I'm a general. I'm also retired and disabled on a extremely limited income. I'm saving $10 per month for the eventual purchase of a QT60 or similar. Why? Cost is a huge factor. But living in an assisted living center, space is at a premium... Particularly when it comes to antenna options. Mounting a mobile antenna to my mobility scooter for outdoor use is not out of the question. Given my health, this may be my last opportunity to work HF other than at a club station. A 10-meter only rig fits my use case and limitations to a tee. You're 100% on point, Josh. Not every option is the best option for every ham. Thank you for pointing that out. 73 de W9FLV
Wow, thank you for posting! Fantastic awareness post, something most clubs could note to do an outreach for Hams living in other settings that would love to get on the air!
Great reading your very descriptive and on-point posting. I relate fully, as I too, am disabled. Rated at 100%, which means I truly am connected to much of the outside world by hamster Commo. I’m studying vigorously for the General exam. Just wrapping my first year as a ham. Been a steep learning curve as well as steep spending curve. I run a TYT TH9800 Quad band and a Xiegu G-90HF rig. The cool thing about the daily evening net I do is that its semi-informal. With the fact of mostly same folks daily, is that its just like having 40 of my friends over to visit every evening- but I don’t have to worry about what to wear, or are my few hairs combed. 73 to All! KK7MCE
Been licensed for 31 years and silent for past 20ish. Just getting back into the hobby and found out several coworkers got into ham recently. Been watching and catching up on some of the new stuff out there. Great videos and streams.
I'm in the same boat, started with ham in Canada back in 1992, then to the US in '95 as a Tech Plus. Life got in the way, I went silent and let my license lapse until last month, re-wrote my technician, and studying for my General now. I plan to do a lot of SOTA out here in Idaho. Josh's videos and streams have really helped get me re-interested in the hobby.
You are not alone. Got my General 8 years ago I think and have just never done anything with it. Trying to get smart now and plan to buy an FT-891 so I can bring it with me on motorcycle rides and have fun with both hobbies. I think I've forgotten everything I use to know, so it's catch up time for me too now!!
Congrats, 10 has been hot lately, and 6 has been open here and there. I remember when I started and 10 was a blast then, and it's much like it was then. 73 and Enjoy. :)
My most memorable contacts have been on 10m, and 11m before that. Most of them with less than 30 watts of power. Don't let the equipment snobs deter you if that's your budget.
Back in the late 70s early 80s during the CB craze my dad would convert CBs with SSB to 10 meter rigs In my car I had a converted CB. I was a geek before school I would be talking to Spain and all over the world. I still have one of those radios
Thanks! Now you make me want to brush the dust off my old HTX-100 and get back on the air. The 1989 solar cycle was fabulous, I was stationed in Okinawa, worked all around the Pacific mostly on 15 meters. But now this lazy old guy needs some motivation to get the radios out of their boxes and string some antenna wires, you might have just done it!
Perfect timing, I tried my first camping setup this weekend with the IC-705 and an EFHW into a tree. I used paracord tied to a corn-hole bean bag; it worked but it was messy. Clicking buy now on this Weaver Throw Line!
10m can be very effective but does have some limitations based on band openings. During the higher solar cycle, it's open more often, but is still mostly a daytime band. When the f layer MUF isn't high enough, sporadic E can still give some good openings in the summer and winter seasons. And for both of those, it's mostly a daytime band. All of that said, it is open more often than folks give it credit for, and what better way to test the propagation than setting up at a park and posting up a spot? It won't always work, and it helps to understand the limitations, but a lot of times you really can be successful just operating on 10m.
@@HamRadioDX me too. It's really fun. More often than not, I make contacts - and plenty of them - on 10m when I choose to operate on the band. One of my favorites too for sure!
Great video, Josh. Thank you! No joke about 10m. I upgraded to General tonight via HRCC/HamStudy/GLAARG, but last week made my first POTA from Central California coast on an old IC-718. So fun! Australia, Samoa, Chile, Argentina, and all over eastern and midwestern US. Now is the time. Making memories.
Great timing! As a Technician, I just activated my first Park on September 13th - K-3186, on 10m! The band was hopping!! I worked my first pileup - 94 contacts in 78 minutes. What a rush! 73 de KJ7LLX
The Radioddity QT60 is an AnyTone AT-5555N II that has been rebranded. The same can be said about the CRT SS 7900V. All three radios are identical but with different names stamped on their face plates. Like the AnyTone AT-6666, they're all good regardless of what the naysayers would have to say.
Many is the times I have operated mobile and stationary from my truck (a '79 GMC) and had a ball! Makes a trip very interesting and not boring. I have a Yaesu FT-857 D plus 2m and 6m radios (FT-290R MkII and FT-690 Mk II multimodes) all in a line under the dash. All the antennas make my truck look like a porcupine. While driving, I just listen in on whatever band is active. If I get involved in a QSO, I pull over on the shoulder to talk so I am not distracted driving. Glad to see you getting out on POTA. 73 de W4FJF.
just FYI you dont have to do those extra taps on your ipad for numbers, just press/hold the letter with number and swipe finger down. saves time when putting in call signs
This is a great idea! I was in Jr High back in the 70's when I was first exposed to CB then Ham. I was on the air through High school, now I'm returning.
You're a great Ambassador for the hobby, and while I plan to buy an FT-891 as I finally get into the hobby (after getting my General 8 years ago)......you're still motivating me as much as you're motivating the Technician folks! I want to incorporate this hobby, with my other hobby of riding motorcycles, and use POTA and SOTA as a means to do both. So, videos like this are just what I need to keep learning how things work. Thanks!!
Thank you so much for making this video, Josh! I am trying to encourage more people in my church district -- in multiple states: Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas ... to get their Technician license. These radios and an EFHW on the chapel roof seems like a doable, inexpensive option to give our various chapels capability of communicating on 10 meters. Thanks, again! 73 de N3TRP
thank you for doing this video... everyone is doing 11 meter videos. I'm a 30 year ham on a limited income and my htx-100 finally blew up so I've been looking at replacements.
Awesome video! My first hf radio in my truck was an anyone at-6666 a few years ago shortly after I got my general. I talked across the US, and into Europe and South America on band openings and had a blast driving down the road going from job location to job location, or while traveling out of town on vacation or for work. I used a trimmed 11m Sirio antenna on a magnet mount on the roof. Finally got a multi band hf mobile rig in my truck, but still have the anytone. If anything, I'll probably give it to a new general or technician looking to get on the air. My advice to those technicians or those looking to get their ham radio licence: get your general at least, it opens up a whole new world. I wish I had gotten mine years ago. 73 N2SCD
Thanks for this Josh! I bought a telescoping flagpole a few years ago and have never seen to put it up since, might repurpose it for this! Thanks for the intro to POTA and a way to log/run it. Still studying for technician, lots of stuff to learn based on hearing y’all’s transmissions.
Wow 1:46 LEARNED SOMETHING NEW! Did _NOT_ know that about the choke positions between EFHW and Dipoles! I suppose mainly because all I ever mess with are collinear, mag loops, dipole or Bazooka style antennas?! And here I am, one of the _hosts_ for our local technical net and the resident "antenna Elmer"/guru! 🤯 Always gotta keep learning, because we'll _never_ know everything! 👍
because your counterpoise is the other side of your dipole and on an end fed the coax is your counterpoise, if you get it wrong LOL your SWR will let you know :)
Thanks for the content. I'm retired and doing some traveling in my RV. I played in the CB world years ago but never HAM. I'm looking to get my Technicians license and entering the HAM world. I may get a General later if I like it as much as I think I will. During my research I ran across POTA. Also an RV "network" I think somewhere in the 10 meter band. I need to verify it is in the small HF band covered by the Tech license. Anyway this type of radio and a portable 10 meter antenna look like a not "too" expensive way to reenter the hobby! Thanks again!
Unless you need to conductivity of the aluminum pole, you should look at extendable fiberglass ones. we have electrically rated ones at work that extend to 45 feet and are 5 feet collapsed. They are real easy to carry, transport and extend.
I have this radio with the Anytone name on it and have been having great activations using a CR8900A on a 5" magmount on my car roof. Really glad I got this radio to explore 10 meters with more than my QRP rig....73, KC1UER
WB7PMP is a big 6m guy! LOUD into MN on most openings! Asa technician I operated 6 and 2 meter SSB, top of the 80's cycle... I remember sitting on 10m talk back frequency listening to the back scatter waiting for the MUF to hit 6 meters then working NZ, South Africa, Europe... all on 6 meters and 10 meters when 6 closed again... I still mostly work VHF weak signal! It s the area of ham radio I love!
I run an old Galaxy Pluto in my car for 10m and 11m. Works great with the 102" whip on the quarter panel. Swings about 35 watts amd I have talked all over from Ohio. Looking to upgrade to the QT60 soon.
Hi Josh - i just came across this video. I am glad to see someone that has a fairly large collection of radios and doing reviews points out that not everything is for everyone. I think people get too caught up in “gotta have it all at once”. I too laugh at that masses that feel and express radio has to be done a certain way. Man just get on the air and enjoy the hobby. For some it’s their only thing and they invest heavily, and for others, they just enjoy the fact that they can pick up a low cost radio, and talk around the world. I have been involved in radio preceding my military time, modifying single channel walkies talkies into a one band police scanner, dating back to the late 70’s and early 80’s. Heck, even had a CB for some time, i remember talking to folks in Big Bear to my house there in Whittier. Anyway, 73 and thanks for doing what you do with this channel.
Thanx man! I'm super excited to see just how super chill ya are and not all stuffy like most of us assume HAM Heads seem to most of us! I love your videos and the radio reviews! 🎉 Thanx 🥳
I just bought the QT60 with radio stand, and programming cable for $219.95 & $14 shipping (Direct from Radioddity, should be here Saturday). Compared to the AnyTone 5555N II it was quite the deal. Beyond that, I'd like to point out that just because a Sunspot Cycle cools off it doesn't mean the radio is useless. Propagation caused by weather/storms/fronts.... not to mention Spring and Fall openings, means that this little 10m radio will still be keeping the owner busy Sunspots or no spots. I use my 10 meter radios all year long, every year, and as you pointed out - it's a price that's hard to beat. I hope to see you do a more in-depth look at this radio in an upcoming video. This one about the QT60 was kinda rushed. Thanks for all your efforts!
Many years ago, I had a Radio Shack 10M SSB rig that I used in my mobile with a license plate mounted Ham Stick. I would talk on 10M during my commute from Santa Cruz to San Jose.
I love 10m. I also need to activate K-1139 Looks like a good spot for a wolf river coil. Hello of a pile up. That's what I want to get when I go portable
Just a thought. Have you ever thought about drawing lines of where the pole sits on each section so you know if you are above or below the stop pin, then draw a vertical line where the pin is located so that it easier to find when spinning the pipe. That was just my first thoughts looking at the set up. I really like the way that works
Skip is a lot of fun when the ionosphere lets you in. As a Jr. high schooler in the 60s I latched on to a very used Johnson Viking I crystal 5 watt CB. One Saturday morning I made contact with the Bahamas from Los Angeles. I was hooked. Several years later I was driving my LA County sheriff patrol car one summer when daytime conditions stayed good for a month or two. Back then they were 100 watts FM on 39 MHz. All summer we all had to listen to a one pony sheriffs office in Alabama until the sun went down. I never found out if they could hear us pounding the transmitters county wide 24x7. How can you be serious with bad guys when your radio speaker is punching out a Southern drawl "unit oooooone, unit twooooo".
Thank you for this video. I really need to get use to hearing the radio & call signs like you were doing in this video. Morse code was a hearing challenge as well 35 years ago and why I didn't get my license then.
This video was just all round fun! Thank man. I can’t wait to learn more and get up to speed like you. We are close to each other…. Temescal Valley! I would love to watch you operate at a park some time.
Great Video, enjoy all the content. Just a technician and studying for General. But just on a UHF/VHF HT for now. But a 10m band radio might be my next purchase.
The most fun I've ever had on 10 was while using an old 23 channel Midland CB we converted to 10, so I can see where that Anytone would be a sweet rig to enjoy 10 while this cycle peaks. Great video.
Great show love it. You can open the rig and open lots more bands. And power. Bloody brilliant show cheers from England , ps or a roach pole all good stuff. Thanks again CT48.70 🍻💯🇬🇧👍👍👍
@2:52 you should put some kind of mark on the pole like a scribe with an engraving tool at the location of every pin. That way when your extending the pole you dont have to twist and turn the pole constantly to get it to lock in. Just raise it up, look on the pole for the mark then lock it in place.
Great idea for encouraging Techs to get on HF. Reminds me of when I got started with my HTX-100 in 1992. May be time to donate it! Good that you showed that activators are in charge, and don't have to limit themselves to a report and 73. Makes POTA more interesting. For those just getting started wanting to keep expenses down, it would have been good to see you actually launch that throw weight! Reiner N2PEZ
Brand new to ham KJ5DWS. I really appreciate your videos. Your study guides got me through Technician and I passed General on Saturday. If you ever want to pass any of those radios on to a new ham, feel free to hit me up! :)
great video ! love the pics in the video ! Thank you for showing how much fun POTA really is. Technicians also have the whole 6 meter band as well. I am in Boston NY . 10 meters open quite well at times and 6 meters as well. love that QT 60. I think that a great POTA radio ! 73's
Love your videos and it was great meeting you at Monte Sano. I would love to see a 10 & 11 meter radio to do double duty. Not sure of the implications, but sure would be nice.
Seems like a great setup for POTA. Just in case you weren't aware, if you just touch the letter corresponding to the number location and swipe down it will enter the number. Same thing with other things that would generally require a shift to get to on the iPad.
It's exceptionally good you all were giving HONEST signal reports. Some POTA ops are either lazy of zombies where EVERYONE is 5 and 9. Thinking about that rig you're using or a clone of it. Thanks for the great video. 73.
As someone that currently has more invested in camera lenses than radio's that hurt me. I love your content and thanks for all the great inspirational and educational videos. 73. KI4HRZ
The Clarifier continues today as XIT/RIT in both my FTDX10, and IC7000. Ham Radio DX reviewed the Anytone 5555 which looks AMAZINGLY like the QT60. Are you aware of any difference?
Excellent video, still waiting to test for my general here. In the mean time can you point me at a video explaining the advantages of LOW power HF radios, if there is any advantage. I assume a HIGH power radio can be turned down to do low power work. I've got the president Lincoln 2+ radio now, very similar radio to what you're testing today. But starting to shop for a real HF rig. Thanks 73
Good video. Only thing, when I saw that you pulled the battery (green and white label) out and it had no covers on the leads -- it sent a chill down my spine. I used to be in the battery business and one thing I quickly learned is to have a healthy respect for even the smallest of batteries in terms of preventing shorts. E.G., there was a case where a man threw partially discharged 9 volt batteries into a box with the terminals uncovered. One of the batteries in the box shorted out and started a fire that almost burned his house down. Which, the batteries used for HAM radio operations can be equally just as dangerous because a short could result in a explosion and serious injuries. I know it's a hassle -- but please cover the leads of these batteries whenever they are not being used with either lead protectors or electrical tape.
Ouch about the lens. I like to use my truck tailgate but I use a higher stool as the 4x4 makes it higher. I use the Buddystick Pro right now. And I am in the Cincinnati area, in SE Indiana. Nice contacts to this area.
Nice setup. Well thought out. I like your case for your equipment. I use a canvas tool bag but you are making me rethink how I carry my equipment? I like your mast mount. Mine's made out of wood but just as effective. For now I use a 28 foot fiberglass mast but am getting a 40 footer shortly. Barry, KU3X
I'm a general. I'm also retired and disabled on a extremely limited income. I'm saving $10 per month for the eventual purchase of a QT60 or similar. Why? Cost is a huge factor. But living in an assisted living center, space is at a premium... Particularly when it comes to antenna options. Mounting a mobile antenna to my mobility scooter for outdoor use is not out of the question. Given my health, this may be my last opportunity to work HF other than at a club station. A 10-meter only rig fits my use case and limitations to a tee. You're 100% on point, Josh. Not every option is the best option for every ham. Thank you for pointing that out. 73 de W9FLV
Wow, thank you for posting! Fantastic awareness post, something most clubs could note to do an outreach for Hams living in other settings that would love to get on the air!
Wow, that determination reminds me I have no excuse not to get out there. Inspiring...
Great reading your very descriptive and on-point posting. I relate fully, as I too, am disabled. Rated at 100%,
which means I truly am connected to much of the outside world by hamster Commo. I’m studying vigorously for the General exam. Just wrapping my first year as a ham.
Been a steep learning curve as well as steep spending curve. I run a TYT TH9800 Quad band and a Xiegu G-90HF rig.
The cool thing about the daily evening net I do is that its semi-informal. With the fact of mostly
same folks daily, is that its just like having 40 of my friends over to visit every evening- but I don’t have to worry about what to wear, or are my few hairs combed. 73 to All! KK7MCE
I believe N9NUQ may have been my first HF contact ever. Very cool to hear him on 10m still 😁
Lookin forward to my first contact!! That's pretty cool to hear your first on this video!!
Been licensed for 31 years and silent for past 20ish. Just getting back into the hobby and found out several coworkers got into ham recently. Been watching and catching up on some of the new stuff out there. Great videos and streams.
I'm in the same boat, started with ham in Canada back in 1992, then to the US in '95 as a Tech Plus. Life got in the way, I went silent and let my license lapse until last month, re-wrote my technician, and studying for my General now. I plan to do a lot of SOTA out here in Idaho. Josh's videos and streams have really helped get me re-interested in the hobby.
You are not alone. Got my General 8 years ago I think and have just never done anything with it. Trying to get smart now and plan to buy an FT-891 so I can bring it with me on motorcycle rides and have fun with both hobbies. I think I've forgotten everything I use to know, so it's catch up time for me too now!!
22:06 Yay I made it! 😆 Thanks for sticking with me. Happy to go coast to coast on 10m
The QT 60 also does 12m, so even tho I am an extra , I am looking at the qt 60 as in inexpensive rig to use portable.
Oh man, I just passed my Technician exam and I'm waiting for my callsign to pop up on the ULS database, and this is making me more impatient.
Keep going. Believe it or not the tests get easier.
Congrats, 10 has been hot lately, and 6 has been open here and there. I remember when I started and 10 was a blast then, and it's much like it was then. 73 and Enjoy. :)
Congratulations 🎉
Congratulations 🎉👍👍
get your General asap.
Outstanding video. Josh, you're a fantastic ambassador for amateur radio. Thanks for all you do.
You nailed it…. He is down to earth and not a curmudgeon !
My most memorable contacts have been on 10m, and 11m before that. Most of them with less than 30 watts of power. Don't let the equipment snobs deter you if that's your budget.
I love the addition on the contact pictures from QRZ - what a great idea! :)
Back in the late 70s early 80s during the CB craze my dad would convert CBs with SSB to 10 meter rigs
In my car I had a converted CB. I was a geek before school I would be talking to Spain and all over the world.
I still have one of those radios
Thanks! Now you make me want to brush the dust off my old HTX-100 and get back on the air. The 1989 solar cycle was fabulous, I was stationed in Okinawa, worked all around the Pacific mostly on 15 meters. But now this lazy old guy needs some motivation to get the radios out of their boxes and string some antenna wires, you might have just done it!
Thank you! I am glad I could get you interested again!
10m was closed for the late spring/summer here on the west coast but is open now. Good time for Techs to activate POTA/SOTA.
8:06 hey that’s me! Great video as always and a good reminder that I need to work on toning down this southern accent 😂
I have a 5555. I've talked all over the world on 10m and 12m with that radio. Love it.
Extraordinary video to help those Technicians wanting to explore the world of HF and enjoy POTA at the same time! 👍🏼
Perfect timing, I tried my first camping setup this weekend with the IC-705 and an EFHW into a tree. I used paracord tied to a corn-hole bean bag; it worked but it was messy. Clicking buy now on this Weaver Throw Line!
10m can be very effective but does have some limitations based on band openings. During the higher solar cycle, it's open more often, but is still mostly a daytime band. When the f layer MUF isn't high enough, sporadic E can still give some good openings in the summer and winter seasons. And for both of those, it's mostly a daytime band.
All of that said, it is open more often than folks give it credit for, and what better way to test the propagation than setting up at a park and posting up a spot? It won't always work, and it helps to understand the limitations, but a lot of times you really can be successful just operating on 10m.
I love 10m!
@@HamRadioDX me too. It's really fun. More often than not, I make contacts - and plenty of them - on 10m when I choose to operate on the band. One of my favorites too for sure!
Great video, Josh. Thank you! No joke about 10m. I upgraded to General tonight via HRCC/HamStudy/GLAARG, but last week made my first POTA from Central California coast on an old IC-718. So fun! Australia, Samoa, Chile, Argentina, and all over eastern and midwestern US. Now is the time. Making memories.
Great timing! As a Technician, I just activated my first Park on September 13th - K-3186, on 10m! The band was hopping!! I worked my first pileup - 94 contacts in 78 minutes. What a rush! 73 de KJ7LLX
The Radioddity QT60 is an AnyTone AT-5555N II that has been rebranded. The same can be said about the CRT SS 7900V. All three radios are identical but with different names stamped on their face plates. Like the AnyTone AT-6666, they're all good regardless of what the naysayers would have to say.
Great set, I use my Anytone purely for CB use.
Awesome. Can't go wrong with AnyTone. @@georgebarnes8163
Many is the times I have operated mobile and stationary from my truck (a '79 GMC) and had a ball! Makes a trip very interesting and not boring. I have a Yaesu FT-857 D plus 2m and 6m radios (FT-290R MkII and FT-690 Mk II multimodes) all in a line under the dash. All the antennas make my truck look like a porcupine. While driving, I just listen in on whatever band is active. If I get involved in a QSO, I pull over on the shoulder to talk so I am not distracted driving. Glad to see you getting out on POTA. 73 de W4FJF.
just FYI you dont have to do those extra taps on your ipad for numbers, just press/hold the letter with number and swipe finger down. saves time when putting in call signs
there should be a day for Schools on the air (SOTA?), where Hams go out to a local school and get kids on the air!
This is a great idea! I was in Jr High back in the 70's when I was first exposed to CB then Ham. I was on the air through High school, now I'm returning.
You're a great Ambassador for the hobby, and while I plan to buy an FT-891 as I finally get into the hobby (after getting my General 8 years ago)......you're still motivating me as much as you're motivating the Technician folks! I want to incorporate this hobby, with my other hobby of riding motorcycles, and use POTA and SOTA as a means to do both. So, videos like this are just what I need to keep learning how things work. Thanks!!
Yeah that Radioddity sounded way cleaner and on freq. Might be a good test to put that first radio on the test equipment
Great video Josh! Way to go proving the naysayers wrong about the 10m band and its effectiveness for POTA. 73!
Fantastic! I'm a radio guy who was a radio guy as a job. Ignore the idiots who tell you how to operate guys. I'm only recently licenced.
I like how you included some pictures of the people you contacted and their setups. Adds a little something extra to the voice :)
Thank you so much for making this video, Josh! I am trying to encourage more people in my church district -- in multiple states: Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas ... to get their Technician license. These radios and an EFHW on the chapel roof seems like a doable, inexpensive option to give our various chapels capability of communicating on 10 meters.
Thanks, again!
73 de N3TRP
thank you for doing this video... everyone is doing 11 meter videos. I'm a 30 year ham on a limited income and my htx-100 finally blew up so I've been looking at replacements.
Awesome video! My first hf radio in my truck was an anyone at-6666 a few years ago shortly after I got my general. I talked across the US, and into Europe and South America on band openings and had a blast driving down the road going from job location to job location, or while traveling out of town on vacation or for work. I used a trimmed 11m Sirio antenna on a magnet mount on the roof. Finally got a multi band hf mobile rig in my truck, but still have the anytone. If anything, I'll probably give it to a new general or technician looking to get on the air. My advice to those technicians or those looking to get their ham radio licence: get your general at least, it opens up a whole new world. I wish I had gotten mine years ago. 73 N2SCD
I have worked 10m with a qrp all band radio on the Tech portion of the band. Testing for general on june 8. Thanks for what you do.
Great outing Josh, good to see you had fun with the QT60 too. They seem like a solid option to get on 10 meters
Thanks for this Josh! I bought a telescoping flagpole a few years ago and have never seen to put it up since, might repurpose it for this!
Thanks for the intro to POTA and a way to log/run it. Still studying for technician, lots of stuff to learn based on hearing y’all’s transmissions.
I was a CB operator back in the day, my cobera base station had 10 meters and loved it.
Focused, concise, and on target. Good video because seeing is believing.
Wow 1:46 LEARNED SOMETHING NEW! Did _NOT_ know that about the choke positions between EFHW and Dipoles! I suppose mainly because all I ever mess with are collinear, mag loops, dipole or Bazooka style antennas?! And here I am, one of the _hosts_ for our local technical net and the resident "antenna Elmer"/guru! 🤯 Always gotta keep learning, because we'll _never_ know everything! 👍
because your counterpoise is the other side of your dipole and on an end fed the coax is your counterpoise, if you get it wrong LOL your SWR will let you know :)
Been a ham for a couple of decades now but I enjoyed your video about getting a park on the air! Thanks! Very Informative Topic!
Thanks for the content. I'm retired and doing some traveling in my RV. I played in the CB world years ago but never HAM. I'm looking to get my Technicians license and entering the HAM world. I may get a General later if I like it as much as I think I will.
During my research I ran across POTA. Also an RV "network" I think somewhere in the 10 meter band. I need to verify it is in the small HF band covered by the Tech license.
Anyway this type of radio and a portable 10 meter antenna look like a not "too" expensive way to reenter the hobby!
Thanks again!
Unless you need to conductivity of the aluminum pole, you should look at extendable fiberglass ones. we have electrically rated ones at work that extend to 45 feet and are 5 feet collapsed. They are real easy to carry, transport and extend.
And expensive as well as heavy. There is a reason why aluminum poles are used and not fiberglass
I have this radio with the Anytone name on it and have been having great activations using a CR8900A on a 5" magmount on my car roof. Really glad I got this radio to explore 10 meters with more than my QRP rig....73, KC1UER
WB7PMP is a big 6m guy! LOUD into MN on most openings!
Asa technician I operated 6 and 2 meter SSB, top of the 80's cycle... I remember sitting on 10m talk back frequency listening to the back scatter waiting for the MUF to hit 6 meters then working NZ, South Africa, Europe... all on 6 meters and 10 meters when 6 closed again...
I still mostly work VHF weak signal! It s the area of ham radio I love!
I run an old Galaxy Pluto in my car for 10m and 11m. Works great with the 102" whip on the quarter panel. Swings about 35 watts amd I have talked all over from Ohio. Looking to upgrade to the QT60 soon.
Hi Josh - i just came across this video. I am glad to see someone that has a fairly large collection of radios and doing reviews points out that not everything is for everyone. I think people get too caught up in “gotta have it all at once”. I too laugh at that masses that feel and express radio has to be done a certain way. Man just get on the air and enjoy the hobby. For some it’s their only thing and they invest heavily, and for others, they just enjoy the fact that they can pick up a low cost radio, and talk around the world. I have been involved in radio preceding my military time, modifying single channel walkies talkies into a one band police scanner, dating back to the late 70’s and early 80’s. Heck, even had a CB for some time, i remember talking to folks in Big Bear to my house there in Whittier. Anyway, 73 and thanks for doing what you do with this channel.
Great approach to this Josh; this has value to a lot of people for what they want to do! Use case, all about use case, as you say "why not, let's go!"
Thanx man! I'm super excited to see just how super chill ya are and not all stuffy like most of us assume HAM Heads seem to most of us! I love your videos and the radio reviews! 🎉 Thanx 🥳
I just bought the QT60 with radio stand, and programming cable for $219.95 & $14 shipping (Direct from Radioddity, should be here Saturday). Compared to the AnyTone 5555N II it was quite the deal. Beyond that, I'd like to point out that just because a Sunspot Cycle cools off it doesn't mean the radio is useless. Propagation caused by weather/storms/fronts.... not to mention Spring and Fall openings, means that this little 10m radio will still be keeping the owner busy Sunspots or no spots. I use my 10 meter radios all year long, every year, and as you pointed out - it's a price that's hard to beat. I hope to see you do a more in-depth look at this radio in an upcoming video. This one about the QT60 was kinda rushed. Thanks for all your efforts!
My club hands out 10M rigs to techs who need a radio and with the current band conditions it's a great time to get into HF!
SMART!
Many years ago, I had a Radio Shack 10M SSB rig that I used in my mobile with a license plate mounted Ham Stick. I would talk on 10M during my commute from Santa Cruz to San Jose.
Very helpful to see your setup plus how YOU handle traffic...
I love 10m. I also need to activate K-1139 Looks like a good spot for a wolf river coil. Hello of a pile up. That's what I want to get when I go portable
I picked up in anytone quad 6 just over a month ago and I have been having a ball with it. I actually made a contact with new zealand.
just got my tech and studying for general - am thinking this or qt80 could keep me happy a long time
Excellent points made and a tight production. Looks like fun! Well done.
Josh that's a brilliant setup that Mass you have is awesome buddy😊
Thank you! It’s simple and effective!
I have no idea whats going on but im here for it
24:48 My country, what joy! I'm a technician here
When 10 is open it's on fire. I've worked Australia from AL several times.
Just a thought. Have you ever thought about drawing lines of where the pole sits on each section so you know if you are above or below the stop pin, then draw a vertical line where the pin is located so that it easier to find when spinning the pipe. That was just my first thoughts looking at the set up. I really like the way that works
It rubs off pretty quickly. You’d need to etch it.
Hi Josh.. this not only applies to technicians... but some of us Inactive Extras, too!
You can lock the clarifier RX and TX together in the menu to help with frequency drift which these style radios suffer from.
QT 60 sounds real good on rec..i just ordered one to day...
😂 You QSO'D with the beacon! Let's make that a ring tone. 😂
Skip is a lot of fun when the ionosphere lets you in. As a Jr. high schooler in the 60s I latched on to a very used Johnson Viking I crystal 5 watt CB. One Saturday morning I made contact with the Bahamas from Los Angeles. I was hooked.
Several years later I was driving my LA County sheriff patrol car one summer when daytime conditions stayed good for a month or two. Back then they were 100 watts FM on 39 MHz. All summer we all had to listen to a one pony sheriffs office in Alabama until the sun went down. I never found out if they could hear us pounding the transmitters county wide 24x7. How can you be serious with bad guys when your radio speaker is punching out a Southern drawl "unit oooooone, unit twooooo".
Thank you for this video. I really need to get use to hearing the radio & call signs like you were doing in this video. Morse code was a hearing challenge as well 35 years ago and why I didn't get my license then.
It just takes time. Phonetic alphabet helps a lot.
This video was just all round fun! Thank man. I can’t wait to learn more and get up to speed like you. We are close to each other…. Temescal Valley! I would love to watch you operate at a park some time.
You are spot on with this video.
Thanks!
Anytone 5555N2, aligned and tuned. 80 watts. 10,11,and 12M
Great Video, enjoy all the content. Just a technician and studying for General. But just on a UHF/VHF HT for now. But a 10m band radio might be my next purchase.
Telling us about emergencies and owning an electrical “truck” is fun🎉
Nice setup, battery comms and battery Ute (Truck) Cheers and thanks VK5MDF
The most fun I've ever had on 10 was while using an old 23 channel Midland CB we converted to 10, so I can see where that Anytone would be a sweet rig to enjoy 10 while this cycle peaks. Great video.
Great show love it. You can open the rig and open lots more bands. And power. Bloody brilliant show cheers from England , ps or a roach pole all good stuff. Thanks again CT48.70 🍻💯🇬🇧👍👍👍
I got the same radio, did the finals upgrade and converted to 11m pep is 130 watts.
Excellent and enthusiastic as usual
@2:52 you should put some kind of mark on the pole like a scribe with an engraving tool at the location of every pin. That way when your extending the pole you dont have to twist and turn the pole constantly to get it to lock in. Just raise it up, look on the pole for the mark then lock it in place.
That could be helpful, but there aren’t pins. It’s an internal latch you have to twist into and the pole spins 360 degrees.
Just go play and have fun! Nice comments at the end Josh!!!
Great idea for encouraging Techs to get on HF. Reminds me of when I got started with my HTX-100 in 1992. May be time to donate it!
Good that you showed that activators are in charge, and don't have to limit themselves to a report and 73. Makes POTA more interesting.
For those just getting started wanting to keep expenses down, it would have been good to see you actually launch that throw weight!
Reiner N2PEZ
excellent video. I love field operations off the tailgate. super work as always. Thank you for your hard work.
Brand new to ham KJ5DWS. I really appreciate your videos. Your study guides got me through Technician and I passed General on Saturday. If you ever want to pass any of those radios on to a new ham, feel free to hit me up! :)
great video ! love the pics in the video ! Thank you for showing how much fun POTA really is. Technicians also have the whole 6 meter band as well. I am in Boston NY . 10 meters open quite well at times and 6 meters as well. love that QT 60. I think that a great POTA radio ! 73's
Your final scenes are always the best! 32:47 34:21
Get better soon, both of you!
Groundhog Day
Love your videos and it was great meeting you at Monte Sano. I would love to see a 10 & 11 meter radio to do double duty. Not sure of the implications, but sure would be nice.
Just do not query ytube for 10 meter mods.
You will not find what you are looking for! 😂
Seems like a great setup for POTA. Just in case you weren't aware, if you just touch the letter corresponding to the number location and swipe down it will enter the number. Same thing with other things that would generally require a shift to get to on the iPad.
It's exceptionally good you all were giving HONEST signal reports. Some POTA ops are either lazy of zombies where EVERYONE is 5 and 9. Thinking about that rig you're using or a clone of it. Thanks for the great video. 73.
As someone that currently has more invested in camera lenses than radio's that hurt me. I love your content and thanks for all the great inspirational and educational videos. 73. KI4HRZ
The Clarifier continues today as XIT/RIT in both my FTDX10, and IC7000.
Ham Radio DX reviewed the Anytone 5555 which looks AMAZINGLY like the QT60. Are you aware of any difference?
They're same radio, just re-badged.
Got a qt60 last week and my technician too. Thanks for the inspiration. Gotta get an antenna now . Kq4pin. 73s
Have fun!
AWESOME video !!! !Loved every single second of it ! Thank you for sharing your passion with us! 73 from CT7AYK
Of course you worked Todd the human propagation beacon 😂 great video!
10 has been amazing, I worked E51JD with 100w!
What would 10m be without him
I've never heard him actually talk to anyone before. Usually he doesn't close his mouth long enough to listen
Excellent video, still waiting to test for my general here. In the mean time can you point me at a video explaining the advantages of LOW power HF radios, if there is any advantage. I assume a HIGH power radio can be turned down to do low power work. I've got the president Lincoln 2+ radio now, very similar radio to what you're testing today. But starting to shop for a real HF rig.
Thanks 73
The receive audio in the beginning sounded like an imperial probe droid.
I can always say thank you for the video. Nice very nice thank you for showing those to Radios!
Any time!
Okay fine you convinced me. I’ll be on 10 meter by equinox. Thanks!
Good video. Only thing, when I saw that you pulled the battery (green and white label) out and it had no covers on the leads -- it sent a chill down my spine. I used to be in the battery business and one thing I quickly learned is to have a healthy respect for even the smallest of batteries in terms of preventing shorts. E.G., there was a case where a man threw partially discharged 9 volt batteries into a box with the terminals uncovered. One of the batteries in the box shorted out and started a fire that almost burned his house down. Which, the batteries used for HAM radio operations can be equally just as dangerous because a short could result in a explosion and serious injuries. I know it's a hassle -- but please cover the leads of these batteries whenever they are not being used with either lead protectors or electrical tape.
That is a very good point. I will do that from now on.
Josh I enjoy watching this video. Love listning to outings.
Glad you enjoyed
Ouch about the lens. I like to use my truck tailgate but I use a higher stool as the 4x4 makes it higher. I use the Buddystick Pro right now. And I am in the Cincinnati area, in SE Indiana. Nice contacts to this area.
I loved the video, thank you for sharing it, I hope to hear you on the band 10 meters 73s, greetings TI5WNF
Great video and awesome set up. I enjoy all your videos. Thanks
Nice setup. Well thought out. I like your case for your equipment. I use a canvas tool bag but you are making me rethink how I carry my equipment?
I like your mast mount. Mine's made out of wood but just as effective. For now I use a 28 foot fiberglass mast but am getting a 40 footer shortly.
Barry, KU3X