[Mobile-Portable] Re: Mobile & RV-Portable [Was: Output is not 100 Watts in SSB]

[kd4e]

Thank you for the recommendations!

We will be traveling briefly then parked and
living in a 30' travel trailer for 3 months.

Then we will be touring around the country
for 3 mos, then stationary again for 6mos as
our house is completed.

I suppose I should use the term "RV-portable"
to clarify what I mean vs "Pedestrian-portable".

:-)

> If you're wanting to go portable I can surely help you there.
>  
> For portability I highly recommend a Buddie Pole. United States 
> Special Forces chose to employe it. So did I. Besides Budd Drummond W3FF 
> is a great guy. Incredible customer service!
>  
> Or, just a piece of wire about 27' long hurled up in a tree (stay away 
> from half wave lengths) with a tuner. Operating your FT-8987D on 
> internal batteries gives 20 watts output. Something like an Altoids Long 
> Wire Tuner fits in a shirt pocket and I use it all the time.
> http://www.qrpkits.com/altoidslongwire.html
>  
> For mobile operations, a High Seirra Scewdriver is the most widely used 
> antenna. I have used Ham Sticks (cost a whole lot less) but for low band 
> mobile like 40 or 80, a very High Q Bug Catcher with capacitance hats 
> seem to be most efficient. Mobile antennas are about 10% as efficient as 
> a full size vertical on the roof of your house.
>  
> I like to try to make portable contacts with as little equipment as 
> possible. Sort of like how McGuyver might do it.
>  
> Portability for feedlines. Depends on the definition of portable. If 
> you're hiking 10 miles into the woods, you don't want to pack a 100 feet 
> of LMR400. I use new but surplus 50 ohm network cable RG-58 at 25 feet 
> length. Light weight and plenty of length. And Cheap! BNCs already 
> molded on the ends. Not much loss. Especially since I operate mostly 40 
> through 20 meters.
>  
> Jerry


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