Category: KK6USY Ham Radio Adventures

In this video I show the steps I took to build a 3 element Moxon antenna. Sorryy the video is a bit long but from past feedback I wanted to include more of the actual build of this antenna.
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In this video I replace my Yaesu FT8800 with a new Yaesu FTM-500DR

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In this video I check out the Marxon AGM starting battery and how it handles a 7 amp load and it’s resting voltage after 4 hours.
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In this video I do a 4 day test of charging everything I took on a short vacation. It handles pretty much any charge needs you have and can do 200 watts of 110 ac power with it’s pure sinewave inverter. It also includes a MPPT solar charge controller that is built in.

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In this video there was a nice 6 meter opening. At the moment I only have 10 watts on 6m but a nice DIY LFA Yagi 5 elements. It’s all about your antenna!

In this video I take my first look of this radio as you follow along and we see some of the many features!

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In this video I try to get away from the houses to see if I can find a quieter place to play radio.

In this video I talk about what I learned about this type of early warning system a lot of countries have and how it might sound on your Ham Radio.

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Josh’s video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHrJjHV7u7Q&t=769s
OTH Radar info, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-horizon_radar
another video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knPQ9Ek1BOc

#overthehorizon, #radar, #hamradio

In this video I share the sites you might see at Dayton Hamvention or other Ham-fest.

EmComm Trailer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZmqR7CzcBc&t=24s

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In this video I look into trying to get the SWR better by installing a tiger tail to my IC705.
Don’t get me wrong the signal stick is totally usable but I thought the SWR would have been better.
SWR isn’t everything but I don’t want it so high that it hurts my radios, so I want to do some receive testing with these antennas and a couple others I have later.