Welcome back! Great to see you've hit the 10K subscriber mark.

Excellent video mate and welcome back.

QRP videos are like fishing videos. If you see someone in a fishing video pulling fish out one after another one, they probably edited out all of the down time in between. If you only see one fish briefly, it may have come out of a freezer. I'm glad that Bob shows the life of a QPR operator as it often is, a struggle.

@K6UDA

6 жыл бұрын

Love the analogy. You guys know me, if something works right I'll tell you. When it doesn't I'll show that too. I know some hams will tell me that taking a small radio and a simple mag loop out into the field during the lowest part of this solar cycle is stupid & I'm probably an idiot for trying it but really, if you don't try the hard things then the easy things have no value. At least I got an honest A/B comparison out of it and I've gotta say after hearing the difference on the receive end and Dr. Balun's report on the TX side, This little mic is a big winner and it's earned a permanent spot in my go kit.

Glad you're back Bob. Nice video! 73, George K2WO

Welcome back

@K6UDA

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Nice to be back.

Glad to see you back Bob! Pretty cool mic review! 73 KG5SDE

@K6UDA

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

Nice video

Great to see more ham radio videos. Looking forward to more on both channels!

@juanbo1982

3 жыл бұрын

dont know if anyone gives a shit but if you are stoned like me atm you can stream pretty much all the new movies on instaflixxer. Have been binge watching with my gf recently xD

@harpermarley5217

3 жыл бұрын

@Juan Bo yea, I've been using InstaFlixxer for months myself :D

@wyattkairo1156

3 жыл бұрын

@Juan Bo definitely, I've been using InstaFlixxer for months myself :D

@austinjalen2789

3 жыл бұрын

@Juan Bo definitely, been watching on InstaFlixxer for since december myself :)

Nice video, I am thinking about getting the mic. For your trip I would have taken an Endfed and throw it into the trees, would be lighter and most prob better contacts. continue the good videos, I enjoy them.

@K6UDA

6 жыл бұрын

I thought about the endfed but didn't think I'd have any trees to hang it from.

Any follow up on the X5105 coming?

I have heard that you can use these without modification on the mcHF... Does anybody know if that is correct?

I also find it much harder to reach other stations in SSB with my freshly achieved KX2 (which I really like a lot) in comparison to my Xiegu G90. I adjusted mic gain and compression and that seems to be okay. The KX2 says it tx with 10W PEP and the G90 tells about 20W tx power. Does anybody know if the KX2 really has half of the other radios tx-power (especially because the power rating is noted in PEP) or is it maybe less?

Hi Bob, Well, you gave it the old college try. Glad you posted a video. You were at the bottom of my subscription list. :-) 73 WB3BJU

@K6UDA

6 жыл бұрын

Well hopefully I'm back at the top.

@DonDegidio

6 жыл бұрын

You're about 1/3 of the list from the bottom. Quite an improvement. :-) 73 WB3BJU

In the 1960 the bands were hot but entry level radios were poor good video God Bless u 2 bert hi hi kg6mn

I've been watching your other channel.

@K6UDA

6 жыл бұрын

Love it. Thanks.

Wait, at 6:05, you put your ATU into bypass to tune your loop, you are saying the KX will display SWR in real time? I never knew this. Just googled it and sure enough, there is an article on tuning the AlexLoop this way, complete with macros for the KX3. This little nugget alone is incredible.

Do you need batteries for this radio in order for it to work?

@K6UDA

11 ай бұрын

It has a built in rechargeable battery.

@Zayne_24

11 ай бұрын

@@K6UDA so all I’d have to do is recharge the battery before I use it?

@K6UDA

11 ай бұрын

@@Zayne_24 absolutely

I have an AlexMic and it does work but the shape of it is not well fitted to the hand compared to other speaker mics. It is too boxy and not comfortable to my average sized hand. Good product except for that. I have informed Alex re my concerns. I think getting the amplifier and battery into the “box” was the problem. Time to have someone experiment with 3D printing a more comfortable mic case. For an older Duffer like me with impaired hearing it does the job well and I wish I had one for my VX8 in the car.

@K6UDA

5 жыл бұрын

I think the speaker and internal battery plays a big part in the size and design. It doesn't bother me at all.

@2000alexgrim

4 жыл бұрын

Hello David.What I have done with my AlexMic - Considering that I do not need to fix the AlexMic on a belt, I took out four micro screws and the belt clip. This simple idea will make your AlexMic more compact

KX on a KLX? I regret selling my KLX years ago, so much fun.

love your videos VE7IOX

I'll bet you could have made some good contacts if you took a bigger motorcycle:)

@K6UDA

6 жыл бұрын

Damn.. I didn't think of that. Next time I'll have to try the S1000XR.

@Fireguy-

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, works for me. Ever been to the summit at Signal Peak? Taking the V-Strom when the snow melts.

I remember you talking about your kx3 sometime back found this go kit. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d4SElrWpk9LQn5c.html