Hi, Steve. thanks for offering up your perspective on the special case of multiday backpack excursions. Agreed that when backpack camping "every ounce counts". I could not imagine carrying something like 15lbs of radio gear on such an excursion, as you did with the FT-857.
However, if all you really are looking for is NOAA coverage for those times when you need to know immediately of impending danger- Wouldn't a small handheld NOAA alert radio for that single purpose make more sense? Such as this one, for instance: http://www.weatherradiostore.com/HH54VP2-Midland-Hand-Held-Weather-Radio-wit h-S.A.M.E.data This single-use handheld could be left on for alerts while actually moving, certainly weighs less than 8 ounces. Strapped to the outside of your pack, this would provide continuous alert capability while hiking (which the KX3 could not easily do while in motion, buried in your pack). Just a thought... 73, Bruce, N1RX ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
