The old Icom 703 is good. Used it during Uri Ice Storm. Could get into DFW on
7290. Easy on battery. And has ant. impedence tuner. Size of the 706 series.
But I think it is more sturdy platform than the 705.
If I need more power, can use an Italian amp and LDG tuner. If I can make
contact on QRP, I can. If not, I can add power.
The disadvantage is having the amp and extra tuner and 2 short coax cables.
Plus 703 is out of production.
Advantages ate being modular, and the 703 sips power not transmitting
Dominic Mazoch
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From: Mike Lambert via BVARC <[email protected]>
To: KJ Anderson via BVARC <[email protected]>
Cc: Mike Lambert <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [BVARC] POTA rigs?
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2021 16:05:40 -0500
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KJ,
How many amperes do you need from the battery?
Mike
KI5MIK
On 9/4/2021 12:25 PM, KJ Anderson via BVARC wrote:
I want to put a battery (see other thread) and a solar panel together
to be able to run my radio POTA/ARES, but while I can math my way into
what I think I need, I’d like to hear from folks doing it,
empirically, to get feedback on what’s actually worked/didn’t in the
field. My math says a 55AH deep cycle with a 220W solar kit should do
really well during the day, but I’ll still need to curb power at
night, assuming a 25% duty cycle. If I want a 50% duty cycle for
FT-8, the numbers (read: costs) aren’t fun to think about….
Who’s doing this, and what can you teach me?
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