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    Setting Up Camp DuffMan's Avatar
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    This is a project that I intend to tackle. As we approach retirement, we purchased the GD as our full-time home (as soon as my wife retires) and a means to find our "forever home". Having been away from ham radio for many years, I'm slowly getting back into it. I recently picked up an Icom IC-7000 that is intended to be the RV radio. For now it sits on our apartment pulling SWL duties while I re-familiarize myself with modern modes, re-memorize my privileges and figure out a new radio. Considering my last HF rig was a TS-440, this one is leaps and bounds ahead of it.

    As I progress back into the hobby AND we get a chance to use our new RV, I'll be looking for solutions to run HF while on the road. The VHF/UHF stuff is easy, but I think it'll take a good tuner and some creativity to get a decent HF signal without getting too complicated in the setup and tear-down department.

    Anyway, I'll come back here and post what I try in case it helps anyone else.

    73!

    Gary
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    W5DWH here. Right now we only camp for two or three days at a time so I don't have a rig in the RV. I do have a Icom 706mkIIg and tuner ready to go. I
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  3. #13
    Setting Up Camp
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    My ham handle is VA6DVL, I don’t have a unit in the trailer, but I have one in my truck, unsure of the model and I have one in my trail Jeep. It’s a Yeasu FTM-10 I believe. Went that way for the water resistance of it being in on open top Jeep.
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    KC0JEA here. I use to operate in the rig but do not now. I gave up on 2 meter - no one on it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alshlds View Post
    Looking for ham operators that operate from their rig. I have some, but interested in others experience and tips.
    Hi my Call is WA2TWA Mal de Monroe, NC
    I occasionally operate fro my truck with a KX3 with 100Watt amp. I have a stake mount quick disconnect and some Hustler resonators for 15,20, 40 and 75 meters. I also have a Ham Stick for 40 I haven't tried yet.
    At my QTH I have 2 K3s and a SPE 2K-FA also a Collins S line and a Collins KWM-2a and a 30 L1. Ant is a 55' crank up tilt over US tower with a 3el SteppIr which goes down to 20. I have a 40/80 inverted V which is at the top of the tower at 55' and comes down to about 25' on each side. I also have a full length 160 sloped dipole which I also use on 40 when it's noisy.
    I am an NCS for SOUTHCARS on Tue. 10-11 am and I do a traders net on Wed 10-11am also for SOUTHCARS 7.251MHz check out our little club oh over 13,000 members www.southcars.com
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    Been a ham since the late 1960's (started while in high school) when my late uncle Al (W2TXB) convinced me to study and take the Novice and Technician exams; both could be held simultaneously. Over the years, earned the Extra Class license and change call signs a couple of times. Now I have Uncle Al's call sign.

    The only hamming I am doing on the road and while camping is VHF (2-M) and UHF (450 MHz), FM and D-STAR. A couple we travel and camp with, as well as my wife, are all hams, so we communicate between vehicles while traveling. I had planned to buy a new ICOM IC-705 when it is released, but that is on hold for a while as I will be having some other house- related expenses to cover in the near future. I really wish FlexRadio Systems would come up with a new QRP SDR to replace the now discontinued 1500.

    DuffMan - I had the IC-7000 several years ago, and while it requires a hefty battery or a good AC power supply (25-A should do OK), it is one of the most enjoyable radios I have owned.

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    Hi all. W9CPY (Gary) and N9YYU (Marie) here. We just got an Imagine 17MKE and have been out only twice. Getting it kitted out for ham radio - took a roof snow scrapper and cut off the blade and now have an extendable mast, which I attach to the ladder with a flagpole mount. Currently I use a Hustler mobile antenna (yep, lots of resonator switching) or a dual band MFJ 2/440 antenna. Inside, I have a Yaesu FT-817 paired with a Tokyo Hi-Power 50 watt amp, so the rig is good from 160 to 440. I also have a FT-3DR for Fusion, and an FTM-100 in the Jeep. When I get rich and famous the rig will be replace by an FT-891.

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    Icom IC-7000 is really good but it is too expensive for me. I have not enough money. I am using BaoFeng BF-F8HP. This is the first radio I bought after receiving my amateur radio license so I don't have anything to compare it to. As a first time radio, it was easy to program using a programming cable and CHIRP. The included battery holds up well, I've had it mostly on for days, listening with a few minutes of talking here and there as something piques my interest, and only had to recharge it twice since I've had it.

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    Good afternoon, W5BT here. I've had my license since 1988. In reference to my portable/mobile activity: We changed vehicles this year; but when I get around to it, I will be installing my Yaesu FT2980 in the new truck. In the meantime my little handheld (FT-70D) has actually done just about everything I've needed, especially since all our travels were cancelled this year. For our RV, I have the Yaesu FT-891, which is also my Field Day radio. There just isn't a good location in the RV to set everything up (that the wife is agreeable to) so I've kept it portable. I kind of like sitting outside with it anyway. If space and neighbors permit I set up my Alpha ProMaster vertical (again Field Day equipment). It's a great antenna, just needs space and draws a little too much attention unless you're in a state or national park type setup (sometimes then its even a little too much). I have been trying to get the MFJ Octopus to work on 40M and 20M work, but it's just not a good antenna. With the money I've wasted on trying different antennas for portable/mobile HF, I should have just purchased the Yaesu ATAS-120. Trying to save a buck will always cost you two or more; at least in my case anyway.
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    NB8F here (Andy). Just got a 2670MK and planning on sticking up an Eagle One antenna on the ladder. I then plan on using a Flex 6300 so I can sit outside or inside of the RV and use the setup. Don't plan on running more than 100 watts. I will also have a Buddipole Deluxe and probably some wire and a balun just in case I can throw something bigger up.

    I also have an ATAS-120A and FT-891 in the truck.

    73 de NB8F
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