Recent content by AmateurHour

Are you saying that I won't be able to lead my five and three-year-old children and carry my 60 lb pack, seven rifles, and machete 150 miles to my missile silo in WV when the end of the world comes? Anyhoo, back to the core of the thread. I guess it comes down to how you plan on manpacking...

That FT-897 is manpack-able in theory, but it weighs a ton. You are looking at something like 10 lbs without the batteries. You can do it, but I'll bet you won't. It does make a fine bug-out box, but no chance it makes your B.O.B. The same can be said for the VX-1210 - essentially the 897...

Only need 72 feet to get from A to B, or calculated everything out and you have the right mix of resonance and resistance at that distance?

Get the 897D Get it used. You will love it - it is all the radio you will need for quite a while. I had one, sold it for a different radio, and am mad about it every day. Seriously. Until then, start figuring out what you are going to do for antennas. It will help you with your tests and...

Pick up a Maldol MH-510 as a backup stick. You get 1/4 wave on 2, 5/8 on 70cm, and 1/4 loaded on 6m. It is only 3" longer than your 770. Then you can use the MH-510 (and a counterpoise) with your KX3 next time you get your SOTA on. Make sure that you put a BNC/SMA adaptor (the kind...

Have been Google searching and reading a number of different forums on this with no luck, so I thought that I would flag it for help. My VX-8DR is typically set dualwatch with closest repeater on VFO A and APRS on the sub. During the March 2012 solar flare, I was picking up some fairly...

Just went through the decision cycle between these two radios and thought that I would share why I reached one conclusion instead of another. First, thank you all for the input, particularly Moleculo. Hands down, WorldWideDX was the most useful forum in terms of making the best decision. So...

VX-8DR VX-8DR Programming software GPS GPS - microphone 1800 mAh battery Alkaline battery case Maldol MH-510 antenna WorldWideDX had, hands-down, the best information and review on the radio; the best, least judgemental discussions; and the best pictures. So useful, in fact, that...