Welcome to another CW POTA activation, but this time I'm using the brand spanking new CFT-1. This is a really cool little CW QRP rig designed and built by Jonathan Kayne KM4CFT. It's a five band radio (40, 30, 20, 17, 15) with an extremely simple and intuitive user interface. I've been beta testing this radio for the past month and I'm really impressed. For reference, here's a list of the beta testers. You'll see there are some pretty well known CW operators who tested this radio:
Jonathan, KM4CFT (CFT1 Creator)
RadioDan, W7RF (Owner of HamGadgets, he will be handling sales)
Thomas, K4SWL (QRPer, Lead Beta Tester)
Dave, W8XAL (recommendation by Dan)
Charlie, NJ7V (Red Summit RF)
Joshua, N5FY (Tufteln)
Ara, N6ARA (SOTA)
Evan, K2EJT (POTA/SOTA)
Zach, KM4BLG (got KM4CFT into ham radio)
Nick, W0NY (POTA)
It was fun to watch the progression of this radio from an idea to a finished product. I'm really impressed with it. Thanks Jonathan for giving me the opportunity to be part of the test team. I enjoyed it, and even learned a few things (like how to use an arduino.......yes, I'm a luddite LOL). We found a bug in the code that didn't allow Iambic B to work correctly on the dit side. Jonathan found it, fixed it, and I flashed it and after that the keyer was flawless. If you see me missing any Dahs when I squeeze, it was because of the bug in the code. The whole team worked really hard to make sure this radio was a 100% finished product when it rolled out the door! Thanks everyone for watching and 73!
Jonathan's KZitem channel: / @jonathankayne
Radio can be found here: hamgadgets.com...
Evan
K2EJT
www.buymeacoff...
Негізгі бет CW POTA with the NEW CFT-1 by Jonathan Kayne KM4CFT!
Пікірлер: 65