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Great way to spend and share breakfast at sunrise best part of the day 👍

Congratulations mate, I remember mine on a 1w home brew from the north east coast of uk to Sweden. G4xdj as was, now zl3xdj and still using qrp cw.73.

FT817ND is a Swiss Army knife of transceivers. You don't need many radios, just 1 radio such as 817 or maybe even Icom IC703 QRP. If you want more power, just hook up a HF amp. I use Tokyo Hy-Power 45B amp inline to help me with contacts when operating from a base station. For SOTA/POTA activations, I just use it with my trusty LDG Z817 tuner. Will never sell mine for anything else and any additional bells and whistles with a more expensive rigs are very marginal.

Top Bloke! Thanks for the video.... great help! Cheers

Thanks a lot! I got that radio and It was very useful!

This receiver is sensitive. Connected my QSX+ and FT818 on the same antenna with a Y. They heard the same signals equally. Hard to tell even on the weakest signals. I have to recommend the QCX+ Very Highly.

This is a good follow up and very interesting, thanks! Would I be correct in thinking that during your lunch break, the battery was able to recover enough for a final fling?

A great video as always. I'm amazed at how much can be achieved by so little.

Thanks a lot! Very good idea to use 817 with 3x 18650!

This channel is now my main reference to operate and learn how to use my FT-817ND. Though it came almos new in the box, I am its third owner. The first owner was British and he unlocked it, maybe because he wanted to use the 60m band. Thanks a lot!

I have an FT-817ND and I wonder if these tips are also good for it since this video features an FT-817. It is a great radio and for those who like DXing, its reception is very good and its features are of great use.

Brilliant video. Thank you so much. Your style of presentation is superb and this video has helped me set up my 818.

Thank you for the video! Very informative!

HI again, When using the module in the video to light up an LED strip, it works, but it's much less bright than when powering the LED strip directly. I'm using the supplied 12v power supply to power it and it's super bright when powered directly but only maybe 30% of the brightness when activated by the PIR. It turns out that the 10k resistor is only allowing 7.4v to get to the LEDs when they want all 12v coming from the power supply. I jumpered the resistor and it's as bright as it is when powered directly from the psu and working great!.

How about trying a BFY51 or BD139? G7VFY

Thank you! Great video.

excellent

👍Thanks for sharing. I shall listen out for you on my Pixie.

Voltage in, and antenna?

Thank-you. I enjoy my Pixie converted to 20 meters. I have worked 35 States with my dipole.

Hi. greeting from turkey, I saw your video while doing BFO research. 73

Thanks for the interesting video. I found your channel because of your very good QRP labs and FT817 content. Those are the radios I also use. I've been out of the hobby for decades but digital modes got me interested again. I'd not heard of that transceiver before. It's amazing how they can be so very cheap. Some are less than a fiver! Thanks again

What a great Radio it never ceases to amaze me. I’m currently using an 818.

I have had my FT-817nd for a number of years and have made numerous global contacts using, it’s a fabulous radio! Having said that I learned so much from this video. Thank you very much for sharing!!

Excellent video. I have the older QCX+ and I love it.I have worked all over Europe from here in Florida USA on 40 meters. Antenna is a half wave end fed cut for 80 meters and strung to the top of a pine tree in a V configuration. All the very best, N2SN.

I've got the ft818nd why when I get to about 200 cnl on lsb, or 350 usb, it says TX ERROR

QRPp levels, good show OM. 72 de AI5DD

Was expecting a 15m mast and Steppir....

Inspiring me to get into QRP and CW! Thanks for sharing your adventure

Well done, I think I need to make one of these.

Other DSS VFO sketches have a frequency calibration mode menu feature. Maybe one can be added as it will be a lot easier than having to load it from a computer every time.

Cool I love QRP

Just a simple loop at the top of the mast? I’ve used a pulley, but a) they seize & b) the cable, or support line always seems to snag. Your KISS seems to be the answer - so simple.

Looks like a great selection of jams, uncle mort!

What's the grade of the wire? And how little power are you using for TX QRP?

Well done that man, qrp is great. 73 zl3xdj.

Does it have SWR meter?

HI, Is there a pir that sends a signal for 1 second only when motion detected and another signal when it times out from the same output? I would like to make a simple motion detector to turn my video camera on and off. I aready have a remote controller for my camera with a spare transmitter and the one button turns the camera on and off. I could use the transister to operate a relay to short out the switch in the transmitter. Great video. Thankyou.

Would it not make sense to calibrate at a much higher frequency? I would think higher frequencies (like 4x your maximum expected operating frequency), the total error at lower frequencuiies would be almost a non-issue. Also, are you using a TCXO on the Si5351?

nice landscape. and thats it why qrp works. the other station has the big beam :P

Nice video

Love the Marantz equipment. Still use a CD-63 MkII KI signature to this day!

Progrock2 is quite a thing. So versatile.

Why not just use a button directly connected to the arduino instead of the remote. Does it have any advantages other than looking cool? (Which is a completely valid reason to do this btw😅)

Great video! I really enjoyed your walk through. I have an 817 or 817ND can't remember. I bought it used. I need to go through it's menus and check the settings to see if I can improve anything. My family bought me a used IC-705 last August for my birthday so I haven't used the 817 or my mcHF transceiver since. Thanks

Thank you for the video, I have an 817 and really ought to update the battery pack and use it more often. Have you joined the GQRP club? 73 G0JLF

wondering if i can use these to directly replace HC-6/U unobtainium crystals? in an old Military transmitter/Receiver which originally put about 60mA through the original crystal in transmit?

Good day Sir 👋 How may I set my 4 pcs of 4 pin rgb led module to my 4 pcs of speakers separately 1st 4pin rgb led module to 1st speaker, 2nd 4pin rgb led module to 2nd speaker, 3rd 4pin rgb led module to 3rd speaker and 4th 4pin rgb led module to 4th speaker with super slow changing colors such as 10 seconds delay transition colors of fading rgb and switch automatically to music reactive mode when there is playing music or songs on my videoke and turn back automatically to super slow changing colors of red green blue when there's no music playing or in standby mode? 4 pcs of 4 pin rgb led module to my 4 pcs of speakers separately: 1st 4pin rgb led module to 1st speaker, 2nd 4pin rgb led module to 2nd speaker, 3rd 4pin rgb led module to 3rd speaker and 4th 4pin rgb led module to 4th speaker

amazing

WOW! Thaks!