Description
Five watts, one backpack, and a wire in a park.
Most people who try portable radio quit on the first bad day. The bag is a tangle, the audio won't pass, and an hour goes by without a single contact. This is the system that fixes that. Do the thinking at home, pack the bag the same way every time, and walk into the park to execute instead of troubleshoot.
It is the exact kit and the exact routine I use to work the world on five watts, from the gear and the packing to the antenna, the digital workflow, and turning one activation into a log and a post. Written for the newly licensed operator who wants to get out and actually use the radio, by someone close enough to the start to remember where it goes wrong.
This is the full-color digital edition (PDF), with the cover and photos, ready to read on your phone, tablet, or computer and yours to keep.
73 de W4GGJ