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Here, I show you how to pack HF gear for wilderness hiking and camping. I detail equipment and simple setup. Rig is a Yaesu FT-817ND, Antenna is a home-brew ...

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Solar Charging with Cell Pro 10S and A123 battery

Length: 4:48 - Rating: 5.0 (3 ratings) - View: 454 - Author: k2efg

Fire Island, NY on a June early evening a demo on how a simple solar panel and a charger can make my station completely off the grid.

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Farther's Day Goat Hike with FT817 & Buddipole

Length: 8:5 - Rating: 4.972973 (37 ratings) - View: 6699 - Author: goathiker

Father's Day was just a spectacular day here in Colorado with temps hitting low 80s, bright blue skies and just a few white puffy clouds. A perfect day for R...

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Operating from the Top of Petit Piton on St Lucia

Length: 7:38 - Rating: 5.0 (33 ratings) - View: 7218 - Author: buddipole

Ham radio operators Chris- J6/W6HFP, Guy J6/N7UN and Steve J6/wG0AT climb up the remains of an ancient volcano Petit Piton (St Lucia Island) in order to put ...

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Thunder, Lightning, Goats and Ham Radio

Length: 10:0 - Rating: 4.909091 (44 ratings) - View: 11739 - Author: goathiker

While hiking with Rooster and Peanut on Memorial Day we encounter thunder and lightning. Once the storm passes we safely make it onto the ridge and to make s...

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Unboxing of the West Mountain Radio CBA III

Length: 4:20 - Rating: 5.0 (1 ratings) - View: 509 - Author: KF7IJZ

Unboxing of my new Computerized Battery Analyzer version III. Purchased this from http://www.hamradio.com/. I will be using this to measure the performance o...

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Buddipole antenna in Fire Island, Pines working 20m

Length: 6:55 - Rating: 5.0 (1 ratings) - View: 595 - Author: k2efg

And a lesson for two reasons why ham radio should not be working pool side.

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SWITCHTEST.avi

Length: 7:0 - Rating: 5.0 (3 ratings) - View: 316 - Author: EDWARD BELLUSO

BUDDISTICK COIL/SWITCH BOX.

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Setting up Buddipole - Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY - looking for a good location

Length: 1:1 - Rating: 1.0 (2 ratings) - View: 330 - Author: k2efg

Ahead of 2013's Field Day I'm in a search for a good location. Set up a quick Buddipole to check out the location. Results: 1 QSO in 1 hour. Not very good. W...

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KX3 Prototype - Adjusting Bandpass DSP filter during CW QSO

Length: 1:6 - Rating: 4.894737 (38 ratings) - View: 26572 - Author: goathiker

During CW QSO with AA7EE I was playing with bandpass DSP filter. Also see KX3 close up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGlvTwaA95I This is an unedited raw vi...

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