, and the extremely illusive 144.300 AM. It was easy to hear 27.385Mhz AM, FM, USB, LSB, 28.400Mhz USB, LSB. The listening continues...
Have you thought of using "tiger tails" on your hand held? Simply a 1/4 wave wire counterpoise which attaches just under the antenna. I have used them on and off for years and they appear to improve signal strength. Just a quick technical note, you should be signing "mobile" not portable. If you are free to move from where you are without need to detach or disassemble anything then you ae mobile. However if you have a pole tied to a fence for your antenna the you become "portable". I checked this out with ofcom as there was little clarity available at the time. Love watching your vlogs and enjoyed our brief contact yesterday.
Hi Trevor. Thanks for the reply. The antenna is a half wave so a counterpoise will have no advantage or effect. If I use a 1/4 wave then yes. ua-cam.com/video/kvxUd9sl9oI/v-deo.html Regarding how to sign, It really matters not. Fact is, 1. It isnt mandatory to append your call unless /mm also I prefer to only sign /m when moving in a vehicle. Eitherway, thanks for watching. 73
great stream mike since getting my license in may this year i keep meaning to go up ashhurst beacon which is just up the hill ftom me soon as you go out are front door you can see the tree,s to the park so untill i get a little hf set to talk up there i can use the HT i have so next time im up there ill give you a call from ste in skelmersdale M7BYF ps didn,t know i was one of your subscribers but have been for a while keep up the good work mike and 73 good dx
Do you know anything about radio? Are there any signs I was on a repeater. You never call CQ on a repeater. Suggest if you are wanting to learn, spend longer listening. I have loads of videos you can learn from.
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Really useful information. Thank you
The 2 meter band is my favourite band! Always use it portable and have logged many stations. You dont really need an expensive radio with loads of power either! Hope to get you in the log again, 73!
Thats the most gangster music I've ever heard on a ham video. I'm from U.S.
Great video Mike and well said.
I should try this more often myself. We are building a new home up a hill which is a great location for VHF/UHF.
I also finished building my home brew 2m vertical ground plane which I have tested for the first time today from the new QTH. Was able to reach with 1W from a FT-3DR and that vertical a distance of 11 km to a friend with the same handheld and a rubber ducky.
Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more of your videos.
73
Kevin, VK4KK
After many years of listening to many frequencies, this year, 2023, I heard my first SSB 2 meter transmissions! I heard these transmissions on 144.200Mhz USB and LSB. It was actually exciting to hear activity on that frequency. I thought it never happened. It took decades to hear something, but it happened! I want to add to my listening chart, 50.125Mhz USB, 222.555Mhz USB and LSB, 432.100Mhz USB, and the extremely illusive 144.300 AM. It was easy to hear 27.385Mhz AM, FM, USB, LSB, 28.400Mhz USB, LSB. The listening continues...
Good video thanks for showing us how it’s done 👍
Have you thought of using "tiger tails" on your hand held? Simply a 1/4 wave wire counterpoise which attaches just under the antenna. I have used them on and off for years and they appear to improve signal strength.
Just a quick technical note, you should be signing "mobile" not portable. If you are free to move from where you are without need to detach or disassemble anything then you ae mobile. However if you have a pole tied to a fence for your antenna the you become "portable". I checked this out with ofcom as there was little clarity available at the time.
Love watching your vlogs and enjoyed our brief contact yesterday.
Hi Trevor. Thanks for the reply. The antenna is a half wave so a counterpoise will have no advantage or effect. If I use a 1/4 wave then yes. ua-cam.com/video/kvxUd9sl9oI/v-deo.html Regarding how to sign, It really matters not. Fact is, 1. It isnt mandatory to append your call unless /mm also I prefer to only sign /m when moving in a vehicle. Eitherway, thanks for watching. 73
It doesn’t matter a jot what you sign...none is mandatory
Really good video Mike
great stream mike since getting my license in may this year i keep meaning to go up ashhurst beacon which is just up the hill ftom me soon as you go out are front door you can see the tree,s to the park so untill i get a little hf set to talk up there i can use the HT i have so next time im up there ill give you a call from ste in skelmersdale M7BYF ps didn,t know i was one of your subscribers but have been for a while keep up the good work mike and 73 good dx
Good video and commentary, Mike! Just curious what your farthest contact so far is with the FT 60 and the MFJ 1714?
I learned that “CQ CQ CQ” is done on HF, and for 2m you just say “monitoring.” Is that just a difference between UK and US?
That's rubbish. Whoever taught you that it wrong.
@@MikeM0XMX Were you on a repeater?
Do you know anything about radio? Are there any signs I was on a repeater. You never call CQ on a repeater. Suggest if you are wanting to learn, spend longer listening. I have loads of videos you can learn from.
How do you know what frequency to use for your calling?
In UK on 2m there are 2 main calling channels or frequencies. 145.500 FM and 144.300 USB
Are use 70cm and 2 m most days
What aerial are you using?
Come on. It's specifically in the video because I knew someone would ask. It's also in the description. I can't do everything for you.
@@MikeM0XMX Yikes ok man.