[PaQSO] Ideas for Portable Operations

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:56:43 %z (EDT)

That's why I said "bare minimum."  A long wire with a tuner is just as easy to set up as a dipole and would probably get you the high bands too (that's what I used in Somerset in 1990).  

And obviously there are some other "little" things I didn't mention... marine or car battery to run the rig (if no AC nearby), laptop with spare batteries or another hefty battery with an inverter (unless you just want to do paper), etc.

And an ICOM 706 or TenTec 516 or Elecraft K1 or K2 etc. wouldn't require that much power, so the need for a hefty battery becomes diminished.  And if you think you can't do much with QRP, just ask W3YQ how well he did running QRP from Forest for all those years.

The point is to not bog down in the little details (yes, they are important, just not at this point in the discussion), but to start thinking about how easy it is to get a portable station up and running, in most cases, these days. And then encourage more participants to do just that.

73, ron wn3vaw

You wrote:

> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:17:12 EDT
> Subject: Re: [PaQSO] Ideas for Portable Operations
> 
> 
> In a message dated 10/21/2002 18:28:01 Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] 
> writes:
> 
> << And most of what you'd need to operate
>  with (as a bare minimum) would be a 100 watt transceiver, an 80/40 trap
>  dipole or similar simple antenna, mike and/or key/keyer, and a card table
>  (with suitable shelter in the event of inclement weather). >>
> And perhaps capability for higher HF bands, too, to work the more distant 
> sections?  There are lots of multipliers in FL, TX and CA.
> 
> k3yd
> _______________________________________________
> PaQSO mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso
> 
> 