This video was pure therapy for all of us who get nasty comments from sad hams. I love amateur radio but the pretentious know-it-alls online are the worst. If you thought the local ham club was salty, RUclips and Facebook comments are exponentially worse.
He cared enough to make a video about them. That says something. Sad Ham or not they use to subscribe to his channel. That seems sad to me. The only one view around here is Boring......
Loved the intro for the G106 radio. Appreciated the honest review and know I won't be wasting any money on that radio. Have been contemplating the G90, though. Keep up the good work, Steve k7ofg.
Dude the G90 is where it’s at for an affordable and great HF radio. I’m literally typing this message while doing ft8 with my G90. Can’t say enough good things about it. I absolutely recommend the G90. Was that clear enough, lol??
Well Mike, some people just don’t get it and never will. It’s a hobby, it’s supposed to be about communicating, fun, fellowship, learning and helping people. Being kind and having the right brain chemicals is highly under rated. While it seems opinions vary, keep doing what your doing! 73 KM4SON
At first I thought the Larry Prather comment didn’t make sense but when you read the Russian comment I was like “WTF”. First time watching your channel and I’m enjoying it so far.
I disagree with your evaluation of the radio. I have been a Extra Class FCC licensed Amateur Radio OPERATOR for 153 years. My original callsign was W1. That's right a 1x1. The radio has to be the best paperlog paperweight on the market! As I watch the sun setting in the basement window waiting on Mom to call that dinner is ready I have to end this comment by saying: "Keep the videos coming!!!" LOL!!! 153 years!! did you get that!! "I started CW on a hollow log in the South Pacific getting QSOs from neighboring islands!!"
Do you know what is worst than a Sad Ham? A Sad Ham that is an Admin of a ham Facebook group. Those are the worst. I’ve been banned from 4 groups just because I have a different opinion than the pack. So far 2 groups for the FX-4CR radio and 2 groups for the IC7610 radio. It’s “what they say” or you are out. Makes me so happy when they ban me because shows me that I should not be in such a crappy group. I hate damn censorship.
Mike, FWIW, I quit using my radios due to large amount of Dunning-Kruger case studies on air. You're one of only 3 YT channels on ham I'll watch. You're doing a great job, love how you keep politics out of your vid's and you seem like a normal, genuine guy. Keep doing what you're doing, you're great at it. Best of wishes to you and yours.
Lol I died at the go suck it haha. As for ole Rudy, he’s been a ham 46 years and is pissed hes deaf, demented and probably is a boneless ham if ya know what I mean… the xyl isn’t getting tuned any longer. Haters be haters!
Can't make this up, someone just emailed me today saying they are unsubscribing because the microphone was in front of my mouth and he couldn't lip read it well enough. I'm the bad guy.
@@hamradiotube Well you should have known he was into lip service lol. People are unreasonable and insane. The world isn’t like it use to be. I enjoy your channel, keep up the good work. W0AAV
When the Algorithm brought your G106 review to my attention, it seemed from your title that I wouldn't like that video, so I didn't watch it. Today's video confirms that I spared myself much agitation.
Angry comment videos have been a guilty please of mine for longer than I am will ever admit in public. Thank you for contributing to this glorious form of entertainment on the RUclipss, my friend! I like how you pointed out the paradox of the RUclips critic. Critic "oh some company gave you a product to review and you say positive things? Well, you're just a shill trying to make a buck off of RUclips." SAME Critic "oh some company gave a product to review and you say negative things? What a moron! You only gave it a bad review for the RUclips views. Good luck getting free stuff to grow your channel with more content." Please make this a regular series!
I’m glad I saw this before I responded to whatever that was that you actually commented. I didn’t know where you were going with that. But I’m glad to have you here.
My 1921 antique polished solid brass morse key is extremely offended that you are unable to take constructive criticism with a small grunt and a "Thankyou, Sir, can I please have another spanking?". LOL, you had me on the floor! Also, another RUclipsr I know recently posted a whole video showing how he gets offered product to review, but with a contract attached. He doesn't touch them. Keep up the honest good work.
I always give honest reviews, and sometimes to the company, even before I do a video, many times, I have already been turned off before a fix could be made. Fred
I ran across a sad ham 30 years ago. He started out a little before me. He's still on the air today. Always complaining about the way things are on the air. How things are built. Yada Yada.
If I hadn't already pinned NotaRubicons comment I would pin this one. Lol on the Emotional Damage! There is a slight reference to it in my next video. Can't be weekly. Not yet. There is a lot of crap to sort.
I'm a ham myself and I'll say that some hams are the most miserable SOBs I've ever met in my life. I'm from 11 m and most of the guys I've talked to on that band are pretty cool. Hams have degraded me, called me names, yelled at me in public, threatened my life and property. I have become inactive...
Some folks have lost the plot! I almost want to start a channel just to wind these sad feckers up!! 73 from Gm4zji Chris..licensed for 40years and size 11 shoes 🤣
I actually read the comments on the 106 evaluation after watching that vid, and I was laughing reading them. I was thinking, did Mike go out with their sisters or something? The comments were so personal. Thx for the vids. And as Mike Myers in a SNL skit said, “If it’s not Scottish, it’s CRAP”.
Can I be serious for a moment!? One of the reasons that a manufacturer sends out product for review is that they NEED to know what faults a customer will find, so any reviewer who only gives good comments will not get many new products to play with and try and break! when I was in business, it was always nice to get a "Thank You", but even better to get constructive criticism, then I would understand what a probelm was it, thereby improving my product! BTW, if your shows are so bad, why do they watch until the end, or at least leave a thumbs down!! Keep up the good work! 73 Jim M7BXT
Mike, I've been a Ham since June of 1980, & I agree with you 10,000% that Radio (G106) is a load of crap. It is way worst than the X6100 when it first came out. At least the X6100 had great Audio & almost worked ok. it took TO and Ham Radio Dude, Plus the other hams to help fix the Firmware to make the X6100 radio a great radio. But the G106 has a bunch of Design Problems or they got a bunch of Bad IC chips. Keep up the "lousy work Mike".
Richard Smoker. His first name is Richard, but they call him "Big Dick". Wilma Fingerdoo? She's in the back with Willie Fisterbautem. Paging Michael Hunt. Has anyone seen Mike Hunt?
Hahaha! Takes a whole lot of people to make a world! Actually, I laughed through the first couple of minutes of that review wishing I could jump in and say, “But Mike, don’t hold back. How do you really feel?” Keep having fun! 73 de K2CJB
If RUclips required you to take a test and have a license, then maybe these RUclipsrs could have their own hobby. By my estimation and point of view, most all these reviews, are nonsense. The operators have no experience in using equipment and they seem to have a very limited technical depth. They need to draw on some good experience in order to offer any useable advice, much less come to a useable conclusion. They all seem to be these WANNA-BE influencers. These are pointless boring and silly, more like reality TV then anything useful. If there some entertainment value? Open to discursion. The personalities all seem to be the same and if they put half the effort into learning how Ham Radio actually works as they do making snide comments against , wait for it, Their Viewers, then then maybe they could grow into some technical relevance. There is a serious lack of maturity and lack of proper guidance for anyone to expect growth, and that would take work and some serious learning. Case in point. I read an article from one of these guys entitled "Best POTA Antenna" the end conclusion the Stepper IR Crank Up. A $1200 + antenna that by his own admission takes 30 minutes to setup and 15 minutes to change bands. My whole cost for a POTA setup is less than the cost of these antenna including a 100 watt radio. I often get 100 QSO's an hour while in the park and my antenna is way less than $100. I spend less than 5 minutes getting the antenna on task. Back to my originally point. STOP paying attention o these Chowder heads on RUclips. Get yourself a good Elmer and a few Ham buddies and get out into the park and you will quickly see how useless RUclips actually is. Have Fun KC5TT
You know my videos played a very large part in making POTA as popular as it is today right? You most likely wouldn't be doing it had I not started making videos about it years ago. So, you're welcome.
@@hamradiotube Sorry to hear that, Mike. I am sure there is some advantage in having an EGO complex. You have 21K subscribers’ congratulations. POTA and the Hobby seems bigger than your small sliver of the universe. You should consider that, and I am not underestimating the role you play. It may be hard for you to believe, but there are plenty of Hams that have been operating outdoors for years. There have been plenty of events an opportunity for us to exercise our skills way before POTA or RUclips. I am happy for you seeing you have found a place in the hobby that you can exploit and make money. I had never even heard of you until you decided to trash your viewers. Maybe you could make an apology video and reassure your subscribers that they are the lifeblood of your success, vice the Sad Hams and other names you called them on your channel. This is a dynamic hobby. Meaning every environment is different. Different antennas perform differently as much as the environments are vastly different. I.E. West Texas, Vice Florida. I have found that local hams have a better bead on what works well in their QTH then anyone else every could. Radios are the same way. Each one is different, how the Ham uses the radio and what exactly they are using it for differs. I.E. some hams are more comfortable in an ICOM menu vice a Yaesu menu system. So telling a ham a radio is bad or good is pointless. Each of their view and what they are using it is just as valid as anyone else’s point of view. The bonus is the shared experience. I tend to focus on what they like about the radio and what they are using for. A good example is the IC-705. I own on and using it on POTA shortly after it came out. I decided to wait until I have over 1000 QSO’s on it to make up my mind if it is worth taking to a park. There are some great features that I like and use on an activation and plenty of also ran features that are fairly useless. There are some flaws in the implementation that should be strengths, but that can be said for all radios. My personal preference will always be a 100watt FT-857. I get more done and have more fun with power. The point of all of this is that ALL aspects of operations is some we can share as Hams. The good the bad, and the ugly. Attacking your viewers for their point of view may have some entertainment value for some of the chowderheads, but over all it seems to me, to be detrimental to your viewership. I respect any ham that gears up and heads out to the part. Their experience and end results has allot to offer anyone that might be capable of learning from them. RUclips itself has some utility, unfortunately it is full of dancing monkeys with little to perspective on reality that could be useful in the field. Ham Radio operators deserve more respect than you have offered them. Good luck with your channel.
Mike, as a licensed double extra since I was in the womb , who can do CW at 100 words per minute while riding a bicycle backwards,I find your content highly entertaining and wish for you to keep up the good work. We love your videos Mike. Keep them coming
Thanks Mike. This was just the fun I needed at the end of my work day. Who knows maby the second 106 will be better. Not really holding my breath on that one
I'll agree with Mike. A honest review is both positive and negative and sometimes both at once. If you think other wise and you're not an amateur radio operator then don't watch it. I guess there's no shortage of hate in the world.
While I understand the irony of you commenting on this particular video, I can't emphasize enough that this is not the norm. Sure, there's some frequencies that are pretty out there, and some people, but for the most part it's pretty awesome. I'd have another tune around the bands if I were you. There's a lot of good going on. A lot of positivity. It's mostly just good conversations or someone working a pileup of callsigns trying to work as many stations from as many different areas as they can. It's science. What's not to love?
Hey, I don’t like these sad hams and I think your xiegu review was fine. I have to tell you that I love RUclipsrs reading mean comments, but this video was not fun. Idk if it was too much fake laughing, but this video is not great.
There's always one but in your case, a bunch. I liked your review of the G106. I'm willing to wait for them to iron it out. It's still at the top of my list, but I'm not in that big of a hurry. You talked, I laughed.
Well thanks for putting some of the comments i get on my measly channel into perspective... 😂 Aiming for universal popularity is impossible, but sometimes you just think wtf is going on here?! Time to enjoy a sad ham sandwich 🥪.
It never ceases to amaze me how "some people" cannot, will not and refuse to find any good in other people's efforts! I've been a licensed ham for 5 months and it doesn't really matter to anyone! Keep up the good work, thanks for your efforts. "Sad hams" will always be around, periodically poking their heads out of their "shacks" to survey their little kingdom and belittle others.
Listen to this thru my tab7 and samsung buds ... i looked to my left and sound went to right ear looked riight and it went to left ear i normally only use one bud so ive never heard this before ... always learning something new ..
That it most certainly is. And I'm fine with that. It's just the negativity that really gets me. Sure we all have our bad days, but "some people" just have nothing better to do than criticize.
I think you are doing a great job. If folks don't like you, why watch. Love Randy's Sad Ham. That did make me laugh. Do not justify the bad comments. Keep producing your RUclips channel.
Thats a funny video mike....lmao... Keep up the great work you do on here and love watching each vid you make. It must be your dry humour that only people with the same out look on life have...lol.. ham harder mate cheers from new.south.wales Australia 👌 🇦🇺 👍
A few of my buddies and me made a drinking game out of your crap video and had to take a shot every time you said crap. My liver is still gasping for air and then had to explain what happened to my AA sponsor. He told me my life was over and that I should go buy a 106 as it would suit me well.
I approve this message.
Thanks Randy, couldn't have done it without your ham.
😂😂😂😂😂
He stole ur idea for the sad ham thing. Poor bstd aint smart enough to think on his own.
Randy is on to something good, lets expose all these "sad hams", Great job on the video Mike. 69 KW4LU
I have a sad ham video for you! people love the sad ham!
The sad hams that annoy me are the ones the crap on new hams for using cheap radios when they cant afford better ones.
I love agitating sad hams. I only bought a ham radio to agitate them lol
This video was pure therapy for all of us who get nasty comments from sad hams. I love amateur radio but the pretentious know-it-alls online are the worst. If you thought the local ham club was salty, RUclips and Facebook comments are exponentially worse.
What doesn't kill you, makes you learn to control your bowels.
Depends on how many beers I had the night before though...
@@hamradiotube, Depends and beers... now there’s a thought 🤣
This guy could give 73 craps about mean comments.
Agreed, Dennis!
I agree with you 73 times.
He cared enough to make a video about them. That says something. Sad Ham or not they use to subscribe to his channel. That seems sad to me. The only one view around here is Boring......
I'm gonna need to see more of these videos in the future.
I’m sure the people who helped produce this content will no doubt be back for more. I’m the mean time, DILLON!!!
love this! its like mean tweets on fallon
Thanks for making me laugh! Keep it up!
Loved the intro for the G106 radio. Appreciated the honest review and know I won't be wasting any money on that radio. Have been contemplating the G90, though.
Keep up the good work, Steve k7ofg.
Dude the G90 is where it’s at for an affordable and great HF radio. I’m literally typing this message while doing ft8 with my G90. Can’t say enough good things about it. I absolutely recommend the G90. Was that clear enough, lol??
@@hamradiotube you got paid to say this didn’t you Mike? 😂
That KC0W fella should be one to talk with his strange love for cattle 🤣
Just don’t be blaming the cattle now. That’s all I’m sayin.
Well Mike, some people just don’t get it and never will. It’s a hobby, it’s supposed to be about communicating, fun, fellowship, learning and helping people. Being kind and having the right brain chemicals is highly under rated. While it seems opinions vary, keep doing what your doing! 73 KM4SON
Possible Sad Ham Awards?
Hmm, I like where your head is at...
Sad Ham is dead. They executed him in Iraq.
@@hamradiotube Get all the ham youtubers to submit entries and the chat will vote on a live stream
Thanks Mike. You made my day with this one... I can't stop laughing. So many sad ham around.
Glad to hear it
At first I thought the Larry Prather comment didn’t make sense but when you read the Russian comment I was like “WTF”. First time watching your channel and I’m enjoying it so far.
I disagree with your evaluation of the radio. I have been a Extra Class FCC licensed Amateur Radio OPERATOR for 153 years. My original callsign was W1. That's right a 1x1. The radio has to be the best paperlog paperweight on the market! As I watch the sun setting in the basement window waiting on Mom to call that dinner is ready I have to end this comment by saying: "Keep the videos coming!!!" LOL!!! 153 years!! did you get that!! "I started CW on a hollow log in the South Pacific getting QSOs from neighboring islands!!"
You left out that No-Code hams are ruining ham radio! LOL!
@@RESlusher There are Hams that don't know code? I don't talk to them. LOL
@@Bob814u They are too busy doing FT8.........which is ruining ham radio! 😁
Oh my god I'm dying. W1, I love it!! When you say you started CW, you really mean you started CW.
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This is gonna trigger the sad hams🤣
Even more so. Lol
That's all we can hope.
Do you know what is worst than a Sad Ham? A Sad Ham that is an Admin of a ham Facebook group. Those are the worst. I’ve been banned from 4 groups just because I have a different opinion than the pack. So far 2 groups for the FX-4CR radio and 2 groups for the IC7610 radio. It’s “what they say” or you are out. Makes me so happy when they ban me because shows me that I should not be in such a crappy group. I hate damn censorship.
Mike, FWIW, I quit using my radios due to large amount of Dunning-Kruger case studies on air. You're one of only 3 YT channels on ham I'll watch. You're doing a great job, love how you keep politics out of your vid's and you seem like a normal, genuine guy. Keep doing what you're doing, you're great at it. Best of wishes to you and yours.
Lol I died at the go suck it haha. As for ole Rudy, he’s been a ham 46 years and is pissed hes deaf, demented and probably is a boneless ham if ya know what I mean… the xyl isn’t getting tuned any longer. Haters be haters!
Can't make this up, someone just emailed me today saying they are unsubscribing because the microphone was in front of my mouth and he couldn't lip read it well enough. I'm the bad guy.
@@hamradiotube Well you should have known he was into lip service lol. People are unreasonable and insane. The world isn’t like it use to be. I enjoy your channel, keep up the good work. W0AAV
@@hamradiotube Maybe they could learn to use RUclips and read the transcription! The G106 truly did look like a tiny stink-pile!
I like these kinds of videos. 👍
Sad hams can be sad all they want. They aren’t getting paid to POTA and make videos. Joke is on them. 73!
Are you getting paid to POTA ???
@@JefferyMacMillian2013 I’m not. K8MRD is. I’m not a sad ham though
This made me smile. You tell ‘‘em Mike.
Thanks Mark. That was the goal.
I spit out my coffee watching this!!! LOL Hilarious video! Keep rockin' 73
Haha! Thanks bud.
When the Algorithm brought your G106 review to my attention, it seemed from your title that I wouldn't like that video, so I didn't watch it. Today's video confirms that I spared myself much agitation.
Oh yeah but the first video is funny AF. You should at least watch the intro.
Angry comment videos have been a guilty please of mine for longer than I am will ever admit in public. Thank you for contributing to this glorious form of entertainment on the RUclipss, my friend!
I like how you pointed out the paradox of the RUclips critic. Critic "oh some company gave you a product to review and you say positive things? Well, you're just a shill trying to make a buck off of RUclips." SAME Critic "oh some company gave a product to review and you say negative things? What a moron! You only gave it a bad review for the RUclips views. Good luck getting free stuff to grow your channel with more content."
Please make this a regular series!
I hit "Like" before the video started. I never do that. But alas I too am guilty of your sins.
I’m glad I saw this before I responded to whatever that was that you actually commented. I didn’t know where you were going with that. But I’m glad to have you here.
It ain’t easy being greedy I’ll tell you that. But yes, the contradictions in our hobby never cease to amaze me.
I think people fail to remember, mike was in sales for a while. this stuff doesnt bother him lmao
Omg, thank you. You hit it on the head, nailed it. You understand. This is just every Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday and Sunday.
@@hamradiotube I've watched every video. I remember things lol. I'm glad you can make these funny. 73s
My 1921 antique polished solid brass morse key is extremely offended that you are unable to take constructive criticism with a small grunt and a "Thankyou, Sir, can I please have another spanking?". LOL, you had me on the floor! Also, another RUclipsr I know recently posted a whole video showing how he gets offered product to review, but with a contract attached. He doesn't touch them. Keep up the honest good work.
I always give honest reviews, and sometimes to the company, even before I do a video, many times, I have already been turned off before a fix could be made. Fred
Didn't they send you a G106?
@@hamradiotube yea. Want to take it portable and away from my noise. Have done a few videos with it…Fred
Do more of these!!!!! Your reaction is priceless!😂
I ran across a sad ham 30 years ago. He started out a little before me. He's still on the air today. Always complaining about the way things are on the air. How things are built. Yada Yada.
Only one thing to say....EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!!! Awesome, Mike...new weekly segment suggestion..."CRAP to avoid this week"
If I hadn't already pinned NotaRubicons comment I would pin this one. Lol on the Emotional Damage! There is a slight reference to it in my next video. Can't be weekly. Not yet. There is a lot of crap to sort.
I'm a ham myself and I'll say that some hams are the most miserable SOBs I've ever met in my life. I'm from 11 m and most of the guys I've talked to on that band are pretty cool. Hams have degraded me, called me names, yelled at me in public, threatened my life and property. I have become inactive...
That was great. Totally worth the 8 minutes 35 seconds. Would highly recommend!! Can we make this a monthly video?
Thanks Aaron. Prob not monthly. Don't want too much of a good thing. But yes, I'll for sure do more.
Now that was a damn good show! Thanks for the laughs!
Hey, we aim to please here on K8MRD Radio Stuff. Now if you could please mind your aim...
Oh this should be good.
Some folks have lost the plot! I almost want to start a channel just to wind these sad feckers up!! 73 from Gm4zji Chris..licensed for 40years and size 11 shoes 🤣
Damn, I'm only a size 9 :(
And as I mentioned to you, my X6100 cw key jack has lifted from the pc board. So yes, flaws...Fred
Ahh, you could fix that with a little duct tape lol. Or maybe they'll have a firmware update to fix it. That's what they always promise.
I love it Mike your the best! Best Wishes to you and what you do. I love what your doing! 🎈😀
Thanks so much!
I'm triggered by this video.... Triggered into endless laughter.... 🤣🤣
Came in for the comments, and was not let down!
Thanks for the laugh Mike 👍 Have to love them closed minded no sense of humor old geezers there just as bad as a combative Woman at home .
I actually read the comments on the 106 evaluation after watching that vid, and I was laughing reading them. I was thinking, did Mike go out with their sisters or something? The comments were so personal. Thx for the vids. And as Mike Myers in a SNL skit said, “If it’s not Scottish, it’s CRAP”.
Funny as hell right?! It’s not just me?
Where do I get a shirt like that
Can I be serious for a moment!? One of the reasons that a manufacturer sends out product for review is that they NEED to know what faults a customer will find, so any reviewer who only gives good comments will not get many new products to play with and try and break! when I was in business, it was always nice to get a "Thank You", but even better to get constructive criticism, then I would understand what a probelm was it, thereby improving my product! BTW, if your shows are so bad, why do they watch until the end, or at least leave a thumbs down!! Keep up the good work! 73 Jim M7BXT
Just WOW! So are you giving away the crappy radios? I need a good door stop!
Mike, I've been a Ham since June of 1980, & I agree with you 10,000% that Radio (G106) is a load of crap. It is way worst than the X6100 when it first came out. At least the X6100 had great Audio & almost worked ok. it took TO and Ham Radio Dude, Plus the other hams to help fix the Firmware to make the X6100 radio a great radio. But the G106 has a bunch of Design Problems or they got a bunch of Bad IC chips. Keep up the "lousy work Mike".
All the complainers had some super made up names. I'm just gutted that Amanda HugnKiss and Hugh Jars didn't make an appearance.
Maybe they'll make an appearance in the next episode.
Richard Smoker. His first name is Richard, but they call him "Big Dick".
Wilma Fingerdoo?
She's in the back with Willie Fisterbautem.
Paging Michael Hunt. Has anyone seen Mike Hunt?
Ham radio can use some humor. Keep it coming. Hey and Randy approves so can't be too far off the mark.
This is hilarious! Keep up the good work Mike. Robert KD4YDC
Thanks, I'll try.
Hahaha! Takes a whole lot of people to make a world! Actually, I laughed through the first couple of minutes of that review wishing I could jump in and say, “But Mike, don’t hold back. How do you really feel?” Keep having fun! 73 de K2CJB
Boy it sure does, doesn't it!
I love me a good “mean comment” video!
If RUclips required you to take a test and have a license, then maybe these RUclipsrs could have their own hobby. By my estimation and point of view, most all these reviews, are nonsense. The operators have no experience in using equipment and they seem to have a very limited technical depth. They need to draw on some good experience in order to offer any useable advice, much less come to a useable conclusion. They all seem to be these WANNA-BE influencers. These are pointless boring and silly, more like reality TV then anything useful. If there some entertainment value? Open to discursion. The personalities all seem to be the same and if they put half the effort into learning how Ham Radio actually works as they do making snide comments against , wait for it, Their Viewers, then then maybe they could grow into some technical relevance. There is a serious lack of maturity and lack of proper guidance for anyone to expect growth, and that would take work and some serious learning. Case in point. I read an article from one of these guys entitled "Best POTA Antenna" the end conclusion the Stepper IR Crank Up. A $1200 + antenna that by his own admission takes 30 minutes to setup and 15 minutes to change bands. My whole cost for a POTA setup is less than the cost of these antenna including a 100 watt radio. I often get 100 QSO's an hour while in the park and my antenna is way less than $100. I spend less than 5 minutes getting the antenna on task. Back to my originally point. STOP paying attention o these Chowder heads on RUclips. Get yourself a good Elmer and a few Ham buddies and get out into the park and you will quickly see how useless RUclips actually is. Have Fun KC5TT
You know my videos played a very large part in making POTA as popular as it is today right? You most likely wouldn't be doing it had I not started making videos about it years ago. So, you're welcome.
@@hamradiotube
Sorry to hear that, Mike. I am sure there is some advantage in having an EGO complex. You have 21K subscribers’ congratulations. POTA and the Hobby seems bigger than your small sliver of the universe. You should consider that, and I am not underestimating the role you play. It may be hard for you to believe, but there are plenty of Hams that have been operating outdoors for years. There have been plenty of events an opportunity for us to exercise our skills way before POTA or RUclips. I am happy for you seeing you have found a place in the hobby that you can exploit and make money. I had never even heard of you until you decided to trash your viewers. Maybe you could make an apology video and reassure your subscribers that they are the lifeblood of your success, vice the Sad Hams and other names you called them on your channel.
This is a dynamic hobby. Meaning every environment is different. Different antennas perform differently as much as the environments are vastly different. I.E. West Texas, Vice Florida. I have found that local hams have a better bead on what works well in their QTH then anyone else every could. Radios are the same way. Each one is different, how the Ham uses the radio and what exactly they are using it for differs. I.E. some hams are more comfortable in an ICOM menu vice a Yaesu menu system. So telling a ham a radio is bad or good is pointless. Each of their view and what they are using it is just as valid as anyone else’s point of view. The bonus is the shared experience. I tend to focus on what they like about the radio and what they are using for. A good example is the IC-705. I own on and using it on POTA shortly after it came out. I decided to wait until I have over 1000 QSO’s on it to make up my mind if it is worth taking to a park. There are some great features that I like and use on an activation and plenty of also ran features that are fairly useless. There are some flaws in the implementation that should be strengths, but that can be said for all radios. My personal preference will always be a 100watt FT-857. I get more done and have more fun with power.
The point of all of this is that ALL aspects of operations is some we can share as Hams. The good the bad, and the ugly. Attacking your viewers for their point of view may have some entertainment value for some of the chowderheads, but over all it seems to me, to be detrimental to your viewership. I respect any ham that gears up and heads out to the part. Their experience and end results has allot to offer anyone that might be capable of learning from them. RUclips itself has some utility, unfortunately it is full of dancing monkeys with little to perspective on reality that could be useful in the field. Ham Radio operators deserve more respect than you have offered them. Good luck with your channel.
@@JefferyMacMillian2013 Awesome! Glad you found the channel. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe!
Haters gonna hate. I enjoy your videos, keep them coming. 73
Mike, as a licensed double extra since I was in the womb , who can do CW at 100 words per minute while riding a bicycle backwards,I find your content highly entertaining and wish for you to keep up the good work. We love your videos Mike. Keep them coming
Lol!! I'm still studying for my double extra!
Great video! 😂 I love it.
Made my day! 😂😂😂
Greetings from Bavaria
vy 73 Heinrich DO1HFS
Glad to hear that!
Thanks Mike. This was just the fun I needed at the end of my work day. Who knows maby the second 106 will be better. Not really holding my breath on that one
doing good Mike, hope to catch you on the air one of these days
I love the sad ham logo! This is the best video in a long time!
It's all NotaRubicons doing.
I love your personality and channel. your awesome!
Thank you so much!!
I have a negative comment: this video was way too short
Lol so sorry
Sad hams all have "perfect" radios and "perfect" modes. The atmosphere opens up for them, and bands stay perfect until they sign off!
I'll agree with Mike. A honest review is both positive and negative and sometimes both at once. If you think other wise and you're not an amateur radio operator then don't watch it. I guess there's no shortage of hate in the world.
No there sure isn't
Ham radio is nothing but a Gong Show for quite awhile. The rest I'll leave it to your own imaginations!!!
While I understand the irony of you commenting on this particular video, I can't emphasize enough that this is not the norm. Sure, there's some frequencies that are pretty out there, and some people, but for the most part it's pretty awesome. I'd have another tune around the bands if I were you. There's a lot of good going on. A lot of positivity. It's mostly just good conversations or someone working a pileup of callsigns trying to work as many stations from as many different areas as they can. It's science. What's not to love?
Hey, I don’t like these sad hams and I think your xiegu review was fine. I have to tell you that I love RUclipsrs reading mean comments, but this video was not fun. Idk if it was too much fake laughing, but this video is not great.
Really, you think my laughing was fake?? I'm laughing at this comment right now!
There's always one but in your case, a bunch. I liked your review of the G106. I'm willing to wait for them to iron it out. It's still at the top of my list, but I'm not in that big of a hurry. You talked, I laughed.
I'm working on a follow up video for the G106 right now. They sent me another one.
@K8MRD RADIO STUFF Hopefully, the first one was a dud. It happens.
Sad hams is the best, your the optimist prime,of our lobby,auto bots,roll out, kb0uzz
80m meets youtube 😂😂
Or 7.200.
Dang, missed the live.....thanks Mike.....Fred VE3FAL
#teamreplay
Awesome stuff man!!
Thank you.
There needs to be another video of these. Lol.
I'm sure the mean comments won't stop.
Great video Mike More Sad Hams
Trolls be gone! You'll end up with a better, more engaged audience in the end.
Well thanks for putting some of the comments i get on my measly channel into perspective... 😂 Aiming for universal popularity is impossible, but sometimes you just think wtf is going on here?! Time to enjoy a sad ham sandwich 🥪.
The best part of this video is Mike laughing at them for 8 straight minutes…
Oh no, it was longer than that. Lots more left on the cutting room floor.
@@hamradiotube Hahaha... Excellent
If it "feels great...on the hole," well... I'm not gonna kink shame the guy I guess.
Yes, preparation H does feel good. On the hole.
Glad you don't take it to heart and you call them out on their BS.
It never ceases to amaze me how "some people" cannot, will not and refuse to find any good in other people's efforts! I've been a licensed ham for 5 months and it doesn't really matter to anyone! Keep up the good work, thanks for your efforts. "Sad hams" will always be around, periodically poking their heads out of their "shacks" to survey their little kingdom and belittle others.
Listen to this thru my tab7 and samsung buds ... i looked to my left and sound went to right ear looked riight and it went to left ear i normally only use one bud so ive never heard this before ... always learning something new ..
It sounds like hurt feelings by people that had already invested in the radio. They will get over it!
I've always said Amateur Radio has a diverse collection of individuals with varying opinions. Great video Mike.
That it most certainly is. And I'm fine with that. It's just the negativity that really gets me. Sure we all have our bad days, but "some people" just have nothing better to do than criticize.
I laughed through the G106 video. This one was almost as funny.
I think you are doing a great job. If folks don't like you, why watch. Love Randy's Sad Ham. That did make me laugh. Do not justify the bad comments. Keep producing your RUclips channel.
Hey, it feels great, but still got an STD. Another great video
I don't even know what to say, but that's funny!
Was my comment deleted? wow.
I don't think so.
Your video's give me the spatters. Almost as bad as convenience store pizza.
That's the goal. In Michigan we call them Party Stores and the pizza is usually pretty darn good.
Expert. Ex is a has been, pert is a drip under pressure
Thats a funny video mike....lmao...
Keep up the great work you do on here and love watching each vid you make.
It must be your dry humour that only people with the same out look on life have...lol.. ham harder mate cheers from new.south.wales Australia 👌 🇦🇺 👍
Had my first Sad Ham encounter the other day. I just got my tech a week ago. Annoying and discouraging.
Meh, don't let em get to you. They're just mad you're having fun.
Best be IP69 rated for the BHOTA Bath Houses on the AIr challenge ;)
Hmm, I feel I have a couple IP rated radios around here somewhere. Oh, wait, IP'd on them already lol!
@@hamradiotube
DO NOT CHANGE for ANYBODY!!!
You are funny shit. If they don’t get or can’t keep up with the humor… oh well!
Best video EVAH!!
Oh, no, couldn't be, ever, but ok, I guess it could be.
Damn sounds like they ran out of gummies, ohh well negative comments help the channel to lol
Mmm, you got some?
Great video Mike. You now have two of those crappy radios? Send one my way and I will evaluate it.
Great video, I needed the laugh this morning. Personally thought the 106 review was good.
Have you solved the power line noise.
Was that Ham Keto lol Love your Videos Mike DE W2MGF LOL
You can now use these comments to better yourself. 😁
Hi Mike,
This was great. Do you have more? Guess they don't remember the MSOG fiasco. Stay safe. 73 WJ3U
I didn't even have to look too hard for these. I will def do more but probably rarely. I don't want to over do a good thing.
Without idiots we don’t get to laugh!!!!🤣😂🤣
A few of my buddies and me made a drinking game out of your crap video and had to take a shot every time you said crap. My liver is still gasping for air and then had to explain what happened to my AA sponsor. He told me my life was over and that I should go buy a 106 as it would suit me well.
That’s quite possibly the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.