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Thanks!

I took the liberty of using Google on your behalf. This is what I found: github.com/NanoVNA-Saver/nanovna-saver

Thanks for letting me know.

Thanks!

You’re welcome!

The app itself is great, but the limitations put on by Apple makes it cumbersome. I do believe a Signalink would make a lot of difference. I actually think OE4JHW made a video on exactly that.

@@LB0FI I just bought the app today. Not at home to test it fully. It seems to work well on the surface and I had it decoding via web SDR. I will give it a shot with SignaLink hopefully tonight.

@@LB0FI works quite well with the SignaLink. One cable for me from an iPhone 15. USB C to USB B into back of SignaLink. Older iPhones would need the camera adapter which is lightning to usb A. iPhones can recognize generic USB sound cards/codec. I just logged 8 contacts on 40m in short order.

Thanks! The color is the only roll of filament I have left. I bought it for a project that I had planned, but I can’t remember what that project was.

Thanks for the kind words! I am really satisfied with how this turned out.

Happy to hear that!

Det har jeg ingen forutsetninger å mene noe som helst om uten noe mer informasjon.

The Magitenna is actually pretty good, I just wanted something a bit more compact.

My real shack is small and crowded, so making one in AI is just a trick to get some depth in the picture. I haven’t tested a Rybakov at home in a while, but I have a spare piece of coax, so I might do that again.

Oh, absolutely!

Thanks!

Thanks!

@@fotografm I am in the process of putting it up and tuning it at my QTH now. There will be an update video when I am done.

But the short answer is that it performs very well even though it isn’t perfectly tuned yet.

@@sepehrsahraian3051 the JPC-12 is relatively easy to use and tune once you learn how to use it. The Buddistick is, in my opinion, probably a more efficient efficient antenna once you get it tuned. It is just way too complicated to tune. I am no fan of the Buddistick as you probably saw.

@@LB0FI I can imagine that raised counterpoise being too finicky.

@@sepehrsahraian3051 The coil is also a bit of a challenge.

I do!

Thanks! A Rybakov is a great antenna. There is another Rybakov video coming on Sunday, where I take a look at a way more compact Rybakov design, so you can look forward to that.

Oh absolutely. I am going to add a Philips Hus WiFi smart socket for the PSU and a relay to trigger the radio on and off.

A very good tip, thank you!

Thanks for your input again Ed! As for the antennas, I have the rest of my family very well drilled on disconnecting coax, and that way I make sure that the coax is far away from the radios in a lightning situation.

The UV5R I think. It doesn't really matter.

Hey man! I need place for my radios!

I have no idea what a shelly switch is, but I’ll look into it. Thanks!

I just checked some prices, and an Aqara T1 ZigBee smart relay is only about 250 NOK (€25), so I might go with that. That would also work fine with my Homey smart home controller.

Indeed!

I never claimed it was a new design, I even say 15 seconds into the video that it isn't new. It's also not a Bobtail Curtain, it's a Half Square.

@@LB0FI well if you examine the bobtail you will see it is two end fed half squares.

By that logic a dipole and a random wire is the same antenna.

I could perhaps do a members only video about it at some point. Unfortunately the TH-cam algorithm punishes me pretty hard from straying away from topic. I will need to see how I could do it in a good way. Thanks for the idea though John, I will let it brew in the back of head for a couple of days.

Absolutely! It's a great little rig.

It's not my first SOTA, just my first SOTA in two years. I got too hooked on POTA last year to bother doing any SOTA :)

@@elprimodeperico6450 Sorry, I don’t speak a word of Spanish.

@@LB0FI ok no problem. Sorry for your bad experience. I think good antena. My english if bery bad 🤦🏻👌🤣

Agreed that second operator might be better.

Second operator might be better if there are only two operators. I know English is not my first language, but there's something about "two second operators" that does not sing well in my linguistic ear. As with the AT-705 it would probably work fine with the IC-7100, but we would be limited to ten watts, and then we could have just kept going with the 705.

@@LB0FI agreed I had thought the ATU 705 would be at least rated to 50w but I suppose ICOM only want it used with the IC705. Another related question to readability at QRP, does the 705 have a built-in speech processor? That can help a lot in marginal conditions. 73 Ed.

@@DD5LP The 705 has the same very good compressor as the 7300 and 7610 has, so that helps a lot!

@@stevea3498 Oh, I have done plenty of QRP activations, it was just that this wasn’t the day for it.

@@russbrown194 you can’t do a S2S from the same summit in SOTA unfortunately.

With a team of five, four can exit the activation zone and call the one at the summit and these counts as contacts(but not s2s). You'd have to cycle round to get everyone their needed 4 contacts. Whether that is "in the spirit of SOTA" is questionable, but it is valid. Ed

@@LB0FI thanks Morton, I didn't realize that. Only have done one SOTA activation and that was a sidelight to a POTA activation. Appreciate the education!

I had to try though, especially after seeing how well Radio Rover does in Scotland with 2m. And yes, it was a great day out!

Thanks! And we’re only two weeks away from the next season of TEHRS!

Yes, that would probably be more efficient. A quarter wave vertical is always more vertical than a loaded antenna, but that is not what this video is about.

I honestly don’t know if you don’t provide any more context.

I honestly don’t remember, and I don’t have this radio anymore. Just go ahead and try.

I honestly have no idea. I also does not have this radio anymore.

@@LB0FI reception is very bad. My tid h3 blows it out of the water. Same with my baofeng and quanshang

@thomasthewatchman Okay. Are you sure about the Quansheng though? It’s a fun radio, but it has the worst receiver of any HT I have had.

@@LB0FI well in my situation here in Phoenix the repeaters are all about 5-10 miles away. I’m having issues with this radio hitting any of them. Then i simply turn on my other raidos, Tid, wiuxun and Quansheng, and im hitting the repeaters loud and clear, while the HA1G is has a lot of static and then very quiet. I emailed Retavis, maybe I have a lemon.

@@LB0FI I really wanna like this radio though. It feels amazing in the hand and the weight is amazing! I hope retavis sends me a replacement and this one is just a bad sample

I could probably make a song that has both, but my Norwegian viewershop is so small that it just wouldn't matter.

I think it depends a lot on what whip you get. I borrowed one from LB5JJ that was almost perfect, but this one is not long enough. I have also tested it on a ground spike with similar results unfortunately.

Thanks for hunting!