In response to a couple of comments I've received I will be doing a follow on video on how to program the software/firmware into a (tr)uSDX. Stay tuned!
I appreciate your most informative video. I learned a lot and will be buying an uSDX to take to the beach. My plan is to use it on 20 meters using an 18 foot telescopic vertical antenna pulled out to about 16 feet. It will give me something to do when I am fishing on days when the fish are not biting. CW on the beach anyone? All the best from sunny Florida, N2SN.
@@TheCrunchbird Thank you for watching and commenting. I have no excuse for traveling and not having a HF radio with me now. Just wish I could have operated in Italy when I was there. There was a large Rome city park near the hotel we stayed while there but it was a city park and not a Italian State or national park. ☹️
@@N_Andrews I've done that one test I mentioned, transmitting with a dummy load on the (tr)uSDX and receiving on my home station with a voice recorder. I've tried working some POTA voice stations but 5 Watts is 5 Watts.
@@Niteskate1 (EDIT) I had to review the programming process and the Arduino is only needed if the Bootloader is not pre-loaded on the radio. The Bootloader is the software first executed when the radio is powered up. It then lets you do further program updates or gets the main program running. Not super difficult. If they have a technical bent or someone to help them then besides purchasing an Arduino, you load the development environment (free) on to a computer and from that load the sketch that turns the Arduino into a programmer, connect 3 or 4 wires to the ISO port and let things rip. No Arduino kowledge is needed to use the (tr)uSDX. I'm going to pin a comment about programming a (tr)uSDX shortly. Thank you for the question.
In response to a couple of comments I've received I will be doing a follow on video on how to program the software/firmware into a (tr)uSDX.
Stay tuned!
I have the tru sdx and love it. I like qrp and that is the mode I spend most of my time with. Thanks for this great video.
@@normnpat You're welcome! Thank you for watching.
I appreciate your most informative video. I learned a lot and will be buying an uSDX to take to the beach. My plan is to use it on 20 meters using an 18 foot telescopic vertical antenna pulled out to about 16 feet. It will give me something to do when I am fishing on days when the fish are not biting. CW on the beach anyone?
All the best from sunny Florida, N2SN.
@@TheCrunchbird Thank you for watching and commenting.
I have no excuse for traveling and not having a HF radio with me now. Just wish I could have operated in Italy when I was there. There was a large Rome city park near the hotel we stayed while there but it was a city park and not a Italian State or national park. ☹️
sadly I must admit to having two of them...both work well ... price considered.. 😎
Too many radios is not enough! 😀
I still have never heard good or usable voice audio out of a (tr)usdx.
@@N_Andrews I've done that one test I mentioned, transmitting with a dummy load on the (tr)uSDX and receiving on my home station with a voice recorder. I've tried working some POTA voice stations but 5 Watts is 5 Watts.
Dr Todd Grande is also a ham / prepper 😊
I have watched some of his analysis videos. They're interesting especially for cases I have some familiarity with.
@aa3konthego for sure, even though I an a non religious Christian I do like some psychological evaluation once in awhile 😉
How difficult would this radio be to set up for some one that is not familiar with working with Arduino.
@@Niteskate1 (EDIT) I had to review the programming process and the Arduino is only needed if the Bootloader is not pre-loaded on the radio. The Bootloader is the software first executed when the radio is powered up. It then lets you do further program updates or gets the main program running.
Not super difficult. If they have a technical bent or someone to help them then besides purchasing an Arduino, you load the development environment (free) on to a computer and from that load the sketch that turns the Arduino into a programmer, connect 3 or 4 wires to the ISO port and let things rip.
No Arduino kowledge is needed to use the (tr)uSDX.
I'm going to pin a comment about programming a (tr)uSDX shortly.
Thank you for the question.
nice
Thank you for watching!