Tag: portable

HF Portable 7 MHz Vertical

LEFARS field weekend, in the middle of May can go either way with the weather. This year we were lucky, and while the sun did shine, the HF bands had other ideas. Equipment used IC-7300 Antenna 7 MHz – 1/4 wave ground mounted vertical with 4 elevated radials Power Car V2L The weekend’s HF operation […]

HF portable with LEFARS in the sun.

On one of our summers days, LEFARS my local club organised a field weekend and it was sunny. The idea was to play some radio in the sun, with multiple stations operating from in the hired field. Members were advised to use band pass filters, this helps keep things friendly to multiple operators. The weekend […]

144 MHz Portable Operating

This long weekend, over at the Secret Nuclear Bunker I wanted to try some QRO operating on 144 MHz. Conditions on HF have been up and down, as the sun is very active right now. Using the 9e LFA on a 12m pump up mast and a low noise amplifier (LNA) and solid state linear […]

Easter Weekend Activation

Members of the SNBCG activated the Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker over the easter weekend. Selim M0XTA activated 144 MHz working people all over the SE UK. George M1GEO used the 3e beam, this allowed activation on 14, 21 and 28 MHz. I operated 7 MHz using the ground-mounted vertical antenna. The elevated radials help […]

Portable HF – Winter fun (maybe)

One of the joys of working portable is the ability to operate from a low-noise site. Antenna selection can also provide opportunities to try something different to your home setup. On a mild February afternoon, I ventured out to complete the first portable operating of 2023. The weather was mild 14C and the wind was […]