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I died from old age while waiting for him to get to the point

I don't understand 1 thing here, so help me out. As this antenna is typed as a Ground plane antenna (as a lot 1/4 wave verticals are) I don't get what are you using for the ground plane? Otherwise you would need radials.

When it comes to video, audio is everything. WTF, the presenter got so quiet after the intro. I had to turn it off. Seemed like it would have been an otherwise good video.

Great Job! Thank You :)

thank you

In my case, the 'shack' is 2nd floor, diagonally opposite the building electrical ground. Running a cable to that home ground would be about 80' minimum. So you are saying that I can drop a rod on the corner of the house that the shack is at?

Excellent content. Very helpful. Thanks!

Thanks for this video

Nice video.... I ran all my cable in burried conduit with lighning arresters at the base of the antennas. The arresters are connected with braided cable to a nearby ground rod. I also installed a ground rod within a few feet of the shack for equipment ground. I did not connect the shack or arrester grounds to the utility ground. I consider the utility ground a safey ground. The ground is in common with your neighbors and POCO. That said; you or your neighbor could have a malfunctioning water heater (shorted element to ground) and not even know it. That kind of short would place a whole bunch of noise and current on the the utility ground. IMHO: I like to keep my shack "technical ground" seperate from the utility. Three wire power cords to power supplies are never isolated from the utility ground. Radios, tuners switches and arresters are connected to the "technical ground". (isolated from utility). I am itching to connect my "technical ground" to the utility ground and measure the current between the grounds with a clamp on amp-probe. Fricken high bandwidth amp-probe is north of $5K.

Hello sir! I’m in Mobile, AL and need some help. I’ll buy lunch and a taco for your help. I have a D75. Call sign N0AJX. I can certainly come to you.

This video boils down to this: For base station HF use RG-213/U For base station VHF/UHF (2m/440) use LMR-400 For mobile use RG-58 That's it.

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Yes DX engineering is my choice of buying always had good success with them 🤗

How do you change the mic audio control? many complain that my audio is too low on the analog repeaters. THe digital is fine.

Great 'down to earth review' - I was on the fence (overwhelmed by features) but decided to buy one after watching your largely non-technical but common-sense review - thank you (ve3ega)

Very understandable video, thank you!

. Thank you for the info!

I do have a limited space and that's the reason why I bought one the problem is that this antenna is complete deaf, the SWR is good on all bands, except 80 meters, but if I can't listening nobody I can't transmit. So I decide to remove it from my roof.

Great T-shirt!!! Yes, I know what it means.

Why you need to program the yeasu 850-L?

I want your codeplug. My mother lives in Gulf Breeze.

Very nice... May I ask just so I didnt miss anything... Your Indoor Shack Grounds and Outdoor Arrestor Grounds are all on the same Grounding Rod? I am new to this hobby and I want to be certain... Thank You Very much for taking the time to share this... KC3ZDW

Thanks for showing all of the details of how everything is connected. This has been a big help.

Another single element antenna with a *_”magic black box”_* at the bottom that matches all bands. What sort of electronic wizardry might be in that box? (Other than a resin-potted dummy load?) I would think that by now someone would have reverse-engineered this and similar antennas and come up with a DIY clone … Is it a _”random wire monopole”?_ *73 de AF6AS*

Thinking about picking up this radio but I have a quick question. Can you use a stylist on the touch screen? I have really fat fingers and I'm afraid the small touch screen maybe too difficult to operate for things like using the keyboard to nave your frequencies.

Sometimes you want to keep the color scheme of your vehicle; with me, this was my goal. I took three Motorola antennas with chrome lock-nuts and painted them black to match my vehicle's color. It is not a difficult procedure, but make sure you use paint that is metal-free.

Greetings. I purchased a new to me comet. The package did not include the paracord kit I do not see anything of it mentioned on the instruction kit. Can you tell me what the unit is called and what size is required. I will have to purchase I have a 30m telescopic with appropriate guy wiring

THE SOUND FAILED ON YOUR DEMONSTRATION!

I think there are some (me) that just want to see how it is done so they can do the same. This all looks very sensible and easy to follow. Thanks for the post.

I get 1.3-1.5:1 across all bands, running RG8 coax. 250 watts? You don’t need it. I have made contacts all over the US & Canada, as well as Europe on 100 watts or less. 35 ft above ground? I’m a little less than 3 feet AGL.

Good one

Nice, clear explanations of the features. Just got mine and am impressed with the radio.

Does anyone make an aviation radio with a 2 m combo?

Love RT Systems software! Their support is also first class. Like your spreadsheet method. Will do that on my upload.

What am I speaking about? I couldn't hear any sound from this video. Listened to other videos you uploaded but there was no sound on this one.

So with my yaesu ft710 where should I place my digital meter

That's a lot of money for a basically cheap 10 meter 5/8 antenna.

Switzerland is wet ! Lots of rain this spring with flooding in areas. Last year was quite the opposite. Yes, although I do love the Kenwood brand, I am leaning towards getting the Icom and just needed an excuse to make that final decision. Excuse provided !😂 It would have been nice to have the APRS but as you say, there is no perfect radio. I travelled to the US a lot professionally as well as for pleasure, always loved being there. You have pretty much everything ! Thanks again and keep making those great videos.

Hi Steve, greetings from Switzerland. Enjoying your videos on the Icom ID 52 and the Kenwood D75. Just got my licence a week ago and looking to get set up. Would love to have your feelings about these two radios (id52 and D75) like if you had to choose between one or the other ?? Cheers and 73’s, John HB9 IMG

Thanks PA3CRL

Why erase it?

No sound ???

They say not to have any wires run parallel past the surge arrestors. They worry that the non-arrested wires flashover to the "protected" lines. They make surge arrestor boxes you can run remote/control type wires through (terminal style, for single conductord or non-coaxial lines). I have one that's 4 wires in, 4 wires out, but they likely make larger ones.

Thanks Steve - much appreciated! 73

Why are hams so f’ing awkward 😂? “Hey, Steve here…” 😂

Good video.

You can combine multiple antennas onto one mast to conserve space, but do it cautiously. I also re-explore my ham shack grounding at my entry panel.

Can you show me how to set up the vox

So the version 1 is what I'm after I assume

Grounding for lightning strikes is useless. If you get a close hit, the voltage/current will roar up the ground to your gear. I was the project engineer for the installation of outside plant and switch at Mt Cook, bought into service Dec 1969. The latest type of lightening protection was used. A severe electrical storm in April 1970 completely destroyed all plant, completely destroying the specially earthed switch. $250,000 gear gone!!!