Tag: Portable
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CWMorse Pocket Paddle Review
If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you’ll surely know that I am a fledgling CW student. I purchased, as my first-ever Morse paddle, a Vibroplex Iambic Standard paddle and quickly found that it would be much too heavy to carry around while operating portable. It sure is a great desk paddle, though! However,…
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Homemade Antenna Guy Ring
I was looking for a way to guy my vertical whip antennas when deploying them. The MFJ 1979 that I have is nearly 17-foot long and when fully extended it can catch quite a bit of wind, and it’s fairly flaccid anyway. After I recently purchased the Wolf River Coils Silver Bullet Platinum Take-It-Along kit,…
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 4
My portable antenna farm is growing. My newest addition is the Silver Bullet Platinum Take-It-Along by Wolf River Coils. I purchased the platinum version because I won’t have to have to buy another one later when/if I decide to ever use an amplifier. Also, the platinum coil is rated for higher Watts on digital and…
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Winter Field Day 2025 – Day 1
I probably should have practiced. Over the last month or so I’ve purchased some new radio gear to get me well-equipped to work portable with my Yaesu FT-891 on various modes and various amateur frequencies. I suppose I could have used a bit more operating practice with all the new equipment as when the morning…
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Kit Build: Yaesu FT-7900R Portable
I purchased a Yaesu FT-7900R mobile radio and Diamond NR770HB antenna and installed both for mobile operation in a Jeep Wrangler that I had when I was new to the world of amateur radio in 2014. Some years later, having traded in the Jeep for a sedan, the radio and antenna called the hall closet…
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