That was pretty amazing. You took a 10-meter mono-bander and converted it into a triband radio in a few minutes. All of a sudden, this $300 transceiver became interesting. It begs the question why they didn't just create a 3 band radio in the first place.
@CBPunisher1900
Сағат бұрын
quad band, u forgot 11m 27mhz cb .
@KS0JD
2 сағат бұрын
Nice radio! Simple and easy to change. I hate T-connectors as well. But I keep a t-connector to power pole adapter cable in my Hamfest kit in case I come across a deal at a hamfest and want to do a quick checkout of the unit. Thanks for the video Ape! 73
@gregsmith1116
2 сағат бұрын
Cool. I did not know that radio was expandable. Thanks for the video!
@WECB640
2 сағат бұрын
The shielding boxes inside look to be a result of very good RF engineering design. I hope you'll do a RX audio and TX audio (spur) analysis in a future video. Thanks bro. 73
@mostlypostie1
19 минут бұрын
It's an extremely clean radio. I have tested it. Harmonics and IMD is very very low! 73
@45auto
Сағат бұрын
Just be aware of the sponsored cat videos. 🐈
@BigJohnsHamShack
Сағат бұрын
Thank you for the content good sir.
@robertmeyer4744
46 минут бұрын
That a great radio. There's outher tricks that that can do. I do not know the age of that but there is a firmware update that unlocks some new features. Like changing display color on TX like RED . The mic jack has a audio out pin and can adjust in menu. Great for Heil headsets or using a sound card for digital modes, The RX is great on them. Has some filters that work nice. Radio does draw like 15 amps SSB . so like 12 AWG to extend power. They are clean on harmonics unless going into service menu and turning up power and modulation. BAD idea. This is a great radio to use on Poseidon antenna . just a slight tune and done. 3 bands good antenna . I have fine tuned the length on 25 FT 4:1 . get 1.1 SWR on 28.074 MHZ. was fold back and twist at end . does make SWR go up on outher bands . so if want only 1 band tune it in and no tuner needed . works about 5/8 wave on 10 meters. I am doing that now and 10/11/12 meters really good. New Zealand on 12 meter just after sunrise was great . for 12 meter was full 25 FT tuned 12 without ATU. like 1.5 SWR . Florida coming in great now on 11 meter ch 38 SSB . Texas as well. That QT 80 does CW ! but straight key only. There's no ALC meter so modes like FT8 are hard to set TX level but can be done. Use a scope and look for clipping or flattening of SSB wave . just before that happens is level you want. just run like 50% or less power. I have the QT 60, 60 watt version.. 10-15 watts FT8 runs hours with little heat on heat sink. If I was to change something on the QT 80 that would be Power poles like you did. 73
@ronwolenski-n8wcr
Сағат бұрын
Now the big question, how does it perform on the other bands? Is it clean? Is the power consistent?
@batica81
Сағат бұрын
Very interesting, although I am a bit worried about harmonic suppression at 15m.
@mostlypostie1
17 минут бұрын
Don't worry. The low pass filter captures harmonics down to the 15m band without any problem.
@W5KJD
34 минут бұрын
I have the original AnyTine AT 6666 10 meter radio and it’s not really that good in so much that it’s hard to tune in for SSB unless someone is transmitting right on frequency or close to the frequency, if they are off frequency too much you can forget tuning it in. Now this new version looks a lot better from what I can see in your video it seems to have more digits on the frequency counter it may work better.
@K5JHP-John
49 минут бұрын
I used to have the QT60. It could do 10 and 12. I hated the clicky vfo. I like this radio way more, except for the clicks.
@agoraphobicadam1171
12 минут бұрын
Looks like an awesome radio. KO4HPC 73
@philipwells2793
44 минут бұрын
So is it clean on the expanded bands?
@mostlypostie1
17 минут бұрын
It is a very clean radio.
@CBPunisher1900
Сағат бұрын
best part of the video he says nothing about 11m cb lol (ill watch it again just to make sure lol )
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