Love the (tr)uSDX and digirig!

Amazing walk thru of gear and organizational system. Just found your channel and wow, cannot wait to watch more videos!!! Great presentation !!!!

I have never been a QRP guy, usually big antennas and a lot of power. However, with my job I move and live in other peoples houses and it is hard for me to have a good ham radio station. Watching a lot of videos I have got interested in QRP. I bought a G-90 and I have had a lot of fun with it. Now I am searching for a good QRP radio to be even more portable. I think this video might have me convinced to buy one.

Great setup! i have been wanting to try that style of antenna. also never thought about time syncing on ft8 freqs brilliant! 73

Dude, that is an awesome setup. I'm trying to figure out a similar kit, and I found this very helpful. Thanks for sharing it!

Can you share a components list? Great setup!

very impressive! I like your setup... 73 w8rlp

I look forward to the follow up on the antenna

Great technical video! Knots in your antenna wire is brilliant, like the camouflage finish in the woods too.

Great station fantastic 73 from kb2uew

Very nice setup. My kit is almost identical, but a bit larger and heavier, as that's always the trade-off. I do it as a 2 bag kit, a minimalist bag, and a companion bag that contains the extra stuff. I thought about the various scenarios I might find myself in and set up the bags to fit them. I use an old tablet PC, and added 2 more HT's, a Baofeng, and also a TYT that can be set up for cross-band repeating. The idea being that I may need to communicate with someone who is going out and about from my location who didn't have an HT of their own. So I have the versatility and extra battery capacity of a total of 3 HT's, or 2 HT's and the TYT repeater at some high point or at a halfway point a few miles out. The other things I added were a second (tr)uSDX, (and antenna,) one that covers the Classic bands. In addition to being a backup rig, or second site HF radio it gives me more (but partly overlapping) band coverage. The (tr)uSDX kits are so cheap, tiny, and light, why not pack a second one? I also added one of those $17 eBay HF amps that's good for about 45 W for a few more dB if its output power becomes more important than its current draw. I used a very small heatsink because of their size and weight, but I would just have to keep the duty cycle down. I wouldn't be chatting away all day, anyway. I also included a small but decent CW key. Finally, I included a tiny cordless soldering repair kit with the absolute minimum of tools in order to do minor repair and to build antennas from whatever is handy. Those things of course add to the size and weight, but they greatly increase adaptability to any situation, and are still reasonable to carry as part of a backpack survival load, especially if one assumes that others may be around to share the load at some point. I'd urge others to consider the idea of a 2-bag kit like mine to see if it suits them as well..

Superlative!

Very nice!!!

Excellent

Great video. I'm surprised you can operate a computer with such a minimal choke on the coax. I've found the RFI from these end-fed antennas can be terrible, causing all sorts of problems for the computer.

The chalk box and knots is really nice, could you list the model and specs of your ms surface go tablet, so I purchase the correct one? Have you also tried running plane plotter on your tablet? I have a similar NVIS setup with the TRuSDX now, such a fantastic radio! Thanks for sharing you rig!!

Nicely done. Is there any special settings on the radio to run digital modes?

I haven't had the greatest experience with the trusdx on digital. The transceiver constantly wigged out.

I guess "cheap" is relative. The (tr)usdx is a phenomenal little transceiver for about $144, but when you have to add a $400 Windows computer, calling it inexpensive is a stretch. I sure wish we could see a solution using the Android platform as it would reduce size, weight, and cost significantly.

New ham here, been wanting to do something like this, but I have a lot to learn first. Could you link some of the things in the video? Thanks! 73

Fabulous! I LOVE your kit! I am particularly interested in the chalk line winder and the little MPPT charger. Got any links for those? Sort of guessing the winder might be 3d printed. Or maybe Amazon item # B01DP32GBE? I have a similar setup. I do all the power off a USB PD power bank. You can charge Surface AND do data from a single USB-C PD cable via a USB hub with PD passthru. Surface can actually charge faster via USB-C. And most foldable solar panels are designed to charge USB power banks. You can also charge other stuff like USB rechargeable head lamps, etc. I use a tiny $1 boost converter to raise the USB 5V to 13.8 the trusdx. This is only possible because of the low current of trusdx. My plan is to semi-permanently velcro and zip tie it all together on a stiff plastic sheet inside a molle IFAK pouch. This way the wiring mess is consolidated and only the USB cable, coax cable and antenna system have to come out.

Like the carry bag...do you have a reference for it

Cool as all this is, it's an awful lot of stuff.

What settings do you use for Winlink? Thanks. George VY1GP

Tying knots in the antenna wire is worth the price of admission to your video. Keep up the good work. Even though I like running QRP, I operate a FT-857D because the solar cycle isn't always at the top and I prefer SSB phone. I've threatened on adding Bluetooth CAT to my radio so I can use FLDIGI from my phone without acoustically coupling. I do have a Digirig for portable for JS8Call and Winlink from my gargantuan Dell laptop, but I don't carry the laptop too often. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLmYd7ydv62vnJc.html

What is the firmware version on your Trusdx? Mine is 2.00i

I couldn’t see how you connect your transformer to your chalk line box? Are you able to show that

Where did you get your plastic transport cover for the transceiver?

Awesome! Terrific portable and ingenious setup. All the best to you and your most excellent subscribers. AG7UW

Why can't you do CAT control through the Digirig? Wouldn't that clean up your PC to radio wiring? I think that is how you would do it between a computer and a Xiegu G-90.

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