Not counting Field Day outings with the local club, my first camping radio excursions were with a Heathkit HW-104 powered from a gel-cell battery about the same size as a car battery. Needless to say, I didn't set up camp too far away from the car! But it was rather nice to have a battery-powered all-solid-state rig without needing a step-up switching supply for a tube radio.
A few years later I homebrewed a transceiver with camping as a primary goal, see here. <http://www.genebitsystems.com/david/Homebrew20mQrp/index.htm> This was a major step forward in convenience with a high fun factor. Now I usually just carry along the KX2 in a small pack. The antenna varies, but most often I use a 20 meter inverted V suspended from a cord tossed up into a tree. 73, Dave ----- Dave My Web Site -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Camping-radio-ops-then-and-now-tp7623097p7623108.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
