This one: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C2HLX1JC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

It's an outstanding key! You'll love it

Yeah, that's a valid point. It certainly would have gotten the job done on QRP. As for the flutter, I'm not sure. You're right that it did kind of sound like Aurora. Normally when there's a flare, it just kills the signals pretty much entirely. I'm not sure what was going on, but it was weird. Thanks for watching!

LOL that's awesome! It's a great key!

They're trying to not zero beat me, but in the process they're moving WAY off frequency. Just adds to the challenge LOL

I'm gonna pick up a 710 Field I think. It's 99% of the radio at 2/3 the cost and 3/4 the size. Great rig

I really like the FT-710 Field. It has kind of a quirky thump on the sidetone, which bothered me at first, but I don't notice it any more. Maybe they will fix it in a firmware update although it doesn't matter to me now. Strange how I've come to ignore it. Other than that, it's an awesome performer.

Yeah, that park is LOUD! That's the one drawback LOL

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LOL, sometimes bigger IS better 🤣

Hey Coe! I just figured I'd let you know that I gave you a shout out at the end of the video that comes out tomorrow night. Hopefully I can set up a time when you can swing down to the park and see how everything works!

Super cool.

I have no issues narrowing the filter on the G90 to make it perfectly usable for CW. You can set the upper and lower edges just like any other radio. I've probably made around 1000 CW contacts on it with zero issues. Now, it's nowhere near as good as one of my high end radios, but it's absolutely serviceable.

Yeah, I use the cable with the 705, and it works well. Good to hear that they're working through the backlog of orders!

Good question, and I don't have an answer. I almost never use headphones, and I don't think I've ever used them on either one of these radios, so I don't have an answer for you unfortunately.

@@EvanK2EJT no problem. Thanks anyway

Yeah, if it had a memory keyer I'd probably use it more. It's kind of a pain when you have to call CQ over and over by hand LOL.

@@EvanK2EJT Precisely. Which made me go get a 705...🤣🤣🤣

Agreed! 🤣

Oh, trust me, they get BEAT UP! They're on my feet as I type this, and they're a mess. They are just super tough, so they don't look beat up when you clean and oil them.

I built it. I got the barrel jack pigtails on Amazon, and stuck Anderson Powerpoles on it. Here's a link to the pigtails: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072BXB2Y8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

@@EvanK2EJT Thank you Evan. Where did you get your sparkplug antenna?

@@janiceemery2008 www.sparkpluggear.com/

Definitely! A white dial would be fantastic!

I'm sure I'll catch you on 40m some day!

Downside I guess would be you’d probably have to remove the covers to make adjustments. But with the screws being on the opposite sides you could probably just remove one at a time.

I agree with that assessment. The paddles are too small and too close together. I like the key a lot, but that's definitely one thing I think needs to be improved.

The link in the description is from a vendor that's on the approved list by DL2MAN for the (tr)uSDX. I figure if they're good enough to build a radio and have him authorize them, they can put together a tuner. It's honestly hard to know what you're getting with some of these things, but if you buy it from that Amazon link you should be good to go

@@EvanK2EJT i hear yea Sir - Much Obliged

Wow! That's FAST. Eric K9VIC waited almost 13 months for his.

@@EvanK2EJT We both got ours around the same time. I actually end up using my LDG z100plus more though, and it was so much cheaper.

I don't own one, so I can't speak from personal experience. I'm not a kit builder, and finished radios are a LONG wait. I'm not sure if Hans ever got the AGC working correctly either, so that could be an issue.

I just run those 4 counterpoises in the video on every band from 40 up. On 80M I use those 4 radials plus a piece of Faraday cloth.

The ZM-2 shouldn't.......The radio should see 1:1 with the switch in "tune" mode.

@@EvanK2EJT I’ll check again to see if the idiot factor was enabled 😆

@@EvanK2EJT thanks for doing the video . Yeah full idiot factor kicked in. Just tested the ZM-2 and works absolutely fine .

@@dugbohamradio LOL I was gonna say......I've never seen anything but 1:1 with it in Tune mode. Glad you got it working!

@@EvanK2EJT It supplies a safe load, but not necessarily a 50 ohm load. If you look at the circuit you'll see that there is a bridge, two 50 ohm resistors in series to ground on the left side of the bridge and a single 50 ohm resistor in series with the load (as transformed by the tuner) to ground on the right side of the bridge. The indicator circuitry is across the bridge so that if the load becomes 50 ohms then the bridge is balanced and the indicator light goes out. Worst cases are if the load is open or shorted. A shorted load gives 100 ohms in parallel with 50 ohms, or 33.33 ohms so the SWR is 1.5. An open load gives 100 ohms so the SWR is 2.0. Anything else will give an SWR that cannot be any worse than 2.0 which should be safe for most transmitters. If you want even more protection you can build a Pi or T 50 ohm to 50 ohm pad out of three resistors to be placed between the transmitter and the ZM-2 while tuning. The more attenuation you build into the pad, the safer things will be (but the harder it will be to tell when you've come closest to a match). Of course you remove the pad after you get it tuned, just as you flip the switch on the ZM-2. Some people leave the ZM-2 switch in tune position even after completing the tuning, to go QRPp. If you get a perfect match, the resistive network in the ZM-2 will attenuate both transmitted and received signals 6 dB or 1 S unit. I wouldn't do that, because the rectifying diode and the LED might produce some (very weak) harmonics and to the extent that they made it through the tuner resonated on the fundamental, they'd get radiated. David VE7EZM

You're welcome!

Thanks 😁

Yeah, the 50 ohm load is nice when you're worried about the delicate finals in some of these radios. It definitely gives you peace of mind. As for the FX4-CR....get one if you can. They're awesome 😁

Yeah, the mosquitos are obnoxious, but I'm used to them LOL. As for the antenna, you are correct. The issue is that in a lot of these places you can't put anything in the trees, so a wire antenna isn't really viable. It's a pain in the butt, but it is what it is.

That never occurred to me, but that's definitely an additional plus for the Z match tuner!

Both absolutely spot on! It's definitely not perfect.....but it's hard to argue with how well it works for what it costs.