MTR5B Field Trial 2017

SOTA Activation of Walbury Hill (G/SE-001) in Southern England with an LNR MTR5B and an EFHW 3 band aerial.

[QRPCW]

Fantástico vídeo!!!! Me gusta mucho la edición, engancha desde el primer minuto
73

[steve]

Well done Michael, loved this video, and nice to see you using the mountain topper radio, l was really impressed with the range of contacts made. Must get back on the air myself soon it's been far too long and so l am very rusty. Best 73 Steve M0ZSM

[radiomegahertz]

Amazing ! thanks a lot for the video, the video help me a lot to take a decision to buy a Lnr transceiver, the radio copy good and the floor noise is awesome for lot of of hours of operation without strees, you are very lucky because get nice weather and good propagation for testing, Thanks Michael and 73" from NP3TY

[gazgazmag]

G'day Michael, great video of your SOTA outing, I do like your minimalist approach. Best 73, Garry VK2GAZ

[eajre]

Nice video Michael! congratulation, I love it the MTR5B little rig.

[nbc]

I really enjoyed the video. It was interesting and well-edited. Looking forward to more adventures! 73 de Dick N4BC

[goran]

A very nice and QRP inspiring video. I have just ordered the MTR4B and looking forward to some /P QSO:s in spring/summer 2017. 73 SMØCFW

[paulvizard]

Interesting QRM - but you handled it very well.

[davemason]

Hi thanks for the video. I'm getting a mountain topper when they are next delivered to Kanga. love the bag, that you keepyour radio gear in. Can you give me details of what it is. it looks perfect.

[andyhall]

Hi Michael, thanks for the video. Where did you get the jack and cable that actually plugs into the power socket of the radio? Am I correct it's a 4x1.7mm jack & cable that you've put powerpole connectors on? Thanks

[gsansoucie]

Great video. I noticed you called out the onboard clock on the mountain topper. Do you use the on board 3v coin cell battery to retain the time? Or do you set the time each time you turn it on? I noticed there is a warning on the LNR page about the 3v battery affecting the microprocessor, that is scaring me a bit and wondered if people with these radios think this is something to even worry about. 73s N1XF

[hansterlouw]

Hello Michael,
Super nice qrp-video.
I intend also to buy a 10mtr-pole, both sotabeams as dx-wire seems to have the same 17 segments mini-pole. I have read that the top can break by hanging a dipole antenna on top of the 17e segment. How many of the 17 segments do you take away for use with your EFHW, or dipole-antenna?
Hans PA1ALV

[richardcorfield]

The end fed seems to work well. As a vertical presumably? What if anything are you using as counterpoise? Or are you able to get away with less counterpoise being half wave?

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I don't get it, a large enough LCD yet the characters so small and so little of it's surface area used to show information, a pity.
73, good DX
Gust ON6KE

[ASCIITerminal]

I am considering an LNR mountain topper, but have a quick question regarding your battery Michael. That looks like a 3s LiPo and although nominally 11.1v they can be more than 12v when fully charged. Given the dire(!) warnings about not using more than 12v, have you had any problems?

[hondaridgelineenduser]

I'd use a mountain topper qrp radio and ride a dirt bike