https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/a77f6d99-010b-4636-b8d5-3db5e10eee72 At last, a snow-free place to test the MFJ Octopus. That and another sainted ham gifting me 20 of mast, and I had it up for initial tests and even made a QSO on 40 meters. Update! Ken Mixon, KC6WOK, and his wife, Kathi, KD6CAF, are the identities of the sainted souls who gifted me the mast! Getting the thing up is really awkward for one person, so further testing will wait until I have a couple willing assistants. Quartzfest is held annually in January outside Quartzsite, AZ. An interesting and laid back venue. Subscribe: https://youtube.com/user/davecasler. Ask Dave Playlist: https://goo.gl/inaQeB. Tip Jar: http://ke0og.net/tip-jar To learn more about me, visit: http://www.dcasler.com/about/ Tip jar (on my website): http://www.dcasler.com/tip-jar/ (provides a method to use your credit card via PayPal, Also describes Patreon) To pose an Ask Dave question: http://www.dcasler.com/ask-dave/ or http://www.ke0og.net/ask-dave/ To order the old Technician videos on DVD: http://dcasler.com/how-to-buy-technician-videos-on-dvd/ To order the most recent and up-to-date Amateur Extra videos on a thumb drive: http://dcasler.com/aevids-on-stick/ Theme music is "Sour Tennessee Red," by John Deley and the 41 Players, courtesy YouTube Music Library. I use drawings from OpenClipArt.org, including the "walking man" Technician training videos, see http://www.ke0og.net/training/ General training videos, see http://www.ke0og.net/general/ Amateur Extra training videos, see http://www.ke0og.net/extra/ List of the Ask Dave videos, see http://dcasler.com/ask-dave/#askdavelist Thanks to my sweet wife, Loretta, KBØVWW, for both audio and video assistance! (Her website is www.aldea-art.com.) My primary website: http://www.dcasler.com The ham radio part of my website (direct link): http://www.ke0og.net My publishing website: http://www.mtsneffelspress.com, where you can find my fantasy and science fiction books, as well as some local history books I publish for the Ridgway Railroad Museum and the Ouray County Historical Society My Amazon author page, which lists my print and Kindle books: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00471I0Q4. And I'm now reading (producing) audiobooks! See my first effort here: https://goo.gl/0GTHsW I'm often asked what equipment I use to create the videos. The devices include the Panasonic DMC-G7 camera, Panasonic HDC-TM90 video camera, GoPro Hero2 HD camera, Tascam DR-05 audio recorder, Audio-Technica ATR-3350 lapel microphone, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W560 digital camera, the Kodak Zi-8 video camera, my iPhone 5S, and Pentax K100D DSLR. Software used: CyberLink PowerDirector 16 on a Toshiba S55-A5294, also using Smoothdraw 4.0.5.0, FastStone Image Viewer 5.3, FastStone Capture 8.0, Audacity 2.1.1, LibreOffice 5.0.4.2, and Ink2Go 1.7.2. You can see how my studio is set up by viewing https://youtu.be/wFSQ8vtNA5A. Twitter: @dcasler Sat, 09 May 2026 05:57:56 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/a77f6d99-010b-4636-b8d5-3db5e10eee72 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.