Subj : Re: Baofeng UV-5R
To   : Vk3jed
From : StackFault
Date : Tue May 14 2019 14:23:54

 Vk> -=> On 05-13-19 08:01, StackFault wrote to apam <=-
 Vk> 
 Vk>  St> My kids never got into radio but it's fun to see the faces of other
 Vk>  St> kids when I told them the guy I was talking to was 5000km away :)
 Vk> 
 Vk> I've had the same result with adults.  One time, I was at a conservation
 Vk> park in the outback.  During some downtime, I fired up the HF rig that I
 Vk> had brought with me (along with battery and solar charger), strung up an
 Vk> antenna in a nearby tree and played around.

I'll try to bring the youngests to field day at the end of june. Maybe score
a couple GOTA points for the clud at the same time :)

 Vk> First, I checked my Winlink email on 40 metres, running a mail session
 Vk> with Melbourne, 750km away.  That impressed the others and the teachers,
 Vk> whose mobile phones weren't working (very remote area).

I never got into these HF services things. Did a lot of PSK, RTTY, CW and a
bit of VHF packet but that's about it.

 Vk> Then once I had the mail out of the way, I switched to 20 metres, tuned
 Vk> around and heard a Scottish station calling CQ.  I answered him and we
 Vk> had a lengthy chat.  Now that really impressed everyone, talking to
 Vk> someone on the other side of the world, when no one else had a
 Vk> connection to the outside world! :D

Yeah, the wonderband is really easy to work and requires a smaller, more
manageable antenna. Speaking of which, I'm just finishing up building my mcHF
rig and will be able to carry it very easily. I thought about getting an
FT817 or something like that but just wanted to try building the kit and
learn at the same time. My mobile kit, including the radio, battery, end fedz
20m antenna and coax would weight less than my I2RTF Simplex key, but a good
amount. It is less rugged for sure but it's been really fun, now that the SM
components are already soldered, these were a pest.

I am also looking at replacing the mobile in my truck from an old FT2500M
(ie reuseable catapult square bullet with a mike attached to it) for an
FTM-100DR to try a bit of the newer digital modes like Fusion and Wires-X.
This would also add dual-band in the mobile and the detachable faceplate would
make it possible to mount higher in the field of vision.

Cheers!

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