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Friday afternoon #wwff #fieldradio #cw #morsecode #qrp and #coffee with the @qrplabs #qmx #packtenna #efhw brewing and drinking #coffee from my #grayl hiking water purifier kit.

You wouldn’t think this would work but it does! #truSDX attached to a metal fence with Tomato wire and a Bluetooth adapter with the cheapest BT headphones, a 10Ah PD power supply and a #PackTenna. Makes for a great setup to adjust my antenna and hear feedback in realtime. #amateurradio #hamradio #radio #qrp #sota #pota #anker #hamradiodude #photo #photography #hammie #cwmorse #cw #baseus

(Tr)uSDX hanging on a fence with a bunch of stuff.

6m mast with a packtenna antenna holding it up!

Put together a small CW QRP practice kit for a recent trip. The key to this for me has been the #truSDX and this super rad USB-C PD to 12v barrel plug. PD seems to keep the battery on whereas USB-A 3 won’t. Funny enough non-fancy USB has no problem pushing out 5v all day long!

#photography #amateurradio #PackTenna #photo #hamradio #thule #qrp #12v #travel #travelhacks #travellight

Thule tech bag with Packtenna 20M, CW Morse Key, (tr)uSDX

USB-C PD to 12V Barrel adapter with an Apple USB-C cable

(tr)uSDX with VRURC 20,000mah PD battery.

Packtenna 20M, CW Morse Key, (tr)uSDX, iPhone headphones, collapsible TRS cable

Did some testing of my new #DXCommander carbon fiber pole with my #PackTenna 20M raised about 9’ in the air. Super solid almost 1:1 SWR and no #rfi issues that I could tell.

#icom #photography #photo #amateurradio #hamradio

Icom IC-705 sitting on a camp table in a park

Packtenna 20m efhw with dx commander in the background.

3d printed dx commander guy ring with blue line supporting the setup.

@Geojoek might be a question for George #KJ6VU of #hamradioworkbench #HamRadioWorkBenchPodcast and #PackTenna fame. @KJ6VU

Spent some time today operating #ft8 portable with my #tx500. I was taking the new batterypack for it's maiden voyage. The bands were poor, but everything worked well. Exercised the #packtenna ended randomwire and endfed 20m.