[Kenwood] HF Mobile - Links Of Interest

Wed Jan 22 20:56:40 EST 2014

Got to admit I didnt think about boats and airplanes.... hi hi But I 
thought of, but waited for some one else to bring up the qrp, walking 
and back packing side. Thanks for doing that.
Checked my Qrp reflectors, and not seeing much activity there. Seems to 
be mostly about parts for some reason. Maybe I should find different Qrp 
reflectors. Which ones do you use?
For walking, as I have mention in earlier emails, I love using Kenwoods 
SkyCommand. There is nothing like checking into a Net and saying "This 
is WD8ARZ Pedestrian Mobile Running A Quarter Watt On A HT" ... hi Hi 
HI Did a lot of that his past summer, and looking forward to doing it 
again next spring. Did SkyCommand to the HF Mobile gear in my Trail 
Blazer, though it would be just as easy to do through the same equipment 
when its on the base. Love working HF with my HT. Hey, that sounds like 
a bumper sticker. HI
HfPack and I go back a long way. Did you folks know that in that movie 
"2012" Woody Harrelson played a dude who was trying to get the attention 
of the world that the end was coming? He had an RV he used to broadcast 
from, and would carry gear on his back with a whip antenna he would 
transmit from on foot. That gear actually belong to one of the HfPack 
members in California. Another ham started the HfPack group, and I 
assisted early on testing various frequencies out for net activities.
However the HfPack group for the most part is not as active as it used 
to be. I have been encouraging mobiles to operate on the HfPack 
frequencies and chat with the HfPackers as they need more interested 
stations to hook up with.
Frankly, I think SkyCommand so outperforms HfPacking, that is has become 
my preference now. Let my car carry the heavy gear that runs higher 
power in to a better mobile antenna than I can carry. With longer 
lasting battery too. All I have to carry is the HT and spare batteries 
on my belt, not on my back.
I am a member of the qrp at mailman.qth.net ... is that the same one you 
have listed below?
73 from Bill - WD8ARZ
On 1/22/2014 7:59 PM, brad.mugleston at comcast.net wrote:
> This is great, Thank you for posting
> Some areas you didn't cover are Mobile on a boat, bike, walking 
> & other? A lot of people doing these are QRP so you may want to look 
> at QRP-L. To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit 
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/qrp-l lots of very friendly 
> people there and all are willing to help. Realize that most operate 
> CW but some of them do know what a Mic is and even know how to use 
> one. Once I did mobile QRP voice to mobile QRP voice to QRO fixed and 
> we amazed the fixed station to no end.
> Here in Colorado we have an annual 14er mobile where people will pack 
> their rigs and take a little hike to the top of some of our 14,000 
> foot hills we have just out side of Denver and spend a few hours 
> chatting (both voice and CW VHF & HF).
> 73's
> de KI0OT, Brad