NOTE: CW section is subtitled with Closed Captioning (CC)! Turn on closed captioning to see the translation, or practice your head copy with it off.

Ever since I built my high-band QMX, it's been unusable for CW due to a strong 'thunk' at the end of every CW dit and dah. Frustrating, but I had faith that Hans of QRP Labs would figure out a clever firmware fix. Well, I'm happy to report... he's done it! Version 18 of the QMX firmware works like a champ, and bans the 'thunk'.

Audio in this video is recorded straight out of the QMX using a Y-splitter, so what you hear is what I was hearing in my 'cans'.

Location: Kagel Mountain, W6/CT-170
Activation date: May 4, 2024

_Essential Gear_
"Remove Before SOTA" BNC protector: SoCal SOTAFest party favor from Adam, K6ARK. Not sure if these are for sale?
N6ARA TinyPaddle: https://n6ara.com/product-category/ra...
K6ARK Antennas: https://k6ark.com/kitsandparts/
QMX Radio: https://shop.qrp-labs.com/qmx
TalentCell Battery: https://amzn.to/3y6QHrS
Power cable for TalentCell to QMX: https://amzn.to/4bms5K0
Rite in the Rain Notebook: https://amzn.to/3QyF5UW
Rite in the Rain Pen: https://amzn.to/4a9WWbw
Retractable audio cable for CW key: https://amzn.to/3UL4rkN
Kitty treats for your SOTA cat: https://amzn.to/48X9rYg

_Chapters_
0:00 QMX system intro
0:27 20m CW activation
3:45 10m CW activation (with S2S)
7:39 Impressions & QSO log

_Music Attribution_
"Alley Cat", by Geographer

Note - Amazon links are affiliate links; trying this out as an experiment. My guess is it's not worthwhile, but it's an easy way to generate short URLs!