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POTA Checklist V 1.0

Here it is, please let me know what you think and what I need to add or delete. By container. GOBOX Radio FT-891 Power Cable Battery 12Ah Computer Eclipse III Charged Solar Controller Bioenno sc-4830JUD Solar Connection Battery Connection Power Block MFJ-1104 Good Fuses Connection Check Cables Solar to Controller Controller to Battery Battery toContinue reading “POTA Checklist V 1.0”

891 Deployment

The radio arrived about a week ago. It is much larger than I recall from the videos and stills. My hands do not have an issue with fat fingering the buttons. Really like it. Now to the deployment box. Going to build something like a Go-Box containing the Radio and most used equipment securely padded.Continue reading “891 Deployment”

I Sold My FT-817nd

Why on earth did I do that? What spirt possessed me to do this? Here are some answers I hope. Well nuts. I may have been a little off my rocker to get rid of it. That’s water under the bridge. It is a great radio, a little long in the tooth but has someContinue reading “I Sold My FT-817nd”

Ham Radio Fest

Another Ham Radio Fest is in the books. Can’t believe it has been a year since I got Extra. For me it was a success. All the planning paid off with selling everything I had, and doing it before the swapmeet officially opened. Un fortunately the tips of my fingers got really cold. Have toContinue reading “Ham Radio Fest”

Radials 5 or Just Another Obsession

Man the last part of the title is correct. It has become an obsession. However this obsession has found the granddaddy of all antenna radial documents. Ground Systems As A Factor In Antenna Efficiency by GH Brown, RF Lewis and J Epstein ( RCA Engineers) the PDF can be found here: https://www.qsl.net/hiarc/Files/George%20brown%20RCS%20radials.pdf This document wasContinue reading “Radials 5 or Just Another Obsession”

Radials 4 & Future

OK I have to write this down before I forget. Speaker Wire: too thick to put more than 3 in the banana clip. Tried for 4 days to get 5 or 4 to work, 3 will hold 4 won’t. Not efficient enough to use. So I posted on some Facebook groups I belong to andContinue reading “Radials 4 & Future”

Radials 3

What happens when I can’t sleep. First I need to get these 2 documents linked to this site. The first is the study by Rudy Stevens N6LF on Radials in QST. https://www.nonstopsystems.com/radio/pdf-ant/article-antenna-elevated-radials.pdf The second is a detailed 7 part study by Rudy from QEX magazine. https://www.nonstopsystems.com/radio/pdf-ant/antenna-article-gnd-sys-7x-qex-6lf.pdf As an ongoing part of my researches I’ve beenContinue reading “Radials 3”

Radials 2

Man I went off the rails in the last blog. Sorry about that this may be more winding still. It is earlier in the morning now, and hopefully I’ll make more sense. (Kinda doubt it!) On with the discussion: Portable operations require a different mindset. Things need to be easy to put up and takedownContinue reading “Radials 2”

Radials 1

This will be the first of many discussions on radials. They may get their own heading like antennas, because I really believe they are a separate discussion. I was thinking about the Wolf River Coils (WRC) antenna and the radials that come with it. Why 3? I think it had to do with the VentennaContinue reading “Radials 1”

Bite the Bullet

I am active as a Hunter in Parks On The Air (POTA). The more I hunt the more I want to be an Activator. It is probably just a normal outcome of calling and answering CQ. So here is my equipment list, the items I am purchasing to make it happen (P) and some randomContinue reading “Bite the Bullet”