Everyone commenting "Oh how cool, sweet antenna!" or "Nice job hauling the 7300 portable!" or any of the other silly radio comments. It's almost as if hams don't recognize a good beard when they see one.

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

Best comment on this video yet. 🤘😆

@markg6jvy135

3 жыл бұрын

😂👏

@KhelikMikhail

3 жыл бұрын

:))

At 4:06, you stated with a smile "I'm not gonna lie, this is totally ridiculous" ... yes, yes it is ... but it wouldn't be fun otherwise! Excellent work Adam! Love that homemade 10M beam, mini-rotor and swimming pool cleaner mast. This is what real HAM radio is all about, 73 buddy. KJ6ER, Silicon Valley

You are a living legend. Can’t wait for the ROHN’s R-55 50 ft freestanding tower SOTA edition.

It’s good to see a 7300 getting some true field experience.

Kudos to you for making that entire setup portable. Well done.

That was awesome - I think if you commercialised that 10m beam setup, you would be on a winner - rotator and all!!! Well done!

Good to see good ham radio KZread channel.... that is no trying to sell you something.

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, not selling anything. Full disclosure - I do include Amazon affiliate links to some of my gear and supplies that I buy from Amazon because I always get asked. I figure, if I'm going to send Amazon the traffic anyway, I might as well get a few pennies out of it since it doesn't cost the person making the purchase anymore. I do plan to start selling some kits to build my mini and fed half wave matching units because there has been so much interest in those. But, as you can probably tell, my goal with this channel is not to make money, it's to get you all stoked on playing radio and building stuff.

Well done 👍👍👍

I admire your perseverance Adam, of hauling all that gear, love the ic-7300, hopefully we'll get a chance to work you on the bands, keep up the good work, de Ei2iP...

Awesome setup to have for SOTA, props for carrying it all up there....

One of the best SOTA videos I've seen.

I worked Javier (CE7VPQ) from my oilfield supply boat in the Gulf of Mexico on 20 M/SSB with my G-90 @ 20 watts. Awesome video, De KN4EQG

Brave man hauling a $1500 rig (well, it WAS originally priced at $1500, you can pick up an IC-7300 for just under a grand today with rebates) out into the field!

One hell of great job you did there! I really like that. Merry x-mas to you and yours. Stay safe & 73's de Günter

Very cool Adam. Back in 2012 when i started SOTA. I carried a icom 706 and a 7ah lead acid battery and a home-brewed buddiestick. My pack weighted about 35 pounds and i did that for the first few years until i got a ft-817 and built some wire antennas. Conditions back then were great on 10m. Regularly worked NZ and Australia on SSB. Fun times. 73 de Kf7sey

I could stay up there forever. Its beautiful.

Inspiring video w/ lots of good info; great antenna. Thanks for your mountain rescue work! 73 DE KT6L

Wow! You've got to be the most inventive engineer I know. What an inspiration to all of us newbies. Thank you for sharing your HAM adventures and inventions.

I absolutely love your videos. Inspired to say the least!

An interesting creation....the antenna. Thanks for showing us.

Love the attitude! You are truly having a great time and it inspires me to get more active. Thanks for a great video!

Just made my first real (not on a local repeater) QSOs today, chasing come POTA activators. What I really want to do though, is SOTA! Been watching a lot of your stuff for a while now, very inspirational to me! You are a maniac dragging that skyscraper up that mountain! (hahahahaha, only joking, but maybe not totally joking) Thank you for this video! Have some stitches in my right foot, but I'll be out of the boot on my right foot in 4 1/2 weeks, and I'll be activating, in part, motivated by this video!!!

Adam, thats so awesome! That looked like so much fun!

great video showing what a dominating location does for contacts.

haha great and thanks for writing the cw code in text ... i am start learning morse code and doing also sota.... so it helps alot to see how conversations look like

That is impressive! An inspiration, thank you for sharing.

Great video, nice atmosphere, and sound is very very good 👍 , love that

Adam, you are one of my heroes. Thanks for sharing your journey!

Great stuff Adam.

"I'm not gonna lie, this is totally ridiculous" . NOT....OUTSTANDING!

Dude! Amazing construction skills! Love the rotor! You continue to set the bar Sir!

Awesome Adam! Just came across you on YT and watched this..Very impressive! I am now subscribed. :)

This was a great video again Adam! Its amazing how you get to know people on the air through repeated contacts.

Oh man !!! Idea for antenna is magnificent. Putting IC 7300 into the backpack in order to do SOTA it's a sign of deep devotion to the hobby :)

This is so awesome! Way to go.

This is inspiring! I'm working on getting my license back and going into General. I also looked at the SOTA summits and there's next to no activations on anything in my area... super cool

Hi,good video, i bring my Icom 7300 to the coast, but what you do is another level, keep up the good work, 73 from Rotterdam.

I did think it was just a little ridiculous when I saw the rotator 😄... Seriously, well done for lugging all that gear up there. Looks like you had some well deserved fun. Thanks for posting.

Increadible location, fantastic set-up! Love the beam! Once upon a time I used to have a Square 2 EL multiband Beam ( a simplified version of the Hex Beam :)) for some 3 years in permanent installation rotated by a small TV rotator. I'm a big fan of wire beams since ! And your project just proves it! 73! Linas LY2H

Fricken awesome man! I didn’t realize you had a rotator on that thing too, just amazing!!!

Hello Adam, great job with the contacts. Fantastic job taking all the gear up there. Some hike and some gear. Super antenna build. Yep four poles. It's been a long day. Motters M7TRS 73

You made it seem so effortless yet I know a lot of work went into this. Well done. Kudos to you for having all that gear up there.

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, design time on MMANA (I'm still learning), sketching up plans, welding some steel together for the center hub, boring out some PVC connectors on the lathe to fit a bearing, figuring out guy lines, breaking the tip of one of the poles, then deciding to shorten them all slightly... It's been a journey, and there's more to do on this one. It's far from perfect but constantly getting better.

OMG, that antenna. Looks like a big job to set that up. Nice video

what a great video K6ARK, the antenna looks amazing with a great performer , 73 from Massachusetts.

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

And it'll get better when I add an element for another 2 dB and a lot better F/B

I really like the set up with motor for rotating. Nice 10m beam and activation.

Crazy-cool video and accomplishment Adam! Really nice. Thanks for all your efforts and the nice production! You're an inspiration, man! 👍📻⚡Cheers & 73, Tom - WA7FLY

You're an animal, Adam. Keep it up.

Sorry I missed this one live. Love learning from you and going with you on these adventures! Oh, and we share an appreciation for bad-A brands of clothing!!

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brooke! Serious outdoor shenanigans warrant some quality gear. By the way, I loved your stream with TO.

@bubbas3rd

3 жыл бұрын

@@K6ARK Thank you!!!! I had a blast for sure!

Well done, fantastic!

Great job. I want one set up like that. 73.

This video brings new meaning to the phrase “Send it!”

Kicked in around 20:00 and i started jamming to it😂

That shot of you sitting there rotating it south to Chile is incredible haha!

I was listening in on this contest with my rtl-sdr. I heard you a few times in Louisiana. P.s. going take my tech test on the Jan 7th.

@jeffryblackmon4846

3 жыл бұрын

BEST WISHES FOR SUCCESS!

@ecv03

3 жыл бұрын

Did you pass the test?

@markdupuis879

3 жыл бұрын

@@ecv03 yes I did! Now I need to get my general.

Outstanding 😅

i miss san diego. I was stationed there in the early 2000's having those trails out your back door is amazing. I got a buddy who owns a outdoor shop called kit fox outfitters. If you ever stop in tell the big guy I say hello! Maybe you can talk him into being a sota guy haha.

Absolute mental antenna... would love to build one like that.

Great vid. your camera is great too the scenic footage is awesome. impressed you decided to haul all that gear up there- you reap what you sow! I use a Icom 706 for portable - not the smallest but its ok. cant imagine ever pulling my Icom 751 off the bench and carrying up a summit- though interestingly it could be done! great Qso's Job Done-Well Done, SUBSCRIBED,. M7PBX. P.S. @ Michael Thompson, the beard is cool- but not white like mine!

Great video! Just upgraded from a 718 to a 7300. Loving it so far, but have yet to hear anyone on 10m in my location........

Awesome, just awesome!

There was a ton more activity on cw. Plus you get a 10db advantage. Glad you had fun!

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps next year I'll do CW, or both. I spent so much time on SSB, I decided to just stick with it for the day other than the SOTA contacts.

@michaelmurphy5834

3 жыл бұрын

@@K6ARK California appeared to have much better propagation than Ohio. I had 250 plus Q’s on CW. I ran about 300 watts and a TH11 at 60 feet and it often felt like a struggle.

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

We had a good pipeline North and South, but not much to the East.

Sure hope after all of that long hike and walk that you were able to accumulate a ton of points in your 10 meter contest Merry belated Christmas and Happy New Year 2021!!!! 73 Anthony O.Ridlen KC9QVE Amateur Extra Marion,Indiana

THANKS ,, ANTRIM IRELAND

Good stuff!

This is advanced level, bringing a beam and IC7300.

Not a clue whats going on here...... but as a fan of Radio i think this is the most fun video ive seen in a long time. keep it up, jersey checking in

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

Basically, I'm using radio waves bounced off of the ionosphere to talk to a bunch of people in South America from California. And my antenna is a crazy rickety fiberglass frame with some wires which somehow focus my radio signal where I point it. It's stupid good fun 🤘😆👍

Cool video! What we do for the hobby! looks like it was fun 🤩 i could sit there operating CW All damn day!

Love that antenna ! I may have to steal your design..... I've never back packed my 7300, but have used it portable several times. Now that I see that it can be done, it gives me some confidence that I can do it also. Nice video ! VA7BVV

Awesome!!!

A worm screw drive on that rotator would be self-braking in wind. To some extent...

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, good idea. I may try that. The round belt on the pulleys slips, which I kinda wanted to prevent damage. I have some toothed pulleys and belt as well that I want to try.

That is insane! Wow so cool! Inspirational! HRCC brought me here 73 de N2NLQ

Kudos for that great effort! Very inspiring! 👍👍👍 K6ARK appears to be a difficult call sign on air. I note that call signs that have letters repeated in them seem to cause people confusion. A guy in the UK had 2E0EZT and the 'echo-zero-echo-zulu' bit threw people quite often.

I “liked” for the SOTA operation, now I’m commenting for the beard.

waoohh you number one terrific set up you the best thanks 73 from kb2uew

Legend!

10m contest was great here south of Boston. De w1cjf

that is a badass setup

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

I even did some (not very) badass (really sloppy) welding to make the hub out of some notched fence top rail. Methinks I need to watch some of your videos.

@BadassWeldingVideos

3 жыл бұрын

@@K6ARK oh, i dont do how to videos, but i am planning on building a nice and tall tower one day. that will be the video to watch

Great pole/beam setup! 73 DM2VV

This is great! My hero. I just realized you took your 7300 to summit.However the antenna is great. Consider a multiband dual quad?? The band opening was awesome!. The antenna is great! KD9POE

so crazy that it is great! well done de AI6XG

Bought hand held cobra CB and now i am @ an end of a rabbit hole

Hello from JA. I like it with lots of ideas. but To carry more than 20 kg, it is difficult for a small people like us :) seeya on wave Adam.

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, true! The antenna is only about 3 kg. My pack was less than 16 kg. And I am a small person as well - 68 kg. 😁

@user-sb1vr8td7y

3 жыл бұрын

@@K6ARK really! I'm bigger hehe. In the same contest, I moved to the middle of Mt. Fuji and operated it with a 7300 and 20Kg 1.5KWh LifePo4 portable battery. but condition was bad, North America didn't worked.

You are MAD...but in a very good way!!! You did really well with the contacts and I loved the beam and rotator. Look forward to seeing further developments of this. Just wondering if you considered making a 2 element qua-gi using your struts and wire techique?

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but then you need a rigid boom or a really funky hub and 2 more poles. Designing for portable is just that much harder. Yagis are easier.

@acestudioscouk-Ace-G0ACE

3 жыл бұрын

@@K6ARK Understood, thanks Adam.

Very nice I like it. I love to see a more detailed video of the antenna. I wasn't really able to figure out if its configure as a Moxon or if there are elements strung across like a yagi. I'm guessing the later, if so how many elements is it 2 plus reflector?

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

Standard yagi configuration. 4 elements currently, but I'm adding one more for a total of 5. "Boom length" will be 7.5 m.

🤜🏻👍🤛🏻♡♡♡

@wild-radio7373

3 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate the timelapse video of the fog rolling in ♡ beautiful. I can imagine myself there with you ♡

@wild-radio7373

3 жыл бұрын

. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d5Oc25qbmK6occ4.html

I know Axel. I used to be a part of ARC El Cajon. De AG6KA 73

Serious signal... 100 watts through summit yagi!

Really awesome video and great beam. Has been funny to know how big battery pack you have, how many Ah when running the 7300?

HA !!! Getting Axel RRN for your first, he's a great contest officianado and an awesome operator! !!! LOL that's great...As for the ridiculousness of the the antenna, your a man after my own heart, carrying too much just for the experimental fun of it. I have a portable Spider Beam I want to haul up somewhere one day! KJ6VCM Awesome video !

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter, there may be a homebrew spiderbeam in my future at some point.

thank you for the video, very inspirating antenna... and of course nice contacts. VY 73 de Ľubo... OM6IN

Simply awesome. You are an inspiration to many. Merry Christmas. John N6NRO Lompoc

Very, very cool! How many AH was that battery? I take it there wasn't much juice left after your operation?

KD2QOJ. Great antenna performance

Well done with the beam and rotator, I use a pair of KR400s on my vhf field station, makes operating so much better. It was great to hear your contact with ZL1BYZ and I wondered if you turned the beam around to VK/ZL to see if propagation was there for others. Were you running the 7300 at full power? I missed the details on your battery capacity (edit: 12AH ok great). I’ve used the IC706 for 20m activations for LP to EU and the extra power sure helps. Great video editing, I’ve tried making videos of activations but I never get anything like your results. Keep up the good work... Andrew vk1da

Amazing video, that beam is awesome. I have a non radio related question? Which model of La Sportiva shoes are those and would you recommend them?

Have you considered using the HealthKit sb 200 this boat anchor would be a great seat warmer while making contacts .

Your sort of crazy xD The good sort of crazy. I would never carry all that up a summit. (That is if I had summits around me.)

Subscribed, love these SOTA and POTA channels (like Outdoors On The Air - Tracey - VE3TWM). I'm thinking about getting into SOTA/POTA, loved that behemoth antenna. What I would love to know is exactly how did you guy that down? That's one thing I don't understand when working with rocky or very hard surfaces. Thanks and great stuff, keep it up! 73 KE7BUA.

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

Sweet, thanks Jason. I stat with a PVC fitting used as a hub for the guy points on the pole. I drilled 4 holes and tied small loops of cord to tie off to. photos.app.goo.gl/Yxmw1yax1KifYLGH8 I carry 4 stakes with about 6 feet or cord attached to each. The stakes are aluminum tent stakes - knock-offs of the MSR groundhog style. There are lots of ways to get them wedged into cracks in the rocks. For example, in a narrower crack just point the stake into the crack and pull perpendicular to the crack. The stake will stick even in a loose crack. For more direct pulls in a wider crack, stick the stake in backwards with the tip against one wall and tied end further in against the other wall. Apply tension and the canning action will hold it in place. Don't release tension or it'll fall out. These tips work great when all you've got are rocks and cracks.

@jasonjasper4467

3 жыл бұрын

@@K6ARK Thanks for the very detailed reply! I also use a 3" PVC drainage pipe to hold up my 12 meter Spiderbeam that supports my endfed, but it's staked in grass. The part that I wasn't sure about was the actual tie downs/stakes in rocks. That's what I thought you did but wasn't sure. Ingenious really! Thanks again, 73.

My craziest (read: "dumbest") SOTA pack load was a Yaesu FT450AT in a pelican case, 44Ah lead acid battery (actually two 22s), a Wolf River Coil TIA1000 antenna with all of the radials, 75' of RG8X, a netbook computer with extra battery, 2m HT, 2m tape measure yagi, and other misc pieces and parts. The whole shooting match was ~65lb. Thanks lead acid batteries!! It was about 2 miles of hiking each way. It was stupid. I didnt even make all that many contacts considering hauling all that crap up there. Never again. hahaha

@K6ARK

3 жыл бұрын

Ha! Nice, Steve, that's awesome. Thanks for sharing your story.

Crazy, but effective