I was stationed in Paris for a few years, some years ago. We cried when we had to leave. Hearing the emergency vehicle in the background of this video brought back lots of memories! 73 and thanks for the video. I was searching for info on these small, cheap transceivers, and that is how I ended up here.
I have built the frog sounds and it works good for what it is, about 2 watts out and have made contacts, it's more exciting than my main HF set for some reason, a vibroplex bug works lovely on it
@@RadioPrepper the only thing I didn't like was the 'clack clack!' you hear on sending through the headphones, I'm looking at maybe the Norcal 40 or maybe also trying a rockmite next
I love these little kits from China. It's good practice for your soldering skills. If the radio works afterward it's a bonus. Have you made The One Watter?
Hi Ray, yes, I made an 80m 1-Watter, but it has a bit of an intermittent transmit problem. I need to take it out of its case and troubleshoot it, which I hate doing, LOL. It might be a while... The 1-Watter is probably IMHO the best bang for your buck, with filtering, compared to say, a Rock-Mite, which will pick up every broadcasting AM station it possibly can... That said I love them too, but the 1-Watter is better and costs the same.
I'll put that one on my list. I have a Pixie coming to me now. I want to refine my skills so I can do MFJ Kits with confidence. Good luck locking down the 1-Watter problem. 73!
Hi gil, de vu3cgb...I appreciate very much your radio experiments/videos. By chance do you stay near Paris. Want to hav eyeball with u sometime...I do visit there every year once or twice for my morning Qth work...!! 73 bye...from Vu3Cgb (Kolkata, India)
Merci pour votre commentaire précieux, un lien sur le tranceiver conseillé aurait été le bienvenu. Amitiés 73 (serait ce ceci: kitsandparts.com/1watter-V5.php ?)
I was stationed in Paris for a few years, some years ago. We cried when we had to leave. Hearing the emergency vehicle in the background of this video brought back lots of memories! 73 and thanks for the video. I was searching for info on these small, cheap transceivers, and that is how I ended up here.
You will find plenty more here :-)
I have built the frog sounds and it works good for what it is, about 2 watts out and have made contacts, it's more exciting than my main HF set for some reason, a vibroplex bug works lovely on it
Yes, I haven't made a contact with mine...
@@RadioPrepper the only thing I didn't like was the 'clack clack!' you hear on sending through the headphones, I'm looking at maybe the Norcal 40 or maybe also trying a rockmite next
I love these little kits from China. It's good practice for your soldering skills. If the radio works afterward it's a bonus. Have you made The One Watter?
Hi Ray, yes, I made an 80m 1-Watter, but it has a bit of an intermittent transmit problem. I need to take it out of its case and troubleshoot it, which I hate doing, LOL. It might be a while... The 1-Watter is probably IMHO the best bang for your buck, with filtering, compared to say, a Rock-Mite, which will pick up every broadcasting AM station it possibly can... That said I love them too, but the 1-Watter is better and costs the same.
I'll put that one on my list. I have a Pixie coming to me now. I want to refine my skills so I can do MFJ Kits with confidence. Good luck locking down the 1-Watter problem. 73!
Thanks, Gil noted. Will get along together sometime. 73
Do you think that you’ll need a low pass filter on the end to reduce harmonics like on the cheap pixie?
+pcomp Possibly... We'll see if I get spots on 20m on the reverse beacon network...
Hi radio prepper. Is it easy to change crystal on these as it is on PIXIE
Yes, in the same band of course..
@@RadioPrepper Yes ok because i se the new version have 2 cxco hmm one for recieve and one for tx I assume.
I changed both on mine..
Hi gil, de vu3cgb...I appreciate very much your radio experiments/videos. By chance do you stay near Paris. Want to hav eyeball with u sometime...I do visit there every year once or twice for my morning Qth work...!! 73 bye...from Vu3Cgb (Kolkata, India)
+Sourav Sarkar Hello Sourav. I am near Lille, one hour from Paris by high speed train. I am sure we can arrange something.
how can i mod this to ptt in ssb mode?is that even possible??
It would be very far from the original... So, I'd say no.
@@RadioPrepper ok thank ypu and what about some 80meter am radio for radio broadcasting of course only for listening?
Easier but still not easy.. I am sure you could find better schematics for that...
I just don't get repeater radio, might as well just use your cell phone. To me radio is about free air, operator to operator.
Especially over the Internet linked repeaters...
why not just build a filter stage?
+aly nicholls Sure, but this is a toy... I have other radios with great filtering...
Zombies don't do CW
Yes we do!!
Well, there is one, LOL.
Merci pour votre commentaire précieux, un lien sur le tranceiver conseillé aurait été le bienvenu. Amitiés 73 (serait ce ceci: kitsandparts.com/1watter-V5.php ?)
+Alain Bibi Bonjour, non, mais le 1-Watter est bien meilleur! Le Frog-Sounds se trouve sur EBay.