Some Radio Fun in the Garden

[@m0aze611]

During Covid I did BYOTA - back yards on the air for my radio club. Like yourself it was to encourage experimentation by sharing the different things I got up-to and encourage members to press the PTT. Operating out in the garden in the sunshine is magical. 👍🏻 great vid thanks 73 Mike

[@bayamateurradiogroup]

Thanks Mike and great stuff during Covid! We need more stuff like this to try and entice some folks away from FT8 and back onto SSB and CW :)

[@billbones9635]

Nice one Ian, your station is working out well

[@bayamateurradiogroup]

Thanks Bill, I am really enjoying this little radio. More on g0vgs.blogspot.com

[@johnratcliffe6438]

I'm curious to understand whether this radio is good enough to operate as a base station in a shack? I'm currently using an FTDX5000MP and FTDX10, but I really like the look of this little thing.

[@bayamateurradiogroup]

Hi John. The radio is great in the shack. It has no DSP, just good old crystal filters and, being a single conversion superset, has a quiet receiver. In the garden, you are seeing at at its worst, with a compromise antenna to boot! Watch some of the later videos where I use it in the field. I love this little radio

[@johnratcliffe6438]

@bayamateurradiogroup Thank you. I'd be using it mostly at home with a Steppir DB11 on a 15m mast on 20-10m.

[@bayamateurradiogroup]

@@johnratcliffe6438I would love to hear what you think of it, if you bite the bullet :)

[@johnratcliffe6438]

@bayamateurradiogroup Just waiting for a response from Boris about some of the options, then I think we're good to go!