I also enjoy Colin's content, he is very clever. But saying if people don't check their subs are a liar is hurtful to those who really don't care about numbers, some make videos just for the enjoyment and not subs, and are definitely not a liar.
Brian, please have a sleep on this and rewatch the video again on a fresh head on a new day. Your comments here directly contradict what I said in the video. I make videos because I enjoy it, not to gain subs. However, gaining subs can be a metric that people like your content and that gives you confidence to make more videos. My opinion only and we disagree here but that cool.
Hi Colin, You do great videos that are informative for most. Do what you have time for and what you like to do. If you only have time for 10 videos a year so be it, as always just keep your quality of the video high like always.
Thank you Chuck. Yes 2023 was much easier for YT for me, not worrying about getting content out there. I enjoy many of your non radio videos, its good to get your view on these. Have a great xmas and new-year when it comes.
I discovered your channel via the inscrutable machinations of the youtube recommendation engine pointing me at your EFHW videos. I was really impressed by the quality of the information that you presented. The rigorous approach you use is really appreciated when you characterized the variations of EFHW transformers with actual DATA and not anecdotal experience. That's actually a pretty unique thing among ham radio RUclips channels. I wouldn't stress over investing lot of money in production equipment; it's not the fancy editing or camera equipment that attracted me to your channel. Thanks for investing your time sharing this information with us.
Thank you. Over the last 2 years my EFHW videos have been best performers as YT promotes them there is virtually no competition. It wasnt deliberate, I just wanted to conduct the experiments and share my results.
Colin found your videos excellent your Moxon video was very informative and is on my list to build, wish you good luck and success in 2024 I am new to this hobby and learning every day keep up the work you do merry Christmas 73 M7CVK,
The content of your videos literally save the casual experimenter hours of time and wasted money. It's excellent and refreshing, and are definitely in the small handful of Amateur channels I regularly watch, thank you and 73.
Morning Colin. I've been too busy to make many videos in 2023. Maybe 2024 will be a little quieter and give me some space! Keep up the good work Happy Christmas to you and your family Bruce
Life is always busy Bruce, but sometimes not a bad thing. Your content is first class and im sure you will get back to it when you can. Merry Christmas and a good new year when it comes.
We appreciate your knowledge and testing Colin. I'm happy to watch whatever you post. You clearly have a passion for Amateur Radio over profit.😊 Take care, look after yourself and family before youtube. 👌🤠🇦🇺
Hi Colin, I subbed very recently due to your participation in the online discussion on the new proposals due to come into effect next year. I am not a techie person in the least, but I do love to get out portable with my meagre 10w and work the world on my own home brew antenna's. I have recently started to wind my own QRP 49:1 which I find a brilliant little antenna for lightweight operation. Thank you for your content and take it from me, its very valuable to beginners such as myself. Have a great Christmas and I look forward to watching in 2024.
Thanks for the kind words. Best piece of advice is make your own judgements based on a wide range of data. No one person gets it all right which includes me. Best of luck in the hobby.
Hello, Colin I like what you have shared with us the passed years and you always break it down for us "ham radio for dummies" types keep it up and lets keep advancing ham radio de W9US
Hi Colin, I went for the 18Ah battery that you reviewed because it was exactly what I was looking for. You have put out some excellent content and have also followed your suggestions on the cores to build 49:1's and am very happy with the results of my 40m Fair-rite EFHW. Your channel also got a mention by Peter Waters of Waters and Stanton this week too :) I really enjoy your content and look forward to your releases, very practical and well explained - I like the thinking behind some of the projects that you do and have given me some ideas for /P antennas. Thanks for all the time and hard work that you put into your content - don't change anything :)
All really appreciated. I love the battery. I would happily buy again but would get the 22ah version as its much the same physical size. I dont know how I managed without it before.
Good work, Colin! I really appreciated your thorough work on measuring those ferrite cores and I’m happy you pointed me to the infamous Fair-Rite core for 100W 😉 Recently I became a fan of Moxons, so the videos you made on those were very interesting to me. With it being winter now, I was thinking a lot lately about making one for 20m but I haven’t figured out the construction yet as the antenna might end up being rather large and heavy and I’d like to keep it portable 😄
Just glad I could add something. Moxons are brilliant. If your building one for 20m best to opt for small telescoping type flag poles. The tent poles are too floppy.
I’m a big fan of Colin’s channel as we shared a common experiment with linear loading but Colin was more advanced as he’d managed to source components while I was still using bits of bamboo. So I managed to source some of the kit from Colin which I’m very grateful for. Colin also knows I’m also a big EFHW fan for portable working. I support his approach balancing his home, work and hobby life. Great work mate and thank you. Regards Mike
Thank you Mike, you have been a staunch supporter since the beginning and I really appreciate it. We share much of the same ideas as you say. Im sure I will continue this in the new year.
Keep doing what you are doing, you might not do a lot of videos, but the ones you make certainly are worth watching! Thanks for the mention as well. So as Chuck says below, do what you have time for. And thanks for also being one of those that speak out on sponsored content and the true economics of ham radio RUclips!
Thanks Morten, I can really see you getting into your groove now with your quality content. No matter how much you say it people will never believe we pay to do this.
Big thanks to you Colin for keeping the grey matter stimulated with quality and thought provoking content. Got me making and creating 'more wire' ( as my wife calls them ) and enjoying the results. Again, thanks and all the best for 2024. ps.. Forgot to say - Thanks for introducing a new word into my household, although my wife is 'scunnered' with its frequent usage 😜
Thank you 😊. I find it difficult at times to keep up. Somtimes its right away but sometimes it takes me a week. YT quite often will not give me notifications so I never see a comment unless I go into a video specifically. YT sometimes deletes a comment, I get a notification then its gone. All the best for 2024 👍
@@MM0OPXFieldRadio likewise, have a great 2024, your aerial experiments have been fascinating. For a science based hobby there are a surprising number of myths which need busting. For example the nonsense about "you can't beat a resonant antenna" the truth is often very different. For example, by making a ground mounted quarterwave slightly longer you can raise the feedpoint impedance, reducing ground losses AND get a better pattern, the matching to 50 ohms is not a challenge. Not the way forward for everyone but certainly an option. As for viewer and subscriber numbers, I have seen a variety of scenarios play out, sometimes a channel will suddenly explode as the algorithms find that the viewers stay engaged.
Yeah, matching to 50 ohms no issue for me now but I understand why some newbies don't. Grounds losses can be substantial are are largely ignored by many.
love your videos. great information. I am in the US and we have QRO 1.5Kw . love the ferrite testing . would love to see wat a 3 stack of T 240-61 cores will do. love the testing with type 43 .them end fed half waves and random can work 6 meters. would like testing to cover that as well. 73's
Too me you will be the guy who perfected the EFHW. Not just an amazing antenna, but a much more efficient version of it. You made POTA hunting possible for me.
Good morning. I just want to say thank you for all the videos and specifically the efficiency testing. its something I consider a definitive source of what's best along with others dl2man and evil layers work all converging with matching results we can now not guess and know for sure which is something that amateur radio has needed for a very long time there is far too much hocus pocus crap around antennas people claiming certain things about antennas and especially for new or even experienced but ona limited budget. its far too easy to be led up the wrong road which is a shame. I truly hope all of you who have contributed to finding out the truth understand just how important your work on this subject has been and how much a huge amount of people appreciate the hard work and the teaching giving us the tools to know how to get the truth on our own which may be even greater a boon to the community. Again Colin thank you sir I appreciate you merry Christmas and I wish you and your family a grate New year de 2e0njk - ..-/ --. .-../ --. -.. -..-/ --... ...--
Thanks for all the kind words Nick. I'm no expert, better to be lucky than good lol. Your right so much nonsense out there making people spend money they dont need to spend. I will always build myself where I can.
I stumbled onto your channel a few years ago and have been hooked ever since. I am also interested in antenna design and really appreciated the effort that went into your torroid series It's amazing how many of the big guns on RUclips qhote that series. For the record I'd be interested in some results from actual antennas you try with some of them. Also, thank you for not spending all of your Video time just making contacts on the radio. 73 VE3GUE
Appreciate the comments Brian, I will be trying the QRO Autotransformer EFHW in the new year for sure. Dont have the time or funds to get to them all but will try to do the most popular ones.
Hi Colin I would be interested to hear about how you fix the rfi caused by your computer. I have similar interference caused by my computer but on the higher bands 🤷🏻♂️. Cheers mate Lance VK6LK
@@MM0OPXFieldRadio Look forward to hearing about how you fix it. I’ve got to get off my arse and sort my rfi. I’ve been connecting up my laptop instead of the main machine as a quick fix. Cheers
Hi Colin, only watched half to be honest. I don't like people being called a liar. Here my radio is 99% actively radio, small portion on RUclips. I have no idea how many subs I have, any money or equipment iam offered, I refuse. I make a video after been asked about a subject. Too many people seem to think youtube is a extention of the lic , to the point, some folk are using live stream as their rx, and cannot actually hear the other station on their own radio. I have no intention of checking my subs etc, it may be 2 or 3 , I don't care, as long as folk get something out of it, iam happy. I also make private videos teaching morse code, I ask nothing for them, I am just happy that someone is enjoying the hobby. I think, if we all did everything for rewards it would be a sad life. Nothing personal Colin, but please dont presume you know someone well enough to call them a liar, it's hurtful. Good luck with your channel, hope your other viewers enjoy your subs and 200 quid, sorry but I won't.
Brian, I'm lost for words.......I have no idea how you could possibly think I have aimed this at anyone, that includes yourself. These are MY opinions only and you clearly have yours. I make videos to try and help people first and foremost as I do in my day job. If my thoughts dont align with yours then thats no problem, we all do things differently and we live in a free would with free speech. I've made it clear monetisation is next to nothing and I put way more in than I get in return. I hold no ill will against anyone and to be crystal that includes yourself. I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year when it comes.
@@MM0OPXFieldRadio thanks for your thoughts. Within the last few minutes, I have had many disgusting and hateful emails with regard my views and therefore , I must contemplate my radio future at all. I just don't like people being said to be a liar, which is exactly your words on your video. Now I have a email from you a well known op in the uk, saying he and others are going to ruin my life. Great hobby we used to have eh.
Brian, to be clear again, you haven't been called a liar, my video was generalising. There is not a lot I can do if you feel that way. Again, I am for free speech and that everyone being entitled to an opinion. What I will NOT do is condone abuse to you regarding this . I am happy to take this discussion to email if you wish. Do you want to forward the emails you have received to me and I will make it clear to them?
As far as I am concerned this is the end of the matter. We will not agree and thats fine. I sincerely hope Brian is not receiving any negative communication from anyone.
Love the channel and the knowledge you share 👍
Thank you Ape, congrats on the 50k subs. Awesome achievement.
Keep going Colin. I’m sure I’m far from being the only one who has really enjoyed your videos this year. 73
Cheers mate and likewise 👍
I also enjoy Colin's content, he is very clever. But saying if people don't check their subs are a liar is hurtful to those who really don't care about numbers, some make videos just for the enjoyment and not subs, and are definitely not a liar.
Brian, please have a sleep on this and rewatch the video again on a fresh head on a new day. Your comments here directly contradict what I said in the video. I make videos because I enjoy it, not to gain subs. However, gaining subs can be a metric that people like your content and that gives you confidence to make more videos. My opinion only and we disagree here but that cool.
Colin you have a great channel keep up the great work 73
Thanks Andy, especially for all the support you give to the Ham Radio YT community.
Looking forward to more on the Hexbeam project Col. your channel is one of my favourites. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Cheers Ady, really enjoying your videos even though im not necessarily commenting on them. All the best for 2024 👍
Hi Colin, You do great videos that are informative for most. Do what you have time for and what you like to do. If you only have time for 10 videos a year so be it, as always just keep your quality of the video high like always.
Thank you Chuck. Yes 2023 was much easier for YT for me, not worrying about getting content out there. I enjoy many of your non radio videos, its good to get your view on these. Have a great xmas and new-year when it comes.
Thanks for all the great videos. I'm looking forward to more.
Thanks Mike and congrats on 1K subs. You have done it way quicker than I did, kudos 👏
I discovered your channel via the inscrutable machinations of the youtube recommendation engine pointing me at your EFHW videos. I was really impressed by the quality of the information that you presented. The rigorous approach you use is really appreciated when you characterized the variations of EFHW transformers with actual DATA and not anecdotal experience. That's actually a pretty unique thing among ham radio RUclips channels.
I wouldn't stress over investing lot of money in production equipment; it's not the fancy editing or camera equipment that attracted me to your channel.
Thanks for investing your time sharing this information with us.
Thank you. Over the last 2 years my EFHW videos have been best performers as YT promotes them there is virtually no competition. It wasnt deliberate, I just wanted to conduct the experiments and share my results.
Merry Christmas to you and Family Colin
Thank you and same to you.
I very much appreciate the work you've done and look forward to anything you have the time to do next year. Thank You. Ken ka5hfe.
Appreciated Ken. There will be some interesting projects for sure, even considering a quad for the higher bands.
I love the technical side of testing cores and your unun setups
Thanks Terry, there will be a wee bit more in the new year.
All the Best for Christmas and 2024. Onwards!
Thanks Fraser. Have a good one. Onwards and upwards.
Colin found your videos excellent your Moxon video was very informative and is on my list to build, wish you good luck and success in 2024 I am new to this hobby and learning every day keep up the work you do merry Christmas 73 M7CVK,
Thanks Tony, there wasnt the info I needed out there on Moxons hence me sharing the stuff I discovered.
The content of your videos literally save the casual experimenter hours of time and wasted money.
It's excellent and refreshing, and are definitely in the small handful of Amateur channels I regularly watch, thank you and 73.
Thanks. I'm glad you said this. This is one of my aims. I have been though that expensive pain. Its much less risky for me now but I remember well.
Morning Colin.
I've been too busy to make many videos in 2023. Maybe 2024 will be a little quieter and give me some space!
Keep up the good work
Happy Christmas to you and your family
Bruce
Life is always busy Bruce, but sometimes not a bad thing. Your content is first class and im sure you will get back to it when you can. Merry Christmas and a good new year when it comes.
Brilliant work in 2023 can you even top this 😅 Looking forward to your work in 2024
Thanks, not planning so many videos but each one will have a purpose.
Thanks for all the videos you've put out I've learnt some of stuff from you it been pleasant watching your videos. 73
Your welcome. I will not make a video if there is little point to it.
We appreciate your knowledge and testing Colin. I'm happy to watch whatever you post. You clearly have a passion for Amateur Radio over profit.😊
Take care, look after yourself and family before youtube. 👌🤠🇦🇺
Thank you, its always appreciated. No plans to change.
Hi Colin, I subbed very recently due to your participation in the online discussion on the new proposals due to come into effect next year. I am not a techie person in the least, but I do love to get out portable with my meagre 10w and work the world on my own home brew antenna's. I have recently started to wind my own QRP 49:1 which I find a brilliant little antenna for lightweight operation. Thank you for your content and take it from me, its very valuable to beginners such as myself. Have a great Christmas and I look forward to watching in 2024.
Thanks for the kind words. Best piece of advice is make your own judgements based on a wide range of data. No one person gets it all right which includes me. Best of luck in the hobby.
Hello, Colin I like what you have shared with us the passed years and you always break it down for us "ham radio for dummies" types keep it up and lets keep advancing ham radio de W9US
Thanks Ed. I just try to explain things like I would like them explained to me. All the rhe best for 2024.
Hi Colin, I went for the 18Ah battery that you reviewed because it was exactly what I was looking for. You have put out some excellent content and have also followed your suggestions on the cores to build 49:1's and am very happy with the results of my 40m Fair-rite EFHW.
Your channel also got a mention by Peter Waters of Waters and Stanton this week too :)
I really enjoy your content and look forward to your releases, very practical and well explained - I like the thinking behind some of the projects that you do and have given me some ideas for /P antennas.
Thanks for all the time and hard work that you put into your content - don't change anything :)
All really appreciated. I love the battery. I would happily buy again but would get the 22ah version as its much the same physical size. I dont know how I managed without it before.
Good work, Colin! I really appreciated your thorough work on measuring those ferrite cores and I’m happy you pointed me to the infamous Fair-Rite core for 100W 😉
Recently I became a fan of Moxons, so the videos you made on those were very interesting to me. With it being winter now, I was thinking a lot lately about making one for 20m but I haven’t figured out the construction yet as the antenna might end up being rather large and heavy and I’d like to keep it portable 😄
Just glad I could add something. Moxons are brilliant. If your building one for 20m best to opt for small telescoping type flag poles. The tent poles are too floppy.
I’m a big fan of Colin’s channel as we shared a common experiment with linear loading but Colin was more advanced as he’d managed to source components while I was still using bits of bamboo. So I managed to source some of the kit from Colin which I’m very grateful for. Colin also knows I’m also a big EFHW fan for portable working. I support his approach balancing his home, work and hobby life. Great work mate and thank you. Regards Mike
Thank you Mike, you have been a staunch supporter since the beginning and I really appreciate it. We share much of the same ideas as you say. Im sure I will continue this in the new year.
Love your work and channel, Colin!
Thank you frank. Always appreciate your feedback 😊
Keep Being You! Great Stuff!
Thanks Steve 👍
Keep doing what you are doing, you might not do a lot of videos, but the ones you make certainly are worth watching! Thanks for the mention as well. So as Chuck says below, do what you have time for. And thanks for also being one of those that speak out on sponsored content and the true economics of ham radio RUclips!
Thanks Morten, I can really see you getting into your groove now with your quality content. No matter how much you say it people will never believe we pay to do this.
Colin as a foundation for a few years I been quiet for a while, keep going mate, if you can get me interested again your doing something right 73s
Thanks Jim, we all go through that at times. Just dont sell all your kit.
Merry Christmas Colin. Always enjoy your antenna theory
Thanks Jay, Merry Christmas
Big thanks to you Colin for keeping the grey matter stimulated with quality and thought provoking content.
Got me making and creating 'more wire' ( as my wife calls them ) and enjoying the results.
Again, thanks and all the best for 2024.
ps.. Forgot to say - Thanks for introducing a new word into my household, although my wife is 'scunnered' with its frequent usage 😜
Thanks for all your support Jon, it really does keep me going. All the best for 2024 also and I will drop in another few new words though next year.
You make good content Colin and generally reply to comments, I appreciate that bigger channels cannot have this degree of interaction. 73
Thank you 😊. I find it difficult at times to keep up. Somtimes its right away but sometimes it takes me a week. YT quite often will not give me notifications so I never see a comment unless I go into a video specifically. YT sometimes deletes a comment, I get a notification then its gone. All the best for 2024 👍
@@MM0OPXFieldRadio likewise, have a great 2024, your aerial experiments have been fascinating. For a science based hobby there are a surprising number of myths which need busting. For example the nonsense about "you can't beat a resonant antenna" the truth is often very different. For example, by making a ground mounted quarterwave slightly longer you can raise the feedpoint impedance, reducing ground losses AND get a better pattern, the matching to 50 ohms is not a challenge. Not the way forward for everyone but certainly an option. As for viewer and subscriber numbers, I have seen a variety of scenarios play out, sometimes a channel will suddenly explode as the algorithms find that the viewers stay engaged.
Yeah, matching to 50 ohms no issue for me now but I understand why some newbies don't. Grounds losses can be substantial are are largely ignored by many.
love your videos. great information. I am in the US and we have QRO 1.5Kw . love the ferrite testing . would love to see wat a 3 stack of T 240-61 cores will do. love the testing with type 43 .them end fed half waves and random can work 6 meters. would like testing to cover that as well. 73's
We will see what 2024 brings. 61 will be good for higher bands I beleive. Once we get out 1KW I will do some on air testing.
Too me you will be the guy who perfected the EFHW. Not just an amazing antenna, but a much more efficient version of it. You made POTA hunting possible for me.
I wouldn't fo as far to say that, I just publicised somes information out there and confirmed results myself. Im glad you have a good solution sorted.
Good morning. I just want to say thank you for all the videos and specifically the efficiency testing. its something I consider a definitive source of what's best along with others dl2man and evil layers work all converging with matching results we can now not guess and know for sure which is something that amateur radio has needed for a very long time there is far too much hocus pocus crap around antennas people claiming certain things about antennas and especially for new or even experienced but ona limited budget. its far too easy to be led up the wrong road which is a shame. I truly hope all of you who have contributed to finding out the truth understand just how important your work on this subject has been and how much a huge amount of people appreciate the hard work and the teaching giving us the tools to know how to get the truth on our own which may be even greater a boon to the community. Again Colin thank you sir I appreciate you merry Christmas and I wish you and your family a grate New year de 2e0njk - ..-/ --. .-../ --. -.. -..-/ --... ...--
Thanks for all the kind words Nick. I'm no expert, better to be lucky than good lol. Your right so much nonsense out there making people spend money they dont need to spend. I will always build myself where I can.
I stumbled onto your channel a few years ago and have been hooked ever since. I am also interested in antenna design and really appreciated the effort that went into your torroid series
It's amazing how many of the big guns on RUclips qhote that series. For the record I'd be interested in some results from actual antennas you try with some of them. Also, thank you for not spending all of your Video time just making contacts on the radio. 73 VE3GUE
Appreciate the comments Brian, I will be trying the QRO Autotransformer EFHW in the new year for sure. Dont have the time or funds to get to them all but will try to do the most popular ones.
Hi Colin I would be interested to hear about how you fix the rfi caused by your computer. I have similar interference caused by my computer but on the higher bands 🤷🏻♂️.
Cheers mate Lance VK6LK
I will feedback one way or another lance. Its 9+40 on some parts of the band.
@@MM0OPXFieldRadio Look forward to hearing about how you fix it. I’ve got to get off my arse and sort my rfi. I’ve been connecting up my laptop instead of the main machine as a quick fix. Cheers
@@LanceVK6LK_AussieHam check out GM3SEK if you havent already.
Hi Colin, only watched half to be honest. I don't like people being called a liar. Here my radio is 99% actively radio, small portion on RUclips. I have no idea how many subs I have, any money or equipment iam offered, I refuse.
I make a video after been asked about a subject. Too many people seem to think youtube is a extention of the lic , to the point, some folk are using live stream as their rx, and cannot actually hear the other station on their own radio. I have no intention of checking my subs etc, it may be 2 or 3 , I don't care, as long as folk get something out of it, iam happy. I also make private videos teaching morse code, I ask nothing for them, I am just happy that someone is enjoying the hobby. I think, if we all did everything for rewards it would be a sad life.
Nothing personal Colin, but please dont presume you know someone well enough to call them a liar, it's hurtful.
Good luck with your channel, hope your other viewers enjoy your subs and 200 quid, sorry but I won't.
Brian, I'm lost for words.......I have no idea how you could possibly think I have aimed this at anyone, that includes yourself. These are MY opinions only and you clearly have yours. I make videos to try and help people first and foremost as I do in my day job. If my thoughts dont align with yours then thats no problem, we all do things differently and we live in a free would with free speech. I've made it clear monetisation is next to nothing and I put way more in than I get in return. I hold no ill will against anyone and to be crystal that includes yourself. I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year when it comes.
@@MM0OPXFieldRadio thanks for your thoughts. Within the last few minutes, I have had many disgusting and hateful emails with regard my views and therefore , I must contemplate my radio future at all. I just don't like people being said to be a liar, which is exactly your words on your video.
Now I have a email from you a well known op in the uk, saying he and others are going to ruin my life. Great hobby we used to have eh.
Brian, to be clear again, you haven't been called a liar, my video was generalising. There is not a lot I can do if you feel that way. Again, I am for free speech and that everyone being entitled to an opinion. What I will NOT do is condone abuse to you regarding this . I am happy to take this discussion to email if you wish. Do you want to forward the emails you have received to me and I will make it clear to them?
@@brianfields4479 I think you are totally out of order here. I don't know who you (think) you are, but I suggest you get some professional help.
As far as I am concerned this is the end of the matter. We will not agree and thats fine. I sincerely hope Brian is not receiving any negative communication from anyone.