I’m an old long time ham. That’s the best ham radio video I’ve ever seen.

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Wow Bruce! What a nice comment! Thank you! -Ed. W8EDW

That was a FANTASTIC tour and demo of your ham shack! I just got my Extra ticket but have never been on HF. Consequently, I've been scouring KZread videos and, to date, yours is the one which most appeals to me (barring extreme societal breakdown which many videos seem to focus on). Extra props to you for being a great Grandfather to a wonderful & loving Grandson! 73

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jaac What a wonderful comment! You will have a BALL when you get on HF. My email is good on QRZ. I would be glad to help you. I’m really lucky to have my two grandsons! -Ed W8EDW

All that equipment is over whelming but you explain it well. I am just an old morse code interceptor from the Army so I never was trained on any transmitting equipment. Awesome set up.

@edwhitney1862

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Robert! We need guys like you in our ham radio community. It’s really easy to get a license. Just go to your App Store and download one of the free exam guides. Take a few questions a day and before you know it you’ll have your license!! -Ed W8EDW

I have heard that end fed antennas are the bomb and look forward to testing a 43 footer as it gets it up higher for lower angle signals. Have tried a 19 foot end fed vert and compared to a dipole on the roof and it did about the same. It can be a lot easier to hide a vertical tho. I have used dipoles and a 3 ele tribander for years. Got hamsticks 4 years ago and use them as verticals, horizontal and vertical dipoles, and multiples on a plate for a multiband wspr station. I have always found them to be within 1 db on both xmit and receive to various Websdrs all over US and Australia against EFHW's , full sized verticals and dipoles and even a Magloop which did poorly. For mobile, base or most anything the Hamsticks are awesome as verts or dipoles. Today i setup in a parking lot and found the hamsticks vs a full length vertical were equal.

Thanks for the great video. Your talk is wonderful, and so is your grandchild!

@edwhitney1862

10 ай бұрын

Hi Kaiserreich. Thanks for the nice comment. I agree, it's great to have nice grandchildren! Thanks so much for watching! -Ed W8EDW

As a new licensed operator I’m enjoying and learning much from your videos… Thank you👍

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John. Welcome to a great hobby and becoming part of the Ham community!

Thx for a great vid Ed. It was very thorough and I have recommended it to some new hams to see how it is done. Unlike so many other tubers, you did not skip any steps that might be obvious to old hams but not so obvious for newly minted hams. Good job, OM. 73.

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark! We've got to keep our great hobby going. Sure appreciate your comment! -Ed W8EDW

I hear so much about symetrical grounds run along the ground . but all it does is make a bunch of horizontal antennas that cancel each other out. If you only have a few going to one side it acts as a folded dipole and actually puts out a nice signal in a horizontal way. As long as it matches the coax the radio doesnt care if its a symetrical ground plane which radiates little or a horizontal radiator which gets out there.

Thank you very much you gave a great presentation on this I should say on your station awesome 👍👍👍👍

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe! I’m glad you liked it. -Ed

Nice installation and explanation thank you!

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment Tim! -Ed

Awesome video! Thank you very much for sharing. Love the setup and great contacts you captured. Cheers and 73 de W3LAM!

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Lam. Thanks for the nice comment! -Ed W8EDW

Ed, phenomenal video. Thank you! 73

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks James! Glad you licked it. -Ed. W8EDW

It's a beautiful installation 👍

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment Joe!

Nicely made video, the new camera is superb, thanks for the video best 73 from France.

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Anthony. Thanks for the nice comment! -Ed. W8EDW

Great video! You’re the the Ham man!

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kaleb! You're the best Grandson!

What a great,well explained video.thanks alot.new subscriber 👍

@edwhitney1862

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Andy! And thank you for subscribing!

nice setup. I'm glad I don't have to run an amp to reach Europe and Africa, seams like a lot of extra steps to get on the air. I'm using a IC 7300 with just the built in tuner (not needed on most bands) with a homemade EFHW. Going to put up a 50' tower when the weather changes, that will double the height of my antenna. 73's KE0HMS

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Groundzero. Wow, it sounds like you have a nice station! Good luck with your tower. That should really improve your signal. Thanks for watching! -Ed

@timmotel5804

Ай бұрын

Good Day. Excellent. I'm considering an IC-7300 as a starter radio. Best Regards.

That is a nice setup, I to have a small footprint and am only using an inverted V dipole same radio the 7300 and the AL-811, I did Tom's W8JI upgrades to my amp for arc protection and all. You can definitely see a difference in the video between cameras. Looks much crisper on the cannon. 73 de ND1B

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe! So far so good on arcing. I’ve had that amp about 8 years now. I’ll have to check out Tom’s upgrade. Thanks for the nice comment. Yeah, I’m looking forward to using the Canon. -Ed. W8EDW

Nice work!

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Aaron! Ed W8EDW

nice grandson thank you for giving this to your grandfather.

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment Mike. Yep, I’m lucky to have such great Grandsons!

Thanks for the humble video. I'm still working on building a new station. I'm disabled so it's going very slow doing what I can between health issues and budget constraints. It's been almost a year and may take another year to get on the air... It's beem a journey not a race

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Craig! I sure hope you can get on the air soon. Yep, life is a challenge. Don't ever give up and keep on keeping on! -Ed W8EDW

Nice job on the antenna!

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave. I started in Ham Radio in 1964 and I’m still amazed at how radio works! Thanks for watching! -Ed. W8EDW

Hi thank you very much really liked the video I am white stick and loved how you explained things thank you very much

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joseph! We have to keep our fun hobby going. -Ed W8EDW

KD6CFE was here. Great stuff Ed. 73`s.

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Al. I appreciate the nice comment! 73! -Ed

Mr. Whitney, great video sir, ty. Very detailed and informative. Subscribed, keep up the great content, 73 NS9T.

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Hammer! I really appreciate people like you! -Ed W8EDW

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Hammer! I really appreciate the positive comment. -Ed W8EDW

Nice tour of ur shack & thanx; I also have an IC-7300 & an Ameritron amp; funny thing though, I'd forgotten abt the key-down feature in RTTY mode😂

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks E. I appreciate your comments! Yeah, I'm still learning something new even at 75 yrs old. LOL!

@ehayes5217

Жыл бұрын

@@edwhitney1862 Of course, learning's a life-long experience, but as hams, I think it's forever! For me, however, I sometimes feel like I'm going backwards!😂 73 de WA4ELW in TN 🇺🇸😀

Nice job here, Ed!

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment Finn! -Ed W8EDW

Great video. TNX OM 73

@edwhitney1862

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment! -Ed W8EDW

Hey Ed, great job! I've been dealing with radio (SWL, CB [only for a short while, it was a social thing in the early 70s], broadcast and ham) for about 50 years now (first ham ticket in 1977, and of the sadly dwindling Advanced Class licensees). Two Questions: 1. I grew up on tube and voltage flow theory- I'm very suprized you don't have to dip the grid amperage- any idea why? and 2. You mentioned you tuned the antenna several times before we saw the SGC remote auto-tuner. I was puzzled until I saw that. ☺

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Scot. Sounds like you’re an old timer like me. Yeah, I should have mentioned the remote tuner more often. I’m still learning to make videos. Hind sight 20-20. Thanks for watching Scot!

CMH! That’s my old stomping ground, now an SV0/9 station. 73! Great video!

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Subgunman! Cool, you’ll have to come back for a visit. Like your handle!

@Subgunman

Жыл бұрын

@@edwhitney1862ave a class reunion this summer and will be back in town. Are you on any particular repeater in town? If so I will try calling you when I get back.

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

I use 145.11 repeater. It uses 131.8 tone and of course -600 offset. My email is good on QRZ. Just send me an email. Thanks! -Ed

@Subgunman

Жыл бұрын

@@edwhitney1862 copy that! 73 from LC!

Excellent video, thanks so much! It certainly is amazing what you can do with a wire on a pole. A couple questions: Are you using a 4:1 unun (or other) at the feedpoint? And for what's probably a dumb question, why do you choose to set the output of the 7300 to 60W when running the linear amp? Is there a benefit to doing so? Cheers!

@edwhitney1862

10 ай бұрын

Hi Thor. I don't need a balun because I am using the SGC-235 Antenna tuner/coupler right at the feedpoint. It automatically tunes when I apply a signal. (It's fairly expensive but worth it!) I only use 60 watts drive from the 7300 because that's all I need to get the amp to 500 watts. Plenty to "work the world!" Thanks for watching! Really appreciate it! -Ed W8EDW

@thormusique

10 ай бұрын

@@edwhitney1862 Ah, that makes sense, thanks so much! 73 de K1RSK

I worked most of those same stations this past contest weekend using 100w and either a very low sloper dipole (on 20m) or an indoor 4-foot whip (on 10m). Perhaps unsurprisingly, I also got *100%* (!!) "59..." signal reports... 🤣!!

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi JH. Amazing what you can do with 100 watts! Good job! -Ed. W8EDW

Wonderful video……… I’m a fan…….. 73s

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sparky! What a great name for “Radio Guy”! -Ed W8EDW

It took a lot of time and work to do that but it's a perfect it's exactly the way I do it 👍

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Joe. Yep, I’m married to a picky wife (52 years) so we gotta keep things NEAT! LOL! Thanks for the nice comment! -Ed

Nice set up, Aloha from Hawaii WH6FLQ, Aloha 73

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Victor! I'm glad you like my set up. Send us some of your beautiful weather! -Ed W8EDW

Nice. I wish you would go in more detail about how the wire is in that fiberglass. My horizontal dipole doesn’t work well on 10 meters

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jamey. The antenna is just a hollow telescoping fiberglass tube 43’ high. The wire is 14ga stranded that is inside the tube. Fastened at the top and exits through a hole in the bottom of the tube. I’m good on QRZ if you want to e ail me. Thanks for watching! -Ed. W8EDW

@jameyevans29

Жыл бұрын

@@edwhitney1862 Thank you sir. I might do that project

Fantastic video Hey where did you find a 43 ft long piece of fiberglass

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Pat. I got that antenna from LDG model S9v43. It came collapsed with the 14 gauge wire inside. Unfortunately they stopped making it. I think MFJ makes a telescoping 50' fiberglass mast but you would have to put your own wire in it. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. My email is good on QRZ if I can help in any way. -Ed W8EDW

@PatAutrey

Жыл бұрын

@@edwhitney1862 thanks for your help sir!

Hi Ed, thanks for the video. But I'm not sure that technique, for tuning the amplifier, necessarily gets you to the sweet spot of max power and efficiency. I always increment the load cap a bit, peak the plate, then repeat, until I have found max RF output. Separately peaking the load and plate caps repeatedly seems to be a popular method, but I'm not sure it is valid. I see, in the Ameritron manual, they are vague about the tuning method.

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Tim. Yep, you are right about the vague instructions in the manual. I have always used the method that I described with good results. But, I'm sure everyone has their own methods. Thanks for watching! -Ed W8EDW

well Done Ed. very similar gear to what I have here on top of our hill, my qth is in the hills of central Victorian, Australia. Grounding is not as good as your here in the rocks. my shack is part of my office and is nowhere as neet as yours, cheers de Bob VK 3 BRD

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Bob. I’m married to a wonderful but picky woman who is a “neat nick”. You’re lucky to be on a hill! Thanks for watching and I hope we meet on the air! -Ed

There's ones that fit underneath the gutter or soffit of the house that practically makes a loop around the house, and it's pretty stealthy.

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Madmax. That sounds very cool. Who makes it? -Ed W8EDW

@madmax2069

Жыл бұрын

@@edwhitney1862 look up TN07 IMD-107 - HOA Special - Virtually Invisible Eave Antenna

@madmax2069

Жыл бұрын

@@edwhitney1862 there are many others like it by different companies and individual Hams, but the one above is the one I seen on a few KZread videos. Some go by HOA hidden antenna, HOA stealth, gutter antenna and so on.

Great video. My only comment is to note that you along with many others misread SWR. The blue scale on the right is reflected power, not SWR. SWR is read my observing where the two needles cross. The red curves between the forward (black) and reverse (blue) scales is the SWR scale. When the needles cross between two red SWR curves you interpolate between the two.

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Rich. Great point! I’ll point that out next time. Thanks for watching! -Ed

You have the icom 735. I have no idea why you didn't know that it's green in color if you open up smoke black door in the front you can make adjustments 👍

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Joe. Yep, I’ve had that 735 for over 25 years! Slip of the brain on the video. Good observation! -Ed

You really don't need that much power. My son recently worked Japan from Maryland on 20M sideband with 10 watts.

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Tom. WOW that's so cool. You are right, it is amazing how our radio waves bounce when conditions are right! Tell your son to keep up the good work. -Ed W8EDW

I enjoyed your video presentation. Thanks 👍 The 43' vertical with some radials and the SGC coupler do very well for you. It's a nice shack you have there. De VU2RZA

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Subramanian. Thanks for the nice comment! -Ed W8EDW

Clays cool

@edwhitney1862

2 ай бұрын

Yep. I’m lucky!

Very informative. I am havinf Ameritron AL 811 H but is giving trouble. Hope to meet on 10 meters during this 25 solar cycle. 73. DATTA vU2DSI.

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Datta! I hope you are able to figure out the problem on your amp. Yes, it will be great when 10 meters opens. Thanks for watching! -Ed W8EDW

so you have a separate ground… that goes again the NEC bonding requirement, doesn’t it? everything should be sent back and bonded to your service ground at the meter / panel.

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Richard. I guess you could ground it to the meter ground as well. The more grounding the better! Thanks for your comment. -Ed. W8EDW

Is that an Alpha Antenna S9 antenna?

@edwhitney1862

11 ай бұрын

Hi Houdinischild , The antenna is a LDG model S9v43. It is just a hollow 43 foot telescoping fiberglass mast with a 14 gauge stranded wire inside. LDG doesn't make them anymore but I think the Alpha antenna is very similar. It helps to have the SGC or similar auto tuner at the base of the antenna. Thanks so much for watching! -Ed W8EDW

@wolfwizard406

11 ай бұрын

@@edwhitney1862 I have the same antenna, just couldn’t see their logo in your video!

When is your next video

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Rick. I’m working on taking out my “Screwdriver Antenna with Unique Radials” and trying it out. Hopefully in the next two weeks. (weather permitting. ). Thanks for asking Rick! -Ed. W8EDW

You call it a linear. Isn't an amplifier more appropriate?

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Ok Larry. Thanks for the correction!

Your name is not Ed, your name is Elmer 😂

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

That’s a good one George! Thanks for watching!! -“Ed”

That's an IC-735 not a 725

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Steve. You are so right! I must be getting old! Thanks for the correction. LOL! -Ed W8EDW

Aren't you being somewhat irresponsible transmitting an unidentified carrier particularly for as long as you are doing it?

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

I asked if the frequency was in use a number of times and identified my station. I shot the "scene" and then identified again. Thanks Tom, we can't be too careful. -Ed W8EDW

You should really dip your plate first and then advance your load. You are abusing those 811's.

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Barry. I’ve been tuning my amp that way for eight years now. Thanks for the information though. I’ll try dipping the plate next time and see how it goes. Thanks for watching! -Ed

Always nice to see more ham content 73 de VK2AOE!

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment! 73! -Ed W8EDW

Icon is kick ass

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jason. Yep, I do like my Icom BUT it’s amazing how many great radios there are today. Thanks for the comment! -Ed W8EDW

Nice setup, good demo, and nice installation. WA6WRE

@edwhitney1862

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Towerman for the nice comment! See you on the air. -Ed W8EDW

Love it. So genuine. "M7HSG out.."

@edwhitney1862

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Glenn. I’m a little “dorky” on my videos but I like to talk like you are standing next to me. -Ed

Nice this is kc2qyw Joe

@edwhitney1862

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe! It was definitely a learning curve using the new camera on some of the clips. Thanks so much for watching and I hope we meet on the air! -Ed W8EDW