Category: Portable

  As an avid outdoor enthusiast and radio operator, I couldn’t be happier with my new 6mm POTA cable from Messi & Paoloni, along with the POTA Speed cable winder and the matching carrying bag. This setup has truly elevated my portable gear to the next level! After years of heavy use and admittedly some…

Last summer I cycled a lot from park to park with my IC-705 and telescopic mast, with various experiments in terms of antennas. I have had a lot of fun with this, and will certainly expand this further for next summer season. The only thing I really missed is the simplicity of setting up something…

Last month, I visited the fair in Beetsterzwaag and came across the booth by EPS Antennas. Among their array of intriguing equipment, a +/- 11m telescopic aluminum mast caught my eye. It was a perfect fit for my plans, so I decided to make the purchase. Back home, the excitement of my new acquisition fueled…

In the summer of 2023 I started using a LifePo4 battery. I had made this in a bag for the time being, with all electronics loose in the bag. Of course this will cause problems at some point. To solve this I was looking for a suitable box. The problem with my size battery was…

Portable Setup Upgrades April 2024 I’ve made some additions to my Portable Setup. Auto tuner added, with a wider tune range. BalUn added to work with ladderline. Tuning Aid added. Auto tuner I had owned an ATU-100 tuner for a while. But I had a lot of problems with that. Coils that quickly went into…

We recently spontaneously came up with the idea of ​​holding a field day on September 30, 2023 in the Spaarnwoude recreation area (near Amsterdam). We had a nice day there with a few fellow amateurs. Together with Nico PA4NIC, Fred PE3FS, Carlo PA1LCS, Rene PE1LFI and some more supporters. Fred PE3FS edited a small video…

The summer of 2023 has ended, as well as portable operations. What I have noticed during my activations is that QRP can be a lot of fun, but also too challenging. If you want to continue to participate in the vast majority of stations, you will have to do your best to make yourself stand…

This summer (2023). I am more active than ever portable. At the beginning of the season I started with my IC-705 to get out and work QRP. At the same time I have also been able to play a lot with various antenna systems to see what works well at which location, and what kind…

On July 26, 2023, I gave a demonstration at the NVRA on how to connect via one of the TEVEL satellites. We were lucky, because on this evening we had a nice pass with 60+ degrees elevation. The hardware used for this evening: Radio: Icom IC-705 with 5W controlled with PSTRotator for doppler correction. (this…

If you have some time on the weekend to work portable. then you don’t want to spend a lot of time setting up and connecting my equipment. especially if this is the same setup every time. I had several of the same fish carrying bags lying around. So I had to do something with that.…