Thanks for the feedback TO. As I'm going through this series, I know much is old hat to some of us, but oh how I remember my struggle to figure it all out. Thought I'd pass along my research and hard knocks.
@@HOAHamRadio I am a new ham and have found this series to be invaluable to helping me understand all this electrical and RF stuff. I was a carpenter in a previous life and electricity is something I have avoided judiciously. I don't like getting shocked and this series will help in this regard.
Great video Bob. My space in the condo is limited and the HOA prohibits outside side antennas and enhancements so I am severely limited. Being retired, my funding is also limited but so far this series has tracked along pretty nicely to what I have done. One tip; when I charge a battery I put a small piece of blue painters tape over the power pole connectors and it stays there until I start using the battery. That way I know at a glance if the battery is fully charged or not. When I use the battery the first time after I charge it I pull the tape and put it on the side of the battery so it is readily available for the next timeI charge it.
Good stuff. Similar setup here. Picked an operating tip from you (testing... no response required) and the blue painters tape "charged" marker procedure from your commenter. Your concision is so helpful and makes me want to watch. Liked the end to end demo for new hams, too.
Brand new ham here 🙋🏽♂️. Stupid question inbound..... on the distribution board with all the different fuses, how do you know which fused port each piece of equipment should be plugged into? Thanks for this great video! I am trying to figure it all out, and it can be very intimidating. This video was great!
I have a 76yr old house with 15 amp circuits for 90% of the outlets. I just have to make sure when I get my shack up and running in the chosen room that I don't plug it into the outlet at is on the same circuit as the LR space heater and window AC. LOL old houses are so much fun.
Velcro makes for a clean install, I know guys that have their tm-281/271 Velcroed straight to the top of their dash dashboard. One of these days I want to make a battery box out of a water proff container, Velcro everything inside keeping it water tight or reusable for another project. Nice video Take care
You could run the power supply power cord to a surge protector if you wanted to, but it is not a requirement. Treat it like you would any other appliance in your home. A TV, refrigerator, microwave etc...
Mason, I don't think you would be transmitting on more than one 50 watt radio at a time, would you? So you can hook up as many as you have / want; you are only transmitting 1 at a time.
Just upgrade to a West Mountain Radio Epic PWRgate. It is a 12V uninterruptible power system that can supply up to 40A continuously from either a power supply or a Lead Acid or Lithium battery with almost no voltage loss, and also charges the battery with its high performance charger. A separate solar panel input can be used to charge the battery directly from a solar panel with output less than 30V.
I have the Alnico DM-330MVT That I will run to a Powerpole 8 pole distribution block. I will use inline fuses on all equipment. I may rethink and get that basic fused block.
Hey Chuck, its metal diamond plate pegboard with Amazon pegs / shelves; here's a link for the peg board (I used two pieces) -- it is an affiliate link amzn.to/3HepPa2
With your construction background I am really surprised that in video #5 you didn't just go get a core drill to punch that hole through the stucco and the hollow block wall. Seriously! >> An on the subject of hollow block walls; what does FL have against filling the cells with grout? The walls would resist hurricane force winds a lot better, but then I am in CA and we have earthquakes to worry about and design for, but our earthquake construction methods and code does a great job of resisting wind loads too. Just sayin'
Didn't own the hole saw for the size I needed, and the other tools were already in the garage, so I went with what I had. Cores in FL are filled every so many linear feet, as well as the top course all the way around the perimeter. That's what the code is; so in the end, its kind like post and beam construction.
@@HOAHamRadio I was a masonry special inspector for 22 years and I only did 2 buildings with that "post & beam" configuration. And I must have done hundreds of buildings and walls. That is the style seem on the east coast and one of the buildings that was built like that was designed by an engineer from Florida. It was different.
This is on point. When I was a new ham, I had tunnel vision and couldn't see options over fear of messing stuff up. Great message to new hams.
Thanks for the feedback TO. As I'm going through this series, I know much is old hat to some of us, but oh how I remember my struggle to figure it all out. Thought I'd pass along my research and hard knocks.
@@HOAHamRadio I am a new ham and have found this series to be invaluable to helping me understand all this electrical and RF stuff. I was a carpenter in a previous life and electricity is something I have avoided judiciously. I don't like getting shocked and this series will help in this regard.
@@AlvinMcManus Hammer and punch in the tool belt, not electric circuit tester.
@@HOAHamRadio exactly. Times change.
Great video Bob. My space in the condo is limited and the HOA prohibits outside side antennas and enhancements so I am severely limited. Being retired, my funding is also limited but so far this series has tracked along pretty nicely to what I have done. One tip; when I charge a battery I put a small piece of blue painters tape over the power pole connectors and it stays there until I start using the battery. That way I know at a glance if the battery is fully charged or not. When I use the battery the first time after I charge it I pull the tape and put it on the side of the battery so it is readily available for the next timeI charge it.
Thanks W4MKH for the positive feedback and the excellent tip for "remembering" the battery charge status.
Great idea on that tape ident. I'll use it myself. Thank you very much 73
I have room in the garage. That’s it! For now I use a mini refrigerator
Just built a new home and also ran a direct ground to my radio room with a grounding block for all my gear
Grounding! That's up next. Everyone's favorite topic.
Good stuff. Similar setup here. Picked an operating tip from you (testing... no response required) and the blue painters tape "charged" marker procedure from your commenter. Your concision is so helpful and makes me want to watch. Liked the end to end demo for new hams, too.
The Carys, thanks for the kind words and positive feedback. Always trying to answer questions I had when I first became a ham.
Brand new ham here 🙋🏽♂️. Stupid question inbound..... on the distribution board with all the different fuses, how do you know which fused port each piece of equipment should be plugged into?
Thanks for this great video! I am trying to figure it all out, and it can be very intimidating. This video was great!
Feel free to email me with the specific question on what plugs into what.
I have a 76yr old house with 15 amp circuits for 90% of the outlets. I just have to make sure when I get my shack up and running in the chosen room that I don't plug it into the outlet at is on the same circuit as the LR space heater and window AC. LOL old houses are so much fun.
Sounds like you are thinking right; just control what is turned on for the circuit you've connected your radio power supply to and you should be good.
Velcro makes for a clean install, I know guys that have their tm-281/271 Velcroed straight to the top of their dash dashboard.
One of these days I want to make a battery box out of a water proff container, Velcro everything inside keeping it water tight or reusable for another project.
Nice video
Take care
Thanks BE, I'll have some more examples of using the velcro in other shack build out episodes.
Newbie question….do you run the power cord from the power supply to a surge protector which is connected to the 110V outlet or direct to the outlet?
You could run the power supply power cord to a surge protector if you wanted to, but it is not a requirement. Treat it like you would any other appliance in your home. A TV, refrigerator, microwave etc...
The YT algorithm finally brought me to your channel! Awesome! I’m a new subscriber! Keep the great info coming! 73
Welcome aboard Thor; stinking algorithm took long enough to have our paths cross!
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@@DK5ONV howdy buddy!!
@@thork0tjt515 Doing alright here! Happy Weekend & 73 de YFUG 💯🙋♂
Extremely well done, thank you.
Thanks for watching and the positive feedback.
What is the MFJ relay model? Looks like it has pl259 connections. Is it a hub for your antennas/radios?
I think what you may have seen was my MFJ switch to allow me to control multiple microphones to multiple radios.
Excellent series and I'm excited for future episodes.
Thanks for watching David V. Hopefully, the next episode will drop end of this week....
Modern electrical will support 1x 100w radio, but how many could it support? Could it support upwards of 4, plus or minus a couple 50w radios as well?
Mason, I don't think you would be transmitting on more than one 50 watt radio at a time, would you? So you can hook up as many as you have / want; you are only transmitting 1 at a time.
Just upgrade to a West Mountain Radio Epic PWRgate. It is a 12V uninterruptible power system that can supply up to 40A continuously from either a power supply or a Lead Acid or Lithium battery with almost no voltage loss, and also charges the battery with its high performance charger. A separate solar panel input can be used to charge the battery directly from a solar panel with output less than 30V.
Haven't used one but I have read about this and think its a great idea.
This has helped me a lot. Thank you.
So glad it helped! Thanks for watching.
what a "powerful" video, thanks for sharing
Very!
I have the Alnico DM-330MVT That I will run to a Powerpole 8 pole distribution block. I will use inline fuses on all equipment. I may rethink and get that basic fused block.
The Alinco will do the trick. Running to a fused block will make life easy for anytime you want to add / remove / change out gear.
great video. What is the wall unit you have your HT's on?
Hey Chuck, its metal diamond plate pegboard with Amazon pegs / shelves; here's a link for the peg board (I used two pieces) -- it is an affiliate link amzn.to/3HepPa2
@@HOAHamRadio thank you very much!
Velcro rocks for sure... 💯🔔🔔🔔👍
Thanks for watching DK5ONV. I'll show the velcro use in an upcoming shack build video.
@@HOAHamRadio 💯👍👍👍
With your construction background I am really surprised that in video #5 you didn't just go get a core drill to punch that hole through the stucco and the hollow block wall. Seriously!
>> An on the subject of hollow block walls; what does FL have against filling the cells with grout? The walls would resist hurricane force winds a lot better, but then I am in CA and we have earthquakes to worry about and design for, but our earthquake construction methods and code does a great job of resisting wind loads too. Just sayin'
Didn't own the hole saw for the size I needed, and the other tools were already in the garage, so I went with what I had. Cores in FL are filled every so many linear feet, as well as the top course all the way around the perimeter. That's what the code is; so in the end, its kind like post and beam construction.
@@HOAHamRadio I was a masonry special inspector for 22 years and I only did 2 buildings with that "post & beam" configuration. And I must have done hundreds of buildings and walls. That is the style seem on the east coast and one of the buildings that was built like that was designed by an engineer from Florida. It was different.