[Elecraft] 4-pound Field Day, anyone?

[Chip Stratton]

I second Tighe's nomination of 80 lb Spectra (aka Dyneema) braided fishing
line. Very light, very strong, and very slick. With a 3 oz weight (I won't
say lead bank sinker on fear of being labeled a poisoner of the
environment) on the end it passes through trees and to the ground like
butter. You kind find 300 feet for about $7 on ebay in many different
colors.

Chip
AE5KA


On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Robert G Strickland <rcrgs at verizon.net>wrote:

> I understand and support the idea of lighter weight, more fun. That said,
> do we want to establish the 4# figure as "it?" Seems that anything under
> 10# is in the spirit of lighter/funner. I don't know the weights, but
> suppose I take my K2, an external tuner ['cause I don't have the K2
> internal tuner], appropriate battery(ies), some sort of wire antenna, and a
> support [no trees where I'm going], I'm probably over 4# yet sit "light
> weight." It's sort of like the 5W QRP standard. Why not 10w and under? Why
> not 1W and under? Granted, it's unmanageable to have a "class" for every
> pound under some figure. That said, perhaps we could "weight" some "light"
> configurations and find the middle point, or some such figure, and then
> determine "classes" from there. Just a thought. Like the general idea very
> much.
> ...robert
>
> On 4/27/2013 07:39, Edward R Cole wrote:
>
>> Intriguing idea.  In my case it will take the form of a lightweight
>> psk-31 station.  Our local club does FD every year so I may just use one
>> of their antennas or rig a 20m dipole (probably a sloper).  I will break
>> the 4# barrier by bringing my old P90 IBM thinkpad that has a psk-31
>> program and this will force me to make up a soundcard I/F for the KX3.
>> I have a pile of 12v 4AH gelcells which will suffice for power.  Our
>> club call is AL7LE but there is some talk of using a better callsign of
>> one of the members (might be KL7RA).
>>
>> Back in 2005 (I think) I set up a FD psk-31 station using my FT-847 and
>> the same laptop.  It was powered with a 30w solar panel + diehard
>> deep-cycle marine battery.  My antenna was a 20m mobile whip.  I was set
>> up in 20-minutes while the club usually takes about 2-hours to get the
>> first station running.  Club name is the Moosehorn ARC.
>>
>> 73, Ed - KL7UW
>>
>>
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