Today, we are taking a look at the MFJ-223 Vector Impedance Antenna Analyzer. MFJ loaned me this to use on an antenna build, and I decided to do a video on it. It’s an impressive little machine.
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First POTA ever! Me, my wife Jesten, and our new pupperino Percy go to Castlewood State Park near St. Louis, MO (K-1751) hike the Rivercrest trail and activate a park bench under intense mower and barking dog QRM, using the (frankensteined) DX Idiot and the QRPGuys Tri-Band Vertical Antenna we made last week.
Also say hi to Percy! ???? The newest member of the Mann Fam.
Stations Worked:
W6GAE
W6OUL
W1KVN
KG5CIK
N7MSI
NE1D
KN4PPD
K5DGR
KC1CBQ
KI5JMU
KN4SWS
KO4FHS
Before you ask, I used Hamlog for iOS to log. ????
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0:00 – Hike on the Riverside Trail
1:18 – Found a Geocache
1:40 – POTA station setup MONTAGE
3:07 – The Moment of Truth
3:30 – Station Description
4:03 – Calling CQ POTA
4:45 – W6GAE
5:37 – W6OUL
6:21 – Setting up Voice Keyer
6:51 – W1KVN
8:34 – KG5CIK
9:39 – N7MSI
10:19 – Scratching Percy’s itchy collar
10:42 – All about Percy the Dog
11:20 – What calling CQ is like sometimes
12:00 – NE1D
13:18 – K5DGR (heavy QRM)
14:00 – Answering KB1CBQ’s CQ
14:52 – KI5JMU
15:23 – Celebrations! But maybe just one more…
15:54 – KN4SWS
16:25 – KO4FHS
17:15 – Wrap up
17:53 – Its a Teardown MONTAGE
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Here’s your video introduction to Section 10.3, HF Propagation, in the ARRL Extra Class License Manual for Ham Radio, 12th Edition, 2020-2024. Be sure to also study the short paragraph in the book on Ordinary and Extraordinary waves.
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Welcome Tandy Fans to #SepTandy 2020. I loved watching #SepTandy 2019 and immediately bought the first Tandy I found at a yard sale. I scored this WP-2 for $2!! I’ve been sitting on it for a full year waiting for #SepTandy to come around and film this video.
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A POTA activation in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. K-0034. I setup at Newfound Gap parking area in the back. I made 10 contacts and then made my way over to Clingman’s Dome. Stay to the end while I show some video and pictures of the National Park.
Here’s your video introduction to Section 10.2, Solar Effects, in the ARRL Extra Class License Manual for Ham Radio, 12th Edition, 2020-2024. This short video supplements the more extensive material covered by the General Class License Manual videos.
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To order the most recent and up-to-date Amateur Extra videos on a thumb drive: http://dcasler.com/aevids-on-stick/
Theme music is "Sour Tennessee Red," by John Deley and the 41 Players, courtesy YouTube Music Library.
I use drawings from OpenClipArt.org, including the "walking man"
Technician training videos, see http://www.ke0og.net/training/
General training videos, see http://www.ke0og.net/general/
Amateur Extra training videos, see http://www.ke0og.net/extra/
List of the Ask Dave videos, see http://dcasler.com/ask-dave/#askdavelist
Thanks to my sweet wife, Loretta, KBØVWW, for both audio and video assistance! (Her website is www.aldea-art.com.)
My primary website: http://www.dcasler.com
The ham radio part of my website (direct link): http://www.ke0og.net
My publishing website: http://www.mtsneffelspress.com, where you can find my fantasy and science fiction books, as well as some local history books I publish for the Ridgway Railroad Museum and the Ouray County Historical Society
My Amazon author page, which lists my print and Kindle books: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00471I0Q4.
I’m often asked what equipment I use to create the videos. The devices include the Panasonic DMC-G7 camera, Panasonic HDC-TM90 video camera, GoPro Hero2 HD camera, Tascam DR-05 audio recorder, Audio-Technica ATR-3350 lapel microphone, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W560 digital camera, the Kodak Zi-8 video camera, my iPhone 5S. Software used: CyberLink PowerDirector 17 on an HP Gaming Pavilion, also using Smoothdraw 4.0.5.0, FastStone Image Viewer 5.3, FastStone Capture 8.0, Audacity 2.1.1, LibreOffice 5.0.4.2, and Ink2Go 1.7.2. You can see how my studio is set up by viewing https://youtu.be/wFSQ8vtNA5A.
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