I was thinking about a sla in a pelican case with the connectors routed through the case...
George On Apr 26, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > This year I'm going to break with tradition and *not* drag tons of gear to my > field-day site. I'm going minimal….4 pounds max of radio gear. This will > allow me to put more emphasis on food, drink, and enjoying time with my son > (now almost 9). If anyone else is up for "FD4#", let me know. I'd like to > compare notes on equipment, especially antennas, battery packs, and logging. > > 4 pounds (or so) is not an arbitrary number. This allows for: > > - a KX3 with internal ATU and attached paddle > - mic and headphones > - external Li battery, plus 8 internal AA batteries in the rig as a backup > - two 50' (roughly) lengths of antenna wire, adapters, and a couple of 1-oz > weights to get one wire into a tree > - paper log and dupe sheets (maybe…more on this below) > - soft carrying case for all of the above (in my case, a Think Tank "Strobe > Stuff" bag) > > I still expect to be reasonably competitive in the 1B-battery category even > with this lightweight station. I hope to operate on 80-6 meters in CW, SSB, > and digital modes (RTTY using the CW paddle and the KX3's text decode > function). > > There are two items I'm still working on: > > 1. External battery > > I need something that will fit into the bottom of the Strobe Stuff bag. It > should supply at least 11 V, and I'd prefer 4 to 5 AH, though I could get by > with 3 AH and switch to the internal AAs later if necessary. Has any > consensus formed about specific Li battery packs in this class? Ideal max > size would be 1x3x2.5" (HWD). > > 2. Logging > > I actually like paper logging in the field. It's kind of a Zen thing, > checking dupe sheets manually (Griffin is old enough to help with this, too). > But are there any good FD apps for the iPhone? I need the iPhone anyway so it > doesn't count towards the station weight total. If there's an app that's easy > to use for this, I'd love to try it. Heck, I'd even pay for it. > > Wayne > N6KR > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
