Thanks for the input guys! I can't take anything that "looks" like a radio, it could cause problems with some of the places I go. My thought behind wanting a 1500 is that it looks like a portable hard drive and is pretty small and light. Also, I was thinking that the cost of a used 1500 plus a used amp would be hundreds cheaper than the cost of a 3000.
As far as a tuner, my thought was that I wouldn't need one. I'd take a resonate antenna cut specifically for a small portion of the 40 meter band. This setup would be CW only. As far as lugging a computer - I have to take a laptop with me anyway. I edit my photography and video while in the field plus I use it to run the BGAN satellite modem which is my primary means to communicate with the world. (check out my website to see what I do: http://eyesofman.org) The purpose of all this is to have a backup in case the BGAN goes down or I'm in a place where it doesn't have line of site to its bird. I plan on teaming with a few HAMs here in the states with big gun stations (ie, nice beams) to have regularly scheduled QSOs saying where I at, what's happening, etc... _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
