Published: November 5, 2026 | YouTube: [LINK] | Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2438895/episodes/20063496
Summary
James, Jim and Rory check in on the Icom ID-5200A after a month in the car, compare the early buzz around it and the Kenwood TM-D750A, and share what is on the way, including Jim's Xiegu G7250 order. They dig into eBay's FCC requirement for radios that can transmit outside the ham bands, then talk through how new hams should approach buying used gear from swaps, clubs and QRZ. News items round it out: an update on the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act, ARISS and NASA signing a new four-year agreement for ham radio on the International Space Station, the new POTA site, and a sobering tower strike in Florida.
In This Episode
Round the shack: Rory finishes his Worked All States Triple Play with New Mexico on CW, and shout-outs to Leo W3VA, who found the channel and reached out about CW, and Nick KF8FLI
Icom ID-5200A after about a month in the car: the color display, the on-screen keyboard for entering repeater tags, and why Rory's Yaesu FTM-500DR may stay in the car for APRS
ID-5200A vs Kenwood TM-D750A: stock problems, who seems to be ahead, and what the hosts hope Icom does with native APRS (and a wish for the ID-52A)
Jim's Xiegu G7250 is on order from Radioddity's first batch, with the receiver as the make-or-break question and a surprise about the head-to-body cable
James on his Icom IC-7110 hopes, price speculation, and trying to work Rory on CW from a hotel window in New Mexico
Rory's Las Vegas trip and city POTA parks, plus the new POTA site now live
eBay's FCC rule, a roughly $50 Pebble HF kit from Ham Radio Duo, and whether new hams should buy used (swaps, clubs, QRZ, and bringing a friend)
News: the HOA antenna bill, ARISS and NASA's new four-year agreement, and a fatal helicopter strike on a radio tower in Florida
Mentioned in This Episode
Icom ID-5200A (dual-band mobile)
Icom ID-5100 (Rory's previous mobile)
Icom ID-52A handheld
Kenwood TM-D750A
Yaesu FTM-500DR (Rory's APRS mobile): https://www.dxengineering.com/part/yaesu/ftm-500dr/7499452
Xiegu G7250 (Radioddity first batch; code EVERYDAYHAM; affiliate link): https://www.radioddity.com/?ref=EVERYDAYHAM
Temporarily Offline, "Breaking Into the Xiegu G7250": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbSmkJ_sp7Q
Icom IC-7110 (James's wish; price discussed as speculation only)
Yaesu FT-891 (James, hotel CW attempt)
Yaesu FTDX10 (Rory's open-box purchase from Ham Radio Outlet)
Pebble HF QRP kit from Ham Radio Duo: https://pebblehf.com
Ham Radio Duo on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HamRadioDuo
Leo W3VA and Nick KF8FLI (shout-outs in Round the Shack; Nick is a friend of the channel from Hamvention)
Ray Novak N9JA, Icom America (the hosts plan to ask him about APRS on the ID-5200A at HamCation)
Terry W8TMB and Everyday Ham Episode 13, "How to Learn CW in 2026: Two Paths to Morse Code Success": https://www.buzzsprout.com/2438895/episodes/18470399
ARISS and NASA's new four-year Space Act Agreement, announced by ARISS on October 9: https://www.facebook.com/ARISSIntl/posts/from-first-student-contacts-with-astronauts-aboard-the-iss-to-reaching-learners-/1541093937823432/
ISS slow scan TV events, ARISS CubeSat STEM kits, AMSAT
ARRL and the Worked All States Triple Play award
H.R. 1094 / S. 459, Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/459/text
ARRL's HOA legislation page: https://www.arrl.org/HOA
PRB-1
POTA website: https://pota.app
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Park (US-4443), Las Vegas, NV
eBay electronic equipment policy: https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/electronic-equipment-policy?id=4302
HamCation (Florida)
Ham Radio Outlet, DX Engineering, QRZ marketplace
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