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 RadioFT-891Power CableBattery12AhComputerEclipse IIIChargedSolar ControllerBioenno sc-4830JUDSolar ConnectionBattery ConnectionPower BlockMFJ-1104Good FusesConnection CheckCablesSolar to ControllerController to BatteryBattery to Power BlockPower Block to RadioPower Block to ComputerSpare 6 Foot ExtensionM&P CoaxSparesFusesCoax Adapters ANTENNA BAG Wolf River Coil3 LegsLeg…
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.…
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 some…
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 to…
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 was…
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 and…
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 been…
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 takedown…
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 Ventenna…
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 random…
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David Campbell KF7SFU 