Icom IC 703 Portable "part 2"

[joshmen11]

WHERE IS #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!

[MrDavemw0mwl]

Hi I'm making a virtical antenna mainly for 10m I made a coil with 1.5 inch plastic pipe with 26 turns and having a problem as to where on the coil should I place the tap for different bands, any information would be appreciated, my call is MW0MWL.

[DallinHutchinson]

Hey, do you have a schematic for your antenna??? I'd like to try building one myself.

[Druidemporor]

cool

would you recomend this radio

i am working on upgrading my license to general

73, Ben

[barrygkx]

Ben,

I think it is a great QRP radio. If you like operating at the 5 watts level, this rig will work great. The price is right. Don't forget, the antenna is the most important part of the station.

Barry

[tkdteen2]

its a great radio but starting out you should get a 100w radio after you are good in wanna try 5 watts just put the radio on low power in if you don't like it go back to 100 watts its better to not be bound by 5 watts because a 100 watts can become 5 watts in go back to 100watts

73, dan

[W0NRK]

Hi, Barry! An excellent and informative video on QRP. Can you tell me that maker of the aftermarket portable power supply strapped to the side of the IC-703 in this video.

I am looking for a good portable power supply to take hiking.

73 DE W0NRK

[ukorganist]

Hello Barry! Thanks for the video! Do you get quite good results QRP? I would like to get into it a little more. I took my Icom 756 and Moon raker out into a field with 10w but with no luck at all! I have a 706 which I would like to get working >10w on a lead acid or similar. Does the lack or radials or a ground effect the performance at low power?

73 DE Carl M3ZCW

[barrygkx]

Carl,

The more radials you put down the better the ERP. I find that with the two radials on this little whip, if I can hear a signal I stand a good chance of working them. If I see an S3 or better reading on the S meter, I have a great chance of working that station.

[surefirefan]

Yea nice vid!, isnt that like the 706 but portable? Oh also where do you put the battery? In the radio? I plan to get a ft-817 for qrp :D 73s ke5rrh

[surefirefan]

wow im an idiot i just saw the part about the battery pack T_T... lol

[barrygkx]

@surefirefan

The battery is hanging on the righ hand side of the rig. That's what that green thing is on the right hand side.

It's a 10.8 volt at 4.2 amp sub C cell battery pack.

[barrygkx]

Thank you for your kind words.

Barry

[VictoreCelia]

good presentation, and good setup...