Category: KK6USY Ham Radio Adventures

In this video I show how you can hook a bluetooth dongle to the Elad FDM-DUO to hook a Android tablet wireless to have a waterfall screen.

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DSD TECH USB to TTL Serial Adapter, https://amzn.to/3mLM4Oj
DSD TECH HC-05 Bluetooth Serial Pass-through Module , https://amzn.to/400qBQ0
Videomaking BT device, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji7p6YzrCgo&t=756s
written instruction for BT device, http://ganymedeham.blogspot.com/2020/08/elad-blueduo.html

#elad,#blueduo,#hanradio,

I just purchased a used Elad FDM DUO Multi use SDR Transceiver. I would like to share some of what this small power house can do in a series of videos, so join in as I learn how this radio works

Elad USA, https://shop.elad-usa.com/

!#elad, #elad fdm-duo, #sdr,

I bought this SWR/Power meter to try it out and see if it was any good. Follow along as I test it out.

I purchased this from aliexpress.

#CQV-SWR120, #swr meter, p#power meter,

Martin Lynch and Sons are anouncing a pre sale of the ftm 500DE. This looks to be the latest offering from Yaesu and should be available to the US market once it passes the FCC regulations.

#yaesu, #hamradio, # dual band mobile,

In this video I show how I made an affordable HexBeam for portable use. Below I will have links to part and how to make all the parts of this antenna. I aslo 3D printed some of the parts those are only good for the actual products I used.

HexBeam instructions, https://www.hex-beam.com/description/
U-bolts, https://amzn.to/3kZ2XE0
Aluminum plate, https://amzn.to/40iwQ2G
fishing poles, look on ebay 7.2meter
paracord, https://amzn.to/3DqzxoM

#hexbeam, #portable, #portable hexbeam,

Get your meter here, https://amzn.to/3iVIaAP
Make sure to catch upcoming Coffee and Ham Radio live streams Saturdasy 9am central and Thursdays 7pm central for the giveaway!

#Tesmen, #Tesmen TM-510, #multimeter

While trying to make a contact with Chris 2E0UHK in the UK I decided to just schroll the bands and the 27MHz band was "getting Down" lol. I was just listenig to all this having some fun.

#cb, #11m, #citizenband

In this video I show how I make a 4 amp powewr supply for low power radios.

#QRP, #powersupply , #hamradio

Yaesu has stopped prodution of the FTM 400 and FT818 radios.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p_HNsAYZxY