Lucas, W6AER

@w6aer
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Amateur Radio Operator, IT Guy, Author, YouTuber and more when time allows. https://YouTube.com/@MaximumRF or https://w6aer.com for more info and a raffle. https://VitaminDX.com for my DX Book and upcoming Satellite book.
YouTubehttps://YouTube.com/@MaximumRF
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YT Homepagehttps://MaximumRF.com

I visited the Silicon Valley Electronics Flea Market, here is a recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STJ-02T62vs

Enjoy!

New video by demand, SharkRF M1KE unboxing, basics and how to use on a Mac via Safari. https://youtu.be/sObDFX1PhkA

#Hamradio #M1KE #SharkRF #DMR #AmateurRadio

If you want to know more about these, check out https://youtu.be/7oCk4o7qvDE and look for another one soon on the SharkRF M1KE.
Can you tell the difference in the two Raspberry Pi Zero Units? RPi Zero W vs RPi Zero 2 W. Huge performance jump! See https://www.amazon.com/shop/maximumrf for more details. Video coming soon!
I love my Pironman 5-MAX Raspberry Pi 5 Case Dual NVMe M.2 with Tower Cooler and Dual RGB Fans, OLED Module. Best case I have owner for the RPi. Hands down! If Interested, affiliate Link at https://amzn.to/4tbM06O

https://youtu.be/7oCk4o7qvDE

I picked up the SharkRF M1KE and was pretty impressed with it. I am finally getting around to doing a basic overview video, showing the unit, basic setup. Curious what you think of the unit, let me know below!

BridgeCom SkyBridge Max Hotspot Unboxing, Setup and Testing, including a range test! Check it out at: https://youtu.be/07nveICOhOQ
I've hit the 2000 DXCC challenge points a while back and finally sent away for my 2000 medallion. Took a lot longer than to go from 1000 to 1500! There are 3400 max possible if you work all 340 entities on all 10 bands (6-160m), which is pretty much impossible. Next stop 2500!
QSL Card of the day. Today I got confirmation of my 70cm Satellite contact with Greece via the now "kaput" (SK) GreenCube IO-117. I really miss working stations on this bird. Hope someone launches another one like it. But would settle for a geostationary one as well.
I have two 2m Yagi antennas and I use this super simple homebrew device to switch polarity at the antenna. Horizontal for SSB (ex. FT8) and Vertical for FM modes. The other end is a simple VHF capable antenna switch a the base. I labeled it V and H. Simple is good!