I have the exact same setup with the 817 except I have the Funk Amateur kit from Germany, which is identical to the Sotabeams one. I've had good luck with it, but never noticed that noise issue...makes me wonder if I should test mine out. Glad to see another 817 out there! 73 W4CRG
Craig Sheppard Hi Craig! Thanks for watching! I did take it outside and connected the rig to a LW just to noodle around some more. That noise problem didnt seem to happen so it might have been proximity to the whip/counterpoise inside. I did notice that the test tone that is supposed to come on when the DWN and PTT buttons are pressed does not work. Sent an email to SOTABeams to see what I might be doing wrong. I did a follow up video to this that shows some of that testing. Also, just got the 817 a couple of months ago. Lots of fun operating QRP! Thanks again! 73
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That helped a lot. I was thinking of getting the mic, but after this not going to wast the money
I have the exact same setup with the 817 except I have the Funk Amateur kit from Germany, which is identical to the Sotabeams one. I've had good luck with it, but never noticed that noise issue...makes me wonder if I should test mine out. Glad to see another 817 out there! 73 W4CRG
Craig Sheppard Hi Craig! Thanks for watching! I did take it outside and connected the rig to a LW just to noodle around some more. That noise problem didnt seem to happen so it might have been proximity to the whip/counterpoise inside. I did notice that the test tone that is supposed to come on when the DWN and PTT buttons are pressed does not work. Sent an email to SOTABeams to see what I might be doing wrong. I did a follow up video to this that shows some of that testing. Also, just got the 817 a couple of months ago. Lots of fun operating QRP! Thanks again! 73
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Just a quick question, did you adjust the pots inside the compressor at all as these are ment to be setup. 73
How you like that Palstar speaker? I’ve been looking at it or the 7300 external matching one.
It sounds great!
Very nice video, informative and useful.73 vu3mes
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