I love qrp portable (and SOTA) cw operating. The one thing I have not tried is winter qrp in the field - especially at 20 degrees! I'm almost convinced to try it.....almost! Nice video, great job for 500 mW and a dipole.
CW rocks! Portable, QRP cw is even better......... Thanks a lot for sharing this with us Tony. I've been QRP, portable and CW now pretty much exclusively for a couple years. Your little Rockmite works FB! If you're ever looking to upgrade power supplies for the field, I have some great sources for LifeP04 batteries; light, small and lots of capacity in a small package. 72 de VA3YG Brent
This is an older clip. You can change the microprocessor chip from the rockmite against a pico keyer chip sold from QRPme and you have a bunch of new features. One new feature is a bug mode. Check it out.
Hi Tony, we actually worked each other today on 40 meters.7.120mhz 2/28/15. Funny, I stuck around frequency a bit just to call you back, but you were getting one after the other rapid fire. I gave you my FIST # instead of my SKCC #. hi Anyway, I was browsing around looking for some help with my Rockmite and ran across you here again tonight with your TH-cam video. Great Job!! on the video. Hope to cu again on the air. Take care and 73 ---Bob ka9bhd
Thank you for posting a video of this "small wonder" in operation. There are lots of build videos but very few showing this rig in the field. I am curious about your antenna setup. I got the SOTA tuner kit from Hendricks and have used a 70' long wire with a 30' counterpoise, but with only a 9V battery I was unable to make any contacts. My plan is to get a 12V SLA for portable operation, but that 70' wire is hard to get up into the trees.
I'm considering getting the 40m kit. I have an LNR (Par) EF-10/20/40 Mark II QRP, as well as a 40/20m antenna. They are perfect with this kind of rig. Also, Whiterook QRP keys from ElectronicsUSA are affordable and small. The PowerSonic battery he uses is great. I have a 9 aHr model, with charger. I'm still learning CW myself.
cool hihi video. I have not built a rockmite yet. Learning code myself. Using RufzXP, Just Learn Morse code, and various instructions from OPs online. Pushing on 20WPM. Haven't had the luxury of a good antenna yet. I need to try a mobile op now with my Tentec 4020 and UPS battery. Wx a bit more reasonable in Texas. Inspiring watching your tx and rx speed and decode.
Amazing! Big congrats for great job using bug!!! It is really cool to see bug in the nature with snowed ground...hi! Hope to work you 2-way RM40! Any sked? Petr
OM, you have balls the size of dinner plates. I figure I'm already outside, it's already cold--I've suffered enough. Milliwatts? Forget it. I'm going the full FIVE and several bands. I guess I've just gone soft. W0XO
Great video, I have built a 20 and a 40 Rockmite, but don't know the code good enough to use them yet. Do you recommend learning with paddles or straight key? Also what method to learn code. thanks, KB6QVI
I love qrp portable (and SOTA) cw operating. The one thing I have not tried is winter qrp in the field - especially at 20 degrees! I'm almost convinced to try it.....almost! Nice video, great job for 500 mW and a dipole.
CW rocks! Portable, QRP cw is even better......... Thanks a lot for sharing this with us Tony. I've been QRP, portable and CW now pretty much exclusively for a couple years. Your little Rockmite works FB!
If you're ever looking to upgrade power supplies for the field, I have some great sources for LifeP04 batteries; light, small and lots of capacity in a small package.
72 de VA3YG Brent
This is an older clip.
You can change the microprocessor chip from the rockmite against a pico keyer chip sold from QRPme and you have a bunch of new features. One new feature is a bug mode.
Check it out.
CW CW all the way !!!! de W6LEN / Jess
Your good. Way fun to watch. Oh to be young again, looks like a blast.
Hi Tony, we actually worked each other today on 40 meters.7.120mhz 2/28/15.
Funny, I stuck around frequency a bit just to call you back, but you were getting
one after the other rapid fire. I gave you my FIST # instead of my SKCC #. hi
Anyway, I was browsing around looking for some help with my Rockmite and ran across
you here again tonight with your TH-cam video. Great Job!! on the video. Hope to cu again on the air.
Take care and 73
---Bob ka9bhd
Thank you for posting a video of this "small wonder" in operation. There are lots of build videos but very few showing this rig in the field. I am curious about your antenna setup. I got the SOTA tuner kit from Hendricks and have used a 70' long wire with a 30' counterpoise, but with only a 9V battery I was unable to make any contacts. My plan is to get a 12V SLA for portable operation, but that 70' wire is hard to get up into the trees.
Tony amazing!!! Excellent job rocky CW using iambic nice key in the field my friend! My hut is going down and hope to work You using my RM40...
Good luck with qrp tx 73 from baghdad yi1hxh
I'm considering getting the 40m kit. I have an LNR (Par) EF-10/20/40 Mark II QRP, as well as a 40/20m antenna. They are perfect with this kind of rig. Also, Whiterook QRP keys from ElectronicsUSA are affordable and small. The PowerSonic battery he uses is great. I have a 9 aHr model, with charger. I'm still learning CW myself.
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My old call RW0LBF. 73! TONY.
cool hihi video. I have not built a rockmite yet. Learning code myself. Using RufzXP, Just Learn Morse code, and various instructions from OPs online. Pushing on 20WPM. Haven't had the luxury of a good antenna yet. I need to try a mobile op now with my Tentec 4020 and UPS battery. Wx a bit more reasonable in Texas.
Inspiring watching your tx and rx speed and decode.
building one right now! 11years later.....Hope mine works as well as yours! 73 de VK2AOE
Amazing! Big congrats for great job using bug!!! It is really cool to see bug in the nature with snowed ground...hi! Hope to work you 2-way RM40! Any sked? Petr
I am using paddles and a keyer. I think straight key is yet another skill to develop. More a means of personal expression these days.
Wow this is about as challenging as it gets, direct conversion recieve and 500mw, I have a forty-9er that I must put into action
Impressive!
OM, you have balls the size of dinner plates. I figure I'm already outside, it's already cold--I've suffered enough. Milliwatts? Forget it. I'm going the full FIVE and several bands. I guess I've just gone soft. W0XO
Dang that looks COLD! de KD8VSQ
WAY TO GO!!!!
This was a very good video. I'm just starting to build a RM 20. What are you using for an antenna?
73's, Chas, WB1CCF
Thank you for this video :)
Great video, I have built a 20 and a 40 Rockmite, but don't know the code good enough to use them yet. Do you recommend learning with paddles or straight key? Also what method to learn code. thanks, KB6QVI
I'm friends with "K8BBK" here in NorthWEST Ohio. :) I'll be taking a stab (again) at building my RM 40. Hope to work you! 73 de NM8W
KD8HHG Good deal,
Congrats! WX?