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Posted: 10/6/2014 8:24:42 AM EDT
Special Thanks to NAM for the vid....
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Posted: 10/6/2014 9:00:00 AM EDT
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Looks cool but it also looks crazy heavy...
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Posted: 10/6/2014 11:15:04 AM EDT
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Looks cool but it also looks crazy heavy... Yes Li-Po Batteries and an aluminum frame would help (and a camera that shoots in landscape mode) |
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Posted: 10/6/2014 12:59:15 PM EDT
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I forgot to mention, 37 pounds total. It's significant, but perfectly manageable. Nam |
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Posted: 10/6/2014 1:10:46 PM EDT
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Looks cool but it also looks crazy heavy... "What's weight to a hawg?" |
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Posted: 10/6/2014 2:54:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/6/2014 3:04:57 PM EDT
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I've long asked about antennas for this particular use.
This helps. (after I stopped the bleeding from my eyes due to the vertical format. Vertical format also makes the baby Jesus cry. And VF is retarded.) |
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Posted: 10/6/2014 8:16:02 PM EDT
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I forgot to mention, 37 pounds total. It's significant, but perfectly manageable. Nam Lofl, I consider half that too much most of the time... The vast majority of my manpacks with the heavy NICD batts weigh in at 18-20lbs... When I go mountaintopping I might carry 15lbs of radio gear with me and if I'm backpacking half that... |
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Posted: 10/6/2014 8:16:46 PM EDT
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Looks cool but it also looks crazy heavy... "What's weight to a hawg?" Yeah, BTDT in my younger years, these days I will happily carry as little weight as I can. |
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Posted: 10/6/2014 8:17:29 PM EDT
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I've long asked about antennas for this particular use. This helps. (after I stopped the bleeding from my eyes due to the vertical format. Vertical format also makes the baby Jesus cry. And VF is retarded.) What questions do you have? Verticals generally suck for this purpose. |
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Posted: 10/6/2014 8:43:35 PM EDT
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Mostly the VHF/UHF part.
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Posted: 10/6/2014 9:24:30 PM EDT
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Mostly the VHF/UHF part. Whips work so/so for that. My 897 rig I use a buddi whip at a measured length for VHF/UHF. |
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Posted: 10/6/2014 10:09:09 PM EDT
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Nah...backpacks are for sissies...
 Gotta learn to be creative..
Nam, I'm just kidding. Nice setup you got there. Have you considered mounting the FT857 control head remotely? Maybe in a small pack on your chest? I was in Europe earlier this year and spent some time operating a club station as OK/W3***. I had a guy call me from Arizona. He was running a pedestrian portable QRP station. He was actually walking down a street somewhere in Scottsdale. His radio was a FT817, running 5 watts into a vertical antenna attached to his backpack. I was amazed that I could hear him. He was 5 by 1 on the S-meter but I could hear him very well. This was amazing! |
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