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Enjoyed this Aaron 73 Paul KE9BHN

Buena actividad y buen equipo 👏🏻 73/72

always great activation! 73 my friend Aaron....Ricky de IU1PZC

Man you are really smooth at it! 73 de N2VQD

Good video Aaron. I have to start getting up earlier to work you, lol. Which way do you find the Alex loop to be directional? Off the 'ends', or off the broadside? (hard to explain this) I'm thinking of getting one Tnx, John

Love your videos Aaron!!!

Thanks Aaron!

thanks Aaron - hoped you wud have the G-106 -- but any port in a storm lol 73 dit dit

Great activation, Aaron. Thanks for taking us along. Yes! Got you on two bands :) 73 es cu on the air.

yeah!

Hi Aaron, I could hear you in Australia tonight VK3 on 40m and 30m, 559 on 40m and 319 on 30m. Cheers VK3ACU

I wouldn't worry about it. I would also struggle with a rag choo qso enjoy the hobby. Have fun. That's what it's all about 73s G0HDA

Just keep mentioning that you don’t have a lot of time and you’ll have as many subscribers as Thomas K4SWL has before you know it!😂

Can you turn off the AGC and back off the RF gain?

Very chill great video 73 KE9BHN

Can’t you tune it using the tuning LED on the loop box?

Thanks again Aaron, and I appreciated showing us your logbook and entries. 73

I wonder if I am at a picnic table that has a small metal roof over the shelter, how close can I be before it may be harder to tune? My EFHW is much longer, seems to be no noticeable interaction. It would be a fun test to see, I bet the Alex Loop would be just fine. Dave - KU9L

Hehehe I got friend-zoned. Great vid, Aaron. Next time, I'm sending Shakespeare 😎

As always a great video. Thanks Aaron. 🤝

Thanks Aaron 73 dit dit

Not sure what the difference was but I heard you fine this time. 73

1st! Love your videos!

Rather then radials why not use roll out metal screen for the ground plain?

great job 73 from kb2uew

I enjoyed that! I have been a ham for about 62 years, but have not been active for the last 40. I have had one short CW contact with an Italian, and about 6 or 7 more on field day (CW), Learned code around age 4, but don't think I have had an actual CW contact for about 60 years. Some things have changed. They didn't use n for 9 or no, or t for zeros on power, or rprt for report and thanks was always tnx. You were going about 17 wpm, and it looks like I can read that ok in my head. SSB actually scares me a little, data scares me a lot, and I am only interested in rag-chewing actually. Somehow just exchanging signal reports doesn't feel like a QSO to me. I am subscribing and will check out some of your other videos for CW practice. Tnx de LA0CY

I use the same antenna setup, the SuperAntenna and the 8ft/6 section Milwhip. I found a 5in extension from Wilson Antennas that I use between the magmount and the MP1. Coil collapsed tunes 10 fine, and fully extended I can get on 60m. Works FB

I’ll have to order one of those keys. Thx for the vid. Are u planning on getting the new 3b when available?

As soon as I saw your spot pop up I put my ear to the speaker and waited for a bit but never heard so much as a dit from anyone. Here’s hoping things improve for my Saturday activation at 2938.

Aaron thanks for the antenna setup and tuning demo, facing some challenges here of exactly that. 73 Paul KE9BHN

Thanks Aaron for another informative and helpful video. 73

Great video. I am impressed by the way you have the antenna mounted to the side door of your truck, too.

I think ARB Industries should sponsor your W4ARB channel.

Basically a radio darkness when it hit here overnight. Glad you check for other POTA spots before shooting out a Cq. lol not many people pay attention to that

Hi Aaron, I knew the solar flare was hitting us today but didn't realize how bad it was until I turned the rig on. No CW or SSB activity on most of the HF bands. I did get some FT8 but that wasn't what I wanted to do. I'll try again tomorrow. BTW, love the CHA SS17. Great on my POTA spike. 73, Bob WB6TIS

Glad the antenna worked out for you! 73, KF4LMZ

Thanks 🙏🏼 😊 AD2ER

Howdy Aaron conditions are ruff for sure - up north here basically dead -- the Chameleon whip ur using - is that the SS-17 by chance -- i just got one and bave it an a diamond mag mount for the truck on activations but at the cabin - i put it up on the tin roof seems to work well - thanks for the video -- 73 dit dit

Great video, Aaron. You’re 100% correct about the carbon 6….way too flimsy. I only use wire antennas and (usually) the spiderbeams 7m portable mast. I did get that 20’ mast for air travel. That along with my Mountain Topper, wire, 316 & paddle and I’m good to travel anywhere. Practice does speed up the setup/tear down process. Takes me 10 minutes each, so probably not as quick a vertical, but ok with me.

Excellent video thanks for sharing😊

Thanks for the activation and great video Aaron. Appreciate the QSO at 7:41. Got you in the log 4 times now and looking forward to many more log entries. 73, Tom ND9Z

While I’m on a toroid winding kick that has me experimenting with a lot of EFHW’s, the best QSO I’ve ever had while portable was scored via 9:1 last month. POTA from NC to JA via 5w CW. Was my first time trying a 9:1, and I’m a believer now.

Really enjoyed (and found useful) the setup portion of the video, as well as the operating portions. Setup would be even better if you talked a little more at each step about why you are doing whatever it is. For example, why did you decide to give up on the sloper? Still an outstanding video. Thank you.

W4ARB I got an alert that you were at 40m AKA the Technician Gulag this morning, but by the time I POTAed up in my park you moved to 20m. My radio also wasn't transmitting anything even at 100w, but I'll eventually get QSO #2.

it is always good to see that Murphy spreads his effects to others in the field and ways to work around him.... 😆 but listening to the code is also useful for my prctice...👍

Soon enough you'll be able to set that antenna swiftly in near dark at the break of dawn... First-itis bit you. Thanks for not editing that out. There are two kinds of wire hams. Those that have lost the end of the wire in the grass, and those that are about to.

I think the Random wire antennas are East Coast antennas. Hams are packed in over there. The best efficiency I have ever seen from a random wire was 74% . Out here in the west, we need that extra 25%. EFHW for us.

Gigaparts raised the price of the mast - it’s nearly $100 now. It was $79 a month ago. That’s too much for me. FYI - It’s carbon fiber, and carbon fiber can mess with the antenna. I had a dipole that I could never use with a carbon fiber because it messed with the resonance, but on fiberglass - no problem. Also, the struggle is real, I like seeing your activations from beginning to end. It makes me feel human. I didn’t realize you were editing. I thought you were super efficient. Nope. You’re human just like us. :-)

I’ve been using that Packtenna 9:1 for years. It’s so old it came from the days they used yellow shrink wrap. It has always worked very well with a 31’ radiator. I’ve been thinking about replacing the wire with a longer piece. I am building CW confidence and approaching my first cw POTA activation. I’ve done some CW hunting with great success. I use your channel and Thomas W., K4SWL, to practice copying call signs.