This reminds me of my late dad , he was an amateur radio lover. I still remember is call sign ZS2PO. Thank you for sharing this and bringing back beautiful memories of my father.
Friend, this was the coolest thing I've seen in a long while! I am inspired to make a kite antenna now. That gear is made of unobtanium here in the states though. You are now my personal hero!
Nice to see this old WW2 receiver and transmitter still working and transmitting and receiving good quality signal. It's nice to see dedicated users of this equipement taking good care or the equipment and keep it working in good condition. Bravo
I can't stop watching the videos. I love the old equipment. The video makes me smile a little too. What a difference between portable work today.... and back then. 73 DE YO6DXE.
I love a good kite-antenna video. Kevlar-reinforced wire is new to me, I'll never forget, because my dream is HF with a kite antenna on a little rowboat, on a little fresh water lake. (Just me, a rabbi, and an encyclopedia salesman; sorry, that's another joke.) II never thought anyone could get a spontaneous QSO on the longer waves. Only in Europe? Your sending on the straight key sounds machine generated (that's a compliment). WW2 surplus radios look like new, I'm sure they been through the war, and then it took a labor of love to get them all shiny and perfect, again. I see you have another kite video :))
Precioso el vídeo , nos lleva a esos tiempos de la radio que no conocimos ,y la velocidad de la telegrafía sin necesidad de descodificadores , así da gusto comprender todo el QSO , un saludo de EA1IRO 73
God dag, sir...jeg likte videoen din! Jeg er fra statene og tjenestegjorde i den amerikanske hæren i 10 år som signalsoldat. Jeg tilbrakte to av årene mine i Baumholder, Deutschland. Jeg er fascinert av fungerende radioer fra historiske krigstider. Jeg ville absolutt elsket å få tak i radio som ble brukt i USAs væpnede styrker. Dessverre er de vanskelige å få tak i. Takk for at du delte.
Very nice. It's been 40 years since I did any code copy. I'm so rusty but I still recognize the cadence and form of the letters even if I can't copy them anymore. Very interesting.
Can you imagine being one of the 3 men tasked with carrying and operating a radio intellegence setup like this in the field. You had too be Mules as well as Infantrymen along with Radio operators.
Dear Helge: You are a very brave man; to raise a wire under that stormy sky. You could have been "immortalized" as Benjamin Franklin Thamks for sharing that beautiful equipment. Regards. Edgardo LU1AR
It's good to see this type of gear in use. Your videos are always excellent. Amazing how well preserved your former Wehrmacht radios and transmitters are! I wonder if the antenna wire is light enough to be raised aloft by a drone?
It takes a strong drone due to the weight of the wire length. It would be very limited in useful antenna time as most drones don't have much than 20-35 minutes of flight autonomy from batteries. The kite is a better long term setup, when the wind cooperate , of course.
Awesome vodeo, thanks. Probably would be easier to setup and end fed half wave on a fiberglass telescoping mast. :) Was fascinating to see a kite antenna.
Indeed they (630m & 2200m) are fairly new bands to us here in the Americas and were opened to us about 4 years ago (2017). Some require advance notice of use and filing of your operating location before first use and both have very low EIRP allowances, though the antennas are often sufficiently inefficient that you still have to use a fair bit of output power just to get the maximum 1W (2200m) or 1W/5W (630m, 1W if within 496 miles of Russia) EIRP radiated at the antenna (hence the use of a 100W transmitter and 100m wire antenna in this video). I have not tried to operate on either of these bands myself as I just do not have the space and time necessary to tackle them, but it is great to see others doing so! - 73 de KW4EK
Where can I learn more about radio operation durring ww2? I find the little anecdotes about enemies listening in and how messages we worded fascinating. what I wouldnt give for some radio battle chatter to have been recorded from back then
Thanks for the video. I greatly enjoyed it. I'll never again complain about the weight of my IC-7300 when operating portable.
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my gear icom ic 706mkii. tnx cu
This reminds me of my late dad , he was an amateur radio lover. I still remember is call sign ZS2PO. Thank you for sharing this and bringing back beautiful memories of my father.
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Really enjoyed the video. The equipment looks to be in mint condition. And I love the idea of using a kite for the antenna. Cheers. 73, Nigel, VE3IMF
Friend, this was the coolest thing I've seen in a long while! I am inspired to make a kite antenna now. That gear is made of unobtanium here in the states though. You are now my personal hero!
Thank you. :-)
Lovely to see such old equipment in use. Thank you.
A fantastic demonstration, I loved the antenna attached to the kite 👏👏👏
73 from EA1FLL
Nice to see this old WW2 receiver and transmitter still working and transmitting and receiving good quality signal. It's nice to see dedicated users of this equipement taking good care or the equipment and keep it working in good condition. Bravo
Thanks for the nice comments.
Hi Helge. Thanks for the nice CW QSO we had on 600meters. Great video you made :) 73's de LA3EQ Jan
Thank you Helge. Very nice to see this 475Khz WW2 radio in use. Beautiful equipment.
FB Video Helge. Thanks for your hard work hauling all that equipment and putting your antenna aloft with the kite 🪁
Subscribed!
Tusen takk de Dave WA1LBP. Interesting to see the equipment and your nice kite antenna arrangement.
Fascinating demonstration concise and of excellent technical quality. Thank you very much.
Very cool to see this vintage equipment working again! Thank you for keeping it alive and going. Keep up the good work.
Thank you. :-)
I can't stop watching the videos. I love the old equipment. The video makes me smile a little too. What a difference between portable work today.... and back then. 73 DE YO6DXE.
Thank you. :-)
I love a good kite-antenna video. Kevlar-reinforced wire is new to me, I'll never forget, because my dream is HF with a kite antenna on a little rowboat, on a little fresh water lake. (Just me, a rabbi, and an encyclopedia salesman; sorry, that's another joke.) II never thought anyone could get a spontaneous QSO on the longer waves. Only in Europe? Your sending on the straight key sounds machine generated (that's a compliment). WW2 surplus radios look like new, I'm sure they been through the war, and then it took a labor of love to get them all shiny and perfect, again. I see you have another kite video :))
Lovely radios there. I was waiting for that table to give way under the weight! Great results with the kite antenna too 👍
Wow that is so neat, imagine the stories a radio like that could tell
Very nice, Helge! Thank you for doing this. It's great to see the old gear in use and performing well. Best regards.
No seas Wey. No Mames.
How absolutely wonderful! Congratulations Helge. Keep’em glowin’ !
Precioso el vídeo , nos lleva a esos tiempos de la radio que no conocimos ,y la velocidad de la telegrafía sin necesidad de descodificadores , así da gusto comprender todo el QSO , un saludo de EA1IRO 73
Thanks for the nice comment.
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Admittedly, I am an appliance operator so I found this video fascinating! Thanks!
Excellent, watching from the U.S.
Thank you for your videos. I always love the old valves army equipment and i have old RX s .My 73 s from 5B4ER.
Beautiful radios. I love the old radios, they just have so much class. 73's, N1GWK
God dag, sir...jeg likte videoen din! Jeg er fra statene og tjenestegjorde i den amerikanske hæren i 10 år som signalsoldat. Jeg tilbrakte to av årene mine i Baumholder, Deutschland. Jeg er fascinert av fungerende radioer fra historiske krigstider. Jeg ville absolutt elsket å få tak i radio som ble brukt i USAs væpnede styrker. Dessverre er de vanskelige å få tak i. Takk for at du delte.
The whole set up looks great. Thanks for the nostalgic video.
I love these old radios.I have a vintage Swan 350 . 73 to you!!
In awe of this video, thank you so much for sharing.
The ideal team to go up in my next SOTA :)
A hug from XE1
That is a nice radio to work CW with! I love the kite, seems to work well. Larry Chicago, US.
I'm from the UK and I just fell in love please please can you do more videos just like this. God bless you ❤️🔥
Thank you for the great comment.
Yes, I will try to make new videos like this one.
Feel free to make suggestions.
73 de LA6NCA
Thanks for the video, I am glad to see a QSO on MF a band that I have used as a radio officer for more than 22 years.
Tanks for your vidio. David from Indonesia. God Bless you
Congratulations Sir!!!! Great job and great video. It´s really a placer to watch this adventure!!! 73 and, pleas, continue!! LU2AXF from Buenos Aires
Your antennae is the best I've ever seen!
Amazing that the antenna was still radiating RF even when it was on the ground! Thanks for sharing Helge. 73 de DC4DC
After this recording, I have had many QSOs at 80 meters with the antenna on the ground. I will return with a separate program on this.
Thank you Helge. I also learnt a few things about kites and wind from this video.
Very nice. It's been 40 years since I did any code copy. I'm so rusty but I still recognize the cadence and form of the letters even if I can't copy them anymore. Very interesting.
It's never too late to take it back up.
Good QSO and great to see you do it there on the seaside.
Nice contact & great radio, Thanks From VE7-FIE
Fantastic video really enjoyed you tuning the old radio de vk2ir Tommy
Gracias!! Muchas gracias por compartir esta experiencia, sentía la emoción y el frío aire en mi cara...
Extraordinario !!
Thanks for video. It's very interesting to see old gear.
thank for the video and report.
73 from Switzerland
I really like this video and hope that the condition will always be maintained The radio...Amateur Greetings from Indonesia
I always enjoy your field demonstrations! 73
it's the first time i see that kind of work. nice job ,i enjoyed it, thanks
Very nice and thank you for taking the time to share the experience.
Cheers for video 73's from Kiwi Land - New Zealand
Many thanks, most enjoyable for me, hard work for you! 73 from Tucson AZ USA
Great demo Helge. Beautiful old gear. Nice work with the kite. 73 DE K7JKZ
Fantastic QSO. Congratulations my friend. 73 - PS8RSA - Brasil
Cool! The kite antenna was the best part IMHO...cheers...
Congratulazion for ham spirit, best regards from iw2irp north italy
Two thumbs up sir FB from Wyoming
Such nostalgia and brings back old memories, especially the tubes glowing in the dark, Thanks for sharing, 73 de GI3HNM
inspires me to get on the LF bands. Very exciting. Thanks you for sharing.
Bellísima operación, acá n México a varios nos encantan los equipos Vintage 👌
Amazing...
Very nice and good performance of amateur radio...👍👍 Best regard from me in Indonesia.
Great Helge! I am very interested in your tests and OSOs with this old equipments. Tnx es 73.
Superb operating Helge! Congratulations de G4NJB
Can you imagine being one of the 3 men tasked with carrying and operating a radio intellegence setup like this in the field. You had too be Mules as well as Infantrymen along with Radio operators.
Dear Helge: You are a very brave man; to raise a wire under that stormy sky.
You could have been "immortalized" as Benjamin Franklin
Thamks for sharing that beautiful equipment.
Regards. Edgardo LU1AR
Congratulations and my admiration. Greetings from LU4MZO
"Real radios glow in the dark !".
Great video, thanks for the demonstration of your e1quipment and Kite antenna. W6NF
so beautiful
It's good to see this type of gear in use. Your videos are always excellent. Amazing how well preserved your former Wehrmacht radios and transmitters are! I wonder if the antenna wire is light enough to be raised aloft by a drone?
It takes a strong drone due to the weight of the wire length. It would be very limited in useful antenna time as most drones don't have much than 20-35 minutes of flight autonomy from batteries. The kite is a better long term setup, when the wind cooperate , of course.
@@vener6 Yes.....Good point on the operating time for drones. Duh.
AWESOME! Nice video. Thanks for keeping on the ham radio spirit.
73 de EA3CWT
Very nice ! Thanks for sharing !
Great, loved this one Helge.
I love the "Feind hört mit!"
Awesome vodeo, thanks. Probably would be easier to setup and end fed half wave on a fiberglass telescoping mast. :) Was fascinating to see a kite antenna.
WOW This experiment is awesome! Tks for share it.
Very nice work . Congratulations . EA2 AYW
Very nice qso Hege and thanks for the demonstration.. 73 de OH6DB -markku-
That was so awesome love it.
BRAVOOOO!!!!! Gracias German. Me has alegrado el domingo y me he suscrito. Un saludo desde España. José Luis ea5bii
Excellant Demo, Thank you so much, simply excellant!
Молодец! Очень здорово! Поздравляю!!!!
That's Amazing transceiver WW II! THE TUBES glows beautiful! De DV1MG 🇵🇭
Wonderful, congratulations on the copy, very good.
Great Helge....CW ONLY...the real story of radio ever..73
Bravo super démonstration .Super matos 73's de YZ16 Jean 👍👍 .
Congratulations!!! Great job and nice QSO! 73 es hpe cu de RY6M.
I wasn't aware of this ham band until I saw this video. Seems it is relatively new for us on the other side of the pond.
Indeed they (630m & 2200m) are fairly new bands to us here in the Americas and were opened to us about 4 years ago (2017). Some require advance notice of use and filing of your operating location before first use and both have very low EIRP allowances, though the antennas are often sufficiently inefficient that you still have to use a fair bit of output power just to get the maximum 1W (2200m) or 1W/5W (630m, 1W if within 496 miles of Russia) EIRP radiated at the antenna (hence the use of a 100W transmitter and 100m wire antenna in this video). I have not tried to operate on either of these bands myself as I just do not have the space and time necessary to tackle them, but it is great to see others doing so! - 73 de KW4EK
Amazing...Thanks four video..
Always dreamed of owning one of those
Fantastic and Beautiful, thanks for sharing!
The people who built this would have been utterly mystified by the laptop! Great way to monitor your remote reception.
We have one in our museum in The Netherlands. Don't know if it stil works. We have no receiver and miss the cables.
It sure works well.
There is nothing here that is aging.
Hope you have the tubes, they are very valuable.
@@LA6NCA We have the tubes. Inside is like brandnew. Lots of stamps with the eagle inside
Awesome!!! I think every Ham would love to do this...
Where can I learn more about radio operation durring ww2? I find the little anecdotes about enemies listening in and how messages we worded fascinating. what I wouldnt give for some radio battle chatter to have been recorded from back then
Felicitaciones 73s cordiales desde Chile CA 5 FGI Francisco.
Fantastic. Nice vídeo. Tnk
Interesant video. Bravo!
Good video ! Antenna lying on the ground works awesome. 73's RD8O
How could I get one of those wonderful radios
73 de Gérard F5MOX de Paris. Félicitations par cette passion et cette sportivité. Hi...
Nice to watch the old stuff still working. 73 Peter PB0ANS
The German equipment is as good now as it was 80 years ago.
So cute. Thank you!
Great! Very impressive.