Wish I'd taken my licence when I were younger Sandy. Too late now, but still on 27mhz and as well as always on 27.63125, I do like having a chat with the guys on the 305 USB net once in a while. Morse is an art form in itself and always fascinating to watch. You have some good QSO's and looking forward to seeing some more of these videos
“Or a beer perhaps....”lol🍺👍 I binged watched your knife tutorials but and the bushcraft vids as well as the para glider craziness, this was extremely interesting to me on a rainy Sunday morning hear in Connecticut. Thank you.
Yes - great story about the pen! I notice that you have some similar ideas to me, I also use TKS rather than TNX, I have a sheet of A4 printer paper for notes (cheap as chips).........but I could never ever get the hang of a bug key! Thanks for the vid again Sandy
Greetings Sandy, found that video relaxing,interesting and informative. Brought back some lovely old memories. Wishing you and your family a happy, peaceful and blessed week.
Good to see a better power supply. Switch-mode is so noisy. And the KW 590 is better for CW. Has more copper in it. The 7300 is brilliant on its output audio but it's basically a box of air with a tuned circuit and a computer. It should cost 200 quid. You made the right choices.
It's been a long time since I've forgotten all my morse skills, but I still like watching your videos for the quips and humour 🙂 The fabricated key is quite a nice work and your WiFi password pinned to the PC is terrible 😀 Have a nice Sunday. .. / .... .- -.. / - --- / --. --- --- --. .-.. . / - .... .. ...
Hope the paramotoring went well today, great day for it. I managed to get out on the ebike to shred some local bridleways, and a quick pint along the way.
When the clock chimed the first bell I thought someone was ringing a bell for HER coffee. After three I thought "She wants it now!!". It has been a while since i have heard a clock chime but realized it was a clock after three chimes. I started watching your videos because of the K2 at the farm after I first got my license. I enjoy ALL of your videos. Don't stop enjoying everything you do. Take care and 73!!
I like to see that Palstar AT1500CV tuner on your shelf. I have the same unit here on my 160 meter station. It tunes whatever wire I have managed to string through the trees without a problem. I think that Palstar has replaced it with a similar unit, the AT2K these days.
I get up and go to RUclips and your video is the first one I click on. I watch to the end and then my video pops up :) Thanks for all the had work and production you put into your channel. I enjoy each video you do. 73 / ~John
LOL Thanks John. I always watch your hamshack vids too. I thought you would find the bug key interesting as I know you have one but I've not heard you use it yet in anger.. Hope you will get to grips with the bug as it really is a nice key when you master it.
It became a gift but like all things in life you have to work at it. Even though I found it relatively easy to learn I still had to put in the effort. It sure feels like a gift now. I love code:)
Yes. I do enjoy swimming. I mostly use the breast stroke. I'm not so good with front crawl. Always seem to take a little water in for some reason. I will try and perfect that technique.
I’m always amazed how your able to walk about, look at the clock & still hear what’s being sent. Your definitely a professional at Jack lores & would say morse too. Thank you for the V. Dah dah dah daaaahhh haha.
Hi Sandy nice video as usual. Like you I only use cw but don't operate much these days. Yes all the different methods of sending cw are really interesting but I guess most folk will have their preferred method. I personally use a Bencher paddle ( which I think you also use ) along with an iambic keyer with dot dash memory. The strange thing for me is that my dot/dash key's are the opposite way round to most folk ( dash on the left paddle ) but this comes absolutely natural to me as this comes from playing the guitar hi. Did try to email you thru the QRZ website a little while ago but maybe you didn't receive it lol. Anyway as I say enjoyed the video and keep up the paramotoring. Regards Richard G4YZK VA ..
Hi Richard, I don't check my qrz email as often as I should. Very busy with the business emails. I will check the yahoo email soon. I can send other way round, it's just a matter of training. There was even a wicked guitarist who played the guitar upside down.
Made me go up to the attic to find my old keys.... Found the bug but I think I gave away my straight key from 1965.... Somehow I don't have the courage to try the old key....after watching this video...maybe I will.
Great explanation of the bug key, have never really got my head around those. I used to have the TS570 with the optional CW filter and loved it, regret selling it. Hope the 590 proves just as nice, hope you do another ham shack when you have the new radio setup. 73s
Over my head mate but i watched the lot, very interesting and picked up a few things. The clock was mint mate, 250 years old, thats amazing. be well mate. ATB Moose
nice one Sandy. I do regret selling my 590sg in a fund raising exercise for a radio change. Great radios, and with the rx split (3db split), you can always run a pan adaptor via an sdrplay (or similar) to get a waterfall if you so desired. Love the keys :) I must pull my finger out and get on with a cw trainer. atb Richie.
Learning morse and reading music are the two tasks that elude me. I am dyslexic and manage to get so far then hit a brick wall. I just can't get it to be natural. It just doesn't flow. Perhaps one day.
Conditions on 2m FM been good the last few days, qso with MM stations to ON3 station including Wales and Isle of Wight all bit of a pile up really on 145.425 73
Thanks for the upload mate the 590SG is a cracking choice although the tentec Eagle would be better but a lot more money,the 590 in my opinion has a quieter RX and not as tunnely on CW as the 7300 BUT thats just my opinion both are great rigs. Hope you have a fab day mate and thank you again.
Nice job on setting up that bug Sandy. I hear so many on the air that are poorly adjusted with dits far too fast for their dahs which they often exaggerate, making it very hard to copy, for me anyway.
I would like to be able to do that i like wacthing ur videos even they one becuse i find it intresting I've only got a cb radio lol from David in Scotland
Great to see you back in the shack mate! I recently sold my K2 iv regretted it ever since! You have a Shurrmann Keyer there sandy I’ve been trying to buy one for awhile! But the website is in German!! Did you buy yours in this country sandy, cheers 73 cul John M0CDL.
Hi John, Yes I brought it many years ago from a radio shop in GW land I think. Even then over 20 years ago I paid a good sum Approx £300 I think. It's a great key. It will remain on my desk til I go SK and hopefully also the K2. I also have the K1. I built both from kits.
I'm with on liking a radio you can drive from the front panel without delving into menus all the time. Having to make your own coffee......things are rough indeed mate.
Today I learnt how the vibroplex works, interesting. How's that new power supply? Specifically, how loud is the fan and at what current draw when you're transmitting? I can't hear it on the video but I really need something quieter. The 7300 will be great, I'm tempted to get one but the portability of the 7100 is alluring, I take a radio when we go on UK holidays so a shack-in-a-box would be useful.
Hi Sandy It looks like you don't keep a log book anymore or is that something you complete after the morse QSO from your notes. Log books I think are not a requirement anymore for some time now. 73 dah dit dah
I know it might seem silly, but you can never be too safe nowadays. I'd move that sticker with your WiFi network name and password in case some silly sod local to you gets any ideas.
Hello Sand, does the hobby have plenty of following so that it will still be around in years to come or is it a dying hobby, I think it's a good thing personally, the bare basic way to communicate with the world.
Very interesting hobby, new to me but I enjoy watching. Thanks. Tony
So interesting Sandy. Great insight
Great watch thanks for sharing
Wish I'd taken my licence when I were younger Sandy. Too late now, but still on 27mhz and as well as always on 27.63125, I do like having a chat with the guys on the 305 USB net once in a while. Morse is an art form in itself and always fascinating to watch. You have some good QSO's and looking forward to seeing some more of these videos
Great video Sandy!, I just purchased a beautiful used cwtouchkeyer 73 de N1AD
Another great video Sandy! I can't wait to see your review of the Kenwood TS590SG!!
Kind regards,
Simon
M0SYS
Enjoyed what a talent to have awesome
Great vid again Sandy. Hope this is going to be a regular thing now :) Love it when you combine your camping with radio too.
I think I will be doing more radio vids Peter. Thanks for watching along
@@WiltshireMan You don't have o thank me, I love watching your vids.
Sandy, these recent videos have encouraged me to start learning Morse again. In the past I have tried but given up after a while 73 de Jonathan GI7KMC
Keep at it Jonathan. It is such a thrill when you become proficient
Enjoy the new rig. I narrowed it down to the 590 or the 7300 but went with the icom for the 4m tx capability’s. Love the bug key.
Here you go sandy. 80m CW
ruclips.net/video/bGZNthffWHI/видео.html
Use a TS590 here. Splendid CW rig. Has an excellent rcvr. Only CW here since 1972. Mostly QRP. Tnx for the video es 73s. ON6NW
“Or a beer perhaps....”lol🍺👍 I binged watched your knife tutorials but and the bushcraft vids as well as the para glider craziness, this was extremely interesting to me on a rainy Sunday morning hear in Connecticut. Thank you.
Got a paramotoring video to go up later in the week.
You make that look so easy. :)
Yes - great story about the pen! I notice that you have some similar ideas to me, I also use TKS rather than TNX, I have a sheet of A4 printer paper for notes (cheap as chips).........but I could never ever get the hang of a bug key! Thanks for the vid again Sandy
Thanks for sharing this Sandy. Superb ;)
Lovely, hope to see another next sunday!
Greetings Sandy, found that video relaxing,interesting and informative. Brought back some lovely old memories. Wishing you and your family a happy, peaceful and blessed week.
Good to see a better power supply. Switch-mode is so noisy.
And the KW 590 is better for CW. Has more copper in it. The 7300 is brilliant on its output audio but it's basically a box of air with a tuned circuit and a computer. It should cost 200 quid. You made the right choices.
Superb CW operator you are , I do have 2 or 3 contacts every week.. I should do a lot more but like you Iam into many other things.
There's always a lot to do John. Hope your doing well
It's been a long time since I've forgotten all my morse skills, but I still like watching your videos for the quips and humour 🙂
The fabricated key is quite a nice work and your WiFi password pinned to the PC is terrible 😀
Have a nice Sunday.
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my neighbour does this,we made several antennas for him during the years,he moved to Brugges in Belgium
Hope the paramotoring went well today, great day for it. I managed to get out on the ebike to shred some local bridleways, and a quick pint along the way.
That sounds nice Bill, the pint. Ebike? Whats wrong with muscle power?:)
When the clock chimed the first bell I thought someone was ringing a bell for HER coffee. After three I thought "She wants it now!!". It has been a while since i have heard a clock chime but realized it was a clock after three chimes. I started watching your videos because of the K2 at the farm after I first got my license. I enjoy ALL of your videos. Don't stop enjoying everything you do. Take care and 73!!
Thankyou Bob
I like to see that Palstar AT1500CV tuner on your shelf. I have the same unit here on my 160 meter station. It tunes whatever wire I have managed to string through the trees without a problem. I think that Palstar has replaced it with a similar unit, the AT2K these days.
Thanks for sharing Sandy :-)
Thanks for watching Des
Love this stuff Sandy....Awsome.....
Thanks Sandy. Looking forward to a video on your new rig when it arrives.
I get up and go to RUclips and your video is the first one I click on. I watch to the end and then my video pops up :) Thanks for all the had work and production you put into your channel. I enjoy each video you do. 73 / ~John
LOL Thanks John. I always watch your hamshack vids too. I thought you would find the bug key interesting as I know you have one but I've not heard you use it yet in anger.. Hope you will get to grips with the bug as it really is a nice key when you master it.
Interesting. Don’t do it myself but my uncle is in to it and showed me a couple of things last year. Good video and a perfect Sunday hobby I think.
I find your interest in Morse fascinating Sandy. A gift mate I'd say. Have a great week. Mark
It became a gift but like all things in life you have to work at it. Even though I found it relatively easy to learn I still had to put in the effort. It sure feels like a gift now. I love code:)
@@WiltshireMan I agree Sandy - a bit like my swimming. It took years and many drills to get to my standard. So I get what you're saying. Yeah a gift!
I swam today Mark. 30 lengths of a 25 meter pool. I'm not a fast swimmer though but can swim for hours if need be.
Hey that's good Sandy - an enjoyable swim I take it?
Yes. I do enjoy swimming. I mostly use the breast stroke. I'm not so good with front crawl. Always seem to take a little water in for some reason. I will try and perfect that technique.
Great to see all these videos from you recently Sandy, there was a drought from you for a while but all is good now 👍
I’m always amazed how your able to walk about, look at the clock & still hear what’s being sent. Your definitely a professional at Jack lores & would say morse too. Thank you for the V. Dah dah dah daaaahhh haha.
Hi Sandy nice video as usual. Like you I only use cw but don't operate much these days. Yes all the different methods of sending cw are really interesting but I guess most folk will have their preferred method. I personally use a Bencher paddle ( which I think you also use ) along with an iambic keyer with dot dash memory. The strange thing for me is that my dot/dash key's are the opposite way round to most folk ( dash on the left paddle ) but this comes absolutely natural to me as this comes from playing the guitar hi. Did try to email you thru the QRZ website a little while ago but maybe you didn't receive it lol. Anyway as I say enjoyed the video and keep up the paramotoring. Regards Richard G4YZK VA ..
Hi Richard, I don't check my qrz email as often as I should. Very busy with the business emails. I will check the yahoo email soon.
I can send other way round, it's just a matter of training. There was even a wicked guitarist who played the guitar upside down.
yep my morse is way rusty thanks for the video
wooohoooo you getting a new radio sandy :) looks nice de m6pnp
Made me go up to the attic to find my old keys.... Found the bug but I think I gave away my straight key from 1965.... Somehow I don't have the courage to try the old key....after watching this video...maybe I will.
Hi Jonathan,
I'm sure you can make some good music with that key. Get it down from the attic:)
Great explanation of the bug key, have never really got my head around those. I used to have the TS570 with the optional CW filter and loved it, regret selling it. Hope the 590 proves just as nice, hope you do another ham shack when you have the new radio setup. 73s
Over my head mate but i watched the lot, very interesting and picked up a few things. The clock was mint mate, 250 years old, thats amazing. be well mate. ATB Moose
Cheers Moose. Yes I also have an interest in horology.:)
nice one Sandy. I do regret selling my 590sg in a fund raising exercise for a radio change. Great radios, and with the rx split (3db split), you can always run a pan adaptor via an sdrplay (or similar) to get a waterfall if you so desired. Love the keys :) I must pull my finger out and get on with a cw trainer. atb Richie.
You're looking fitter now Sandy. Good man.
Stay well,
Noel
Sharp eye's Noel. I didn't see that till I edited the video. They will have to move close by if they want to access. I'll change the password!!
@@WiltshireMan It wasn't me, it was Mike.
Learning morse and reading music are the two tasks that elude me. I am dyslexic and manage to get so far then hit a brick wall. I just can't get it to be natural. It just doesn't flow. Perhaps one day.
Sorry to hear that Alan. It really does flow once mastered. Hope you can get there.
I have no clue about morse code, but that clock is a stunner
Good fun Sandy 👍
Thanks Abe
Conditions on 2m FM been good the last few days, qso with MM stations to ON3 station including Wales and Isle of Wight all bit of a pile up really on 145.425
73
An interesting video bro. ATB
Thanks for the upload mate the 590SG is a cracking choice although the tentec Eagle would be better but a lot more money,the 590 in my opinion has a quieter RX and not as tunnely on CW as the 7300 BUT thats just my opinion both are great rigs. Hope you have a fab day mate and thank you again.
Nice job on setting up that bug Sandy. I hear so many on the air that are poorly adjusted with dits far too fast for their dahs which they often exaggerate, making it very hard to copy, for me anyway.
I read 'Hamshank Sunday', and thought to myself 'Why is Sandy showing us his Sunday Lunch?'
Shack.. Shack not shank. Silly billy. Hamshank Sunday happens next week.
Wiltshire Man yummy, I like ham 🤪
I would like to be able to do that i like wacthing ur videos even they one becuse i find it intresting I've only got a cb radio lol from David in Scotland
Thanks David. We all start from scratch. CB is as good as start as any.
Locking forward to the next one yeah got to start somewhere
Great to see you back in the shack mate! I recently sold my K2 iv regretted it ever since! You have a Shurrmann Keyer there sandy I’ve been trying to buy one for awhile! But the website is in German!! Did you buy yours in this country sandy, cheers 73 cul John M0CDL.
Hi John, Yes I brought it many years ago from a radio shop in GW land I think. Even then over 20 years ago I paid a good sum Approx £300 I think. It's a great key. It will remain on my desk til I go SK and hopefully also the K2. I also have the K1. I built both from kits.
One thing for sure sandy you will never be fed up with nothing to do into everything.
I'm with on liking a radio you can drive from the front panel without delving into menus all the time. Having to make your own coffee......things are rough indeed mate.
Another enjoyable video Sandy, but you may want to change your Wi-Fi password😳
Yes I know
Your wife makes your coffee? I came here for ham radio and took that away. Somehow this came up in a search for a Begali Traveler.
Begali make fine keys
Everybody else got a heart except me ! 😢
I love you I do:))
If I didn't heart your comment Chris I must have missed it. Nothing personal:)
Wiltshire Man only kidding mate. Did it make sense ?
Today I learnt how the vibroplex works, interesting. How's that new power supply? Specifically, how loud is the fan and at what current draw when you're transmitting? I can't hear it on the video but I really need something quieter.
The 7300 will be great, I'm tempted to get one but the portability of the 7100 is alluring, I take a radio when we go on UK holidays so a shack-in-a-box would be useful.
Fan noise is almost inaudible. Current draw with the qrp rig is just a few amps. The needles hardly move.
@@WiltshireMan Thanks. I'm sold :)
Thanks Sandy for your upload, could you tell us what some of the abbreviations are? I must try harder to get back in to cw .
Regards from Carl.
I will do a video on that at some point Carl
would watch out showing your wireless id and password
Interesting video on morse code Sandy, very skilled you are. Bit off topic but is there a way to pm you?
73s AG7KU
73 g0vqw
And I thought I was into some geeky nerdy things.... Very interesting but not for me.
One mans meat is another mans poison as the saying goes:)
@@WiltshireMan Indeed Sandy. :)
Hi Sandy It looks like you don't keep a log book anymore or is that something you complete after the morse QSO from your notes.
Log books I think are not a requirement anymore for some time now.
73
dah dit dah
I keep my log on QRZ. It has a good logbook and free to use.
I know it might seem silly, but you can never be too safe nowadays. I'd move that sticker with your WiFi network name and password in case some silly sod local to you gets any ideas.
Hello Sand, does the hobby have plenty of following so that it will still be around in years to come or is it a dying hobby, I think it's a good thing personally, the bare basic way to communicate with the world.
There is still a lot of interest in using Code. If needs be I shall keep it alive till I die.
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yes I will
Yes I will
You might not want to display your passwords ...
u r displaying a rather critical label above your computer; perhaps u shud change some of the info, now.
Shame on the wife!!