Campingandhamradio

I demonstrate some LED lighting inside of the van including a lightbulb with a remote control, and lights you wear on your head. Affiliate links included in the matching blog post on the Camping and hamradio website.

Art is an amateur radio operator whose callsign is WB4MNK. He is one of my first mentors I met when I decided to join the hobby. This video is of him operating using a portable QRP radio and antenna from Reed Canal Park in South Daytona Beach. I ask some questions and get some answers but there's a good amount of time when it's just the sound of Morse Code. He was using a Xiegu X6100 at 5 watts and an antenna of home design. He said he was sending at about 17 WPM.

After talking about a 1.5 AH power budget for operating a QRP ham radio in my last video, I decide to see if a 60 watt monocrystalline folding panel and basic PWM controller would have worked during today's broken clouds but sunny day. I'll try this again on a cloudy day in the future for comparison. Item specifics and links will be in the matching entry on the camping and ham radio blog page. Thanks for watching, liking, and subscribing.

I bring out my first HF radio which was a FT817ND for some show and tell and then discuss battery sizing considerations for QRP field operations. I try to keep the math simple. At the end the neighbors dogs started barking so I wrap things up with some questions about what viewers would like to see next? Additional details including affiliate links are always posted on the corresponding entry at the camping and ham radio blog site. Thanks for watching and providing feedback and subscribing.

I test the CHA-TDL again this time without radials and elevated off the ground. I also try to figure out if there's an issue with my antenna analyzer or my NMO mounts. I want to get something rock solid down before driving 15 minutes to make my first POTA activation. The NMOs have been my plan B in the past to avoid extended antenna setups in the rain but so far they aren't working.

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Car Window Screens to let the breeze in and keep bugs out plus some 12v fans to help make a breeze are how I stay cool and comfortable while operating amateur radio or camping in my van. Checkout the matching blog entry on campingandhamradio.com for the links to shop for the items in the video. Some are affiliate links which may earn me an advertising commision.