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Glad you liked it. 73 Rob

We went on the Saturday. Most of the good used equipment seemed to have been sold on the Friday. Nice day out, but very tiring. Also missed the RUclipsrs doing there videos. Did shake hands with Martin Lynch and thanked him for the video's. Have fun. David M0DUU

It's quite easy to be anonymous at a rally. Most think I'm on a tx when I talk. I have a friend with me and he backs me so I can video as best I can. I use a dedicated hi-res phone to film but most people don't notice or don't care. This particular video could have been longer with more stalls and societies on it, but even though I'm verified and have two active channels etc. RUclips still restricts me to 15 minutes. I've reported it but no joy getting it fixed.

Glad you enjoyed it

I expected the outside area would be smaller. Sellers were wary of the weather as rain was forecast. The outside was half the size it has been in previous years. I'm afraid rallies are getting smaller and many are disappearing. I try to go to as many different ones as I can depending on where I am at the time. Mixing stuff up would be good but when computers were added to rallies there were many against their inclusion. I'm old enough to remember the great days of Granby Halls, Leicester and the London rallies.

Yes it was the Friday. I did think of going Saturday too but thought it might be too busy to film.

Glad you 'discovered' yourself. 😁

I didn't notice to be honest

Glad you enjoyed it. Most of the rallies I've been to have at least one Eddystone radio. Personally I have one, a EC10A/2 which is a 12 or 24v marine version. I'm going to the Torbay rally again in two weeks time. I'll video it again for fun and will look for Eddystone gear. Rob

@@g4nqxhamradiothanks 🎉73

Thank you

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Thanks for sharing

Activity is definitely low except for contests. Rigs today contain so much technology they don't compare to older rigs HOWEVER an older rig will make the contacts just the same but without the bells annd whistles. Prices for amps is all down to lack of supply of built components and a lot of custom made RF parts.

Glad you enjoyed it!

You are welcome! Most now are much smaller sometimes only 10 stalls. 73's

@@g4nqxhamradio Smaller is a shame, here in Germany in NRW we also have flea markets in Dortmund and Bergheim, they only happen once a year but are always nice. You meet some acquaintances there and find lots of nice things that make a radio operator happy. I wish you all the best and lots of nice connections. 73 Jörg

Plenty of women about but I probably missed them in recording. Certainly two licenced ladies on the WAB stall. I understand what you mean. Let's face it kids today have 1000 times more power in their cell phone than we have in one rig. I don't mean rf but sheer information and contact ability. It's hard to interest them in a voice from a speaker when they can walkabout talking to anyone and no licence required.

Glad you liked the video, makes it worthwhile doing. I do scan the items for sale for myself as well as filming. Didn't buy anything there but next day bought an Icom 706 Mk2 from Marketplace to use mobile along with my other. I visit two locations so I can now leave one down south and not lug gear about with me. 73's

No problem 👍

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. As I move around I try to attend rallies and video them. 73's

Glad you enjoyed it. I and friends enjoyed the rally. 73s

Yes definitely Rally. I really enjoyed it.

My pleasure! I enjoyed the rally.

Apologies I missed your request. I have amended the link for the code.

@@g4nqxhamradio can u pls share the code the link not working

Thanks!

I don't show it in the video. It's subject of another I'm making. I use 50 to 100W from the Icom dependent on first reports and QRM. I also use a homebrew rig with 12W output when bands a bit quieter. Lately the area around 7.160 has become very crowded when lower down it's empty, don't know why really. Rob

Battery is a 7Ah SLA and will do approx 3 x 30 minute trig activations. I have another identical battery in the car as spare. I'm making a 'stepup' charger so I can charge from the car if required but I've never needed more.

Just found your other video about the equipment you use. I see it is a fiberglass over section pole.

Yes. It's a very lightweight fibreglass 8m fishing pole.

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you very much! As ideas come I hope to make a couple more videos on equipment.

Ok.

Oh just an 'amateur' who came along for the ride 😁 Thanks for your help mate, got to be careful as you will be charging next 😂

I'm sure we will make it at some point Bill,

Thank you. This is the setup for 40m operating. I have a 80/40/20/15m trapped dipole for other work but I enjoy WAB. For WAB trig activation it's a 40m NVIS inverted V dipole antenna to get a strong signal into the UK. I have sometimes used a 12 Watt home brew 40m transceiver with good results.