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Overview |
Portable stations describe the vast majority of amateur radio stations.
If you take into account the shere number of VHF mobile radio installations, world
wide, there are typically one or two per ham. Throw into that lot all of the so called
"handi-talkies," and the number of truly portable stations becomes quite overwhelming.
But when you look at the number of HF portable stations, the numbers swing very much
in favor of the fixed-stations. Many factors influence this: the size and complexity
of antennas, the weight and complexity of some of the older tranceivers, the additonal
equipment necessary (amplifiers, antenna tunners, etc.). And so it remained for a good
part of the 20'th century, until the advent of the integrated circuit.
Currently, many HF radios are physically not much larger than their VHF counterparts.
Additionally, with the advent of so called "screw driver antennas," more and more
hams are using HF bands while driving down the road.
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Emergency Portable Stations |
In conjunction with
Emergency Communications and
The Amateur Radio Emergency Service,
many hams have delved into creating fully functional HF/VHF/UHF emergency portable
stations. These stations are packaged in such a way as to be able to move them
from the ham shack to the field (for things like field day) to emergency sites at
a moments notice.
Several examples of include:
In addition to having this level portability, these stations all exemplify an
attitude of conservation that is an astetic all to itself. They contain only what
is needed, nothing that is not.
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Member Found Links For This Area |
- http://www.kr1st.com/powerpack.htm [ found by 'kc5unl' ]
- Cook Up Your Own Emergency Power Pack
When you buy one of these commercial power packs - you know, the kind you can use to jumpstart your car in case your car battery is flat - do you really know in what condition the battery is? Unless you tested it, you probably don't. I certainly didn't. I purchased one I thought was fresh and kept it charged religiously. Or so I thought. When it was time to actually use it during a brief power outage to power a radio, the power pack proved to be powerless.
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Buddipole [ found by 'kc5unl' ]
- Buddipole is a portable vertical and/or horizontal dipole antenna. This is the Yahoo!Group for both the commercial and the home-brew version of the antenna. They have lots of information for those interested in the system, as well as anecdotal stories about using it in various configurations, at some beautiful outdoor venues...
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