Dipole in the Park- Portable HF, 2-21-2010 (W6ELI)

[covertoperations1000]

yeeeeeehaaaaa

[kd5owo]

Excellent video, I am going to get the 857D for mobile. Going to try to mount it in such a way so that it isn't hard to take out and use portable.

[carriecakes1968]

Its a watt's up meter by powerwerx

[ez2curanut]

nice setup. Where did you get the inline Volt/Amp/Watt meter, and what model # is it?

Thnaks for sharing this video. JimmyG

[kc2vso]

What battery were you useing...im going to do portable work next week....

[W6ELI]

@kc2vso UB1280 (12v 8Ah). there is a good picture of it toward the end of the video.

[pu3big]

Is Very good!!!!! Congratulations.

[redman840]

With propagation that well,especially on 12 meters you probably could have done well with even 5-10 watts.I do portable ops.here in Ariz. with my IC-703+ @ 10watts PEPoutput and have done very good.Thanks for the nice video.73!..W7KB.

[W6ELI]

I used the tuner prior to operating at full power. The meter was used just to monitor the battery's condition.

[W6ELI]

The device on top of the radio is an inline Volt/Amp/Watt meter. An LDG Z-11Pro antenna tuner. The battery can be bought at Ace hardware

[rs4425]

Nice! What is the device on top of the 857? And, did you not need a tuner for G5RV?

Where can I get a battery like that? Thanks, again.

[W6ELI]

I love the 857! Highly recommended. I also like the FT-450AT, cheap but solid. On the more expensive side the IC-7000 is awesome. There are important power considerations. As you saw you can power the 857 with a small battery. The 7000 requires direct connection to a running car battery and and an mfj voltage booster for me, otherwise voltage drop prevents getting full power. I have not tried the 450 as a mobile (yet...).

[zappatx]

I see this 857 everywhere - Being new to the solid state manufactured rigs, is this about the best for the $ and quite efficient? If you were to suggest a handful of models which would you recommend? I have a AMC Eagle I want to set up a mobile unit which can be easily removed for hiking and other work like you have done on battery power. Love the production here!

[BlackGoldEstates]

@zappatx top radio will do everything you want

[cm115]

Best. Video. EVER!!!

[W6ELI]

I used the RG-58 for convenience. You can go directly to the tuner.

[ravanhorn]

Do you have to use that 20' section of RG-58 or can you go directly to your tuner with the G5RV?

[808514]

This video makes me drool. It makes me wanna jump on HF and make those contacts. But no HF rig to do so. Eventually I'll pick one up and I'll be on the air. Christmas is right around the corner. 73s and Aloha

WH7WX Hawaii

[W6ELI]

I did use QRZ on an iPhone (3GS) to identify some of the European stations we heard.

The battery lasted the whole hour we were at the park. I only used 50W to transmit, so I cannot tell how long it will eventually last.

If I were to use 100W I would connect two identical batteries in parallel. Thanks for watching!

[ct2jyx]

Hi Eli great day in the park !!!!

Tell me your 12v battery 8Ah at 50w how long can you transmit before you lose battery power ??? I what to buy a batery to my TS 480 SAT with 100Watts when go on portable.Any ideia Eli ? Tnx for great video.

[ct2jyx]

Hi Eli great day in the park !!!!

Tell me your 12v battery 8Ah at 50w how long can you transmit before you lose battery power ??? I what to buy a batery to my TS 480 SAT with 100Watts when go on portable.Any ideia Eli ? Tnx for great video.

[edgardogtumang]

On the time line at 2.28mins. is that an Iphone?

[W6ELI]

The FT-857D was set at 50W.

[lu5ddx]

watts ? tanks