31 point day in the English Lakes - 02 March 25

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Like your notion of limiting equipment redundancy, would like to hear more about that.

Here’s some Thoughts of Chairman Andy …

2m Activation Equipment Advice (Part 1)

Why bother carrying it, then? My philosophy is to minimize carrying redundant (radio) equipment [notwithstanding the spare pencil]. I refined my ‘pack list’ over years to minimize weight, setup/pull-down times and faffing about [BTW: I’m not talking about safely items like bothy bags and extra winter clothing] If I were travelling a long way to the activation (especially an overseas one) I might have a bit more redundancy and definitely do a dummy-run set up/on-air test at home to ensure I’d f…

2m Activation Equipment Advice (Part 1)

Good idea. I’ve a spreadsheet with every item I would ever carry in the first column and their individual weights in the 2nd. column. Then I have seven headings (and columns) for the main activation types I do. I tick [check] each cell as appropriate to include any item and the spreadsheet automatically calculates the total weight for each activation type. I’ve found this invaluable to seeing where the bulk of the weight is coming from and to ‘tune’ the list for minimum weight.

FT-817 Chassis weight?

First, as many have said before on this reflector, there is no perfect rig and we all have differing needs, so I agree with most of what’s been said so far [esp. Brian’s @G8ADD comment about taking the radio that gives you pleasure]. Those who build miniature radios in tobacco tins are having fun with a technical challenge, no doubt, but as an argument for portable-ops weight/volume reduction it’s a red herring - the Law of Diminishing Returns. And while I agree that losing my excess body fat …