WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:15.439 The Ham Radio two point zero audio podcast rip. Thank you for downloading and 2 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:19.239 listening to this podcast. So basically what I do is I take all the 3 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:24.679 audio clips out of my videos and upload them to spreaker, and then from 4 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:30.199 there they're spread out to iTunes and SoundCloud and now Amazon Audible as well. 5 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:34.719 But I want to welcome you and thank you for joining the audio section of 6 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:39.679 this series on Ham Radio. I hope you enjoy it, and I would 7 00:00:39.679 --> 00:00:45.560 appreciate you leaving us a comment or a review on whatever podcast service you're listening 8 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:52.840 from. Thank you in seventy three. I hope you enjoy it. This 9 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:58.399 is the LDGC one hundred plus tuner that has batteries in it but also takes 10 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:00.560 an external power cable if you want to hour it that way instead bear in 11 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:03.439 leads there which you put power poles on or something else if you want. 12 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:07.560 This is a great tuner, and this specific setup right here is for the 13 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:11.439 ICM. I see seven h five, which I have right here. I 14 00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:14.359 have to take my ICE seven or five out of this box, but that 15 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:18.560 happens a lot anyway. So this is a great tuner for that you can 16 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:21.640 use in the field. You don't have to have an extra battery or an 17 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:25.159 extra court for it. If you're out doing parks on the air, if 18 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:26.480 you're at field day, if you're somewhere in the if you're somewhere in the 19 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:32.000 field without extra battery power. So you've got two options to use it internally 20 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:34.319 or with the internal batteries, or with an external battery. We're gonna kind 21 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:40.680 of take a look at it today, all right. I had to kind 22 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:44.719 of modify this because I have this seven or five setup in this case right 23 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:49.120 now, and this case is actually made for the AH seven h five from 24 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:53.000 Icon, which has a tripod type mount in the back of the tuner itself 25 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:56.760 that's made to mount behind this thing. Well I don't. I don't have 26 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:00.480 an Age seven h five tuner. Sore. He did a small modification and 27 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:05.120 you'll see my video on this later this month. But I unplugged everything and 28 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:09.360 I plugged in the kind of I gotta. I got the the MFJ vertical 29 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:13.680 plugged directly into the tuner. But hey, it's working because I'm receiving signal 30 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:24.719 here we go everybody anywhere, the gang something l gang or something like that, 31 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:29.520 some net going on. So now I've got this in here, and 32 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:32.000 if I want to, I'm gonna change it vertically, which is gonna change 33 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:35.680 my polarization on the antenna, and that's not ideal. But I'm not gonna 34 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:38.599 be transmitting. I'm just showing you guys how this thing works. This would 35 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:42.400 be set up in a different situation without this case. Obviously, if I 36 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:53.439 want to go here and go to function and then tuner is off, I 37 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:57.960 can tune that antenna or any antenna that's connected to it right now, and 38 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:00.560 there we are. We're tuned. So boom, just like that. Now 39 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:04.800 that was all on internal battery power. I don't have this plug be on 40 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:07.360 this cable. Is is an addition to it, but not necessarily needed one 41 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:12.280 hundred percent of the time because the tuner will run on batteries, which is 42 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:15.759 really cool. So having a battery power tuner with your battery powder HF radios 43 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:17.960 is very fun. But there it is right there. That is the Z 44 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:23.439 one hundred plus four the seven oh five plugged into the port on the on 45 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:25.439 the side, and it comes with this cable here, and it comes with 46 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:29.919 this jumper that goes from PL two fifty nine to B and C. So 47 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.680 the BNC plugged into the radio in the back and then it plugs PL fifty 48 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:36.800 nine here, and then your regular antenna coax lead would go here. I'm 49 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:46.199 actually still receiving even with the antenna laying down. Sounds like R five, 50 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:50.199 but I'm not showing anything on the meter for RFI and the scope looks good, 51 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:53.560 so it's just something on that frequency. I guess let's tune up here 52 00:03:57.159 --> 00:04:04.319 an alpha roll romeo A here for more chaff can here we go with the 53 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:12.919 antenna laying on the side there, it's receiving a great signal, working just 54 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:15.960 as just well. So first of all, let me say thank you to 55 00:04:15.079 --> 00:04:18.439 LDG for sponsoring this video. If you're going to Dateonhamvention, this video will 56 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:21.839 post a few days before him Vention. Come by the Gigga Parts booth at 57 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:26.879 datingham Vention, where you can save a twenty percent discount on all LDG Electronics 58 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:29.639 products. It's a great time and great opportunity. Ham Vench is a really 59 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:31.720 fun show. I will be there for the will be there a few days 60 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:34.319 earlier, will be there through the weekend, and you'll be able to find 61 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:38.079 me at the Gigga Parts booths off and on throughout the days. On Friday, 62 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:41.399 Saturday and Sunday. I'll probably go do an interview with LDG at that 63 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:45.360 point in time because those are really nice guys and really appreciate them supporting the 64 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:47.759 channel. So check the links in the description below and thank you LDG and 65 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:50.600 Gigga Parts for supporting this channel. Now here's what I want to see. 66 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:55.560 Since I personally have the seven oh five set up like that already, I 67 00:04:55.600 --> 00:05:00.000 don't need an LDG tuner for my seven oh five, but a battery power 68 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.240 a tuner is fun. So what I've done is I've sent an email to 69 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:05.040 the guys and I said, look, I couldn't find this on your website 70 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:10.079 because I looked, But do you guys make an interface cable for either the 71 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:13.240 LAB five nine nine t X five hundred, which does not have a built 72 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:17.680 in tuner, or the brand new FX four CR from BG twofx dot com 73 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:21.279 also no built in no built in battery or tuner to either one of those 74 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:27.279 radios, but they're both really good QRP lightweight field radios and if you want 75 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:30.279 to take a tuner into the field, which these again, these are field 76 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:32.600 radios. These are made to be lightweight, portable and field radios and if 77 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:35.519 you want to take a tuner, this LDG Z one hundred plus would be 78 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:41.319 a perfect option for that if they had interface cables to go from the tuner 79 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:44.439 to those specific models of radios. So I want to reach out to them 80 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:46.759 and say, hey, make these if you want to. You can find 81 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:50.199 different interface cables for the t X five hundred on eBay. I've searched there 82 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:54.800 and I couldn't find anything. I also searched Amazon, didn't find anything specifically 83 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:57.800 for that. Maybe somebody has something but it's not in the LDG website, 84 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:01.319 but maybe there's some ham out there making antennas that would work for that situation. 85 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:05.040 Either way, I think this, if I can find interface cable for 86 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:09.399 one or both of those radios, this C one hundred plus is going to 87 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:13.040 go in the kit that I have for each of those radios and I'm going 88 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:15.439 to use it on SOMEPOTA activations. So be watching for that. I certainly 89 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:18.079 hope we can get that done, And once again thank you to LDG for 90 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:21.279 sponsoring this video and for the support on the channel. Hope to see you 91 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:23.920 guys at ham Vench in twenty twenty three.