CQ parrot...a ultimate fieldday friend

Did get a tip from Hans PE1BVQ a long time ago and last summer I ordered this gadget from BOX73. It's a building kit but SMD parts are already on the printboard. It's a CQ parrot or voicekeyer integrated on a printboard that fits in the Yaesu MH-31 mike. You can order it with and without a mike but you need to built it in yourself.

I actually built it last summer but was afraid I did something wrong and other projects were more important at the time. So I left it for a later exposure. Yesterday there was finally some time to make the video and demonstrate all went well, de parrot does work. At first I had some problems programming the mike, so it seems my knowledge of the german language is not that good and the whole manual is in german. Luckely I got some help from Hans. Most important for programming is that you press FST for 4 seconds then letting go, mike is ready for recording now, then press PTT and speak your message. Letting go of the PTT saves the message. A short press on FST plays your message 1 time. Pressing it for about 2 seconds will activate the automatic voicekeyer and the recording plays over and over till you press PTT. You can set the time between recordings between 3,6 and 10 sec. with pressing PTT+FST shortly.

A great companion for Fielddays!

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