My Fox hunting experiences happened over 40 years ago and I still remember it was fun, done orienteering before in my youth so it was kind of easy, some competitions even night time, that was like blindfolded but you can find those in the woods nicely! Great memories!

Wow!! What a fantastic kit, and thanks for making another great video! Oh, and all the ham radio information! Thanks for sharing

@JamiesHackShack

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching sir!

Nice kit and great vid. Thanks for the 2m explanation.

@JamiesHackShack

9 ай бұрын

You are welcome! Thanks for watching!

Wow! Thanks for the shoutout! It's really appreciated!

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

You got it! I appreciate you being a force for good in the hobby!

*as I'm screaming at my TV on the inside* What is this? How come I have never heard of this? This is awesome!!!! I am totally ordering a few of those hackerboxes (one of the 2m box and a few others). And you're right about Josh, he's good people, and he is the reason why I didn't completely turn away from signals altogether.

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

Right on! Good luck with them. They are pretty darn fun. I am glad Josh kept you from turning away from RF!

Although its naughty, this little kit would be a barrel of fun if the marks radio tower was on the top of a building, and the fox hunt board was in the elevator car control panel. In the basement no signal but top floor full quiet. Using a dummy load, and limited operation each day to a random few min here or there, would yield years of amusement at the expense of the schmuck mark LOL. Never trifle with nerds. It will be your undoing when they decide that you are worth the trouble LOL playing the song murdock from ateam was singing "They'll put you in a little box and cover you over with dirty and rocks" ha ha There was a true story that is very similar to this I heard about from a silent key. I was in the RF business for years. You hear and learn a thing or two. 😜👍

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

💯 you could use something like this to make a small little package to cause a bunch of headaches and heartburn. I can't officially condone such of course! 😂

@KlodFather

8 ай бұрын

@@JamiesHackShack - The names and events have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty LOL I can honestly say to the Lord God Creator I did not do it, but I enjoyed the fruits of their labor having a laugh at the expense of some self important posterior orifices. ha ha ha 😜👍 🤡🤡💩💩🤡🤡💩💩

Great to see you getting your daughter into Radio comms. I hope she develops a passion for it.

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I'm not sure she'll fully get into things but I think most folks enjoy a good hunt! We shall see!

Great to see that you taught her how to use body blocking for direction finding. It may not be the best or most accurate way, but the whole point of ham radio is to be ready to operate in non ideal conditions. With the proper use of, and proper understanding of how it works, it can be used to good effect for close in direction finding. It's actually my preferred method for close in fox hunting. Edit: When is she getting her licence ? =)

@JamiesHackShack

9 ай бұрын

Ya know that was the first time I'd ever done more than READ about foxhunting. 😂 Body blocking was about all we had. 😀 This is pretty fun. Thinking about trying to make something like that arrow df loop from the thumbnail. As far as license... She may start drifting if I talk about that but I could give it a try. It would help if I were more active which I hope to be. Thanks for watching!

Thank you for this an the Amateur Radio nod to and good words

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Take care!

A Hackerbox that did APRS (small full keyboard, display, and code) would make for a cool addon to this kit. APRS is an interesting mode with untapped potential. A dedicated APRS box would make the mode easier to use. Absent of a dedicated APRS addon, one can use APRSDroid on an old cellphone.

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

Interesting thought there. Maybe we can get some thoughts from @hackerbox on that idea. Thanks for watching/commenting and I'll see about checking out APRSDroid.

cool channel just a noob here getting into it so far i just found hhrc's channel last night and i got a uv-5r to learn and i got one for my dad too. learned arduino about 5 years back but haven't used it in a while. just got an older raspberry pi and thinking about looking at an esp32 to get some inspiration for using rduino ide again. i wanna get my ham radio lic. and a call sign and my hunting gunz license sooner then later. The old man has his and those arms in his safe will be eventually my inheritance. ;} happy new year from northern Ontario, CA.

@JamiesHackShack

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and thanks for the kind words! Sounds like you have some fun stuff in the works. Good luck with it all! Happy New Year!

Thanks for the video! Sometimes it's nice to have a visual walkthrough of these kits. I've got my kit and will be assembling it this week!

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching and have fun with it!

Did i just find the smokin apes alternate channel?!?! I kid. I dig the channels flavor. You got another subscriber. 🤙🏽

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

😂 thanks for watching and subscribing!

Puddins Fab Shop 👍👍

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

That fella is awesome!

Great video from beginning to end! Makes me want to get into RF; even though I know I have way too many hobbies already😂

@JamiesHackShack

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! That is my whole problem. Playing whack-a-mole with interests and hobbies!

Awesome build. Gotta love the Rick Roll. Lol

@JamiesHackShack

9 ай бұрын

That was fun for sure! Thanks for watching!

If the SA818 module is pin compatible with the SA868S, you can get one online for under $10 and double your transmitting power. 😉

@JamiesHackShack

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'll have to check that out.

I've been working with my HB0095 this week but I'm frustrated that I can't seem to find a microphone option that works with it. I see that you found a solution but I'm not certain what model of Lavalier mic to order from Amazon. You mention that it needs the preampp option which I think is the problem I'm experiencing. I don't see any model listed that specifically mentions a preamp option. Can you lead me in the right direction please? KO6ABI

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and sorry you're having trouble! So this is the one I used. MAONO Lavalier Microphone, Hands... www.amazon.com/dp/B01M4J5WCM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share I purchased it a while back and it no longer looks to be available. This one may be similar but I can't guarantee it of course. Sorry. a.co/d/3AKr5VM

@erikburman530

8 ай бұрын

@@JamiesHackShack Thank you! I found something that looks pretty much the same. Not too expensive so if it doesn't work no big loss!

@erikburman530

8 ай бұрын

Oh and by the way, excellent video! Thank you for that too! I'm learning a lot from it!

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

@@erikburman530 Great! Good luck!

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

@@erikburman530 You are most welcome!

okay this is a fun little project. As for the HAM part. My uncle has a license. I think about getting one every few years, but then have no idea what practical purpose I'd get out of it. Just saying hi to folks over shortwave is neat, but the price of the equipment quickly goes up to the absurd. Now if I got into sailing, shortwave suddenly makes way more sense given the distances involved and even naval radio having it's limits.

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

For sure it is a fun one. You are definitely correct that some of the gear can indeed be pricey. Luckily there are lots of opportunities for homebrew and tinkering that don't cost as much. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@DFX2KX

8 ай бұрын

okay, have a sub just for pointing me to Hackerbox. there looks like a whole *bunch* of fun things to mess with in here.

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

@@DFX2KX Thanks!

That's pretty cool, thanks for sharing. I have a lot of SDRs based on the RTL chipset, and also a hackrf one. Hope to see a wider frequency range but really cool

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

Hey thanks for watching! I love those rtl sdrs. Very fun to play with. I always wanted to goof around with multiple to try to catch and decode unencrypted p25 groups but never have. Those hack RF ones are nice. Never played with one though!

@fjs1111

8 ай бұрын

Sure are a lot of fun, you can decode those signals fairly easily with SDR# plugins 🙂@@JamiesHackShack

I dont get it, all of this you can do with a hand held radio. Did or am I missing something?

@EBEconomicNews

7 ай бұрын

I think he can transmit on unauthorized frequencies

@JamiesHackShack

4 ай бұрын

You are 💯 correct and didn't miss anything. This is more for tinkering around and experimenting with the code that can drive the module. If your goal is the end result you can get a low cost ht and take off running.

I wish someone would make something cheap for real CW on 2m. Otherwise you have to buy a full featured multiband FM SSB CW radio. Expensive. I know about people that "whistle" CW on FM which is the same as the melody file demonstrated; not the same thing.

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

That would be pretty nice. Maybe something is out there I have missed. I may give things a look now that you have me wondering. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

You may want to re-consider playing that "melody", Music on amateur bands is not allowed per 97.113(4). If it the file was someone talking, Morse code, or data then it's fine - but not music.

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and I appreciate the feedback.

I'm not trying to be a critic just letting you know one of your headphone jacks or whatever they're called has a cold solder on it it didn't go to the board it just went to the pin

@JamiesHackShack

8 ай бұрын

Hey thanks for watching and mentioning it! I'll give them a once-over.

i got a ham license and i only have 4 years left i havent been on in a few years and i dont think i will renew my license because most of the time i cant get anyone to be on to talk. whats the point of having a radio and not talking on it.

@jessft1139

7 ай бұрын

I feel your pain. The hams in my area just seem to ignore new operators. I hate to say it but I think it's a dying hobby.

@beleiver19

7 ай бұрын

it sure is a dying art but you would think as much as the younger generation loves to push buttons on their video games that there would be more of them that wants to have a ham radio but it does take a little knowledge and some type of doing to make a contact and i think if its not freely handed to people on a silver platter they wont tounch it because its to much work for them@@jessft1139

@carlhoward5469

7 ай бұрын

I just renewed my license about a year ago. In my area there's a pretty good amateur radio club and there are always opportunities for volunteering to help with local events. We also help with local CERT groups to be ready to assist in times of emergencies. It's definitely not as popular as it once was now that the internet runs everything, but when the internet and cell towers go down, it'll be the only game in town.

@beleiver19

7 ай бұрын

im a prepper myself living offgrid solar so i would be able to still power my radios but not to many people are doing offgrid solar so if power was out it wouldnt do any good for me but if people would use them more and new people joined that would actually talk on it instead of just listening it would draw in more people.@@carlhoward5469

@JamiesHackShack

4 ай бұрын

I hear ya. I have not talked with a ton of folks in a long while but I do enjoy messing with antennas and just general tinkering around.