Great idea, practical, entertaining and fun. I'd love to get involved in something like this.

Thank you for coming out and putting together this video. I had a great time and we're already coming up with new ideas for next year. Until then, 73.

@hamradiotube

Жыл бұрын

It was absolutely my pleasure. What a great time. Thanks for hosting and coming up with the idea.

Absolutely fantastic. This really shows the diversity of approaches to building go kits.

Wow, What Fun ! Technical and Red Neck engineering at it's best. Great group of guys and great video.

Fantastic event. We need more of these types of public events. Thanks for brining it to us. W5KAL

@kenluning909

Жыл бұрын

@Mark Herman That and develop our knowledge and skills. These days all the skills we can learn and be active in is a bonus.

It's good to see Vertex vx-2200. Good jobs. Thanks for share. 73, TA2IBT

Frank doing double duty with the tactical Kong throw♡♡♡ haha awesome! :)

@chrissewell1608

Жыл бұрын

I was impressed with the Kong Throw bob. At least if it hits you in the head, it won't hurt!.... Much! 🤕

Wow - those are great! I loved seeing everyone's kits! Great ideas! Thank you for attending and providing the video.

@hamradiotube

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great idea about the stakes for the Wolf River coil tripod.🙂

Love these builds and the unique hand-made nature of this craft

My kits up and running now. Yesterday.😊

I love these kinds of builds and seeing what other operators are putting together. You really are limited by your own imagination when it comes to setups that work well for you

Best video yet....wish I'd known about it hear nextdoor in Arlington. You're a natural host, Mike.

Nice show, thanks for showing us the event!

Tank at 1:00 killed me. ROFLMAO.

This was a great video! Thanks for sharing!

Like seeing the different setups. Cool video

I love this So many ideas to be had!

Great video, thx for the shoutout, this was the best challenge so far, I think Jared is gonna bring it next year with his overland rig! I can't compete with 200 amp hours! lol Hoping for an even bigger event next year!! Bring your kits and mobiles!!!

That looked like a fantastic event. Thanks for the video.

Thanks Mike. Cool! I gotta do a mobile setup soon! It is Spring now and its a perfect time to design a Ham Radio convention mobile!

@prephampaul

Жыл бұрын

We need more mobile setups!! Bring it next year!!

I really enjoyed this one! Thank you.

Great video! Just started planning my go box!

Nice seeing that 706 still going strong. My first HF radio and one of the greatest radios ever made

Thanks Mike! That was awesome!!!

@hamradiotube

Жыл бұрын

You bet!

Loved that photo-bomb at about a minute in. 😆😆😆🤣🤣😆😆😁

A great video showing the ingenuity of those involved in the hobby. Thanks for this! KD9PDE

Wow, really a great event. It's so nice to see such happy people. We are coming to the US for vacation in June and hope to meet some Ham Operators. First destination Dallas Texas. Greetings from Switzerland, HB9FEV.

I'd love to see more info on that 706mkiig radio box setup. That's really neat!

Great stuff! Thanks for a very, very good idea!

i wish they had an event like this in California. Even as an ex-ham ( My Novice license expired in the 80's) I would make a special effort to attend.

@k5wxp22

Жыл бұрын

I did the same, but got interested again. Got Tech, which is great compared to Novice. Later got General, which is fantastic. Please study up and get licensed again! It's still a fun hobby!

@prephampaul

Жыл бұрын

Just need a couple clubs to make it happen! Maybe your reason to come back to the ham fold! 😉

@steveverhoef5667

Жыл бұрын

I would like to see the entireties boxes posted on a website. And a interview on each one.

@Denzlercs

Жыл бұрын

Try to start a club for newcomers to get together and go along with each other through the adventure of getting into ham radio. There’s no limit to what can theoretically be done with a few willing bodies.

@John_Henry83

Жыл бұрын

What I mean is a "Go Kit " event. I got interested in Ham radio in the 70's when I was about 10 years old. I saw some TV show where the ham operator was helping two lovers om different continents communicate and I thought is was so cool. I eventually got my Novice License when I was in college thru the college ham radio club. Back then you had to pass a scantron test and a 5 WPM code test. I operated using the college's station for about six month but then academics got tough so I let things go. Then went in the military and got stationed overseas and renewed my license from Japan. But totally forgot that I had and let it expire. The portable operation aspect is something that really interest me. I am studying to get my tech license and am debating weather I want to try to get tech and general in one sitting or give it six months in between.

Awesome, fun event and a lot of cool go boxes! Cheers and 73! de W3LAM

Very cool event.

Great video, It was neat to get any idea of what people are doing. Thanks !

This sounds like a fun, branch of Ham Radio, creativity! The essence of Ham Radio, and American ingenuity! 📐🛠🪛🔩⚙️📡

Very cool indeed I will be building mine for the IC706MK2G great stuff enjoyed the video :)

I would love to know when they are doing this again

Thats a very cool Challenge! 😎👍

I like the voting booth idea. I have thought of building a campaign field desk.

I've got a 2 meter go kit and an hf go kit, this looks like a lot of fun!

Very interesting!! Thank you!

Nice toys!

Was a blast! Always good to see you Mike! :)

Thank you for posting this and sharing what the other guys are using for a “GoBox”. I never knew what aluminum extrusion rails were and this is exactly what I’m looking for on my latest project! 73 Ken AA6KN

That looks like a great time! I don’t know of too many communities that will get together and be supportive of each other’s setups and just having fun at a competition than amateur radio. My wife and I really like to camp. Bringing my HF along interests me greatly. I have a green plastic shotgun shell case similar to that gentleman and set it up similarly with a 10w dual bander with both power and antenna connectors wired into the outside of the box. It’s not much but it tries. I believe I saw a station that used old Coleman camp stove cases during the award ceremony. That’s ingenious! There should be an award category for most ironic/unusual setups lol. Carl KB9HPM

congrats! Let us know if they will be using any mobile chargers for when and where there is no power recharging stations???

It looks like several Hams are using the little Evolve PC's! I am glad I grabbed one for my Ham radio use!

@hamradiotube

Жыл бұрын

Best $60 I ever spent!

What a great idea for a competition!

Brilliant,thanks for posting this,looking for ideas for my own manpack/go kit as I can’t have antennas up at my QTH.Would it be possible to see a deep dive in a couple of the kits to see different options on how to build one? 😊

Thanks that was fun.

Great idea 💡 keep this up

the kit by KI5PDC, did you find out the weight on it? It's a really nice looking kit.

Nice video. Gives me some ideas for my emcomm 😊

great info

I love this Mike! Thanks for a another great video! Robert KD4YDC

@hamradiotube

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Awesome ❤

How often does Tank photobomb your serious efforts at making vids for us hordes?😊

As much as I love a do-it-all kit, I'm really loving the idea from Andrew at 18:35! Guess who's going to Harbor Freight after work..... :)

This is awesome!!!

Gotta admit the FT-897 and FT-857 were my choices for winners! Wonder why?

@john_jacob_jingleheimerschmidt

Жыл бұрын

Because you haven't heard of Elecraft yet 😊

@neubert500

Жыл бұрын

@@john_jacob_jingleheimerschmidt Oh I have heard of them, just can't AFFORD them!😇

We had great fun with this and are looking forward and planning for 2024 and the 5th annual!!! Thanks for coming out and having fun with us MIKE!!

@halcollins4293

7 ай бұрын

Any update on the 2024 event?

@KG5RJR

7 ай бұрын

@@halcollins4293 Details will start filtering out in January looking at 2nd or 3rd week in March for 2024. Will depend on a couple factors, weather and location.

@halcollins4293

7 ай бұрын

How do I find out about the schedule? I’m in ETEX and could easily drive up

Coleman was ROBBED!!!

Too much fun....

I used to smoke Parliaments. I quit 10.5 years ago. You can too.

Great informative video... best yet. Bob KU3C

CooL job m8

That was 5:9 +20. Please tell me you will put links to that stuff in the description … hihi. I’m dying to get building a great one myself. THANKS MIKE! -Tom

@hamradiotube

Жыл бұрын

links to what stuff?

@HowToHam_Tom

Жыл бұрын

“Everything” 😀 I’m kidding if course but there was SO much cool stuff and creativity there. I’m re-watching it and taking notes on things I might want to incorporate in a build if my own. I’d love to organize something like that here.

Nice! We need to get something like this started around here... Where are you guys finding the 12v laptops?

Cool stuff, Scott KF0HRF

N5FKU is the best callsign ever.

@keysrawk

Жыл бұрын

Actually, I wish I was N0FKU and have a qso with N5FKU so it would be like "N5FKU", "N5FKU N0FKU!"

Fun video 73 KV5P

Bro killing me with the bioenno battery. Spent wayyyy too much my friend

@hamradiotube

8 ай бұрын

I would like to think you spent just the right amount. It'll last you forever. Plus they have a 10 year warrantee. Buy once, cry once.

FT-100D.. nice.

What are the dates for next year? I’d like to show up and participate.

im a green horn to ham and i want to set up a go box with a bluetti ac2a and gmrs/side bands but i havent seen anyone using faraday shielding in their kits,am i missing something? or are they

The Unabomber discusses Ham Radio! 🙀😹

@forgetyourlife

Жыл бұрын

Teds dead.

50.00 labtop?!!!

farnk! OMG!

Where and when dose this take places?

what is the laptop at 26:22?

What tent chair and table is that???

@hamradiotube

6 ай бұрын

I can only tell you mine is a 6' table from Wallmart and the chair is from Harbor Freight. No clue about any of the others.

@450offroadrider

6 ай бұрын

Yeah no worries bud. I sent an email to the callsign hopefully his qrz is up to date.

Also what are those laptops and how are they being charged on 12V?

@hamradiotube

Жыл бұрын

MicroCenter had these on sale a few months ago for $60. There was quite the commotion over it. The computer sucks but it's absolutely fantastic for portable ham radio. Great battery life too! amzn.to/3K46wDk They charge off of 12 volts. Just cut the power cord and put Anderson power poles on it and you're in business.

@NovemberOneOscarGrouch

Жыл бұрын

@K8MRD RADIO STUFF that's awesome! Rare to have a 12V laptop. I've been struggling trying to figure out digital POTA without breaking the bank buying a ton of stuff. I've got several older laptops, but they're bigger, bulky and need 19V to charge and won't last 5 minutes unplugged.

@chrissewell1608

Жыл бұрын

Its the Evolve iii Laptop PC. It runs off 110V AC, which drops down to 12 VDC. Runs Windows 10 (is basically a school use PC). It has limited memory, which is easily upgraded enough for Ham program needs. Its a bit slow, but still fast enough. Its light weight, supper small, and easily packable. Plus, when on sale it was $60.00! So. Its the almost perfect ham radio PC. 1 version is cellular ready, the other is Wi-Fi only.

@NovemberOneOscarGrouch

Жыл бұрын

@@chrissewell1608 if only they were still $60!

That $60 laptop is up to $140?

$60 laptop?

Great video! So fun projects! 73 de SM6YEC