Greetings. Two questions. Were you using the Yaesu 817 or 857? I assume it was the 817 since you were saying you were using only 5 Watts or less--- just wanted to know for sure. Also, what was your antenna this field day? Nice video. 73 from AI4QT in Huntsville AL.
On SSB, we used the FT-857D, cranked down to 5 watts... the antenna was a "sloper": that is a dipole with one (hot) end at 30 ft and the other at about 6 ft. It is shown in another video in this playlist. We decided to do FD the night before and set up in about a half hour...a very casual but fun 3 hr operation -
Too bad that w3ao barely left enough time for a reply in between his CQ's... Not bad for 2 watts though...
n9vn 3 years ago
"Roger Dodger"? ;)
NT6X 3 years ago
Greetings. Two questions. Were you using the Yaesu 817 or 857? I assume it was the 817 since you were saying you were using only 5 Watts or less--- just wanted to know for sure. Also, what was your antenna this field day? Nice video. 73 from AI4QT in Huntsville AL.
AI4QT 3 years ago
On SSB, we used the FT-857D, cranked down to 5 watts... the antenna was a "sloper": that is a dipole with one (hot) end at 30 ft and the other at about 6 ft. It is shown in another video in this playlist. We decided to do FD the night before and set up in about a half hour...a very casual but fun 3 hr operation -
charangito 3 years ago