HI. Did you manage to get the scan function working on your radio. I've tried just about every combination of settings and I cannot get my radio to scan.

I'm ok with no display, but no channel scanning capabilities is a deal breaker for me, because I'm not using it as a business radio and would like to monitor many different frequencies each time I use it.

Once I qua;ified as a ham and realised that my wife and neighbours would object to me putting up a fancy antenna I bought a 80-6 meter vertical with a 4:1 transformer and despite local hams disparaging remarks I have managed some great reults on it. I now have a pole and two other wire based Rybbs as I call them and love them to bits. Simple and effective - especially for QRP ops. 73 M7BLC

Thanks for the video. I do recommend the ATU-100, had it now for a couple of years and use it almost daily coupled with a 9:1 unun, tunes just about anything with any radio.

Great video, Morten. Thinking of your tuner issues, maybe have a look at the Emtech ZM-2. 73, Chris (2E0FRU)

How to full calibration include "Through", "Thruefl", "Isolation" options?

I use an EFHW antenna. No tuning ;-)

It is a pretty sweet feature. I’m just starting to use the SDR Control apps for the 705.

Awesome video :) thank you 73 44

Great! Thank you!

How do you like the iFTx app aside from no inbuilt PTT control? I think this should work fine with something like a Signalink USB. They present themselves as a usb sound card and have in built VOX circuit. With the iPhone 15 and some of the newer iPads switch to usb C, that should simplify the cabling. I have no experience with the Digirig, but I think in theory that should work similarly to the SignaLink. I think is should have a vox circuit also.

I like that color! Thanks for the links and shoutout.. I did end up taking my 4:1 and integrating a choke on the opposite side. Interesting stuff!

I have been setting up something close to this. I use a 29' speaker wire vertical with four radials and a 9:1 Unun. I need to take some time and build it like you did. That is very nice work. I will also try this antenna. I like building antennas and then doing POTA Activation to try them out. Thanks for the video. 73s

Old hams like it too

Hvorfor får ikke jeg opp "Export ADIF" på min skjerm?

I have the 'Magitenna'. Ive worked some good dx with it when out portable. The Rybakov is a good antenna, cant see why some dislike it. It does a good job and my Xiegu G90 tunes it with no issues.

Love your shack, Morten. I use the Rybakov with a telescopic pole on the roof of my garage and run 5W FT8. Still log plenty of QSOs from ZL land. Cheers Jim

Solid radio

What a shack! Dana VE6KBI

good for a relatively new ham that st least has the concept of tuners and such under their belts...

Nice antenna Morten! The best to you from LB1NH 🙂

Very nice. Are you going to test it to see how it performs ?

How does it compare to the jpc-12 antenna?

You already know I'm a fan of the Rybakov, LOL.

Thanks for Rybakov review. Glad to hear it works well.

For all remote operations, you can use a WiFi smart socket and maybe a switchbot if you can't use software to turn the radio on/off

Just measure it as you change bands, that will get you close

With your remote power on / off using a relay, you might want to have that logic also dusconnect the antenna in case you are away from home and you hear there is a storm coming through. 73 Ed

Love this! What model Baofeng did you use?

that air conditioner is too small! 😂

Shelly switch works for me, app on my Android phone. Cheap, and so far reliable.

Morten, I have the remote switch Flex sells and it works great. I would recommend it. Simple and effective. 73, K0OTC

So I'd say build something yourself, but off a good base of existing software...because it's more fun than buying pre-made solution 😄 Something like a ESP32 or ESP8326 set up with ESPHome would be great, as easy to configure (not writing any software yourself), has WiFi, can buy off the shelf relay boards, can configure simple web interface, and can even add other sensors to it for the shack e.g. temperature sensor(s), which could then cut power in case of overheating equipment. Maybe more than effort than you want, but guess it depends if you want another project to get into. I've got a bunch around my house, and even modified equipment with small ESP modules to make non-smart devices smart. My heating and hot water system all runs off them, hooked up to Home Assistant.

You're flexing your new radio? classy 😁🪓

Not new at all. Bobtail cousin

Kenwood…. My first radio was a TS430s … I now have a TS520. Kenwood make great rigs.

It allows you to ham anywhere FEPLABSRADIO uses Alexa and a smart switch to turn his flex on and off

Once again, I appreciate the music you generated. Perhaps you could do a video on how to use the website to generate somgs about ham radio?

It'll be hard to let go of that 705!

Congrats on your first SOTA!

Lamento escuchar ese comentario. Realmente es una antena muy divertida que no lleva más de 2 minutos montarla y 20 segundos ajustarla. De veras siento no saliesen las cosas como esperabas. La uso en qrp o con AL de 80w y estoy más que satisfecho.

Hi Morten, perhaps the expression "side operator" isn't known? I have never heard it before. I would normally say "second operator". Even then trying to get a chaser to stay after he has got his contact can be difficult. I guess the at705 would not work with the IC7100? Being an ICOM tuner I think it might have if you had the correct cable. 73 Ed

I have activated several times now QRP, but I always use a resonant antenna. My X6100 has a tuner but I never use it. Maybe cause I activate near the ocean most of the time here.lol conditions haven’t been great , hope to catch you on the air soon. VE1SK

I got 100Km QSO in VHF on my activation there. Tryvannshøgda, portables on both sides. Nice activity! I got also Joakim on a P2P yesterday...;)

I am curious if you called each other on UHF/VHF. Assuming that Retevis is a dual banner, you could activate enough on that just between yourselves. Thanks for another great video, Morton!

Looks like you had a great time! I think in UK it depends on where you are to have success on VHF/UHF. I've not had much luck calling CQ on 2m from SOTA summits near me. 73

Nice POTA/SOTA for a break from TEHRS! 73 Mort!

Buy a longer 5.6m telescopic whip. Use it with the coil for 40m and remove the coil for any band over 30m changing the length of the whip to tune. If it’s ground mounted the provided radials are fine, if you raise the feedpoint with the mast sections the radials will have to be the right length for the band of operation. I see many videos with coils upside down, coil in different locations up the mast, raised feedpoint with no tuned radials - it’s all pretty simple really. PS if you don’t get the larger whip you can do as in the video use the mast sections to make the original whip to length. Or if not using the sections the coil will stay on as you move up the bands until 10m or so.

my installation keeps choosing my resolution for me ... why???

Hi. Thanks for this upload, I may be watching it again once I purchase a programming cable for this radio . One question I have at the moment is when you download the software for the cps, do you have to download the driver too (which I believe is at a different link) or is the driver included in the cps download?