Amateur Radio License
Anybody out there have their ham license? Started studying for mine and wonder if there are any tips to be had. Also, what type of rig do you take on the road
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Been into Ham Radio since the Mid 50s... Have used portable operation in tents from the mids 60s and now have a pretty good setup in my off-road POPUP trailer.
Have 2M/440 units and IC-706MKII remoted to a central location where I can sit and get to the remote control heads and speakers etc...
My 2m/440 antenna are located on the rear roof area mounted to the side of the roof. I have a fold up small tripod arrangement that supports a pole up about 30-foot where I use a 75M to 10M OFF-CENTER Antenna. My favorite bands are 75M and 40M... I also have a setup for a TARHEEL "LIL TARHEEL II" screwdriver antenna. Works out great from the POPUP trailer too but the long wire is the best to use for 75M/40M operations with its center up around 25-30 feet and ends run out to a tree connection on either side of it...
Love to setup somewhere back off the road somewhere on a creek bed and enjoy working the ham bands before we turn-in for the night. I have a similar setup in my truck and I move the IC-706 main radio between the truck and POPUP trailer. I horsetraded for a second IC-706 remote head unit so all I need to do is just move the main radio unit. I can also just run a long control cable from popup trailer to the truck mounted IC706 main unit and just use that from the truck. This is somewhat dangerous sometimes however as I have run my truck start battery down a couple of times haha...
I am working on a second 200AH PLUS battery setup in the truck bed to help solve this problem.
This is my POPUP TRAILER layout showing where things are installed...
Roy Ken
K9PHT
Have 2M/440 units and IC-706MKII remoted to a central location where I can sit and get to the remote control heads and speakers etc...
My 2m/440 antenna are located on the rear roof area mounted to the side of the roof. I have a fold up small tripod arrangement that supports a pole up about 30-foot where I use a 75M to 10M OFF-CENTER Antenna. My favorite bands are 75M and 40M... I also have a setup for a TARHEEL "LIL TARHEEL II" screwdriver antenna. Works out great from the POPUP trailer too but the long wire is the best to use for 75M/40M operations with its center up around 25-30 feet and ends run out to a tree connection on either side of it...
Love to setup somewhere back off the road somewhere on a creek bed and enjoy working the ham bands before we turn-in for the night. I have a similar setup in my truck and I move the IC-706 main radio between the truck and POPUP trailer. I horsetraded for a second IC-706 remote head unit so all I need to do is just move the main radio unit. I can also just run a long control cable from popup trailer to the truck mounted IC706 main unit and just use that from the truck. This is somewhat dangerous sometimes however as I have run my truck start battery down a couple of times haha...
I am working on a second 200AH PLUS battery setup in the truck bed to help solve this problem.
This is my POPUP TRAILER layout showing where things are installed...
Roy Ken
K9PHT
