Wait! Don't Buy This Pocket HF Ham Radio

Wait! Don't Buy This Pocket HF Ham Radio - uSDR Clone!!

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Жыл бұрын

This Pocket uSDR is a clone of the good work of DL2MAN and PE1NNZ. Further is has very inconsistent quality and its difficult to get a good version of this. I consider myself lucky!
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@batica81 Жыл бұрын

If unnamed cloners of a "free" hobby project (uSDX) were able to make this, imagine what an actual electronics company could if they cared. I'm pretty sure a decent qrp handheld can be made and be sold for under $200 but if we ever see it, I guess it would be $1200. However the convergence between maker and ham communities is happening, and I'm sure will bring us more interesting stuff. Also, it seems ham radio is becoming very popular in China and that is a good thing too.

@alanwheelock1460 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for buying all the cheap stuff and playing with it. Cant wait for your annual Christmas junk stocking stuffer party

@Jody_VE5SAR Жыл бұрын

I'll take my $100 and buy the 2023 collector's edition of the ARRL handbook instead... thanks for the heads up! 🙂

@khalstead3 Жыл бұрын

Any word on when the 2023 handbook is going to be published? I called them a few weeks ago and they said maybe sometime in late October or November, I thought.

@Jody_VE5SAR Жыл бұрын

@@khalstead3 I was able to put my order in last night (there's a link from the ARRL's home page)... and there was no indication it was not in stock... so I'm hoping they're shipping now. I received the downloadable content already.

@primedir Жыл бұрын

@@khalstead3 Got mine last week. Looks great.

@khalstead3 Жыл бұрын

@@Jody_VE5SAR Awesome! I’ll check out the website.

@khalstead3 Жыл бұрын

@@primedir Great! Glad to hear it.

@nevellgreenough404 Жыл бұрын

Interesting development! By the way, the audio quality of the truSDX can be improved somewhat by replacing the plastic ring that mounts the speaker with 2 small screws and nuts (#2-56 or 2mm) through the front panel. The spacing is just about right to pinch the speaker rim in place. This gives the speaker a little bigger baffle to work with. Tnx and 73s, N2GX

@Blue-Collar-Radio Жыл бұрын

A radio like that with good quality control would be awesome!

@UnderTheBigOak Жыл бұрын

I have been waiting a long time for a real hand held HF rig. It's totally possible today. (that radio isn't it, but..) others have commented the same, if a big player in ham gear just saw the opportunity - a hand held HF with all the cool features would be a huge hit.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Жыл бұрын

The issue is you still need an hf antenna. So you’re not really going to be hand held and effective.

@COASTALWAVESWIRES Жыл бұрын

Awesome, now I feel even better about the horrible review I gave this thing on my channel. Thanks for this video. 73, Walt K4OGO

@DonzLockz Жыл бұрын

Haha, thats hilarious!😆 It looks like a toy but actually works... sometimes! Hope they get their QC sorted because it would be good if it was reliable?🤷‍♂️

@timmiesloan9850 Жыл бұрын

Small size is great. Little to buggy. Maybe someday they'll improve the quality. Thanks for the review

@buzzkillg230rc Жыл бұрын

you should play with the TX drive setting and PA Bias min/max too much drive makes your ssb audio sound over deviated.

@norm_sueb122 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!

@Tocsin-Bang 7 ай бұрын

I have a clone which was kind of OK for a month or so then the encoder started playing up, and I had to get a new one. Now I have bought an authorised kit from one of the approved suppliers. The quality is brilliant, I started assembly this morning, but I'm taking it very slowly, I reckon about a wee|!

@angelscomputers 8 ай бұрын

I like the usdx but my grieve is the no knob to scroll through frequencies and that “clone” has it. Ahhhh. Usdx makes a setting where I can use the volume knob as a vfo knob and I’m sold

@gvii Жыл бұрын

I'll give them credit for the speaker if not much else. I wish the speaker on my PortaPack was that loud, and I put a decent speaker in there, lol. But I guess if they got the crap worked out, it wouldn't be so bad. But that QC is something else. Ooof...

@dangermandave67 Жыл бұрын

What grief are you having with the (tr)uSDX? I've used mine on a couple of SOTA activations and it seems to work OK. Not the most polished piece of kit, but obviously some corners have to be cut to achieve the price and size.

@K0DMT Жыл бұрын

Neat little radio. I’m curious about the 2 colors on the screen of the trusdx. Anyone have any info? I bought mine prebuilt and it’s just that blue green color.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Жыл бұрын

Yeah. I bought a two tone screen and swapped it myself. 🤙

@tjbjr02 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I’m more interested in that mini straight key. Where did you find that?

@thibeault Жыл бұрын

Looks like a CW Morse Nano QRP key.

@tjbjr02 Жыл бұрын

@@thibeault Thanks. I'm going to check that out

@aj2isotadxing Жыл бұрын

The question I have is, did you ever make a ssb contact with it successfully?

@HamRadioCrashCourse Жыл бұрын

After I aligned it I did. But only one.

@gallonsofhairspray5451 Жыл бұрын

That’s rad anyway! Thanks for the vid

@haramanggapuja Жыл бұрын

Josh, I bought one of those & discovered that the speaker magnet locked the band switch relays. Take te speaker out, it worked fine. Speaker in, band switching locked/latched wrong. Then there was that tuning knob/switch thingie. Messing with it, I eventually bricked the little dude. Might have been fun but for the poor design choices. So yeah: WoM (waste of money). 73 de W8IJN

@HamRadioCrashCourse Жыл бұрын

That is wild. Thanks for the tip!

@danlazer8762 Жыл бұрын

As quirky as it is I went ahead and ordered one. I dig small CW rigs and with some tweaking I think this little thing might be fun to play with. We'll see when it arrives in a month.

@conchd Жыл бұрын

How did it work for you?

@eacuatrogndecoalfagnd5295 Жыл бұрын

configure menu is very important select in menu AGC slow att 2 the power pa bias mini 0 pa bias max 110 for no destroy the PA

@eacuatrogndecoalfagnd5295 Жыл бұрын

mic for audio ssb is ver bad but you external mic solutions for this for no distorsion in CW use AGC SLOW

@GigaBrand Жыл бұрын

Ok how TF did they get cw decode but my x5105 is still busted smh xiegue

@the_mad_swimbaiter455 Жыл бұрын

This was my 1st qrp radio.... nobody could ever hear me. It's sitting on the floor under my desk in my shack with random cables...

@DARTHDANSAN Жыл бұрын

Aww what a shame

@2ftg Жыл бұрын

Is it a clone if the design is open source and it's an original design?

@HamRadioCrashCourse Жыл бұрын

Yea.

@pasjeihobby Жыл бұрын

Looks neat but propably it's a huge mess inside.

@K4AX Жыл бұрын

I'm so over the usdr/usdx

@HamRadioCrashCourse Жыл бұрын

lol, ok?

@K4AX Жыл бұрын

@@HamRadioCrashCourse sorry just bad experiences haha, I do enjoy the content though 😁

@eacuatrogndecoalfagnd5295 Жыл бұрын

AGC SLOW for audio problems menu AGC

@davidsradioroom9678 Жыл бұрын

You get what you pay for. thanks.

@AlexYounger Жыл бұрын

What is it?

@HamRadioCrashCourse Жыл бұрын

It’s a radio.

@AlexYounger Жыл бұрын

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Oh.

@KB0OTY Жыл бұрын

I kind of want one.