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about the kit

Bill Quick is floating the idea of amateur radio gear for post-apocalyptic San Francisco.

This is what we have in Chez Fûz, geared towards mobile QRP.



Yaesu FT817ND, a 2.5/5 W transceiver that runs every band from 160m to 70cm, except 1.25m and Weather.

A Buddistick HF antenna that I'm still figuring out.

An LDG Z100 autotuner that I'm hacking various other antennae for.

A couple sealed lead-acid batteries that will keep the 817 running for a couple of days between charges.

It's cool for me, Bill will probably want something else.
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3 comments:

Chad said...

Nice setup. I've got to get me a small HF rig for portable use sometime soon.

16 July, 2009 19:18
Fûz said...

TCM will have to weigh in with his "small HF rig."

Note that Bill Quick is contemplating gear that can be packed in a Faraday cage, to protect it against EMP.

So whatever you get, choose something you can afford in twos. One to practice on and the other to wrap in tinfoil.

No, I have not followed this advice myself.

26 July, 2009 21:06
James R. Rummel said...

Good post!

I notice that you call metal foil "tin foil". So do I. Shows our age.

30 July, 2009 19:55

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