Posted: 3/22/2015 11:46:25 AM EDT
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I've been lurking here for a long time and finally decided I should post. I found the Fo Time! podcast a couple of weeks ago and finished listening to the last episode Friday. Cale, if you happen to read this thank for putting the podcast together! Right now I have a Yaesu 817 and LDG tuner with a Chameleon EMCOMM II long wire that I added another 60ft leg to to make a dipole. I also have a Super antenna MP1 vertical. Any tips on working QRP and being heard? When I got my Tech in 2012 and started putting together my kit I wanted something that was portable and am still intending on doing some hill/mountain topping and found out that SOTA has a few peaks in San Diego!
Regards Eric |
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I've been lurking here for a long time and finally decided I should post. I found the Fo Time! podcast a couple of weeks ago and finished listening to the last episode Friday. Cale, if you happen to read this thank for putting the podcast together! Right now I have a Yaesu 817 and LDG tuner with a Chameleon EMCOMM II long wire that I added another 60ft leg to to make a dipole. I also have a Super antenna MP1 vertical. Any tips on working QRP and being heard? When I got my Tech in 2012 and started putting together my kit I wanted something that was portable and am still intending on doing some hill/mountain topping and found out that SOTA has a few peaks in San Diego! Regards Eric Congrats! You'd be amazed what can be done with QRP CW. Get an optional TX speech compressor for SSB mode. It'll make 5 Watts sound like you are running 50 Watts. There are several companies who make them for FT-817 radios. Remember that your radio is only as good as your antenna. A good antenna is more important than anything else in a ham shack. |
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Congrats! You'd be amazed what can be done with QRP CW. Get an optional TX speech compressor for SSB mode. It'll make 5 Watts sound like you are running 50 Watts. There are several companies who make them for FT-817 radios. Remember that your radio is only as good as your antenna. A good antenna is more important than anything else in a ham shack. Quoted:
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I've been lurking here for a long time and finally decided I should post. I found the Fo Time! podcast a couple of weeks ago and finished listening to the last episode Friday. Cale, if you happen to read this thank for putting the podcast together! Right now I have a Yaesu 817 and LDG tuner with a Chameleon EMCOMM II long wire that I added another 60ft leg to to make a dipole. I also have a Super antenna MP1 vertical. Any tips on working QRP and being heard? When I got my Tech in 2012 and started putting together my kit I wanted something that was portable and am still intending on doing some hill/mountain topping and found out that SOTA has a few peaks in San Diego! Regards Eric Congrats! You'd be amazed what can be done with QRP CW. Get an optional TX speech compressor for SSB mode. It'll make 5 Watts sound like you are running 50 Watts. There are several companies who make them for FT-817 radios. Remember that your radio is only as good as your antenna. A good antenna is more important than anything else in a ham shack. Good advise, also learn and use digital modes, JT65, PSK, etc. The vast majority of the QSO's I had in Afghanistan were QRP. I worked 70+ countries from there. |
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Congrats! You'd be amazed what can be done with QRP CW. Get an optional TX speech compressor for SSB mode. It'll make 5 Watts sound like you are running 50 Watts. There are several companies who make them for FT-817 radios. Remember that your radio is only as good as your antenna. A good antenna is more important than anything else in a ham shack. Quoted:
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I've been lurking here for a long time and finally decided I should post. I found the Fo Time! podcast a couple of weeks ago and finished listening to the last episode Friday. Cale, if you happen to read this thank for putting the podcast together! Right now I have a Yaesu 817 and LDG tuner with a Chameleon EMCOMM II long wire that I added another 60ft leg to to make a dipole. I also have a Super antenna MP1 vertical. Any tips on working QRP and being heard? When I got my Tech in 2012 and started putting together my kit I wanted something that was portable and am still intending on doing some hill/mountain topping and found out that SOTA has a few peaks in San Diego! Regards Eric Congrats! You'd be amazed what can be done with QRP CW. Get an optional TX speech compressor for SSB mode. It'll make 5 Watts sound like you are running 50 Watts. There are several companies who make them for FT-817 radios. Remember that your radio is only as good as your antenna. A good antenna is more important than anything else in a ham shack. Pretty much this... I use the DYC8x7 on mine, there are few other speech compressors out there, it helps ALOT. You wouldn't really think it, but it does. An efficeient antenna is very important for QRP as well. Also consider running the 817 off external power if you can, the internal batts don't last long on 5W. Also an Amp for portable use is advisable if you are primarily gonna run ssb. |
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Any recommendations for an Amp? I have been looknin at the HF Packer amp but its a kit and I'm not sure if I'm ready for that at this point, been a long time since I used a soldering iron. I use an MXP50. It works ok, I mainly got it since it was super lightweight. |