Listened In On 20 Meters For Most Of The Day And Heard A Fine Young Ham Making Some Great Contacts.

Second one ready to go!

This is how I feel everytime I have to solder anything, which is still a relatively new experience for me with a somewhat frustrating learning curve.

The military knew the piezoelectric qualities of quartz crystal back in the 1960’s 🤔

After filing the 3D printed buttons down and removing the other shelf, the pressure on the power and reset buttons was relieved enough to tighten the screws and finish assembly. This one is ready to be Bluetoothed to a phone.

Loads of activity on 14.282 today

It has me pinpointed

Once I got the radial elements reattached I weaved some electrical tape around them and the main element for added stability before wrapping the main element with some coax-seal. I remounted the antenna back onto the mast and called for a radio check. Not getting a reply, I keyed up a couple of repeaters, so at least I know I'm putting out a signal.

I've removed the bottom left "shelf" that the radio sits against that blocks any wiring from the radio to the GPS. Hopefully, this will fix the issue with the radio not properly sitting in the frame. Keep in mind, if you aren't going to wire a GPS unit to the Heltec V3 then you'll not have to remove the "shelf"