It's always fun to go back in time and see where the POTA legend began his RF journey in the great state of Michigan 😀 73 KJ6ER

How far have you come since then!? Kinda Cool to look back. Stuff and people to be thankful for.

Thanks Mike, I can't believe that I am only now seeing this video. Lol... Nice job and you've inspired me to bring my HQDmax out of retirement and to bring my BF-F8HP when I do my first ever POTA activation. Rock on... 🤘😎👍

@wild-radio7373

2 жыл бұрын

Right?!?♡♡♡

I just started POTA myself lots of fun That wolf river coil seems to be working well and of course the speaker wire 73

This just came up in my feed. Cool to see a legend do his first activation!

Great Video Mike! Fun Fun!

Another great video!

MICHIGANGSTER. Good times, Mike. POTA activated in 21 minutes. Thanks for the video!

@hamradiotube

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, 21 minutes edited! Prob took about an hour and a half to get the 10 needed. The 40M qso's came in real quick on the Wolf River Coil though. And yes, Michigangster for sure!

Congratulations on your first activation, great video. Gray, VK3PGK

Nice video Mike. You can also use the optional Yaesu FH-2 keypad to record as well as to playback recorded calls so to save the radio's button a little bit :). 73, OM8KT

Entertaining as always Mike! 73

I was just there yesterday....a little colder than when the video was shot..:)

Great Video, Mike.Thanks!

Thanks Mike, always entertaining. I'll be posting my latest in a bit...

@hamradiotube

6 жыл бұрын

Hopefully your antenna doesn't break this time!

@TechGearJunkie

6 жыл бұрын

Well, it helps if you actually secure it correctly to begin with. Live and learn!

@hamradiotube

6 жыл бұрын

Thats the name of the game. I have so much to learn but I learn a little more every time I go out.

Cool video Mike, Going to hopefully activate first park in ZL tomorrow (Saturday) it's all up and running over here at last!

@hamradiotube

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome man, that's so great to hear. Good luck and have fun out there. Don't forget the coax!

Wow yeah there I am around 26:16...sorry the QRM here was bad and you dropped in and out. Thanks for the QSO! - N3VMC

Where the madness began! "Bang your head! Ham Radio will drive you mad!" Mike was clearly into the Pasties and Leinenkugel beer back then.

@hamradiotube

Жыл бұрын

Pasties are delicious, but Leinenkugel is highly over rated.

Trailer Park Boys reference! Nice video!

Will have to try that battery combination out. I have an FT891 and using my 12 volt 12amp/hour lead acid battery I blow the inline fuses on the hot side of the battery wire when I hit about 20-25 watts output. It helps when you do the parks and you can put out more than QRP power for sure. Thanks for sharing. KE0RPU

@hamradiotube

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah you can't do much with lead acid. These cells can do 100 amps no problem. My BMS is a 30 amp. Not gonna draw even close to that even at 100 watts CW! The cells don't even get warm! They just sit there and take anything you can throw at them. Very stable chemistry too. You don't need to worry about them exploding. I watched a video where a guy charged 1 cell up to 19 volts and then shot it with a crossbow. It just leaked its juices and nothing more. Pretty impressive.

Wow the very first POTA activation people where I work enjoy your videos. We are going to set up in our parking lot of our 911 Center and make some contacts for them the want to try this out. I'm working on some new hams here Don DFK

@hamradiotube

2 жыл бұрын

Thats awesome, glad to hear! Just go to the POTA spotting page and you'll be making contacts in no time hunting all the activators. 73

So funny to watch this now in 2021...like going back in time and watching Steve Yzerman learning to skate. 73, KN4UNO

@hamradiotube

3 жыл бұрын

Right, haha?! Little did I know what would become of this.

Thanks for posting the video! Where did you guys get the super cool paper logs?

I still have to put my batteries together with the BMS I bought, got a 30 amp Bioenno, so that's on the back burner, 73 Lee, WA8QFE

Really enjoy watching you work the waves Mike, even if you from TSUN. 73

@hamradiotube

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim, but what is TSUN?

@buckeye5704

5 жыл бұрын

@@hamradiotube Buckeyes don't say the "M" word. We say That State Up North.

@hamradiotube

5 жыл бұрын

@@buckeye5704 Ok gotcha ;). Its MICHIGAN!

Going out tomorrow for my first POTA!

@hamradiotube

2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome to hear!! Good luck, have fun, and take it at your own pace.

Ham radio with a sense of humor ... I love it! 73 de Dick N4BC

@gblan

3 жыл бұрын

It's an illusion.

Wondering about that 3d printed tuner mount he had there. Did he upload the plans online somwhere as interested in getting one of those for my AT-100Pro setup.

Hey, great contacts you had there with the speaker wire antenna. So, what antenna analyzer did you use for that?

Отличное видео🏞️🏕️👌👍📻

@hamradiotube

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Love the MICHIGANGSTER tee shirt !! ha ha ha !!

@hamradiotube

2 жыл бұрын

Lol thanks!

I would still like to know how you setup your battery pack on this video. Also the black device in front of the pack.

Great activation! Did you spot yourself on the POTA Facebook page? Always helps to kick start your activation. Looking forward to getting back out again soon. 73 de K2CJB

@hamradiotube

6 жыл бұрын

I didn't spot myself but one of the guys I was with did spot me. Not sure where though. Looking forward to more of your vids too! 73.

I really enjoyed your videos. Thank you and waiting for more and more informative videos. TNX De Ve7JAI 73

@hamradiotube

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

Great video. Really like the logbook page you showed. Is that self-made, or available somewhere? The POTA logs I've seen on FB are horizontal and only have 16 entries per page. Yours looked a lot more efficient...

@hamradiotube

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason. The log sheet is something Mike came up with. I keep trying to get him to put it on the POTA website but that hasn’t happened. I do have a copy of you want to shoot me an email. I’m good on qrz I can forward it to you.

Another Throw Back... is this where it all began!?

@hamradiotube

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! This is the official very first K8MRD POTA activation. I am very fortunate to have such great Elmers. Little did Mike and Eric know, but they are the ones that created this monster!

At 9:45 you give the guy a signal report of 13, did you mean 31? There was another time you gave someone a "1" on readability even though you could understand them. I was curious if you maybe have your readability and signal strength backwards.

Just ordered a TIA wolf river…

Great Video, hope to work you from a Ky park soon. 73 de KI4NBE

Hi Mike, nice video. I am wondering if you were aware of the other very active parks activity of WWFF / KFF. Not only a stateside activity with several thousand state parks but also international in many DXCC countries. drop a line if you would like more information. 73 / 44 de W6LEN / Jess

What antenna?? Did I miss it??

Awesome Mike! Keep it up! 73 K8TSG

could you please answer a question for me please. If you are the activator for a park does that mean that no other ham radio operators can use the same park for pota or do you get to hog the airways on that park for pota. and do you activate a park by the internet

@hamradiotube

Жыл бұрын

Nope. That just means I'm at the park playing radio. You can do it as a group, as a club, by yourself, in the park and someone else is there at the same time you've never met and are in a different part of the park and you don't even see them. You can't activate the park on the internet. You, your station, and the antenna need to be in the park at the same time. No remote, no operating from private property even if it is inside the park. You can use any band, any mode, just no repeaters except satellites and no JS8 Call. Hope that helps.

You might try the vk3ye mic mod 73 kg6mn

Great job on getting yer 10..I signed up today on POTA and i'm looking forward to having some fun! BTW that tuner/radio bracket on the 891 at 24:24, is it home-brew or aftermarket? If aftermarket can you or someone post a link as to where they can be found? tnx and I hope to work you soon....JD WA4EE

@hamradiotube

5 жыл бұрын

Nice on signing up for POTA, you will have a blast. The rails are a home brew that Eric 3D printed.

How long do you operate on 95 watts with a small battery ? Also the first contest i heard where there are real reports and not all 5...9's

@hamradiotube

6 жыл бұрын

Oh several hours easily. I was still 13.03 volts at the end of the day. The most I've used (that I remembered to record) from this battery was 7.492AH and it was still at 13.04V, 3.26 V per cell. You can safely go down to about 2.6V per cell, and the radio would cut off before that. They just run full out until the end, and I'm pretty convinced they are underrated per AH. A little more pricey than the Bioenno batteries but they handle a higher current and go longer. I'm really amazed by it. They are available in 12AH and 15AH versions too. And you can add on to them if you want more than that. Just wire 2 (or more) sets of 4 cells up in series and then connect them parallel. Stewart KB1HQS just made a 40AH battery with 16 of the cells.

Great job on the video. I enjoyed watching you activate the park . I would love to have one of the Wolf River Coils . It does a great job . 73 AE4OY WILLIAM EM-81UF

@hamradiotube

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks William, they are fantastic antennas for sure. I have 2 now! Maybe Santa will be good to you this year and you'll have one under the tree!

Very nice Video, respect, 73` from Switzerland HB9FEV

Great video, K9LDF

hey mike... im just now watching this video. do you remember what antenna setup you used for this video?

@hamradiotube

2 жыл бұрын

One was a Wolf River Coils, I couldn't tell you what the other one was though.

@CKJEntertainmentServ

2 жыл бұрын

@@hamradiotube you kept mentioning a speaker wire antenna. im trying to diy these antennas you use. Thanks for bringing another to the dark side!

I'm pretty new to all this, just have my Tech, working on General and I have a question. K8MRD here makes contact with another station and the other guys horn in on the contact. Is this how it is supposed to work? I don't know the "official rules" but this seems a little disingenuous. If I'm on my radio near other operators but my radio/antenna combo can't make the contact for whatever reason it doesn't seem "fair" that I can run over to someone else's radio and use it to record a contact I did not make. Maybe it's not really all that serious an activity?

@hamradiotube

3 жыл бұрын

I think you might be thinking too deep on that. It doesn't matter who's radio you are using. The idea is to make contacts. If there are several people around, let them have a go at working the other station. Especially if they are activating a park. That helps out your fellow ham.

Where did you get those great POTA log sheets? Are they downloadable somewhere?

@hamradiotube

4 жыл бұрын

I got them from one of the guys I was with. He just so happens to be one of the admins for POTA. I do not think they are available for download but I'll ask him to put them on parksontheair.com next time I see him.

@skepticalmechanic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your awesome videos!

Great Work!!! What did you use as a logbook template?

@hamradiotube

6 жыл бұрын

Steve Goyette I just logged in my notebook then added them to my logging program on my computer. I have HamLog on my phone but that was doing the recording.

@stevegoyette4785

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I meant the paper logbook you showed with the POTA logo on it. Is that something that can be downloaded and printed?

@stevegoyette4785

6 жыл бұрын

BTW, really liking your videos. Keep it up!!! I just joined POTA here in Canada (now that Canadian parks are there) so your video was VERY helpful.

@hamradiotube

6 жыл бұрын

Lood me up on QRZ, send me an email and I'll send you a copy. I think its in the works to get it on the POTA site for download.

Did Marc have plans for his battery box? I like that.

@hamradiotube

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think so. I just made one myself and just kinda put it together. It is a nice box though.

@dougdukes1039

5 жыл бұрын

@@hamradiotube did you do a vid? Hope so

@hamradiotube

5 жыл бұрын

Doug Dukes I sure did not. There are so many battery box videos on KZread it’s crazy. I would hold out to see what OH8STN is making though. It’s gonna be sweet.

What kind of antenna are you useing

@hamradiotube

6 жыл бұрын

I'm using my 20 meter speaker wire dipole. I forgot to hit record when I was showing that. You can see me using it in my other videos though. Thanks for watching! 73.

Upload your logs mike :) We have a QSO in there - 73 de N3VMC

@hamradiotube

6 жыл бұрын

I will. I've been too busy editing this video! Awesome you're on here ;)

@vinced.7713

6 жыл бұрын

No worries! Awesome video (and videos). I have the same Wolf River setup and it seems to have worked well for you on 40. Hope to work you in the future p2p or elsewhere! 73 Vince

@hamradiotube

6 жыл бұрын

Update, all logs have been submitted to LOTW, QRZ, and emailed to POTA. Thanks again!

@hamradiotube

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah that antenna was awesome! I think I'm gonna have to get me one of those.

I like to know more about building the same battery pack. do you have a link for it ? 73 kd8lnl

@hamradiotube

5 жыл бұрын

This is the video you want to watch. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hX57rdermaq4n84.html

giving a R1 S2 report I would have given a 4 by 4 minimum

what battery is in that box

@hamradiotube

5 жыл бұрын

marc hutchins he’s using some kind of lifepo4, he tells us in the video and I’m using a different kind of lifepo4.

Is that tuner bracket for sale ?

@hamradiotube

5 жыл бұрын

I would not think so. He just made it for himself.

The viewers already know about 14.313. Armpit of the 20 meter band.

@hamradiotube

6 жыл бұрын

I had no clue. I know 7.2 is bad but I've never heard anything bad on 20.

@1958johndeere620

6 жыл бұрын

O ya, one day a constant recording " Your a f ' ing child molester. " Over and over and over. 7.2 is just as bad. 80 meter has their "CB" type area too. Its all over the place and is ridiculous. Wish it would go away. But what does the fcc go after???? The importer of baofeng.

do you guys ever work CW from your parks ? de W6LEN

@hamradiotube

4 жыл бұрын

I don't but there are people who do.

LOL... ask me about 14.313... he lives down the road from me and is one letter off my callsign.

@hamradiotube

5 жыл бұрын

They told me a little bit about it when we were out. I've never heard anything bad on 20 meters. 7.200 on the other hand...

N8TUW : you a 59er

I wanna do this! I just requested to join the Facebook page. -n8xrv

@hamradiotube

6 жыл бұрын

Brian Wolf it’s so much more fun than just going to a random location and it gives more incentive for people to come back to your cq I think. No expert am I of course.

could hardly hear. Audio TOO low.