[Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 60, Issue 27 (ATF Use of HF)

[Boatguy]

You said it my 817 is by far tthe best small radio I have ever owned.Mine 
has that a after marget battery cant think of the outfit that makes them I 
get good service out of it.I also use the radio on my boat for marine side 
band.I  use a 100 watt broadband amp works like a charm.I use a ols AM ship 
to Shore Antenna with a tuner and it works fine.
The military stuff altho I love it and have some its just to troublesome and 
mostly hard to fix.I guess thats why we have Jim Karlow.For the cost of a 
1099 2000 or 104 and the like as user I dont think so.They are also to costy 
to just set on a shelf but if you could find one not working reasonable I 
guess that would be ok.Nice display stuff.I have a BC 652 and 53 both brand 
new nevr used or had the tubes put in it.Dont have a mounting rack anybody 
got one
 Carl
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 60, Issue 27 (ATF Use of 
HF)


> John wrote:
>
>>I have a PRC-104 with a PRC-74 tunable antenna,etc. for the real world/QRP
>>pedestrian operations.
>
> I'd put my money on something more modern, like a commercial Yaesu FT-817, 
> but
> even that small set is a battery power hog.
>
> If you go to YouTube and search for "goathiker" you'll find some very 
> interesting
> trips taken by NOTU and his goats, Rooster and Peanut, for some QRP ops 
> out in
> the mountains.  Example:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHgVYVkW25w
> He uses an FT-817 power hog, but he's got the goats to do the hauling. 
> Even they
> would balk at a long trip with an AN/PRC-104 and batteries, I think.
>
>>I think it is a great radio system to use for HF backbacking if I ever get
>>around to that great adventure.
>
> Using a AN/PRC-104 sounds more like day hiking rather than backpacking. 
> When
> packing for a few days out on the trail, every ounce of extra weight 
> quickly
> begins to hurt.  My backpacking HF rigs for tha past decade have been 
> modern
> purpose-designed QRP rigs, my favorite being the Elecraft K1 four-band 
> CW-only
> battery friendly rig.  Another candidate is the Elecraft KX1.  You can 
> back pack
> these and their power source without breaking your back.  A dipole weighs 
> much less
> than the PRC-74 whip, and is on the order of at least **30 dB** better in 
> performance
> on both transmit and receive.
>
> I like all the military sets (especially the Transworld PRC1099), but 
> usually military
> technology lags commercial state of the art until you get into the really 
> specialized
> stuff.
>
> Mike / KK5F
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