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Parks On The Air Activator, Ham Radio Content Creator, and I Have Awesome Beard 🌮🌮🌮 Callsign November Whiskey Niner Foxtrot
Welcome to GraymanPOTA. This is an extension of my other YT Channel, @Overlanding4Fun. In addition to outdoor activities, I am an avid Amateur Radio operator that enjoys portable radio operations in a program called Parks On The Air or POTA for short. Since adding portable amateur radio to the @Overlandinf4Fun channel, there has been a large viewer interest in learning more about it. In response, I have created this channel to provide more in-depth videos about amateur radio and other related electronics projects.
Welcome to GraymanPOTA. This is an extension of my other YT Channel, @Overlanding4Fun. In addition to outdoor activities, I am an avid Amateur Radio operator that enjoys portable radio operations in a program called Parks On The Air or POTA for short. Since adding portable amateur radio to the @Overlandinf4Fun channel, there has been a large viewer interest in learning more about it. In response, I have created this channel to provide more in-depth videos about amateur radio and other related electronics projects.
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All opinions presented in this video are my personal opinions and should not be construed as an endorsement of any manufacturer, distributor, product, or service. No prior business relationship exists between the manufacturer or distributor of any product or service featured in this video and myself unless specifically stated in the video. All information in this video is provided as-is and I make no representations as to the accuracy of the information. Before purchasing any product or service featured in this video, please do your own research regarding the manufacturer or distributor of any product or service. Not all products or services featured in this video may be appropriate for all localities, please check your local laws and regulations regarding the use of any product or service featured in this video.
The Giveaway: We're picking one lucky winner who will walk away with this powerhouse. But hurry, the clock is ticking, and you don't want to be the one who missed out on this golden opportunity.
Deadline: Entries close when we reach 3,000 subscribers on TH-cam, so get your entries in fast!
Don't just watch from the sidelines. Dive into the action, grab your chance, and let's see who's got the guts to win this epic giveaway! Remember, life's too short for regular batteries. Go big or go home!
🔥 Don't miss out. Enter now! 🔥 graymanpota.com
#Giveaway #DenCoBattery #PrisonEdition #PowerUp #TH-camGiveaway
👉Affiliate Links: I may earn commissions for purchases made through the links below.
🌮My Favorite Etsy Items: creatoriq.cc/4bTJdXA
🌮Check Out The GraymanPOTA Amazon Store: geni.us/GraymanPOTA
🌮onX Maps: alnk.to/9T8WjK3
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👉Find GraymanPOTA On Social Media: GraymanPOTA.com
👉Snail Mail: GraymanPOTA, PO Box 1252, Martinsville, IN 46151
Disclaimer:
All opinions presented in this video are my personal opinions and should not be construed as an endorsement of any manufacturer, distributor, product, or service. No prior business relationship exists between the manufacturer or distributor of any product or service featured in this video and myself unless specifically stated in the video. All information in this video is provided as-is and I make no representations as to the accuracy of the information. Before purchasing any product or service featured in this video, please do your own research regarding the manufacturer or distributor of any product or service. Not all products or services featured in this video may be appropriate for all localities, please check your local laws and regulations regarding the use of any product or service featured in this video.
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You did a very nice job on the video on how to but there's only one thing I am upset about no one has done a video on appearance on how to set that up and what box does what I have been on mine for 6 hours straight and I still have not got anywhere
Awesome enter me
Fantastic, thank you and POTA on my friend!! 73 de N1XV
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Great job Tim!! My wife and I have been talking about this same thing. She wants all my stuff out as well😂. Thanks for sharing gives me some idea on what to do!! Can’t wait to see the end result!!
Awesome, let me know what you guys decide to do.
That's pretty sweet. I'm getting ideas together to do something similar, but on some really isolated land that we own, as a summer cabin. Throw a 240V subpanel in there if you want to run QRO, or maybe weld. Put some some R30 in the walls, and a little wall-mounted propane heater, then you'll be set in the winter. I would make that back wall into a massive stacked shelf about 2' deep. Heck... depending on the shape of the trusses, you may be able to frame in some storage up top.
The 240 panel is already installed. I’m actually having a couple of 220 circuits put in just in case I wanted to run two amps. I would love to put a cabin out the middle of nowhere. I’ve been looking for land for 10 years now in the area that I live in
Pick me for the giveaway and I’ll drive to your house to pick it up!!! No shipping required. This would work nice for my new build…..
Love the shirt Tim!! We poked holes in everything in all the yards in the neighborhood throwing “jarts” as a kid. My favorite boy d out canteen ended up with a hole that my dad plugged with bondo. The water tasted like a body shop after that and I probably have cancer from it. Oh well…..
Boy Scout canteen is what I meant to say…..
Nice work on the time-lapse too! love it
I was banished to the garage before I even got into ham radio LOL.
@@nitekry a properly stock garage is not a bad thing. 🌮🌮🌮
Looks amazing!! Now can you come build an addition on my home with 30a power so I can have my own 'shack' and studio away from bird noises and needy dogs?🤣 And I agree 'Bring back lawn darts"!!
Congratulations on your eviction!
Looks pretty dang nice so far! One thing I did with my garage when we moved into our house is instead of buying expensive shelving or workbench type stuff, I went and found lengths of countertop that were marked down to get rid of. I picked up a couple of 10' lengths for about $50 a piece IIRC. Run a 2x4 along the wall for it to sit on and some 4x4 legs and you're in business. Thanks for bein' out there! 🤠
Thank you, I have done the countertop build before. I am not wanting to build anything semi-permanent in the building so I can rearrange the room as needed.
@@GraymanPOTA You are the king of your castle, sir! 😁
What will you go for heating/cooling? Heat pump?
We will be using a mini split. I am hoping that the radios will supply most of the heat.
Well I’m glad you’re not in hot water with your wife!!! That’s going to be a pretty sweet Fort!!!!!
Thank you, I am excited about it.
You need a spot for a cot/bed or something like that.
That is on the agenda. My wife will be using the building occasionally as a refuge from the kids.
As a Corrections employee I need a clear battery pack!!!
Remember to add a 220v circuit, or two
It is already in the project plan.
240V for linear amplifiers too. Future-proofing.
GREAT VIDEO!!!! 73!!
Thank you my friend.
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A great project. To cold here in SD for this, also live in a mobile home park.
Dang I want one of those clear Denco's. I know Frank got one of the other demonstration models. I didn't know you got one too. I keep asking everytime I see him on a show when he is coming out with that one.
Make sure you get registered at graymanpota.com
@@GraymanPOTA oh I did. I want one. Is it built already or do I get to build it? If I win. Don't wanna sound too presumptuous.
No link for email list.
Go to graymanpota.com and look for email subscribe button at the top of the page.
What did you do, Ray?
'Yes, you heard right - my wife kicked me and all my beloved hobbies out of the house!' Be a man, not a wuss.
@@placeholder-065 says the divorced man. There's putting ones foot down and then there is going along with getting kicked out because you get your own shack. Hmmm....sure honey, make sure to call me when dinner is ready. I bet this was his idea more than hers.
Any program I would need to start my portable ham station because I have an old laptop laying around and would like to use it. And what would I be able to use it with or what can I do with it?
What is the email address you sent it too?
In testing I used to have a lot of reflected RF in 11 meters, OK since I was a kid (60's-70''s) on 11 meters, I've been a tech + ham in the 90's. So I had to put some of these beads on my microphone coiled cord, and a few on the coax, I had a mast with other antennas on it in the same room, finally got rid of it. The beads would noticeably heat up with a higher SWR. Until I got the Sirio 2016 5/8 wave antenna for 10-12 meters, I must have dropped the top element right on the center of 11 meters, or channel 20. The SWR curve only begins to climb outside of 11 meters well into 10 and 12 meters, so I have zero SWR across 11 meters channels 1-40, flat zero. The RCI 2995 easily gets into Australia, the mid west and east coast, and southern US to Canada. There is some wavelength resonance on other HF bands which brings the morning DX Broadcast stations across the Pacific really well from 3-7 am. But I also have a center fed fan type multiband dipole and is a tossup in performance with the Kenwood TS940S. Aside from a 3 antenna/4 transceiver switch, I use dual and quad shield coax with noticeable noise reduction, but the solar inverter is still noisy obviously because its right below the antenna producing electrical switching signals on each .1 .2 .3 .4. 5 etc, frequency marker. So I just have to move the antenna mast to another corner of the yard, though one of the dual 80-160 m wires would each still pass parallel near the solar inverter between the houses along the fence. Its the only way I can get a 90 degree angle along the fence lines for the center fed. I was finally able to take the beads off the microphone and other items, there being a flat zero reflected SWR. There's also intended to be a few scanner moonraker antennas and Remtronix (no other antenna beats these for 700-800 Mhz trunking) duckies, along with a dual bander yagi, and 18' 430-450 moonbouncer boomer, all on the same mast, strong enough to stand on in the middle without it sagging or bouncing. I've used it on a 60' tower before, it will take any wind loading.
I like to do 1 or 2 loops of coax then clamp the cores over the loops and try to keep this close to the transceiver.. By adjusting the distance between the cores and the size of the loop you can find some good rejection for whatever the noise is..
If you have any questions or comments, drop them down below. 👇
Thank you so much for the shout out!! It was great meeting you and already looking forward to next year. 😊 73, Becky N4BKY es Mike N4FFF
You are quite welcome. Keep putting out the videos and having fun.
Was good meeting and talking with you at monte sano pota.
Thank you for the experiment. I would love to know what happens in any of the next applications of the chock. 1. Switching PS: input - 240v 1amp 50hz\60hz - output 12v\5v 3amp, 1 chock 1 wire and multi chock vs multiloops of wire in 1 chock. (in a charging cable outer power supply\ex) 2. what happens in network data cables with a chock? (100mb\1gb\2.5gb\5gb\20gb?\40gb?) 3. Speaker wire let's say the signal is 20hz-20khz and another more HIFI 5hz-100khz? (we can check multiple gauges) 4. what happens on a power wire 240v 16amp 50hz\60hz (application is OLED TV\AV Receiver\PC Power\ex) 5. benefits of applying it to DATA cables (USB 1\2\3\4\firewire\ex) I don't believe you can make this video, but if you do, you win a new subscriber for life.
🇦🇷🇺🇸 I HEARD THAT YHE MOST YOU CHOKE WITH FERRITES IMPEDANCE INCREASE AND IS NOT GOOD.
Never will I subscribe to a channel which plays music over their presenter's voice. Please, turn off the background music! It is beyond me why TH-cam content creators think playing background music over the presenter's voice is somehow enhancing their videos. We came to hear you; we are not here to fight background music to hear you. The background music quickly becomes extremely annoying, distracting, and intrusive. Many folks have hearing difficulties, thus while concentrating on your dialog we must also concentrate on tuning out the music; it is very frustrating. Your background music ruins an otherwise exceptionally good presentation.
@@ricdonato4328 thanks for watching.
Nice video. I just bought a Raspberry Pi 4 8GB & a MMDVM Duplex Hotspot Module Dual Hat (the hat arrives tomorrow). Do I need to do anything to the RP prior to this? Or is everything more or less configured onto the SD card? Just making my plan of attack for when I get all my parts. I should t have to do anything g but physically connect hat to RP, follow steps in video & write everything to the card. I’m an IT guy, but first time playing with a RP. Thanks! UPDATE: I went ahead & configured my SD card and have it sitting in my RP now; just waiting for my hat to show up to slap it on, the power it all up & configure it as shown in the video. Good first video for me regarding DMR hotspot setup.
I think Caveat emptor applies, when purchasing Toroids ! As buying from some places, you may not get what you think you're getting ! Fair Warning !
100% agree. Stick with something directly from a supply house like Mouser, DigiKey or some place that is only buying from legitimate manufacturers, AKA not Amazon. There is no simple way to determine the cores composition.
Mo' is better.......! ✌️😎
Thanks Tim! Perfect for my FT-891 Explorer backpack. Also, it was nice to meet you at Dayton Hamvention 2024. Take care
Same here my friend. I just built 2 more of them to keep with my portable gear.
for 80m usualy about 7 snap on ferrites on the end of the coaxial cable are enough, close to where the connector on the cable is. the ferrite material has more resistence towards HF the higher the frequencies is, that means the cable doesn't need that many ferrite cores for 20m. how many snap on ferrites on a coaxial cable would be to many ? i guess the ferrite attenuates the HF in the inner conductor of the coaxial cable too, at some point there will be no more significant HF current in the inner conductor of the coaxial cable when there are to many snap on ferrites on the coaxial cable.
Would this help I just installed a 2-meter radio in my Jeep now I have static coming through when I turn on my LED headlights? Would these ferrite chokes help if I added them to my coax near the antanna end?
I just ordered the JPC-12.
Great video , many thanks for sharing a very relevant topic
does the size of the ferrite make any difference ? or do they need to have the ID same as the OD of the coax. eg loose fit vs tight fit.
Extremely helpful! Thank you for sharing how you use the PackTenna mast! '73 N0ATR
I hope it helps.
This is my next purchase as well! Hope you love it! 73 KD0QZR
If there was an Easy Button for 3D printing, this is it. There is still a learning curve involved, but they do help take out the guesswork and reduce the amount of trial and error.
That answered a lot of questions for sure. Thanks for the video! W2ITG
Glad it was helpful!
I’ve got some money into 3d printing and it’s cheaper than ham radio hahaha 😅 love my heavily modded bed slinger but a bambu x1 would be primo!!
I don’t know. It might be a toss up.
great video, I have bunch of noise on my Icom 7300, what kinda ferrites are those and where to get them?
Great video!
Thank you